“You don’t have any kids, why do you want to pay for schools?”
“Because my future doctor is going to go to school, as is the person who makes my dinner in the nursing home. I want to be cared-for by educated people. I want there to be art and good books and fun movies.”
“… oh”

A film still from “Wicked” of Marissa Bode as Nessa Rose in her wheelchair with Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.

During the “Wicked” TV Special, Marissa Bode who plays Nessa Rose, introduced the song “Defying Gravity” saying “Elphaba stands up to a power-hungry dictator” (a remark which earned thunderous applause). Though entirely true in the context of the narrative, her comment was censored and cut by NBC.

Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.

well now I’m curious about Paramount’s preferred level of antisemitism

Absolutely not normal. I have listened to the director's commentary on a few movies more than once and read both Wikipedia and IMDb.

Yeah. Nuts.

Mark Zuckerberg Drops To Sixth-Richest After Meta Stock Slides A stock dip comes after Reuters reported Meta estimated a chunk of revenue would come from running fraudulent ads.

A stock dip comes after Reuters reported Meta estimated a chunk of revenue would come from running fraudulent ads.

As Americans go hungry, Trump’s out golfing on your dime using your tax dollars. Don’t worry, it’s only about $3–4 million per trip.

I barely graduated high school and could see it coming. Balance, people! Always, balance.

Everyone should have a person they report to, even if it's just the neighborhood granny who will tell you the truth.

Tsunamis are enough, but the earthquake was off the coast of Russia, so underwater.

Not their best move.

I'm very disappointed in the Times today.

Rabbis Arrested In John Thune’s Office For Praying For Food Aid To Gaza

More than two dozen rabbis were arrested this morning for sitting down on the floor in Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s office and praying for food aid for people in Gaza. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Color graphic of the coastline of Washington State on the right with gray circles of seismic waves approaching from the left across the blue ocean. Black text on an orange background reads “There is a tsunami advisory for Washington State. Stay out of the water and away from the shore, including harbors and marinas. Dangerous waves and currents expected. More information at tsunami.gov.”

A TSUNAMI ADVISORY has now been issued for Washington state. If you are on the coast, stay OUT OF THE WATER & AWAY FROM THE SHORE, which includes HARBORS and MARINAS due to strong currents & dangerous waves. Details here: tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...

#wawx

What is roman salsa to you?

What I did with mine. I look forward to seeing what you do with yours. :)

"An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind". My interpretation of Ghandi, though no one seems to be sure he said it.

As Yonatan Zeigen, son of peace activist Vivian Silver (1st listed as missing, her remains were found in her Kibbutz Be'eri home) said to a reporter on ~Oct 8, 2023:

"You can't cure killed babies with more killed babies."

It's always been true. It's still true.

🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...

I remember when cops were considered good guys.

a government agency calling a class of people an existential threat is usually a precursor to mass murdering them

Judge blocks Trump administration’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood A federal judge says Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding.

HUGE NEWS! A judge blocked the Trump administration's attempt to defund Planned Parenthood!
Planned Parenthood provides care, no matter what, where, or who you are.
We’re not backing down. The fight for reproductive freedom continues!

Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.

Just. Put. People. In. Housing.

We knew that was the right approach eighteen freaking years ago when I worked for a supportive housing org in New Haven. The data has only continued to pile up since.

If you look at the Epstein story through the lens of his victims and their life stories you get a story about every powerful institution in public life failing on any measure of accountability but repeatedly being outmatched by the courage of teenagers, sex workers, and runaways

Guaranteed.

Yes. Trying to take breaks so I can just breathe.

I fits, I sits.

A fifth of California homes are investor-owned as state’s affordability crisis deepens – report New figures show that the Golden state’s rate of investor-owned homes is 19%, with mountain regions up to 83%

“What happens if you build more housing, and institutional investors are buying up 20% of the new stock? … They bring liquidity into the market because they’re pouring billions of dollars of cash into real estate, but that is not putting downward pressure on prices.”

Washington Democrats mourn the lives lost in Kentucky and Missouri from the recent deadly tornadoes. We urge everyone in a position to help our neighbors in these states to consider supporting the following organizations which are helping survivors on the ground.

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