“It is easier to build strong children, than to repair broken men” – Frederick Douglass

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the...

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“It is the Division’s view that transactions in the types of meme coins described in this statement, do not involve the offer and sale of securities under the federal securities laws. As such, persons who participate in the offer and sale of meme coins do not need to register their transactions with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) or fall within one of the Securities Act’s exemptions from registration. Accordingly, neither meme coin purchasers nor holders are protected by the federal securities laws.”

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Bitkey is creating a very nice transfer of wealth plan. Nice job @jack and all the developers over at Block working on the Bitkey project. https://support.bitkey.world/hc/en-us/articles/32141067207444-What-is-Inheritance-and-how-does-it-work

We have to teach our children how to critically think and formulate independent ideas in a world where everyone is following and being controlled by “whatever goes”, “everything goes” and “whatever is trending” in popular culture. We have to be intentional about showing and teaching our children how to be independent, critical thinkers. Adults, young adults, and children are not thinking these days. They are “Googleing” and using their findings as the foundation/core and or starting point of their talking points and ideology/philosophy on life. This is pathetic and dangerous!

The view from the front seat of the rig are always breathtaking! #fireservice

Opt out. #bitcoin

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“Not being allowed to work in Harlem angered Williams, but work conditions at Engine 55 improved as time went by. The new men who entered the company included several probationary firemen who took over his previous duties, such as spittoon and bathroom cleaning. Also, while many of his company-mates remained hostile and dismissive, several began to converse with him. As an avid reader of history and an intellectual within a highly anti-intellectual workplace culture, Williams was ironically called upon to settle an interethnic dispute regarding the whiteness of Italians. When asked by an Irish fireman if Italians could be considered white, Williams told the predominantly Irish men in the company “that he didn’t know whether or not Italians were White, but he did know that when Ancient Rome was conquering the world people in Ireland were living in caves.”” — Black Firefighters and the FDNY: The Struggle for Jobs, Justice, and Equity in New York City (Justice, Power, and Politics) by David Goldberg https://a.co/8YJGqfU

“Discrimination in the assignment of firehouse tasks, vicious practical jokes, or in-house physical threats, while demeaning, disgusting, and dangerous, paled in comparison with the danger that Williams was subjected to while on duty. “The story they put out to the community,” he later recalled, “was that they ‘would burn the nigger up,’ and that I couldn’t take smoke because my nostrils were too wide.” In his first major firefighting duty, Williams and his company responded to a dangerous cellar fire in the Bowery district. Ordered to take the nozzle to prove his “courage and staying ability” to the rest of the company, Williams led while the others followed. He directed the nozzle’s stream at the heart of the fire, but a backdraft sparked a gas explosion. Williams’s company-mates, including his lieutenant, ran from the building into the street, leaving Williams for dead. Knocked on his back during the explosion, he somehow managed to maintain control of the hose, right himself, and quell the blaze by himself. Other fire companies on the scene snickered at the pack of cowards who had abandoned him, while Battalion Chief Ben Parker mocked Williams’s white company-mates, snidely remarking, “You were gonna burn him up? It looks like he burnt you fellas up.” FDNY officials later conceded that Williams had single-handedly “saved the building and probably the block.”” — Black Firefighters and the FDNY: The Struggle for Jobs, Justice, and Equity in New York City (Justice, Power, and Politics) by David Goldberg https://a.co/iv8b5Mr

“Williams’s career as a firefighter began on January 10, 1919. His credentials and connections did little to shield him from the onslaught of hate and discrimination he faced upon joining the department. Williams was assigned to Engine 55 on Broome Street, the Italian section of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. On Williams’s first day, the captain of the firehouse retired at roll call, and every fireman in the house, refusing “to work with a nigger,” requested transfers. Recognizing that no one would work with Williams if FDNY brass caved to these demands, the FDNY’s fire chief and fire commissioner (the two highest positions in the department) froze all transfers for one year so they could maintain full manpower at Engine 55 as well as any other company that Williams or another African American might be appointed or transferred to in the future.” — Black Firefighters and the FDNY: The Struggle for Jobs, Justice, and Equity in New York City (Justice, Power, and Politics) by David Goldberg https://a.co/hC84mLn

“Williams’s composite test scores placed him at the top of a list of hundreds of applicants, but his appointment remained uncertain due to his race. All candidates were required to present three letters of recommendation and were then subjected to the department’s “selection process.” While almost all Blacks lacked the political clout to move beyond this point, Williams’s father managed to secure reference letters for his son from former president Theodore Roosevelt as well as Cardinal Patrick Hayes. Yet in the world of Tammany-controlled patronage politics, perhaps his most crucial letter of support might have come from florist and real estate mogul Charles Thorley. Thorley owned and operated the famed Thorley’s House of Flowers, served as J. P. Morgan’s personal florist, and provided extremely expensive arrangements for the city’s elite. Thorley, for many years, employed a number of African Americans in his shop, including Williams’s father during the 1890s and Langston Hughes for a brief period in 1922. Thorley bought and sold a number of real estate holdings in Manhattan, including the parcel of land that the New York Times purchased to build its headquarters. As a millionaire and active member of Tammany Hall, Thorley made frequent and substantial donations to the machine, which gave him tremendous power and sway. “It was Thorley,” Williams recalled, who “let the fire commission of the City of New York understand that regardless of how they felt about it, I was going to stay in the fire department.” — Black Firefighters and the FDNY: The Struggle for Jobs, Justice, and Equity in New York City (Justice, Power, and Politics) by David Goldberg https://a.co/aZ9UOC9

“In 1918, Williams, who studied on his own because he was not allowed to take the Tammany-backed prep course, took the civil service examination for the FDNY and placed thirteenth out of 2,700 applicants. As an avid weightlifter, athlete, and bodybuilder whose physique was later described by sportswriters of the 1920s as comparable to that of Jim Thorpe, Williams had little problem with the physical examination and became only the second man in the department’s history to earn a perfect score on the physical exam.” — Black Firefighters and the FDNY: The Struggle for Jobs, Justice, and Equity in New York City (Justice, Power, and Politics) by David Goldberg https://a.co/4zlvnwH

Founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy, EJI is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons. We challenge the death penalty and excessive punishment and we provide re-entry assistance to formerly incarcerated people. Maybe Ross and the free Ross “movement” will continue the work of advocating for people who have been unfairly sentenced like how he was, excessively punished like how he was, and or illegally convicted. It would be nice to see the “movement” to free Ross continue to highlight all the others throughout history who have suffered like him. Let’s see… #FreeRoss

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Humm… S.4912 — 118th Congress (2023-2024) This Act may be cited as the “Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide Act of 2024” or the “BITCOIN Act of 2024”. “SEC. 10. PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. (a) Rules Of Construction.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to— (1) authorize the Federal Government to seize, confiscate, or otherwise impair any property right in the lawfully acquired Bitcoin holdings of any person; or (2) infringe upon the rights of individuals, businesses, or organizations to purchase, hold, transfer, or dispose of Bitcoin in accordance with the law. (b) Affirmation Of Rights.—This Act affirms and protects the rights of persons to maintain full lawful control over the Bitcoin and other digital assets of those individuals, recognizing that the ability to maintain self-custody of private keys is fundamental to the principles of financial sovereignty, privacy, and personal liberty in the digital age.” https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4912/text?s=1&r=1&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22s.4912%22%7D#id3f2245bd62324855bb316db6b3d6b08a