M. Carmichael

Happy New Year of the Fire Horse! 🔥🐴

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

"At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division."

-Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Rest in peace.

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight ICE & DHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Thanks, John.

Predator Badlands (Hulu) is very fun!

Three panel comic. Panel 1: baby monkeys in overalls jumping on a bed, having fun. Panel 2: one of the monkeys falls over the edge of the bed, reaching out as he falls. Panel 3: one of the other monkeys, now looking super buff and badass, grabs him by the arm to save him heroically. “Monkey Stronger Together.”

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

…*Sigh*

…And all it cost is was untold millions of lives and the survivability of our only planet.

I found this perfect summary of the 2025 election.

KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs, Expiring ACA Tax Credits, and the 2026 Midterms | KFF Looking ahead to the midterm elections, health care costs are the public’s top economic concern, and many voters say the issue will have a major impact on their vote. On health care issues, including ...

2 out of 3 Americans are worried about paying for health care.

A majority of the public also says they expect health care costs for them and their families to become even less affordable in the coming year.

www.kff.org/public-opini...

YouTube video by Andrewism How To Resist An Alien Invasion

A thought experiment for the evening.

Seems like the Gallup has had a change of heart about publishing presidential approval ratings after 88 years, after publishing the lowest ratings published since the 1930’s. Weird. 🙄

Repair Manifesto: If we can't fix it, we don't own it.
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism

YouTube video by RATMVEVO Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up (Audio)

I mean...they were telling us like thirty years ago.

YouTube video by Some More News Do You Get It Now, Ben? - SOME MORE NEWS

Ben's created a monster.

Discord to roll out age verification next month for full access to its platform | TechCrunch All users will be put into a "teen-appropriate experience" by default unless they prove that they are adults.

These age verification initiatives is a privacy nightmare. Terrible policies hastily put out without a second thought to wider implications is endangering safety while offering no real protection in the way it is intended. This will drive people deeper into the darker pits of the net.

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YouTube video by Folding Ideas Ruminations on that DHS Penguin Tweet

...*Sigh*

Looking around to the world, seeing what is and in not permitted, I see that we have simply allowed the wrong sort of people to carry on without repercussion or correction for too long.
A reckoning must be forthcoming if we are ever to move past this barbarity disguised as civility.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union We Found The Radical Solution To Skyrocketing Grocery Prices

Socialized solutions for capitalism's problems.

I had a Battletech Day! My crafting time/resources are scant - but I love any opportunity to work on my boys and set them up in little lines!

Clan Sea Fox and House Liao for anyone interested.

...If you WANT to.

It could make for some content, it would also likely make you upset. Follow your heart!

🌪️🌪️🌪️

be yourself so people looking for you can find you overlaid on a glittery unicorn

YouTube video by Be Smart The Intelligence Test Where Ants Beat Humans

Stronger. Smarter. Together.

HOPS-315

Astronomers have observed the earliest known stage of planet formation around a young star called HOPS-315, located about 1,300 light-years away.

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