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RIP poet Galway Kinnell, died this day 2014.

“Sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and retell it in words and in touch
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing...”

- Kurt Vonnegut

Illustration by Kate Charlesworth for Pink Paper, 1987. A giant cat with a shark fin labelled "we must protect the children!" Leaps with its teeth and claws bared towards a group of smaller, scared-looking figures. The text below reads "just when you thought it was safe to come out of the closet..."

From 1987. Their tactics don't change.

For the people in the back, bigotry is not an opinion…

Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!

(next to an image of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez) “You cannot love this country if you only fight for the wealthy and big business. To love this country is to fight for its people, all people. Working people…who punch a clock and are on their feet all day in some of the toughest jobs out there.”

Tonight will be officially the 21st night of September.
So, don't forget to leave out milk and cookies for Earth, Wind, and Fire.

There’s no hiding the political retaliation and weaponization.

It’s all out in the open.

Is The 'Peace President' Taking Us To War? Everything in Trump 2.0 has been about war, not peace—and open conflicts in the Caribbean and at home may be next

“My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.” So why is the “peace president” renaming the Pentagon the Department of War? thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-peac...

This will be called "evidence of consciousness of guilt" in subsequent criminal trials.

Experiences of interoception and anxiety in autistic adolescents A reflexive thematic analysis Kiera Adams, Jonahs Smith, Mary Brown, Geoff Bird, and Polly Waite (2025) research gate We all know the feeling: your heart races before a big event, your stomach twis…

“Interoception is the ability to notice and understand internal bodily sensations, like your heartbeat, hunger, or the need to take a deep breath. For autistic adolescents, this ability can be hyperactive or underactive. Both extremes can contribute to anxiety.”

crae.ioe.ac.uk/experiences-...

Hey tech companies, media, universities, farmers, unions, vets, elders, professionals, blue staters, red staters:

No amount of supplication/privilege is enough to inoculate you from the GOP’s quest to enshittify everything. Whatever wherever you are, our lives are getting worse.

Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying.

We ALL need to step up for the first amendment.

By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.

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Vintage Video Game Magazine Monthly Subscription Own an authentic piece of video game history! In our attempt to collect and scan full runs of every video game magazines in our research library, we accumulate a lot of duplicates. Since these are not...

For the same price as a Disney+ subscription, you can get a random vintage video game magazine shipped to you every month from VGHF @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social

Just sayin' the-video-game-history-foundation.myshopify.com/collections/...

“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen. A lack of testing data and government guidance led many to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, unwittingly increasing their chances of a stillbirth.

Re pregnant people and Covid vaccines discussion at ACIP, I can't help but think about this story.

www.propublica.org/article/covi...

Mmm maybe we don’t call immunocompromised people “germophobes.” That’s called ableism.

The Fed has lost control of the bond market. (Mortgage rates spike) YouTube video by Reventure Consulting

What’s up with the Fed cutting rates but the mortgage rates went up?

The one good thing about this “run America like a business” nightmare is that more people are beginning to realize how corrupt and craven many businesses truly are.

Take notes.

Never forget how they abandoned us.

Don’t forgive their complicity.

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

If you have ever wondered what you'd do during slavery, the Holocaust or Civil Rights movement you're doing it right now.

Childless cat lady here.

I don't have grandkids who will ask me this, but I will still stand up for YOUR grandkids who might ask you.

Another dead Canary