Left in ruins by floods — the Indonesian island of Sumatra – DW – 12/04/2025 Across southeast Asia, crews are racing to rescue survivors stranded by torrential rain and flooding. Hardest hit is Indonesia, where nearly 800 people have died on the island of Sumatra alone.

laissé en ruines par les inondations

There is no way to move society forward without upsetting rich people.

Rusty trailer home with gilt Trump-style trim

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.

In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

"Defoe says, that there were a hundred thousand stout country-fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse."
- William Hazlitt, "On Prejudice"

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

Acrylic Painting of a creme disabled cat on a dark background

Two forest cats on a colourful background

Acrylic Painting of a ragdoll cat on a colourful background

Acrylic painting of a cat on a colourful background

Live painting cats in a few minutes! Come by ❤️ and please share

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VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE

Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!

Notably Karolyin Lievitt isn't wearing her cross anymore. I guess it's started burning her.

Many southerners live in a closed culture suspicious of outsiders

The MAGA movement deliberately takes advantage of their ignorance and fear.

Trump, Vance, Elon, and Bezos are all extremely wealthy, but MAGA claims to be a working-class movement

Agreed. But I am grateful for you.

Hearts

I am grateful for Bluesky today. Happy Thanksgiving!

Rahmanullah Lakanwal (NG shooter) is believed to be from Afghanistan and came to the United States in 2021 under the Biden administration, the sources said. He applied for asylum in 2024 and was granted asylum in April 2025, under the Trump administration, according to three law enforcement sources.

Gee, President Trump always knows what to do!/s

Both Guardsmen are reported to be dead. They were from West Virginia.

AI investors keep borrowing $ to pay back loans they took out to build AI.

Mark Kelly easily dominated Pete Hegseth in an imaginary fight.

ICE is now richer than most of world’s militaries thanks to Trump’s new funding ICE’s annual budget increased from $8.7 billion to $27.7 billion

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The American healthcare system wastes $528 billion a year on administrative costs.
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Andrea visited Roanoke for the fourth time this year to find countless people standing up against Trump to protect one another in ways they’d never imagined—including her friend Beth Macy, whose party... TikTok video by degenerateartnews

Beth Macy wrote the definitive account of the opioid epidemic, and she is everything JD Vance pretends to be.

She's also one of the millions of Americans stepping up to do more than she expected, because democracy is on the line.

Now she's running for Congress.

#TN07 early Voting ends the day before Thanksgiving ‼️

Election Day Dec 2nd ‼️

Tyson is closing beef plants because of a cattle shortage. Among other things, the shortage is due to continuing drought in the American West. Climate change at work.

#blueskyartshow #small

Take care of yourself.

Kempsville High asst. principal, brother overheard discussing violent threats against ICE agents: Docs Two Virginia Beach men are facing charges after police received information about the pair allegedly threatening to commit violence against local police and ICE agents, according to VBPD.

Kempsville asst. principal, brother accused of threats against police, ICE share.google/3WwvnhDLTooV...

These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.

From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥