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The company that sued the gvt over tariffs - Learning Resources in Illinois. Need some stuff?? Take a look at the link They deserve to be rewarded for standing up for all of us.

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Women's Rights are Democratic Rights: The Global Authoritarian Backlash to Gender Equality, by Hillary Rodham Clinton

I can say from personal experience that Putin is threatened by strong women.

As I argue in a new piece in @foreignaffairs.com, he and his fellow autocrats have reason to fear us:

Defending women's rights and combating authoritarianism is the same fight.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...

In honor of DHS spokesliar Tricia McLaughlin's resignation, let's revisit how her husband's company won a $220 million no-bid contract to run a stupid propaganda campaign featuring her boss, Kristi Noem, bashing immigrants while sitting on a horse in front of Mt. Rushmore.

“I reject the lie that deporting my neighbor is how I win better pay and working conditions. We’re fighting for a country where families stay together without living in terror, so we’re ALL better off!”

Pycnanthemum incanum I was educating myself about Harriet Tubman and her role in liberating 300+ people from American slavery via underground railroad I saw a mother post to social media saying her daughter took a test at school and was asked to list a hero, wherein she answered "Harriet Tubman" and the teacher marked it wrong In the comments someone stated incorrect conspiracies in attempts to erase her existence this is an example of a concept called misogynoir Interlude: Tina Taught Me - Solange People try to deny what feels uncomfortable that's called cognitive dissonance if you don't understand, then look it up while you're at it go support Black artists, authors, businesses We're living through some dangerous times when the president of the USA is using ChatGPT to dehumanize another former president and family and is subsequently supported by his cult We have to learn from history and the power of spreading hope brewing it into tea to share and using it for medicinal purposes like those who came before us

Pycnanthemum incanum

#poetry #FreeVerseFebruary #hero

Watch the Young Moon Greet Mercury at Sunset On February 18th, the willowy crescent has a close shave with Mercury, so close that it occults the planet from some U.S. cities.

On February 18th, the willowy crescent Moon has a close shave with Mercury, so close that it occults the planet from some U.S. cities.
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One of the great privileges of my life was witnessing Shirley Chisholm campaigning for Jesse Jackson in 1988 (and then voting for him in the primary).

highly rec Annie Potts reading Larry McMurtry's book about Calamity Jane

Giving poor people some money makes crime go down better than giving cops more money. Says science. We did the science. We keep doing that science. Nobody in a suit ever cares tho.

Anyone who truly wants crime to go down needs to understand that instead of giving money to militarize the police, that same money should be spent on social programs, community organizing, and ensuring everyone has enough money to live.

This is proven over and over.

Black-and-white historical portrait of Constance Tipper, the pioneering English metallurgist and crystallographer. She is gazing directly at the camera with a calm, intelligent, and composed expression. Tipper has short, neatly styled dark hair parted on the side with soft waves framing her face. She wears a patterned blouse or dress with a high collar, evoking early-to-mid-20th-century professional women's attire. The soft lighting highlights her determined features against a plain, neutral background, capturing her as a trailblazing scientist whose work on brittle fracture revolutionized materials engineering and saved lives during and after World War II.

Metallurgist Constance Tipper was born #OTD in 1894.

Her groundbreaking work on the brittle fracture of metals saved countless lives during #WWII & laid foundational principles for modern fracture mechanics. First female FT faculty member at Cambridge Dept of Engineering (1949). #WomenInSTEM (1/2)

Saw Miss Dement play a small club, just her and a piano. She started singing and I started weeping. ANGEL.

Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (ALBUM 2026) - YouTube Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern (ALBUM 2026)

Jill Scott's new record is SO GOOD:

YouTube video by NICO Black Classic Recs NOT written by Baldwin, Morrison, or Hurston! #classicliterature #blackhistory

GREAT LIST!!

Tower of Life — Klaus Klinger in Düsseldorf, Germany Street Art mural on building

#StreetArt #art #murals

‘From the cabins and the ditches, in their charred, uncoffin'd masses...’
In Jan. 1847 The Nation magazine published poet, nationalist & feminist Jane 'Speranza' Wilde's (d. #OTD 1896) poem 'The Famine Year', the first major poetic response to the Great Famine. www.dib.ie/biography/wi... #DIBLives

Rhetoric and abortion histories In June, 2022, the US Supreme Court decision Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization ended five decades of legal abortion access in the country. Now about half of the 50 US states severely limit o...

In the book "Back-Alley Abortion: A Rhetorical History", Emily Winderman examines the phrase back-alley abortion to denote the bad old days when almost all abortions in the USA were performed illegally.

Julian of Norwich's cell in St Julian's Church, Norwich. Julian's cell was discovered as a result of WWII bombing and reconstructed. Now a beautiful, tranquil and peaceful space for reflection and prayer.
📸December 2024

In solidarity with the boycotts, my indie books have officially been pulled from Amazon. If you have *also* pulled your books from Amazon for whatever reason, let me know. I'm putting together some more discovery for people whose books no longer benefit from or support Amazon.

Hand shape in Indonesian cave may be world’s oldest known rock art Archaeologists say stencil painted with ochre in limestone cave on Muna Island was created at least 67,800 years ago

ART - adding support to the argument that Australia has a 65,000 year old continuous First Nations culture.

Art is absolutely critical to knowledge systems of Indigenous cultures - and inherent in Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...?

#theknowledgegene #memorycode

USDA Study Shows Untapped Potential Of Hemp Roots In Pediatric Cancer Treatment - Marijuana Moment The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is promoting a novel study suggesting that an often underutilized part of the hemp plant—its roots—may hold significant therapeutic potential, including in th...

USDA Study Shows Untapped Potential Of Hemp Roots In Pediatric Cancer Treatment
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YouTube video by C. L 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 PRINCE @MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 2011 -W2A Pro Shot⚜️

This man really came alive on stage

#prince #musicsky

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From Concept to Community: The First Year of the Cyber Resilience Corps - CLTC UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity By Grace Menna, Senior Fellow in Public Interest Cybersecurity   As 2025 comes to a close, CTLC reflects on the first year of the Cyber Resilience Corps, including…

Cyber volunteering had a big year in 2025, marked by a surge in community-led civil defense. This highlights how the ecosystem is scaling and maturing—with thousands of volunteers now providing critical support to organizations nationwide #CyberCivilDefense #Take9 cltc.berkeley.edu/2025/12/19/f....

Chimaera - NOAA Ocean Exploration This cute chimaera was seen at a depth of 820 meters (2,690 feet) in the Stetson-Miami Terrace Deepwater Coral Habitat of Particular Concern off the coast of Florida during Dive 04 of the 2019 Southea...

Just a reminder that NOAA releases monthly desktop screens with calendars featuring deep-sea animals and its reminder right now that at least some in government are still wholesome oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/c...

Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

we start our season at winter solstice and keep the tree up til Imbolc, 1 Feb, halfway to spring equinox.

Georgia judge to toss landmark racketeering charges against 'Cop City' protesters A Georgia judge says he's going to dismiss racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of trying to stop the construction of a police and firefighter training facility known as “Cop City."

RICO charges dropped against ‘Stop Cop City’ defendants. “A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a years-long conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility..." apnews.com/article/atla...