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The East Coast has shown up, 2.4 million and counting, with massive turnouts in small towns across the country. Shoutout to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Ohio for showing up strong!

I think one of the hardest things ive faced with my disability is *knowing* I have value inherently in a way that is never reflected externally, in society etc. It takes unwavering faith in yourself that goes unrewarded & is even brought into question over and over.

Anyway solidarity with everyone in the streets today in LA and NYC.

Chicago has third-worst current air quality among major cities worldwide from Canadian wildfire smoke The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued an "Air Pollution Action Day" for the Chicago metro area Thursday due to elevated particle pollution.

Chicago’s average air index of 160 Thursday morning is the highest in the country and second highest in the world, according to IQAir, a Swiss technology company that develops air purification systems. www.wbez.org/weather/2025...

$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's over The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees.

"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...

Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people

😡 😡 😡

Biodiversity??? 🤦🏻‍♀️
This very clearly shows the incompetence, ignorance, and hatefulness. If AI was used to write the memo, this very clearly shows AI isn’t where we need it to be!!

I can’t believe people bought that this administration would address any of their needs or fight corruption on their behalf.

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” -Maya Angelou

‘I would potentially sacrifice my life to strangle you’: A Sentiment Against AI Art - The Comics Journal Ben Passmore with the case against AI art.

"Generative AI is not an exciting new tool for artists, nor is it 'democratizing'. Generative AI is just the latest way for rich people to steal our work and sell it back under the guise of convenience."

Ben Passmore on IA at TCJ:

www.tcj.com/i-would-pote...

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

Perfect. And so true.

An American flag built on the backs of Black people...

Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways

All this in New Orleans... What a moment

Ooo this is a good one ☺️

Small pots of dry grass sit on a table with a sign that says: I'm not dead. This is just how I look. The caption above reads: Same for me plant, same.

Me, after a week of tree pruning & gardening, looking forward to a weekend of selling plants at Belper market & our nursery bareroot sale 😑

🌱 #permaculture

Great read!

As I’ve understood for the past 25 years, the goal should be cradle-to-cradle, not cradle-to-grave.

We relocated to the Rust Belt after living in Pacific NW, and I can’t stress enough that a large portion of the public here doesn’t get it thanks to local industry.

Plastic is petro!

Same—I set it for 1hr.

Autumn Lockwood, a coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, smiles on the football field and poses

In 2023, Autumn Lockwood became the first Black woman (and fourth overall) to coach in the Super Bowl. At Super Bowl LIX (Eagles vs Chiefs) she will coach in her second Super Bowl. Keep soaring, Autumn Lockwood ✨

#BlackHistoryMonth

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Palette cleanser for today. Will probs need to revisit after we figure out what the late, Friday afternoon news dump is going to be, America.

You don't hire autistic people so you can tell them what to do. You hire autistic people so they can tell you, wild-eyed and exhausted, what they found down the rabbit hole they stumbled down in the course of their normal work

I know our country is on fire. I know Trump is bad and is doing very bad things, and I often address those things with posts and reposts. But if I post a joke about my kid or my dog or a pleasant experience at a diner, don’t scold me for not exclusively talking politics 24/7. Please just ignore me.

Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon "Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

With alt text, because this too is my hill to die on, along with (and because of) accessibility.

Our coalition is a peaceful resistance—a group of tree-huggers dedicated to keeping Americans informed.

Do better, Reuters. He was not given access. Elon Musk seized it illegally from Federal employees who tried to stop him and his minions from doing so.

Musk to give update on reform effort amid questions about his power Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to shrink the federal government, will give an update on the effort early Monday amid reports he has been given access to a vital payments system at the Treasury Department.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading US President Donald Trump's efforts to shrink the federal government, will give an update on the effort early Monday amid reports he has been given access to a vital payments system at the Treasury Department reut.rs/3EvHYm2

Spent the last two days in the yarden. Truthfully, I was planning to take it easy this year, but now I’m planning to grow more food instead.