Brad Smith

It’s getting bad, the way authoritarians are feeling emboldened right now… but we shouldn’t underestimate the power of cute mammals and amphibians.

The feds have to protect themselves. Squirrel was probably brandishing an acorn.

When you send innocent people to a foreign gulag, you are not fighting terror. You are practicing it.

The stuff of dystopian sci fi is happening now. I mean right now.

Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn Two separate studies confirm loss of ice sheet is inevitable, and will cause up to 4m of additional sea-level rise

For everyone freaking out about the melting Thwaites glacier, please understand that this has been known for decades. See below from ten years ago.

We need to get over the idea that the collapse of Earth systems is some sort of evil surprise. It's totally expected! We're just watching it play out.

The PTSD from working in the hospital at the height of COVID has largely resolved. It took a lot of therapy and inner work to bring my nervous system back to something resembling “normal”. It feels good to not be on edge all the effing time 😅

😉

Must have been on the naughty list this year, bc work starts at 6:00 am tomorrow 💀

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Such a lovely tree

Hope you feel better!

Hope you feel better soon 🖤

Enjoy yourself to pieces 🩶. I’m so happy you are doing this for yourself!

Also, “We live in a world of our own making.”

YouTube video by World Mental Health Coalition Maintaining Our Collective Mental Health in an Increasingly Dangerous World (Session 1)

I know you know, so the offering is satya graha - holding firmly to truth.

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YouTube video by Kiri The Year of the Cat - a watercolor inspired psychedelic journey

I love the off-kilter cat pages on BlueSky, so I might as well post this.. youtu.be/3OU1dLgHPns?...

Black and white photo of Kurt Vonnegut in a suit sitting in a chair and resting pet of his chin on his folded hands. Photo by Richard Mildenhall

Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.’

— Kurt Vonnegut

#writing #vonnegut #inspiration #quote #solidarity

We MUST keep vaccines.
have you written your Senator to let them know?

an orange kitten has a googly eye sticker on it's forhead

new species discovered

Goddess puja starting shortly 🤍

Good morning! Hope your day is fabulous.

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture The Cops Want You to Find the The Adjuster For Them

Very interesting take. On the United Healthcare mark. I hope hospital conglomerates are listening.

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Box of Rain - 2001 Remaster Grateful Dead · The Very Best of the Grateful Dead · Song · 2003

At the gym, listening to the Dead for the first time in ages.

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It’s beginning to feel a little like Parable of the Sower.

Yes,absolutely!

Decapitation Strike Preserving America from Trump's Appointments

Each of Trump's proposed appointments is a surprise. It is comforting to think that he is simply a vengeful old man, lashing out. This is unlikely. He and Musk and Putin have been talking for years. And the whole idea was that this time he had a plan.
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