Screenshot of a tweet from Joyce Carol Oates posted on Sunday, November 9th that reads "so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates--scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. in fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. the poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

Last year was the first time I had missed a Covid vaccine. I didn't want to get it at the same time as the flu shot. Later I asked the Dr. for it, and she recommended waiting for the updated one. Since then I have had Covid twice. I am on week three this time. Please get your shots ASAP.

E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump

Completely unacceptable that EPA put on leave their employees who spoke up in defense of their agency's mission to protect public health. EPA officials are demonstrating their unwillingness to even engage with their own staff. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...

This Fourth of July, I am thinking about the 139 civil servants who took an oath to uphold the constitution and the EPA’s mission, and were placed on leave for raising concerns about issues such as deregulating asbestos and lead exposure.

This is un-American. The 1st amendment exists for a reason.

UPCOMING TEACH-IN REMINDER!

We’re *very* excited.

Don’t forget to register ⬇️

The summer fight for science. The time is now. Join the fight at standupforscience.net.

☀️THE SUMMER FIGHT FOR SCIENCE☀️

🫵 WHO: You + all our friends

🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.

🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community

🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th

🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.

Just crushing. The district courts did all they could.

Laura Loomer posts about feeding 'illegals' to alligators are real The right-wing influencer has frequently made racist remarks and spread conspiracy theories.

This is someone who the President calls, "A very good patriot." Terms such as "illegals" are meant to dehumanize. www.snopes.com/fact-check/l...

🇺🇸 This Independence Day, let’s remind ourselves:

The roots of modern American civilization began with the seeds of protests & speaking out against a tyrannical regime.

The Boston Tea Party? a protest. The Declaration of Independence? A list of grievances.

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Supreme Court clears deportations to conflict-ridden South Sudan The move clears the way for the deportation of eight men being held in a detention center at a U.S. naval base in East Africa to conflict-ridden South Sudan.

These third country deportations are wrong, period.

And the United States should not be sending people to a literal war zone.

Block these deportations.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida’s new controversial migrant detention facility | CNN Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald Trump’s Doral resort in Miami – sits the latest battleground in his administration’s immigration enf...

www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/u...

Meet the folks who live near ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and call the Everglades home “I was kind of offended on the alligator’s behalf with the way they talk about them,” she said. “I don’t think the alligator wants its name attached to the word Alcatraz.”

“To hear how it’s described by people who never grew up here, who aren’t from here, as a wasteland, this abandoned, barren land. ‘Nobody is out here,’” said Betty Osceola, a Miccosukee tribal member and activist. “I’m like, ‘What about me?’ I’m somebody.”

There is nothing to celebrate in America today.

Good to know.

Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNN The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, superchargin...

The administration’s budget proposal will further cut climate science. This will not make us great and is not helping any of us. 🧪🌊🔌💡 www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...

‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders World leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say. The Global Tipping Points Conference is taking place in Exeter this week, and almo...

This is definitely not the time to delay or dial back climate policy. The urgency has never been greater.
We are approaching dangerous tipping points, almost 200 scientists warn. 🌊
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

Countries must protect human right to a stable climate, court rules Costa Rica-based inter-American court of human rights says states have obligation to respond to climate change

⚖️ 🌱 Landmark ruling: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights just ruled that a stable climate is a human right. This decision legally obligates states to take urgent and effective measures to address the climate emergency, including monitoring corporate emissions.

Read more: buff.ly/dU2Nbj4

It was my honor to work with distinguished lawyer colleagues on this statement of commitment to the principles that must undergird American democracy. It appears today as full page ad in the @nytimes.com & in papers around the country.
Learn more at @weholdthesetruths.bsky.social

ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.

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🇺🇸This Independence Day, practice your patriotism by supporting these brave civil servants:

EPA: act.standupforscience.net/forms/epa-ad...

NIH: act.standupforscience.net/forms/add-na...

Our legacy is built on the premise that the populist many CAN overcome the tyrannical few. Keep it going.

'If you are someone who is chronically ill, if you are disabled, if you are medically complex...I would think your goal is to not let them kill you'

(full video is up at www.patreon.com/posts/133307...)

"This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony."

(This Is especially pertinent given the ways in which this administration, and many Democrats, will ask that we put aside our differences and rejoice in the celebration of our Americaness. In our current time, as in Douglass', this is a mockery of all those oppressed by the work of this Empire.)

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" Explore the speech "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" delivered by Frederick Douglass in 1852, including full text and historical context.

Every 4th of July, I take the time to read "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July." Let us begin:

"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."

It’s all there and more.

Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisis

Surveillance, skin deep

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Meanwhile the US Supreme Court says it’s fine to deport migrants to countries that are not their own and it’s just peachy they aren’t even given the chance to argue their case! Pay attention to what is happening while you are being distracted! #Fascism

Pic of Bezos and wife. Overlaid on the image is a tweet from a user named "Dr. G" with the handle "@GinnyMcDonald8." The tweet reads: "Jeff Bezos paid 50m for his wedding and gave his new wife over 50m in jewelry while people here are losing their Medicaid and SNAP benefits just so he can get a huge tax cut. It’s disgusting and just wrong.”

I hope that tiny box is not the bunny's current home!