Sunny Birch

How about some basic rules?
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law

…

Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.

As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe.

But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵

A male stoplight parrotfish strikes a pose for the Camera in slow motion #stoplightparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #parrotfish #slowmotion #strikeapose #vogue #protogynoushermaphrodite #supermale #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Fascism 101.

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If you're angry at Jeffrey Goldberg or the Atlantic today, you're a sh*tty American.

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I dare you to read this piece in its entirety, and tell me how this makes anyone safer.
What it clearly does do is funnel hundreds of millions of our tax $$s to certain corps to kidnap, detain and degrade people for absurd reasons or none at all—in the name of the United States.
You ok with this?

YouTube video by Jesse McFaul We Will Survive

Thanks Canada. This made smile a whole lot! I sent to all my friends

Good morning BlueSky🦋!! Take a moment to remember the comforts of childhood.
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd. What is it about this book that rests children's souls? The knitter, the socks & mittens drying, the child safely tucked in? 🧶
#goodnightmoon #art #knitsky

Dear poets, in case you’ve wondered, editors who reject your work may rejoice for you when they see you published in other places. It’s great to see people find compatible publication homes, the groove that fits their tongue.

Community Chorale concert. The tacky stage was decorated like a VFW Post in the late 1950s, cluttered with red poinsettias, a skinny green tree shaped like a torpedo, bright colored lights strung at the edge of the stage, a cacaphony of reassuring glitz: no elegance allowed.

A strategy.

I had them for the first time when I lived in Austin and was invited to my boss’s home for Thanksgiving dinner. She was from Louisiana and served them stuffed. Delicious!

First I read an article about the psychology of hoarding (trauma based, of course) and then turned to this delightful mini-memoir on imaginary spaces and I feel so anticipated here.

I don’t want to lose track of this discussion.

I am sorry that you had to go through the pain of losing a beloved friend tree and that this led to a cleft in your family too. Double sorrow.

Not yet! Do you recommend it?

First we meet a set of unrelated characters, then their lives gradually weave together as each discovers an intense desire to help trees. The plot is unfolding beautifully and the novel has captured my heart.

Reading The Overstory by Richard Powers. The experience is very satisfying and wonderful.

I’m really excited to see this doc, and selfishly as the mom of a queer kid who is already experiencing that hate firsthand, I am so, so grateful for community elders like Harper allowing themselves to be hyper-visible. It matters, and tiny queer kids are benefiting 💜

"transgender operations on illegal aliens who are in prison" sir the question was about fracking

A grade school classmate of mine just unearthed this treasure from our school yearbook, published in 1967. Imagine being introduced to the world of books by Mrs. Rollins.

We're having illustrations this week of how people's reputations grow, are re-assessed, and leave strong impressions with people after they have stepped away from power, and after they have died.

In one direction, Rosalynn Carter, and eventually her husband.

In the other, Kissinger.