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Paldies! I have purloined the donation ticket image for our website, with attribution, hope you don't mind!
Link is to our introduction to the official Brīvības piemineklis book—facsimile, transcribed, and translated.
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“Socialism is a scare word [Republicans] have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years. Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called farm price supports. Socialism is what they called bank deposit insurance. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. When the Republican candidate inscribes the slogan ‘Down With Socialism’ on the banner of his ‘great crusade,’ that is really not what he means at all. What he really means is, ‘Down with Progress — down with Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal,’ and ‘down with Harry Truman’s Fair Deal.’ That is what he means” — Harry Truman

Truman 1952

RFK Jr.'s commitment to anti-science... effectively hastening the death of his own relative.
#ScienceBasedMedicine #EvidenceBasedMedicine

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Hey @msnowcomms.bsky.social , went to MS NOW site for the first time, checked the do not sell info box, followed link to actual privacy opt out page, had to click "brand" 🤬 (intentionally?) clunky dropdown to opt out, went to verify, and was put into an INFINITE LOOP CAPTCHA!

Clearly we've moved on from Earth 1.0 to Earth 2.0 to Earth 3.0.

If there were any an avatar of the proverbial double standard...

Frankly, I'm not sure what planet we're on, anymore. 😱

A thunderstorm at sunset over Smith Rock State Park, summer of 2025.

One of the most exciting sunsets I've captured. A thunderstorm came rolling in just as the clouds started to change color. Smith Rock State Park in Oregon.

#lightning #sunset #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #oregon #canon

sigh, "I saw..."

Always happy with a superior three. Been using the same starter last three games, some worse, some better. #Wordle 1,617 3/6

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Yup.

“Socialism is a scare word [Republicans] have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years. Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called farm price supports. Socialism is what they called bank deposit insurance. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. When the Republican candidate inscribes the slogan ‘Down With Socialism’ on the banner of his ‘great crusade,’ that is really not what he means at all. What he really means is, ‘Down with Progress — down with Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal,’ and ‘down with Harry Truman’s Fair Deal.’ That is what he means” — Harry Truman

I say Mike Johnson complain about Dems voting against resolution. GOP has been saying Dems want Socialism since the 1930's. Truman, 1952.

Trump would say "justice."

I’ve said this every month for a year.

Russia (Alksnis working for Yeltsin) invaded Moldova before the USSR was cold on the slab and has been getting away with it and escalating since. Ukraine is paying the price.

Umm, death of...

It's good for me but no for thee mentality (Vance).

Not entirely dissimilar. As long as it doesn't go to 6/6 with more than one possibility remaining!
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YouTube video by Global News Cameras capture BC sea wolf raiding crab traps in first possible ‘tool use’

You can skip ahead to 45 seconds...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiuQ...

Trump's plan will only encourage more attacks and more bloodshed.

FFS, it's not what Lavrov was saying, what, a week ago? PLUS, if the Ukraine conflict is "resolved" with the ceding of territory, that GUARANTEES the Baltic states WILL be attacked. FFS, is there no one in the administration with an iota of foreign policy understanding.

Exactly. And that's the thing. Americans think it's Orbán who is the model, but Trump is far more malevolent. And he has surrounded himself (or are they moths to an infernal flame) with sycophants who show no inclination to ditch Trump no matter the human or environmental cost.

Sadly, the only NG who will get prosecuted is the one that shoots someone—the culmination of Trump's fear-mongering and dehumanization of Americans, non-citizens and citizens alike.

I disagree.
The problem is that Democrats hate themselves and can't help carving up their purported big tent into separate yurts squabbling with each other. Combine that with proportionally higher hate-motivated MAGA turnout and the "disaffected" voting third party, and we get Trump.

The Trump administration isn't going to prosecute the NG that the Trump administration deployed.

This is what hybrid warfare looks like.

"Ja katrs ziedotu vienu latu." Mani vecvecāki arī ziedoja piemineklim—piecus latus.

Leaving Ukraine to the wolves, unfortunately.

You have to take this in the context of Baltic individuals who participated in the Holocaust in WWII. Not current events.

Posting too late... "Finno-Ugric"