I went a step up and got Target flowers in Salli’s favorite shade of Dusty Rose. Or maybe they were just dusty. And a card from the Romance rack because there were only three Valentine cards left and I trusted the collective wisdom about those.

Salli is the”Writer” but I do write. I wrote this earlier today, inspired by Renee Good’s glovebox.

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plastic eyes don't shed tears
they stare out from polyester fur
at blood pooled in a deflated airbag
and wait for a medic to arrive
to pronounce the obvious:

everyone is a target now

Two reliable favorites for years

Hitler came to power in 1933. The ‘final solution’ wasn’t instituted until 1942. Trump has been in office less than a year.

I was buying into Pritzker’s rhetoric, but these are state LE. He was in the Loop yesterday for his photo op, but rather he was in Broadview clarifying who his Staties should be protecting

This is a modern day "Spirit of '76"

The zeitgeist! The video Spiders, Lola Young’s latest, has her playing with a tarantula. And yesterday, one of my best friends was bitten by a brown recluse. Spiders are having a moment!

OMG! Cowgoats have overrun the farm!!

Imagine the future history books:
“In 2025, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to consider race in helping a Latino student get into college, but totally awesome to consider race when throwing their dad into a concentration camp.”

I love that!

Sunshine, Jonathan Edwards

I tried to think of something torchy, something you could sing while reclined on a grand piano, but couldn’t find the right one.

Someone please convince me that ICE is not now positioned to be Trump’s Praetorian Guard

It’s because society designates them to protect us and as such they’re highly trained and discipl…sorry! I tried to keep a straight face but just couldn’t get through it 😆

Political theater gets political theater props.

Wow!

I have a knapsack the size of a small moving van. I always feel like people are staring at, slightly aghast.

It's May Day! Reminder: your employer/HR department is not your friend, no matter what the company emails try to imply. Their top priorities are:
-prevent the company from getting sued,
-minimize the amount the company must pay out per employee,
-protect the company's interests.

What happened to the good sound thrashing of a clown coming in and disturbing a local spot’s vibe? Not advocating violence, but a sincere threat can work wonders.

I guarantee‘immigrants’ is just the start.

Always looking on the bright side!

The cowardly capitulation the ‘opposition’ is practicing is going to buy them absolutely nothing. When running or hiding won’t save us. We need to fight as if our lives depend on it.

...more on FB. This 300 char limit is not my style. If I have something to say, I need room to say it. Not pare away its rhythm and structure until it's barely more than extended length bumper sticker.

Another kind is when action is taken against the leader of the apex predator in an industry where the damage being done is clear, broad, measurable, unapologetic and devoid of accountability.
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Or where you stalk a teenager you've profiled as a threat even after the real law enforcement that you mimic has told you to step back.
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Not Sorry: Extrajudicial Justice and the CEO

There is more than one kind of lawlessness.

There's the kind where you go into a political protest hot spot looking for trouble so you can flex your righteous delusions of apocalyptic 'us vs them' dichotomy. [...]

I can’t edit my posts? That’s gonna be a problem. For some strange reason, I only see my mistakes after I publish.

Hey, look at that: no URL fingerprinting! Score one for Bluesky.

Link test: seeleyart.com?page=bio

So many Security Council measures fail due to the unanimity requirement, rendering it toothless on important issues. Maybe the rule should be more like the sports where they throw out the highest and lowest score. In this implementation, negate one Yes and one No to get the official vote tally.

The biggest positive from this week’s loss by the Bears: Williams is going to positively get injured if he doesn’t get some proper protection from the o-line.