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‘Pity the nation’: City Lights Books displays banners warning against tyranny in San Francisco City Lights Books, the North Beach landmark that helped define the Beat Generation, has revived founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s 2007 poem “Pity the Nation.”

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's cautionary poem returns to the facade of his City Lights bookstore in San Francisco.
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A dork in the woods with a camera & phone

A moss covered tree stump with vegetation sprouting from it & surrounded by autumn leaves on the ground

Small Blue wood aster flowers

Anyone else get excited when they find a good stump?

A peaceful moment

A black juvenile kitty near pumpkins

He was fast & hungry for pets so wasnt able to get a good picture of a new friend.

Weekend (semi) retreat

"Three Days" is a masterpiece

Listening to Janes "Addiction's Ritual de lo Habitual" while on the road & I remember exactly what I was doing & where I was when I first heard this album decades ago. A stellar album. Also forgot how good their bassist was.

Thank you! I'm hoping to get some good hiking in over the next few days

My four day weekend has officially 🙌

I probably don't need to tell @tjneer.bsky.social about this release, do I?

Someone firebombed a queer friendly ice cream shop in Minneapolis.

If any customer just heard me loudly say "penis" in the courtyard, I'd like to say I'm sorry but circumstances called for it

We are sad to share that, not only a coworker but beloved friend, Brooke, passed away on Saturday. Passionate about the Crew, Audis, & could often be found working amongst the books on his favorite subjects - military history & politics. The empty place in the store & our hearts will never be filled

Getting late in the day. Guess it's time to build the storage shelves in the basement while listening to Mercyful Fate

Steady autumnal drizzle with a power outage. Tummy full of pancakes & coffee. Morning prayers chanted. Now trying to get everyone to agree on a group activity, which is basically impossible

🙏❤️

There are those songs you here a million times at the wrong time so they end up having no impact or meaning. Then, you don't hear it for years, maybe decades, & you hear it fresh & it both takes you back but holds you in the present at the same time. Right now, "Stars" by Hum is that song

It's definitely unfortunate. Thank you

A legit concern but there are also programs that help provide funds for uninsured, low-income, etc. So make sure to explore options if / when the time comes

Appreciate you

Men, get colonscopies. If you don't feel well, see a doctor, go to urgent care, etc. Don't tough your way through it or ignore symptoms out of fear. Yes, I know lack of resources can be a problem but so can the idea of not asking for help or even trying

Coworker was feeling ill a little over a month ago & missed work for a week or 2. We were about to the point of trying to force him to go to the hospital (as friends, not bosses) but he went. Diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer & liver cancer. Was given 3 years but is dead a month later.

No demand to end the genocides of indegous ppl domestically & internationally. No demand to stop cop cities. No demand to even limit ICE. No demand for healthcare. No demand for more equitable distribution of wealth. No demands for environmental protections. No demands regarding cop accountability

I have nothing against ppl attending the No Kings so please don't think I'm judging. But what type of escalations have they been increasing over the months? You make a demand then escalate pressure towards the satisfaction of that demand. There have been no demands so no worthwhile escalation

The Ohio State-Wisconsin game starts a half hour before the downtown Columbus No Kings protest today. I guarantee that there will be more violence committed by people gathering to watch the game, at home and in person, than will happen at the protest.

It's a good feeling when the one comrade & organizer you have the most respect for supoorts your ideas & knowledge. Probably helps that he's been one of the biggest influences on my ideological development

This is awesome news. I'll definitely be pushing this on friends & strangers. Congrats, Eric!

You're telling me they severely beat ppl, sent some to the hospital in handcuffs & are targeting ppl at their places of employment & their homes. Man, what a waste of tax payers' money

I loathe when ppl invoke "waste of tax payers' dollars" when addressing state oppression by police. Nevermind the intentional terror tactics against the population & the overt violence. The true crime is the waste of tax payers' dollars

Happened upon this little memorial on the south end of campus. Thought it was going to be for Ta'Shawn Davis, Columbus pigs most recent murder, but initials are different