Coupes budgétaires de Trump : les universités d'Orléans et de Tours prêtes à offrir l'asile scientifique aux chercheurs américains Va-t-on bientôt voir des scientifiques américains demander l'asile universitaire à Orléans et à Tours ? L'administration Trump a annoncé ne plus financer certains de leurs programmes de recherche, aux...

French universities welcoming researchers fleeing the U.S. france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/centre-val-d...

Grrrr!

Being an expat — really, an immigrant in another country — can also be a good choice. We need people everywhere who are pushing for change in the US.

YouTube video by Michael Hunn Bishop Michael Hunn Responds to Department of Homeland Security: Defending Our Border Ministry

Proud of The Episcopal Church and Rio Grande Borderland Ministry. Disgusted by the current US Government and everyone who supports it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wl4...

English transcript: diplomatizzando.blogspot.com/2025/03/spee...

YouTube video by Public Sénat Guerre en Ukraine : "Washington est devenu la cour de Néron", lance Claude Malhuret

m.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lh...

Hmmm … how can I see what you are commenting on?

I’m finding it frustratingly difficult to interact on Bluesky

YouTube video by BBC Music Tracy Chapman - Talkin' Bout a Revolution (Later Archive)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=7QHN...

I have very little engagement on Bluesky, and I don’t know why. It’s frustrating. I’m not an OH person anymore, but would be happy to share information with folks if you say it’s worthwhile

To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.

25,000 Americans have signed my letter of support for President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine.

Please add your name!

sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...

#Ukraine
#PresidentZelensky

Cardamine pratensis, sacred to fairies, a harbinger of spring

Pissed off about Airbnb’s cofounder joining the Trump/Musk dictatorship? Boycotting? Send them a message if you have an account.

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to join Musk’s DOGE, NYT says Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia is joining the Department of Government Efficiency along with Elon Musk, the New York Times said on Thursday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.

AirBNB won’t be getting any more of my money. www.reuters.com/world/us/air...

Spring will sputter, but it is getting started with a bang

I think we need to be strategic about saying anything prickly to people we don’t trust. The more vulnerable we are, the more likely we are to be scapegoated when we proclaim hard truth. Prophets get killed. Sometimes our silence can be loud. Sometimes we need to wait and build our strength.

Gross

“This is how it all starts, and in four years, the whole country may look very different,” Slunkin said. “Authoritarianism is not something that happens overnight. It is the process of crossing one red line after another over time, without meeting resistance.”

Not great.

This is like an online Museum of Bad Art, and I love it

I am really disappointed by the lack of interaction here.

Episcopal Migration Ministries to lay off 22 after Trump’s order effectively ends new refugee resettlement [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s long-standing history of helping refugees resettle in the United States will begin to wind down next month, an early casualty of the new Trump admini…

Appalling news. Such horrible suffering. episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/01/31/e...

Clowns! Aargh!!!

Grrrrr!

This gives me hope, but remember what happened when Jesus and the first Christians did this.

Does he actually want a civil war?

Rainy day winter light

Winter light at night on the town below

Thank you, Bishop Mark Edington, for this sobering letter. God help us. mailchi.mp/tec-europe/c...