The intricate interior tilework of the Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran

Just sky rocketing inflation at home as US citizens have to pay these US economy killing tariffs. Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with Carney apnews.com/article/trum...

1/8 Peaceful non violent protest can work. Minnesota is leading the way It needs to be organized, substantial, & sustained while still allowing people to survive Large nationwide strikes/protests on weekends/fed holidays followed by rolling protests/strikes across the country every day in between

This is Pulitzer worthy. #Minnesota

Just a decade ago. substack.com/@beinglibera...

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. In the spirit of Dr. King, we must respond to ICE's tyranny with peaceful, mass civil disobedience across America. I stand with the people of Minnesota and other cities across the country who are doing that today.

This is what fascism looks like. Use the word. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/immigration-officers-claim-sweeping-power-to-enter-homes-without-a-judges-warrant-memo-says

Students for Socialism at the UF JAN 23 — WE WALK OUT. Minneapolis is preparing for a GENERAL STRIKE. From workplaces to campuses, people are refusing business as usual while ICE terror, war, and racism continue. 🕒 3 PM 📍 Walk out to Plaza of the Americas Gainesville to Minneapolis — shut it down.

MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Remember this.

The Art Deco masterpiece, American Radiator Building, Manhattan, NYC. c.1924

Wangxian Valley, China Cliff-hugging houses that look like they’re floating above the valley stitched together by endless wooden stairways.

Meshtastic discussion on Wired. youtu.be/wnhCuYRYCdM?...

Renee Nicole Good was murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed. The next could be you. What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones. This is personal — to every one of us.

How our pets grieve and what you can do to comfort them: www.humaneworld.org/en/all-anima...

How they’re trying to squeeze even more from the 99% for the 1%. youtube.com/shorts/-rR2g...

Mathematician Ruth Moufang, known for extending Hilbert's axioms for plane geometry to projective geometry, was born #OTD in 1905. The Nazis dismissed her from teaching, but she later became the first woman officially titled as professor of mathematics in Germany. 🧪 👩‍🔬

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

January 9, 2026

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

1/8 Has an unlawful regime been removed by lawful means? Yes.

He turned trashed oyster shells into stunning porcelain… is this the future of rethinking what garbage can become? 🦪

Your activism will be even more important this year. Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026

Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, rigging our economy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. We must keep fighting in 2026 and beyond.

There really needs to be a 💔 button as well.

Millions of workers are toiling away from their families over the holidays. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.

The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. youtube.com/watch?v=IjiLaLj1ZZE&feature=youtu.be

Friends — Here's one "big idea" for how we can start to fix the system in 2026. Let me know your thoughts. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united

Classic Gothic Gloucester Cathedral, South West England Groundbreaking in 1089, it was completed in 1482, 393 years later!

The stunning spiral staircase in the Iowa State Capitol Law Library in Des Moines, Iowa.

Now is not the time to give up. If anything, it's an opportunity to fight for the real changes we need. Take a look at these 10 ideas to fix our broken system.

Just so much BS that this planet has to put up with. Tech is out of control.

Dr. Nancy Roman 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 NASA's space #astronomy program. NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, she established the program from scratch, bringing together scientists/engineers to realize the potential of orbiting telescopes & influencing decades of #astrophysics. She died #OTD in 2018. #WomenInSTEM

The Songs for Ukraine Chorus performs Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) in Westminster Abbey, after King Charles’ Christmas address🇬🇧🇺🇦 Thank you to His Majesty the King and the people of the UK for their constant support and hospitality💙💛

The combination of federal funding cuts and rising prices is making it difficult for many food pantries to meet rising needs. Please consider supporting your local food pantry during this busy holiday season.

This is problematic. ground.news/article/star...

Big Oil is selling the promise of “low-carbon data centers” using carbon capture, reports @emdashsanders.bsky.social. But these plans could "easily transform into a sprawling build-out of high-polluting methane gas infrastructure" with lasting impacts to "the climate and communities nearby."

To be clear.

South Carolina is making national news for all the wrong reasons. This time it’s a measles outbreak.

For all of my design friends, “Cloud Dancer” 11-4201 has been announced by Pantone as color of the year 2026. ground.news/article/pant...

TODAY IS THE DAY! GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM WE GOT THIS!!!!!!

Caitlin Pyle

🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”

Robert Arnold Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social youtu.be/AcJY2c97qRM?...

She probably wasn't supposed to admit that we are attacking Venezuela for oil.

Powerful.

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

My father, WWII veteran, in Patton’s army, survived D-Day, always said he was the luckiest soilder in the Army. Miss you Daddy. 💜

#GVerse DEMOCRATS, 11 "or more" Democrats are reportedly breaking ranks and preparing to vote for Trump and against their own party and country. They are getting nothing in return. Zero gain on ACA subsidies. They are giving up everything for nothing. Contact them ASAP. Please share.