ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
That's a lot of money
I was right
Heard a song from the 80s reference a "long distance call" and it occurred to me that this is a concept that no longer holds any emotional currency whatsoever
X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers
Why education matters
Seen on my news and academic feeds today:
"This is highly illegal!"
"Where are the courts?"
"Someone needs to arrest him/them!"
"The military needs to oust them!"
"WHERE ARE THE DEMS?"
This is the denial stage of grief. None of the above institutions are coming to save us.
We are all we've got.
Since we ain’t getting anything about celebrating Black History Month from the White Supremacy Administration, here are the Obamas
youtu.be/rcUrpeBN0Zo?...
God would literally rather take on flesh and die for us than hold our sins unforgiven or unforgivable. That’s how much God loves you. And there is nothing in all creation that is more powerful than that love.
Shared by Pr. Will Layton at Rev. Dr. Duane Priebe’s funeral today.
Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.
Grateful for your nice mushroom photos. Some calm & respite. Thank you!
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
We’re not seeing this in media at home. Search for other news sources!
Facts ...
Question? What matters to you most, your friends' politics or their morals?
Thank you for some mycological calm in my scroll.
Don’t think you don’t make a difference
Every stone dropped in the pond
Sends out ripples
You matter
Empathy is not a sin!
This saddens and angers me. Absolutely counter to what my ELCA church is about. You can better ELCA options by going to Reconcilingworks.org.
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Blessing: God made you quirky and loves you a large amount!
-Rev. Priscilla Austin
#ext25
If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
That didn’t take long.
Wow
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Physics does not care about our politics, and ultimately the world will continue to warm until we get global emissions of CO2 to (net) zero.
I’ve seen a lot lately about the screenwriters outdoing themselves again. But honestly, if you were crafting a fictional treatment of the demise of American democracy, you would have tried to make the characters a lot more plausible.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
