Mark Shostrom

Uh, yeah.

His brains intact and his underwear on.

100% agree. I love her.

YouTube video by The Ripple Effect Institute The ONE THING You Can Do to Fight Fascism RIGHT NOW

If it feels like America is sliding deeper into darkness—with voter suppression, book bans, gag orders, and fear spreading daily—you’re not alone. The truth is, fascism thrives when good people hesitate, but democracy grows stronger when ordinary people take action.

youtu.be/CFIL5xrIjHg

Meanwhile on Earth review – compelling French sci-fi explores complex extraterrestrial ethics Megan Northam excels in animator Jérémy Clapin’s quietly powerful live-action debut, a cleverly conceived drama that turns a cosmic bargain into a moving study of loss

Meanwhile on Earth review – compelling French sci-fi explores complex extraterrestrial ethics

A team of scientists found a black hole that formed soon after the Big Bang A group of astronomers detect the oldest known black hole using the James Webb Telescope

A group of astronomers detect the oldest known black hole using the James Webb Telescope.

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”

— Audrey Hepburn

One thing I love about Fade In (among many things) is that when you make a new PDF while leaving the previous one on your desktop, the replaced PDF opens at the same page you were working on. Other apps open only at page one and you have to scroll endlessly to get back to where you were working.

My City Was Gone - Pretenders
CIty of Blinding Lights - U2
In the City - Joe Walsh
(I was going to add Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees, but it's plural...)

The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S. ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...

NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.

Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.

At his confirmation hearing, RFK Jr claimed he wouldn’t take away vaccines. So far he has:

Removed COVID vaccine recommendations

Fired the CDC’s vaccine committee

Replaced scientists with antivaxxers

Cancelled vaccine hesitancy research

Pulled $500m in mRNA vaccine research

Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more.

“I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...

Insanity.

Project 2025: The Shadow Presidency of the Heritage Foundation From climate rollbacks to baby deportations—how Trump is enacting the Heritage Foundation’s extremist vision

You’ve heard of Donald Trump. But have you heard of Russell Vought?

He’s the man behind Project 2025—a 900-page roadmap for dismantling democracy and rebuilding it in the image of the far-right. Six months in, Trump is executing this plan step-for-step.

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/project-20...

From above everything looks grey or black. Smoke is seen rising from building ga at the top of the photo. In the foreground many buildings have collapsed entirely. Photo credit to Heidi Levine taken for the Washington Post.

Photo of the Day.

Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.

This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.

Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.

Yeah. Sounds like Arthur “Spud” Melin was a real POS.

Sending this to every director I've ever worked with.
They've all been doing it wrong the whole time.

#Coldplay

Hope you recover fully, Dolores.

I haven't posted lately due to Newt's medical issues. Unfortunately, things did not turn out well. My 17-year-old pal and I had to say goodbye last Saturday. I spent the week away from social media and people, binged 27 Get Shorty episodes twice, listened to Yes albums, cried a lot. Grief sucks.

The face I’m submitting for Bluesky verification

Most of the people who spout those words as 'bad' could not definte them or explain the differences / similarities between them if you offered them a million dollars.

Mark is the sweetest soul I've worked with in 45 years of doing films. He's an icon in the horror community and for #LGBTQ+ representation in the film industry. Let's show him some love and help him out. (Please share!) #ANightmareOnElmStreet #80shorror
www.gofundme.com/f/unite-for-...

U.S. And Europe Face 40% Drop In Food Production, Scientists Warn Major study finds world's most productive farming regions are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures, and face steep declines in agricultural output this century.

🚨NEW from me: the U.S. and Europe could experience a 40% drop in food production this century as temperatures rise, a major new study has found. "It's almost like in this context, those with the most to lose, lose the most," said Prof Andrew Hultgren, a lead author of the study.

CLARIFICATION :

The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.

They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY

So spread this around

They can be texted. They can be called.

There's blood on your clothes. I need answers.

Thanks!