James Michael

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Retroactively changing past conclusions will not remove scientific reports from circulation or from the knowledge base of the science community. The effort to produce a whitewashed report will fool no one in the scientific community or the electorate who is concerned about climate.

Robert Hubbell

Drag queens are men in dresses who read to children.

Religious leaders are men in dresses who fuck and abuse children.

Know the difference.

YouTube video by AronRa Who Speaks for America Now?

I been pondering this for months.

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International Court of Justice climate ruling a powerful tool for holding countries to account Oxfam Australia Media Release The International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must phase out fossil fuels, rapidly reduce emissions, provide remedy to those facing climate damages and pr...

“The International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must phase out fossil fuels, rapidly reduce emissions, provide remedy to those facing climate damages and provide climate finance to developing countries.”

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We could have had Kamala and Tim

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

📌The President of the United States posted a FAKE VIDEO TO THE WORLD of a kneeling Barack Obama being placed in handcuffs, and we are supposed go along like it is just another day.
Our press has so completely lost the thread it would be laughable if it wasn't so damn dangerous and disgusting.

YouTube video by The Daily Show Nick Offerman Is Sounding the Alarm: America’s National Parks Are Under Attack | The Daily Show

This one’s actually worth watching! 💚

until everyone got hooked on chat gpt and the like i don’t think i understood what my teachers meant when they said ‘when you cheat, you’re only cheating yourself’

a man in a suit and tie is saying " boom easy as that " ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying " boom easy as that "

Paramount+ sub = $60 a year

Shift that $ to your @pbs.org station instead and you’ll do two good things at the same time. Do it.

It’s hypnotic

Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!

Geometry in Nature

when they go low, we go Jasmine Crockett @repjasmine.bsky.social 🔥

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.

Will we listen to his words today?

This.

YouTube video by TheThinkingAtheist Born American: I'm Glad You Don't Have to Worry about ICE

Maybe "Born American" shouldn't be a boast. Perhaps it should simply be a factual statement spoken with humility and humanity. I have thoughts.

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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Mayor Bass: This morning, it was frightening in Los Angeles to see tanks essentially rolling into MacArthur Park.

It was an egregious show of force. I have no idea what their purpose was. I don’t even think they detained anyone.

Los Angeles was peaceful before June 5. We need to go back to that.

Every reporter’s follow-up question to every Republican’s statement should be “Why are you lying about this?”

You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.

YouTube video by NPR ‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR

This 2020 video features five descendants of Frederick Douglass reading and responding to excerpts of his speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?".

The speech is a historical text that reminds us of the ongoing work of liberation.

when you feel a deep need for more Sea Shanty….

YouTube video by Deep in the Undergrowth The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau - E14 - Lagoon of Lost Ships - Documentary

it’s the weekend and you’re just off I-5 in a Subaru Outback, the kids can find nothing good in their iPads, so give them Jack’s fav episode. this one is intriguing as Philippe steps out of Dad’s shadow to direct. There was latent tension between
them, in style, emphasis /1 youtu.be/Nw69OuSj4us?...

Trying to think of something fun to do on July 4th.

Because I sure as hell won't be celebrating this ignorant, dishonest, selfish, and cruel country.