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salix sericea (@Ripple13216)

Since the fascist flag hugger is at it again, let's talk about the Pledge of Allegiance write-up by his favorite museum, the Smithsonian.

Did you know the Pledge originated as a marketing gimmick by a company to boost sales of flags to US schools?

smithsonianmag.com/history/ple

#pledge #allegiance #USA #flag

How the Pledge of Allegiance Went From PR Gimmick to Patriotic Vow

Francis Bellamy had no idea how famous, and controversial,…

www.smithsonianmag.com
Aug 25, 2025, 22:05 · · 1 · 0
LilMikeSF

#Facebook front office grabbed great publicity from its bold #billion dollar public #pledge to help solve the #BayArea #housing crisis, then after the cameras, clicks and likes disappeared so did it's phony commitment, as #Meta quietly cut the funding teat and #ghosted the topic.

Money did flow at first , as public entities provided matching funds, but #Zuggerfugger's #PaloAlto #SocialMedia #boardroom backed shills quietly cut and run, committing far less than a quarter of the publicly pledged total. The vast majority of money from Meta, a company lacking a corporate charitable arm, came back to their HQ, repaid as low 2% interest rate loans of up to $15m to developers, not actual donations.

5 years after the flurry of #publicity, the unfulfilled propaganda pipe dream went deferred, projects were few and far between, impacts largely lost and untold in a region still desperately in need of more affordable housing.

eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/23/me #GiftLink #SharedStory #SiliconValley #HousingCrisis

Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg himself invested almost $50 million to buy out nearby neighbors in one Palo Alto neighborhood to preserve his personal privacy.
May 24, 2025, 18:00 · · · 4 · 0
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Day 15 cont 🩺⚕️👨‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️

Looking back at promises for mental health due to underfunding.

“As Prime Minister #AnthonyAlbanese issues an election #pledge of $1 billion for #MentalHealth support #funding, professionals on the sector’s frontline are reserving judgement.“

#Health / #Youth / #Labor / #ProfPatrickMcgorry / #Straya <archive.md/5yJOK> / <thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/h> (paywall)

Apr 13, 2025, 07:23 · · 0 · 0
alip

#sydbox 3.32.4 is released! This release finishes our sandboxing category rework which is very similar to and inspired by #openbsd #pledge, and stabilizes the syd.2 virtual stat API. This release also brings coverage for the new *xattrat system calls new in #Linux-6.13, read more here: shorturl.at/WdtGy #exherbo #security #sandbox

Mar 09, 2025, 18:58 · · 1 · 0
Julia
There are three of us in this marriage: me, him, and WFMU. But it’s not crowded.

For years I struggled for his attention — WFMU always had it. Once the children went on their own, all by myself, I took a train to Jersey City and joined the volunteer crowd of the best freeform, listener-supported, completely independent radio.

WFMU does not belong to any public broadcasting network. The programming is done in-house by volunteer DJs — “experimentation, spontaneity and humor are among the station's most frequently noted distinguishing traits."

And it’s that time of the year — WFMU MARATHON.

March 3rd through March 16th!

Tune in to win prizes, laugh your head off, and support the best non-commercial independent freeform listener-supported radio station to ever rock the airwaves.

91.1 FM or WFMU.ORG anywhere in the world

To pledge, call 800-989-9368.

#wfmu #radio #freeformradio #independent #community #music #listenersupported #fundraisingmarathon #pledge
Mar 04, 2025, 11:56 · · 1 · 0
alip

We need maintainers for at least one of pandora, libsyd, plsyd, pysyd, rbsyd, gosyd and syd.el. All these projects are users of #sydbox dynamic API to configure #sydbox from within #sydbox like #OpenBSD #pledge. If anyone (except maybe Jia Tan) is interested, please dm me or send a mail to alip AT chesswob DOT org. TIA! ATM all these projects live in the same #git tree, for more information check out our README gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydb #exherbo #linux #freesoftware #security

README.md · main · Sydbox / sydbox · GitLab

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Feb 09, 2025, 07:59 · · 1 · 0
Shingo Mouse 🌳

#Environmentalism #Wildlife #EndangeredSpecies #Pledge Join your fellow Trump Resistance Team members in signing our pledge! | Friends of the Earth: The Biggest Jobs on Earth
action.foe.org/page/78239/peti

Jan 22, 2025, 06:33 · · 0 · 0
SunDancerGE

I usually don’t do new years pledges. But given the massive fuck up that the last Battletech Kickstarter has become and how extra fees pile up on stuff that’s imported into the EU I am going to pledge:

No more funding of physical projects that are not from within the EU

Only funding small companies outside the EU that offer a digital reward. (Movies, video games etc.)

Only funding […]

https://www.warmonger.de/a-pledge-for-2025/

Jan 07, 2025, 09:19 · · 1 · 0
Sean Murthy

I don't care how popular the #socialMedia poster/post is, but I #pledge to henceforth *not* engage posts with unattributed content (quotes, "facts", images, …) if the content is not attributable to the poster.

And please let me know when my posts fail to meet this standard. 🙏

#attribution #respect

Dec 06, 2024, 20:58 · · 0 · 0
Josh P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way

Aww I just donated to WQED for their pledge drive and they wrote my name down as "Tosh".

Eh, close enough, but I was hoping the TRYPO conductor Brian Worsdale would see the tag "former TRYPO cellist" while he was there. Oh well.

Pledge if you can! QED is a great gift to Pittsburgh -- and even my mom who lives in Texas now can listen on streaming worldwide!!

#trypo #pittsburgh #wqed #classicalmusic #pledge

Dec 06, 2024, 13:37 · · 1 · 0
🇨🇦A Wolf in Cheap Clothing🇨🇦

As a result of the wave of #Conservative disgust that #PMTrudeau took time off to take his children to the #TaylorSwift concert in #Toronto because he didn't foresee a random riot happening in #Montreal when he purchased the tickets months ago, I'm calling for #PierrePoilievre and the entire #Conservatative party to public declare and sign a #Pledge that if elected they will either #Sell their #Families or put them in #ColdStorage until they leave office and that they will be chained to their desks in Ottawa! This will remove the need for them to spend anytime with family and ensure they are always at there desk if some unforeseen emergency comes up!

Now to assure you that I'm not some monster, this plan will include replacing all their chairs with toilets. 🚽

Nov 24, 2024, 21:51 · · · 5 · 0

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