Man I fucking LOVE Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings. The montage in Lothlorien where they just get to be happy for a little while, while the elves are singing about Gandalf? Beautiful and sincere, happy but bittersweet. And then Boromir's corruption. TRAGIC.

⚡️ Zelenskyy to Reuters: Russian attacks on our territory show that Putin does not want a ceasefire.

The Cat In The Box 😎

President Obama was in Toronto today and met with PM Carney. He once said that the world needs more Canada… I would counter that the US needs more Obama #Canada #MarkCarney #Obama

There is some really helpful knowledge of software alternatives in this thread and in the replies. Monopolies charge us subscription fees for life and count on the friction of switching up your tools and workflow to keep you stuck. Spend an hour a week on it.

Some of you have the absolute privilege of not having your heads bashed in and mowed down by gunfire by police. Yet, chose not to use it to protect all our voices and votes. We see that and will never forget!

It’s not stupidity. It’s racism.

I wish people would stop believing those people are dumb. They are not. They are just hateful leading fools.

Spawn of Satan.

NEW: Hours after ProPublica reported on how a federal probe of a drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico's prisons got quashed after the 2024 elections, some of the territory’s political leaders made public calls for investigations into the allegations.

Last year, it only took five of us showing up and making public comment at a city council meeting to get the council to restore library funding that the mayor’s office had cut. Just a few people showing up can make a huge difference.

Abigail Spanberger, your years working at the CIA were all leading to this moment.

Is that bad?

Thread.🧵👇🏽 I keep saying Black folks are taking notes and keeping receipts. Some of y'all think we're playing. We're not.🤷🏽‍♀️

People aren’t just missing Obama. We’re missing what this country felt like. We need that again. 🕊️ #SheShed

Black Americans don't have anything more to lose by speaking our minds. This ain't 1619 or 1919:

[2023] Rabbit, if he were to continue adventuring... [ #AFrostyExpanse / #elfenjoyer / #oc / #art ]

ATWATER: ".. Faced with higher taxes," the wealthy flee. ".. The net result is an increasing awareness, especially among those at the bottom, that those at the top are at best temporary residents and not true citizens of the local community."

Looked through my Mississippi posts & it’s multiple people of a political alignment I dare not mention blocking/deleting for reminding them that real humans of all races (but especially Black ppl) live there when they suggest ejecting them from the union for some heinous legislation politicians did.

I don’t know who, but somebody said that if any state in America had the Black population density of Mississippi it would look exactly the same. It’s an oversimplification but the overall point stuck with me.

The nations England has NOT invaded and colonized at some point are in white.

Claiming a $400,000,000,000 increase in defense spending is “fiscally responsible” while kicking millions off health care and food assistanceto decrease spending? The Trump administration has some crazy priorities.

This is a BS cheap shot. The resolution, H Res 488, was to condemn the antisemitic attack that happened in Boulder, CO. The ICE language was unfortunate but a ploy to get Dems to refuse to condemn antisemitism. It was a bad faith choice designed to make Dems lose either way. You fell for it.

The legacy of the Roberts Court will be that of the Supreme Court that undermined the basis of American democracy (or representative republic). The most fundamental element of the US Constitution is that citizens pick their representatives. Under the Roberts Court, politicians pick their voters.

A disgusting attack on disabled people and poor people in general.

Trump sues everybody over everything, comedians, critics, networks, anyone who bruises his ego. But notice who he never seems eager to sue: the women accusing him, or the people saying far worse things about him. IMO, he knows he would not survive discovery.

Crawl over glass to vote. We should have been crawling over glass all along. but, here we are

To the Democratic voters who voted third-party or stayed home, what have you done?

PM Carney: “Welcome back to Canada, President Obama. Thank you for joining us in Toronto for important conversations on how we can build a better and more just future — and empower more people to build with us.”

Some doctors with a history of being sued for malpractice find new careers working for insurance companies, where they make decisions on thousands of patients' treatment requests. (Published 2023 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)

Oliver Kornetzke said Trump is “the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn’t.” Harsh? Maybe. But millions recognize the cruelty, corruption, chaos & constant attacks on truth! We deserve better than outrage, fear & endless division masquerading as leadership! #SheShed

If Americans were taking our current situation seriously, every single able bodied white American citizen would be in the streets non-stop; especially in Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama & Florida. #TheAmericanHolocaust #JimCrow2.0

There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.

Now Donald Trump's going to China to beg for help! #Resist #Resistance #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

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I went up to one of my favorite spots today to get some nature. Ended up hiking the PCT a bit and found this little lake. Beautiful day!

Watch this and remember that when we say, "If your voice didn't matter, they wouldn't try to silence you," we're referring to times like what happened in Tennessee yesterday, and Virginia today.

Tommy Tuberville sounds like a folk hero who died in the Mississippi River trying to prove that a single man with the heart of a lion, nerves of steel, a canoe & a fuckton of chewing tobacco could outperform one of them new-fangled tugboats.

John Roberts apparently believes the American public is stupid. In remarks to a federal judicial conference delivered on Wednesday, Roberts said that the American public wrongly believes that the justices are “political actors.” NBC News,

National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year. So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝

Question to the NFL: Why would the super bowl ever go to a jim crow state that intentionally strips representation from black people?

b/c billionaire owners do not give a damn about black people or Jim Crow or racism. all they care about is growing their wealth and preserving their power and privilege. as long as the fans keep showing up, they will keep things as they are. they couldn't even bear Kapernick kneeling in protest

It's been a rough ride, returning to the park on a shoestring. I'll be car camping. They've got my heart in a nice steady rhythm these days so lets hope it sticks this time. The more data I can collect the better so every season counts. If you can Please donate tonight gofund.me/4c433a93f

LOL he looks like "Who is making all that racket down the street???"

Christian Nationalists only use Jesus as a prop for white supremacy while shitting all over his actual teachings.

In the Canary Islands, anxious locals protest the arrival of hantavirus-hit cruise ship The vacation destination is bracing for unwelcome guests after Spain overruled local leaders to let passengers from the ship disembark www.nbcnews.com/world/spain/...