Arline (she/her)

This just made my day! 😍😂

OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

When in doubt, we go with a good canned tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Always.

The painting "Judith Slaying Holofernes" by Artemisia Gentileschi.

Happy International Women's Day!

May we all embody this energy today and always.

It is Saturday!

Affirmation Coyote hopes this is your weekend, and you get to do what you want, or at least the things you need to get out of the way.

If you're working, thank you, and remember you're one day closer to YOUR weekend!

MAGA Fumes After Elvira Donates Tesla To NPR With Blunt Message For Musk In Viral Video Yaasss 👏🏼

Tell 'em Elvira!!

I bought an actual Bible so I could get more information on certain biblical characters and events and I still think it’s nuts that the book never explains when and how Eve died

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An orange graphic with white lettering reads: I VALUE PUBLIC MEDIA! #PROTECTMYPUBLICMEDIA. At the bottom is the logo for Marketplace and American Public Media.

I value public media, and not just because I work there. I was a longtime listener/watcher before I was an employee. Why? Because I value fact-based info from diverse perspectives- like what I help provide at @marketplace.org and enjoy frm @apmreports.org @npr.org @pbsnews.org. #ProtectMyPublicMedia

I love independent bookstores and can attest to the wonderfulness of all of these!

The Book Cellar
Conyers, GA

Underground Books
Carrollton, GA

All the Tropes Bookstore
Atlanta, GA

Story on the Square
McDonough, GA

The Story Shop
Monroe, GA

Charis Books & More
Decatur, GA

"The future is dark, which is the best thing the future can be, I think."
--Virginia Woolf

#protectmypublicmedia

I've been watching @pbs.org since I was a little kid. I grew up on Mr. Rogers and 321 Contact. Today, I go very few days withouth watching something wonderful on PBS Passport.

The Supreme Court decision should have been 9-0. The fact it was 5-4 reveals how utterly compromised the bench is in favor of right-wing authoritarianism.

State of the People | 24 Hour Marathon The State of the People is a 24-hour livestream where we will center the truth for the people instead of letting disinformation go unchecked.

“People are doing things.” Have you dropped in yet on the 24-hour livestream of Black leaders giving the “State of the People”? This is an extraordinary gathering of leaders, activists and journalists.
Will go on until midnight tonight. Get on it!

stateofthepeople.media

I guess most people don’t know that when the IRS cuts personnel for audits, they increase the audits on lower income returns cuz the rich people’s taxes are too hard to work with less personnel. But hey at least it’s something else to be wrong & angry about, right?

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Right 👇🏾👏🏾😊

Just saying.

Photographed by Han Chengli

A Mongolian girl named Butedmaa shares a laugh with her camel, 2003.

A rare 'parade' of all 7 planets will move across the night sky this week This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.

This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.

Those animals with power FA and then real humans with real problems FO.

Diagram for turning a swastika into a LOVE WINS artwork.

Affirmation Coyote approves.

If I do it, I'll share.

I think I'm going to keep a journal of random stuff I think will happen--anything from The Apocalypse to Finally Painting My Nails for Spring--and then go back after a few months and see what I can check off.

Dana Gould tweeted: Thinking about Rush Limbaugh and how, now that he's dead, you never, ever hear about him. No one mentions anything he did. Because what he did had no value. It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. Nothing of lasting value. He just made anger. Every day. Rising, blooming & fading like a fart. Then he died & was instantly replaced by a fleet of little replicas, farting fake fury five days a week. Creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone. Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

Thinking about this a lot lately…🙃

1/ This post has been going around on Facebook. I'm not sure if this is a genuine question or a hypothetical one intended to highlight an irrational way of thinking, but I will attempt to answer as if it were genuine.