William Robert Cleghorne

I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgements.

- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." ~ Happy birthday, Maximilien Robespierre

"Green new scam".

We are led by children.

Who among us does not look forward to a surprise game of "Grabass" with the Secretary of Commerce?

(via www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/b...)

CU Boulder ends student leadership program on climate and equity The university cites budget constraints in eliminating two long-running programs. Staff say the move signals their work is no longer a priority.

Awful news from CU Boulder. We need blue states to be beacons of hope during these dark times and instead they pull this stuff. My wife participated in this program and described it as life-changing. So incredibly sad.

In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks. ~Henry Rollins

Think 🤔
Be an Atheist

Happy birthday, Albert Einstein!

Every day, this movie feels less and less like like science fiction and more and more like a historical documentary.

You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?

Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!

My sister once gave me a wind-up Rolling Jesus Action Figure doll. It cracked me up, wish I knew which box I packed it into before the last move.

My dog does this too. On the other hand, I watch Zack take a poop every morning, so fair is fair.

I was just rambling in another chat about awesome Border Collies tamed Tara ☺️

My first Border Collie, a wonderful tricolor with brown mask, was also named Tara.

"The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them." Erasmus, 1509

Still true today 516 years later…

And I will keep on learning, as long as he continues teaching. And one of his lessons is this. Tell the ones you love that you love them. Say thank you. And listen, even to those you have been told cannot speak.
~ Leland Dirks

Western Border Collie Rescue

Let me add to the list:

www.wbcrescue.org

Those smiles!

She should be the ambassador to Botoxistan

Ana in a 'tail wind'

N.J. just struck a blow against banning books It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."

NJ passes a law preventing cranky fucknuts from going apeshit on school libraries and librarians.
www.nj.com/politics/202...

I gotta put a plug in for our friends at WBCR. #bordercollie #dogsofbluesky.

wbcrescue.org

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WTF??!

Just found this person. Starter packs here:

@petparentauthor.bsky.social