Andrea Ferrante

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Okay but hear me out:

A nighttime bookstore in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, tea is served to all who enter, there is an emotional support owl in each section, and a buy one / get one free sale occurs during every full moon.

Old photograph of young Keanu Reeves with the sentence “they should invent a way out that isn’t through” superimposed over it

Mood

Kakistocracy (/ˌkækɪˈstɒkrəsi/) n, government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people. The word, coined in the 17th century, derives from two Greek words, kákistos (κάκιστος, 'worst') and krátos (κράτος, 'rule'), together meaning 'government by the worst people'

My heart is full of gratitude for all the hearts and hands doing so much of the behind the scenes work that makes such a difference. Let us give them their due whenever possible and let us continue to insist on workers rights and fair compensation. (2/2)

As I sit in a hospital to advocate for and comfort my mom for the third day in a row, I am thinking about all the people who labor for the benefit of others, for which they may never receive any direct gratitude or thanks.(1/2)

PUMPKINS It's the first day of September and #autumn is creeping in. These wonderful #pumpkin scenes reflect those who are open to the magic of this time of year. 🎨Kate Greenaway; Valentine Cameron Prinsep

Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik Political platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for ever, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik

democracy is failing us. free palestine (with love and blood)

An owl sits on the branch of a tree looking to the right.

'Owl' - Aoyama Masaharu, 1950.
#OwlishMonday #JapaneseArt

Finland proposes a very novel idea — invest in the public library While Britain loses 40 libraries each year, they are thriving in the Scandinavian country, where they are designed by renowned architects and seen as ‘sanctuaries’

Finland has topped the World Happiness Rankings for the eighth year running.

Wonder what they’re doing differently? 🤔🤔

www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

Israel says Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. US intel says it was years away | CNN Politics When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no retu...

“US intelligence assessments had reached a different conclusion—not only was Iran not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, it was also up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver one…according to four people familiar with the assessment” www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/p...

Oakland! 🌳💚🌳💚🌳

If you're not standing with LA right now, you're the problem "This is gaslighting of the most easily identifiable sort."

"This is gaslighting of the most easily identifiable sort."

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms an...

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

Mamdani surges in new poll, leading Cuomo for first time in New York mayor's race The former governor has topped every voter survey since entering the race, but the democratic socialist is gaining on him.

Get ready everyone.

The elite right leaning media in DC/NY's acela corridor are about to launch all out attacks on this man - just like they attacked Elizabeth Warren and before that - Howard Dean.

Time to make sure the progressives/left are fully unified behind him.

If seeing a Waymo tagged and on fire upsets you more than a teenager ripped out of his high school graduation by ICE your mind is no longer your own

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

REMINDER - Los Angeles—originally named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula and was founded in 1781 by a group of 44 Mexican settlers, and 26 of them were of African descent.

#LosAngeles #History

Every accusation is a confession.

YouTube video by The The - Topic Slow Emotion Replayed

Mood

Beautiful bouquet of white, pink, and lavender flowers in a clear vase.

Some floral beauty to re-regulate your nervous system this Sunday afternoon. Because beauty and pleasure is resistance too.

This right here.

Guard is walking behind cops. Cops are trying to push back at least a thousand people.

Police are now dealing with what seems like two different problems. The people who feel threatened and are tired of it and whatever set the police off to come down in emergency formation.

They’re looking for three different vehicles in the area. Something is wrong. They’re not after the protesters.

Something went wrong and I think it had something to do with a man on a motorcycle. But more than that happened. The crowd was so large it’s hard to tell what made the cops turn.

I’m not sure what changed. Police presence is massive now. People are running.

With a massive amount of city and state officials and reps present as well as large media presence, ICE is acting very differently than they did the past two days. They are being watched by the entire world right now. They can’t blame protesters and fire bombs like yesterday.