TheseBees are not the only bees

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This US American will NEVER accept this as normal.

Most of us will sympathize with the horror of a school-shooting even when our so-called leaders ignore it.

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Did someone say things were deescalating in Minnesota?

You're missing a great way to travel.

...and they don't actually look at it. I could just as easily show them someone else's and the door-minder wouldn't know or care.

Well damn. Now that they know they will go after that, too.

Anyone who doesn't understand Luigi Mangione has never had to navigate health insurance in Ohio. Frankly I'm surprised it doesn't happen more, because no one wants to suffer and die so that the rich can buy a second yacht.

Lotus is clearly a very good dog.

This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes. These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals. Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests. Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!

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I'm not hopeful. Women & little girls have been victims on this continent since at least the first Euro men got here. There have always been eruptions of outrage, then we always move on, living in fear believing it's our fault. Mothers & aunties warn girls that we have always been on our own.

ZERO integrity in Ohio, self-serving perpetual candidates. If they cannot stand up for what's right then they are also guilty of rape and pedophilia; it's that simple. Perhaps a class-action for aiding and abetting charging our legislators for their silence?

No surprise whose names are redacted and who has been exposed, but 9 year old girls? Who was your teacher when you were 9? Second grade? Third?

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

What's making you happy today? Not just a counter-negative, but just a hit of joy in its own right.

This bit of a positive use of the Internet gave me a bump of happy this morning.

This makes me happy to see the Internet used to engage the world in meeting new life.

Whew!

I'm cold. Now what do I do?

As if their corporate overlords will approve.

I may have to erect one in my back lot, next to the fire pit of course for leaving offerings and partaking of the sacrament.

Well, courts often look at the intention of the lawmakers, and I'm pretty sure the intent there is non-Aryan pedos.

It's taking too long to draw the black lines through Trump's name.

I wouldn't count on the other countries. They're part of the same world order that likes things as they have been.

Most are threatened and/or compromised & some that aren't understand the threat to the status quo in this country & the "developed" world if we see how the sausage is made. I'm certain they are hoping this blows over & we can be distracted by another shiny object, or the smell of sausage frying.

You've got your opening sentence; what happens next?

How is it so easy to lie? I was never good at it as a child so I guess I never learned the skills. Is this maybe not a working-class skill?
Does everyone lie?
Is this something I should learn late in life?
How do they know what things to lie about?
How do I know what things I should believe?

It also makes me crazy that LibreO thinks every compound word requires a hyphen, but hey, the price is excellent for an otherwise/other-wise excellent program.

Image of Julian Assange with a quote: The reason that the FBI wouldn't let the Epstein client list come out in court is because if they did, their blackmail would no longer be useful, and the CIA would lise their control over all the powerful people they spent decades setting up. --Julian Assange

What happens when we are shown the inner working of the power structure we didn't elect? What can happen to individuals who take big risks to expose the truth?

We may never know because those who do take the risk can be destroyed by the system that will not tolerate exposure.

I'd bet there're loads of things, really meaningful things we could do that don't involve social media. What could you do?

Constantly barging into other people's mentions to berate them for not talking about your pet issue 24/7 is not only rude as fuck, it's also extremely counterproductive for any attempt at persuasion or coalition-building because it is one of the most offputting forms of "activism".

Here is a list of American volunteer opportunities that are always in need of assistance:

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You can also check your local pet organizations and see if anyone needs volunteers. I suspect they're all exhausted.