R.I.P. Dr. Jane Goodall
(1934β2025)
@renaldomigaldi.bsky.social
Independent editor and writer
No, I was referring to the .gif in the comments section, of a man nodding his head. But never mind.
09.09.2025 21:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0OK, I give up. What meaning is this .gif intended to convey?
09.09.2025 17:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Nine former heads of the CDC say RFK Jr. is a menace to public health and must resign.
01.09.2025 22:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is how itβs done!
FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors werenβt having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets.
(Sound up)
Adiaphora Orchestra. Logan Square Comfort Station, Chicago, Thursday 29 May 2025.
30.05.2025 14:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The man who perpetrated these murders is no hero; in addition to the lives he took and the grief he caused their families, his action has only served to harm β not help β the Palestinian people."
25.05.2025 16:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0L-R: Mark Feldman, Russ Johnson, Devin Gray.
Corbett vs. Dempsey gallery, Chicago, Saturday 24 May 2025.
No cause justifies gratuitous street murder.
(No sympathy for the Luigi guy either.)
Jeb Bishop Quintet (L-R: Mai Sugimoto, Jason Roebke, Russ Johnson, Isaiah Spencer, Jeb Bishop). Hungry Brain, Chicago, Sunday 18 May 2025.
19.05.2025 21:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Fascinating security-cam footage of fault rupture in magnitude 7.9 earthquake. At 0:11 the shaking begins, and at 0:14 you can see the earth beyond the gate suddenly SHIFT ABOUT SIX FEET (2m) RIGHTWARD along the fault line. Note also structures toppling in the distance. (Video, 26 secs.)
18.05.2025 03:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The blockade and air strikes continue. People are eating animal food, grass, and weeds. Children are dying of malnutrition.
16.05.2025 21:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A 13-year-old second-hand plane the Qatari royal family is dying to get rid of, which would require renovation and maintenance costing US taxpayers far more than the plane is worth. Donald not only is shamefully dismissive of the Constitution, but is the prisoner of an outdated world view.
16.05.2025 21:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks to DOGEβs spending freezes:
-EPA labs have halted critical research
-Social Security staffers are rationing paper and canβt pay translators
-NOAA has lost internet and phone services
-National Park workers canβt buy medicine for visitors or rangersβ horses
"Efficiency."
Is this picture real, or AI?
11.05.2025 01:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Australian voters have now rejected Trump-style politics much as Canadian voters did. The center-left Labor Party gains seats, defeating the right-wing Liberals in a landslide. And Liberal Party leader Dutton loses his seat in Parliament, just as Conservative Party leader Poilievre did in Canada.
04.05.2025 17:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0L-R: Ausberto Acevedo, Dave Rempis, Tyler Damon, Robbie Lynn Hunsinger.
The Hideout, Chicago, Tuesday 15 April 2025.
May Day Chicago 2025
02.05.2025 02:48 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Illinois Gov. Pritzker, to Dems in New Hampshire, April 27: βStop thinking we can reason or negotiate with a madman. . . . Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now.β A speech worth hearing in its entirety. (Video, 30 mins.)
29.04.2025 21:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0May 4 is Kent State remembrance day, not "Star Wars" day. Grow up.
27.04.2025 12:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Two things about this New York Times lead:
1. Use of the word βtizzyβ is insulting and trivializing at a time when people have rational concerns about Trumpβs intimidation.
2. Why would anyone believe what the Trump regime says?
NYT lacks the seriousness required in this crisis.
No Kings Chicago, Saturday 19 April 2025.
Crowd seemed about half the size of two weeks ago.
Longtime member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board calls for Trump's impeachment and removal from office as the only way to "restore Americaβs standing with creditors and trade partnersβ and preserve the status of the US dollar as the world's de facto reserve currency.
19.04.2025 06:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Osnat Netzer and Ben Zucker.
The Hideout, Chicago, Tuesday 15 April 2025.
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin people actually called the frivolous stunt participants "a team of explorers." What the hell were they "exploring"? They were barely even looking out the windows. Too busy taking selfies and promoting themselves. More depressing pop-culture crap.
16.04.2025 05:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
14.04.2025 16:50 β π 7567 π 3888 π¬ 1147 π 1842By the time major media agree that it's a dictatorship, it will be so far along that they'll be afraid to call it a dictatorship.
14.04.2025 19:52 β π 7307 π 1515 π¬ 336 π 81