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#booksky

This is a color drawing of Piglet and Pooh, walking in the snow, between a small stand of trees and shrubs, on a cloudy, cool day. “Is he dead yet?” asked Piglet. “No,” said Pooh. “Fuck, said Piglet.

“Is he dead yet?” asked Piglet.
“No,” said Pooh.
“Fuck,” said Piglet.

Read this book and just try to compartmentalize history into “them” and “us”— while feeling safe. It can’t be done This brilliant scholar tells the story of how the Nazis literally studied America’s Jim Crow laws to provide the legal framework for industrial murder.

DEI, DIVIDE & CONQUER

The Sec. of Ed. claims black history is “DEI”, while holocaust ed. is not. Those who don’t want you reading Frederick Douglass, don’t want you reading Anne Frank. If any of us are unsafe, all of us are endangered.The Nazis STUDIED Jim Crow to kill. #BlackHistory #Holocaust

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Star Wars Intro Scroll Episode IV It Was All So Stupid Seriously, you would not believe how stupid it was. Every day, unrelentingly, just the dumbest stuff by the absolute worst people. And what made it worse was knowing that we’d brought this on ourselves.

In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books

Sunflowers: sacred to the Incas, stunning in the garden, and a powerhouse of usefulness! From golden dye to flavourless cooking oil, animal feed to a coffee-like brew—and bees love them too! A feast for pollinators and a joy for us. Plant some sunshine this year! #Sunflowers #BeeFriendly #Gardening

YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger TRUMP LIED: The Truth About US Spending in Ukraine Revealed!

Trump says the US has spent $350 billion in Ukraine, and Europe has done less than us. Is this true? Nope, take a look and be sure to like and subscribe to my new YT channel

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WATCH: “Ron Vara is an anagram of Navarro.”

@maddow.msnbc.com explains how Trump’s tariffs policy came from his economic advisor Peter Navarro, who invented a fake expert in his books to justify it🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤦🏼

And now markets are crashing 🎪 #TrumpTradeWar #AmericanBrexit

Dow futures tumble as the massive market sell-off continues | CNN Business The tariff-induced market mayhem isn’t over just yet.

To any Republican Congressman watching in horror while the financial markets lose half their value over the next few days:

This is a reminder that you /personally/ could turn this around on a dime, simply by voting with your colleagues to turn these tariffs off.

www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/b...

Silly question - where do we get the little green 2-leaf icon/emoji to indicate gardening? Is it just an iPhone thing?

Serious props to Marisa here who had this before anyone else I think.

This has been a thing for some time I believe.

Time Magazine cover, headlined, "When the Music Died: John Lennon." Image of John Lennon.

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do;
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too.
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one.

John Lennon, 10/9/40-12/8/80

Thoughts?

This obituary for the award-winning costume designer of Peaky Blinders, Stephanie Collie, is a wonderful tribute to her research process and skill. It’s easy to criticise costumes in TV historical dramas, but historical inaccuracies are rarely errors, they’re often storytelling choices

Opening page of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

I got hooked on the first page of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - more than two decades ago 😂 #booksky

An illustration showing a metaphorical “large high wall” separating “Church” and “State.” On the side labeled “Church,” buildings resembling places of worship are captioned “Religion goes here.” On the side labeled “State,” there are government buildings and a public school labeled “Science goes here.” The top of the image displays the text “BUILD THIS WALL.”

Religion does NOT belong in our schools!

Agreed? ✋

I am so tired of waiting, aren’t you, For the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let’s take a knife and cut the world in two- And see what worms are eating At the rind. Langston Hughes