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Is it truly social media anymore? Or is it more like selling media? It invades everything.

It's obvious to wealthiest and most powerful people on the planet don't care for nature, climate, the earth or the universe.

So I painted the invasive nature of ads in nature.

Pastor David Black was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying for ICE detainees in Chicago. Watch him speak out.

Today’s Canadian painting is “Haida Thunderbird “ painted by Bill Reid in 1981.

Halloween is coming

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

Der Comic besteht aus vier Panels und zeigt ein kleines Gespenst und eine Strichfigur. Panel 1 (oben links): Das Gespenst ruft: „Huuuuhh!!“ Die Strichfigur reagiert lächelnd: „Wie süß.“ Panel 2 (oben rechts): Das Gespenst sagt: „Ich bin NICHT süß, sondern ein Schreckgespenst. Du musst dich erschrecken!“ Die Strichfigur antwortet: „Oh… ach so.“ Panel 3 (unten links): Das Strichmännchen fängt an zu schreien: „Waaah, ein Geist!“ Das Gespenst freut sich. Panel 4 (unten rechts): Das Gespenst lacht glücklich. Die Strichfigur denkt: „Wie süß.“ Unten rechts im Bild steht „is lieb?“.

Erschrecken

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their…

We all know about Project 2025. But now Trump and his allies are turning to Project 2026, their brazen plan to undermine free and fair elections and rig the midterms for the GOP.

Everyone needs to read this.

James Baldwin’s Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil Rigorous lessons are not mutually exclusive from culturally and politically relevant ones.

“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.” So opens “A Talk to Teachers,” which James Baldwin delivered to a group of educators in October, 1963.

Why does it seem like the president is constantly allowed to break the law without any consequences?

A penguin jumped on this boat to escape a seal, so they took him to the iceberg where his friends were waiting for him.

This is a fun “Storytime”.

Geometry in Nature

Yes, That’s When I like my body when I’m in the woods And I forget my body. I forget that arms, That legs, that nose. I forget that waist, That nerve, that skin. And I aspen. I mountain. I river. I stone. I leaf. I path. I flower. I like when I evergreen, current and berry. I like when I mushroom, avalanche, cliff. And everything is yes then, and everything New: wild Iris, duff, waterfall, dew.

From ‘Hush’ (2020)
—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

#poetry #poem #booksky

#goodtrouble #goodtroubleliveson #civilrights #stopice #education #climatechange #fundmedicaid all.the.things. Use your voice. Fight for freedom with us and your neighbors.

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

I sat on my couch and phoned up royalty, spoke to ambassadors, irritated a senior adviser at Blackstone, and left squeaky voicemails for what must constitute a considerable percentage of the world oligarchy.

Fascinating! Ice cleaving and a 200 ft tower rises from the water.

« The New American Gothic » by Criselda Vasquez. Ms. Vasquez used her parents, who are Mexican immigrants, as models for her painting. #criseldavasquez #hispanicartist #hispanicartist #americangothic #fineart #art #painting #mexicanamericanart #mexicanamerican

July 4, 1776: Wondering whether the USA is the only country to celebrate its independence on the anniversary of simply declaring it, rather than on the anniversary of winning it. In our case, the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia: October 19, 1781.

If so, that’s badass.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻

"The fact that the country has to constantly be in court to fight its own president is really wearying"
-- anon

You have to hear all of this. Mind blowing.

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