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I usually have to click on the person‘s text, not the little icon below. Hope that helps.

Previous generations of rich people knew that it was important for them to shut the fuck up and build libraries and parks and hospitals since that was the only way we would tolerate them in society. This generation of rich people have forgotten why this was necessary. We should remind them.

Use of emblems The red cross, red crescent and red crystal emblems provide protection and identification for military medical services and relief workers in armed conflicts.

Also, improper use of the Red Cross emblem is illegal

www.icrc.org/en/law-and-p...

Thanks DOJ for posting a WANTED poster of Donal Trump. Now go prosecute him for the crimes alleged in the Epstein files including of Trump "raping children and threatening to kill children.”

I would have hoped by now that some dude would have written an op Ed about how straight women’s reaction to Bad Bunny - a man at peace with himself, emoting publicly + queer culture - underscores that the Manosphere bros are performing heterosexuality for other men and have no idea what women like.

Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to watch this spectacular interview on the first amendment multiple times in order for it to have record pageviews.

They are so terrified of her

On a pink background with hearts, white and yellow text reads, "Love Always Wins." Red HRC logo appears.

Your friendly Valentine’s Day reminder that our love is not up for debate. 💕

The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!

New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.

I picture him in a run-down trailer, possibly lined with aluminum foil, in the woods near a swamp

Unfortunately not seeing it

Pam Bondi has been a complete and total failure at her job. The Epstein survivors showed more courage just by being in that room than she did under oath. She refused to answer questions and chose complicity.

America deserves better.

Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers

The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

New discovery: During excavations in Cologne, archaeologists have unearthed a lararium, a household shrine, dating back to the 2nd century. This discovery is considered unique north of the Alps. Similar examples were found in Pompeii and Herculaneum.

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

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The lasting legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers in the U.S. National Park System After being granted the ability to serve as full-time soldiers in the U.S. Army, Black soldiers quickly became the pioneers of the park ranger and service industry.

#BlackHistoryMonth The lasting legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers in the U.S. National Park System www.wuwm.com/2023-08-29/t...

OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.

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How a ‘Powerful Vision’ on Whales and Oceans Could Change Worldviews - Inside Climate News Māori scientist Daniel Hikuroa reflects on an Indigenous-led declaration recognizing whales as legal persons, challenging the foundations of ocean governance.

Indigenous leaders from across Polynesia released the text of a landmark treaty recognizing whales as legal persons & ancestral beings, a move that supporters say could reshape global debates over ocean governance, conservation and Indigenous sovereignty. insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A daily reminder that while there’s headline talk of “peace,” Russia continues its war against all Ukrainian civilians & their systems of resilience and survival, because the goal of the full-scale invasion has always been the annihilation of Ukraine as a nation, culture, language, and history

The owner of Amazon killed the Washington Post books section.

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

Poem called tired by Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes at his typewriter

On Langston Hughes’s birthday, I share this timeless poem.

The Full Moon in Leo Isn’t About Attention. It’s About Who You’re Becoming As a Leo, I’ll admit I feel called out by myself, no less. There’s a moment in every good story, even mine, when the hero realizes the costume is not the crown.Up until that moment, the armor

The Full Moon in Leo on February 1, 2026 isn’t about attention. It’s about who you’re becoming.

This is a turning point for identity, pride, and emotional leadership.

Read the full breakdown and tell me what this Full Moon is waking up for you.

stormcestavani.com/2026/01/21/t...

#astrology

You are the barista to the dead 💀 🖤🤣

Yes, I’m participating in the general strike tomorrow. No, I don’t think most people know about it.

I feel like we need way more notice to make an impact, especially to reach people who aren’t plugged in.

“Fascism is a new name for that kind of terror the Negro has always faced in America; namely, various forms of physical intimidation, such as mob attack, police violence, and beating of workmen. . . . This kind of fascist terrorism is extending more and more to groups of peoples whose skins are not black. —Langston Hughes

🧵 Over the next while, I will be releasing memes of historic Americans whose words about fascism have new meaning in our present moment. Please share quotes if so inclined.

First featured: Langston Hughes who said the following at the Third U.S. Congress Against War and Fascism, January 3, 1936.

The only people who have died have been people exercising their constitutional rights while masked, armed federal paramilitaries have violently invaded an entire state to do a wholesale ethnic cleansing campaign.