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YouTube video by Split Enz Split Enz - Six Months In A Leaky Boat (Official Video)

How is it that in all of the years of my deep love of music had I never heard of Split Enz??? 😳😂👌🏻👏👌🏻🥰

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Trump Is Gaslighting Us Trump is an agent of chaos, and chaos has a human cost.

After the national-security breach on Signal, Trump’s administration “again wants you to believe that two and two make five,” writes Peter Wehner. “When there is no objective truth, when everyone gets to make up their own reality,” authoritarians thrive.

“…if our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men. Great men may make great mistakes ; and…some of the greatest leaders of the past supported the perennial attack on freedom and reason.” - Karl Popper

From “Erewhon” (“Nowhere”, a near-anagram) by Samuel Butler; written originally anonymously as a critique of the Victorian Age, where “common sense” masquerades as “logic” and becomes a false religion that people blindly worship. Apt reading for today’s desire of a “New Gilded Age”.

We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.

Third time’s the charm, I guess.

This is the fact of *any* move into the unknown; it must be a scientific voyage if any longevity of intimacy with the unknown is sought. Said another way, the scientific method is likewise necessary for the psychospiritual, and most would rather stay “home”. This is not a slight, but a fact.

Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.

Superb piece by Jill Lepore on how Musk's futurism constitutes a retread of the reactionary, antidemocratic, and bizarre technocracy movement that his grandfather led.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...

The thing is, as others have pointed to, Christianity is in fact just the opposite. I think the distinction which needs to be made (and perhaps this is the original intent) is that Christianity has become the opposite of what Jesus, as The Christos, taught; an anti-Christos; a worship of Demiurge.

You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.

i wrote something about This Place for @404media.co. please read it, and then log off. 💗

Simultaneously, what IS must be Known, including the infinite ISness of No-Thingness; for it is from the “facts of the matter” to which “Jacob’s Ladder” is built.

Be Mindful of the Insidious Nature of Shame.

A Recontextualization of Reinhold Niebuhr’s “Serenity Prayer” to fit the Current Western World.

Awesome. Thank you. 🙏🏻

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

This is a tweet from Patrick Ness over a rainbow background that reads: “If you’re LGBT and worried, please remember, you’ve got a whole army of us at your back and we’re not going anywhere.”

And in case you need healthcare, here is a directory of LGBTQ+ friendly healthcare providers: lgbtqhealthcaredirectory.org

Doctors, sign up for the directory so you can be found as a safe space!

#MedSky #QueerSky #LGBTQ

A sign says “we the people reject fascism."

A sign says “real patriots crush nazism"

A sign says “impeach, indict, imprison."

A flyer says that there’s a Veteran’s March on March 14, 2025 at noon in Washington D.C.

A rally a day keeps the fascists away!

March 14th: nowmarch.org
March 14: Veterans March

Tesla: tinyurl.com/teslaprotests

Apr 25 Sit In: 4thbranch.us
Apr 30 Inclusion Day: www.wemarchwerise.org

May 1 Mayday Camp: tinyurl.com/maydayprotest

Join my Discord group for updates! discord.gg/7x5TgSvZBW

What a different world we could have.

Drag artists organize rally outside Kennedy Center to protest Trump's hostile takeover A collective of drag artists is taking to the streets of Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

A collective of drag artists is taking to the streets of Washington, D.C. on Saturday to protest Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

I'm brand new to Bluesky, still learning how it all works. I'm a fiber artist, usually working with upcycled fabric scraps. I've been stitching my feelings lately, and this is my latest embroidery project - Sunbonnet Sue, Days of Rage collection. It's inspired by the 1930's Sunbonnet Sue designs.

Same. 👏👌

Toss Up House Races in 2026.
#Engage > #Organize > #Act

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate The Trump White House has taken its attempt to seize direct control...

Few realize what happened at USADF (not USAID).

The situation got so tense that Trump and Musk's agents threatened to call the Marshals _and_ Secret Service to resolve the standoff...by force.

It turns out that what they were doing was illegal—in fact, the most illegal thing "DOGE" has done yet.

They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.

Questions that may be addressed in the special issue include What contributes to the development of racial and/or ethnic trauma? What risk and protective factors are associated with racial/ethnic trauma? How can we lower the risk of trauma associated with racism and/or discrimination? How can racial trauma be treated?

- Call for Papers -

The APA journal Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy is calling for papers on "racial trauma and race-based traumatic stress."

Eds: Lorraine Benuto & @drmonnica.bsky.social

More info: www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

#SocialPsyc #Psychology #AcademicSky 🧪