Team bear forever

Unsolicited writing advice, no: 73:
Stop calling yourself an "aspiring writer."
Just write.
Now, you're a writer.
Keep writing, reading, observing, learning.
Soon, you'll be a better writer.

Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections.

Robert Reich’s Sentiments

I don’t know who needs to hear this but fascism often begins with the slow erosion of civil liberties and the rise of authoritarianism under the guise of ‘security measures’.

“Donald Trump’s week of whining and spouting conspiracy theories has voters on both sides of the aisle ready to Forget That He Existed. The American people want to be Out of the Woods of the chaos and division of the Trump era, leave behind the Blank Space of Trump’s broken promises, and Begin Again by electing Vice President Harris to ensure America’s future of opportunity is Long Lived.” “Voters know All Too Well how dangerous Trump and his Project 2025 agenda will be if he wins. This November, we can make sure this is The Last Time we have to deal with his End Game of jacking up taxes on the middle class and ripping away Americans’ freedoms. Together, we can turn the page on the Trump Era and write a new chapter where all Americans Breathe easy knowing we have strong, steady leadership at the helm. We can make sure The Story of Us is one of progress—and show Donald Trump we are not going Back to December of 2020. Like ever.”

The Harris-Walz campaign responds to Trump’s post about Taylor Swift:

JD Vance spreading lies about Haitian immigrants

“The Springfield Police Division said Monday morning they have received no reports related to pets being stolen and eaten” www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springf...

david muir and linsey davis fact checking

Tim Walz talked about how free school lunch reduces the unequal burden of domestic labor on women by removing one daily chore, and I immediately set up a recurring donation.

I think Duane Bryers’ Hilda art is such a perfect example of how making art about a subject that you genuinely find beautiful will show your audience how to appreciate it the way that you do. Art is all about opening this little porthole to show people the world through your filter

After unprecedented newspaper raid, journalists remain defiant Former Marion County Record reporter Deb Gruver says, ‘No, you don't get away with this’

Since the Marion County Record police raid, journalists in Kansas have:
-posters in newsrooms reminding of legal rights
-a letter for cops reminding of their rights
-created an online course to train rural reporters

“They thought they were going to get away with it…you don't get away with this.”

Learning about “unschooling” and I didn’t know it was like… legal… to just… not educate your children…

quick art tip for those who need it: stop putting so much value into your sketchbooks. meaning, don’t feel like every page has to have a “perfect” work or whatever. you’d be surprised how common this attitude is and it’s how people fall off from drawing regularly. it’s a sketchbook get fuckin’ messy

#VoteBlueDownBallott #VoteBlue2024ProtectDemocracy #VoteKamalaHarris2024 IN AN UNFORGETTABLE GIGANTIC LANDSLIDE ON NOV 5TH!!!

Opinion | Libraries can help end the culture wars. That’s why they’re under fire. Nothing threatens authoritarianism like a free, quiet place to absorb a full range of information.

It's no accident that libraries have become a target in the culture wars, writes @annaleen.bsky.social -- it's because, both as literal spaces and as metaphor, they are key to how we can come together again www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I really miss when you could go to public spaces and not hear someone flicking through short form videos out loud every few seconds

even spaces that used to do a good job of asking people to not be rude seem to have given up. if you ask nicely to use headphones they act like you killed their family

Saw one with a white marble wrap, God it looked awful lol

Libraries are awesome.

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI chief says laptop used by Trump rally gunman shows a July 6 Google search of: How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?.

I still can’t get over my neighbor calling the city last week about my “overgrown” yard

there’s a post going around how it’s okay not to read the classics and of course it’s okay to read/not read whatever you want, BUT:
1) the classics are not a scam to make you read dead white men, in fact many celebrated authors are women/POC
2) you will often be surprised what you like if you try it

Goddamn. Just watched Harris’ rally break out into a spontaneous “NOT GOING BACK!” chant followed by Beyoncé’s “Freedom”. Forgot how fun it used to feel to be excited and inspired back at the beginning of the Obama campaign in ‘08. Maybe had feared things were too cynical to get there again.

We can and should ignore a lot of noise this season, but we need to deal with this nonsense: “Kamala is a descendant of a white slave owner.” Yes. Many of us are descended from the enslaved and the slave owning. If you really can't figure out why, we have books for that.

Who would you like to have a beer with? The fun lady who laughs a lot and is friends with Beyoncé or the old dude who yells incoherently about nonsense and is friends with Hulk Hogan (who even wrestling fans hate)?

A tweet from fortnite studios announcing that their cybertruck mount(?) is being disabled and removed from the game dur to bugs

Oh my god they dont even work in fortnite

A Texas public school superintendent won't stop promoting Christianity at work Rusk ISD Superintendent Grey Burton said he wanted to tell FFRF, "I hope you enjoy your permanent vacation at the only place hotter than Texas in August"

A recent news headline claimed an atheist group was trying to "stop student led prayers" in a Texas school district.

I looked into it.

The facts tell a very different—and far more disturbing—story.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-texas-pu...

In 1947 10yr old Richard Allen of San Francisco spent a week at the movies and will forever be my hero.