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Art can only be effective at illuminating and healing if it is unconstrained by authority.

3/3 💚💚 This work is slow, exhausting — and still meaningful. Some of us are still here, doing what it takes to get good science out the door. And we haven’t forgotten the colleagues who were forced out along the way. 💚💚 @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info #CDCSavesLives

I have a hard time trusting anyone who cant admit they are flawed.

I still wonder how these men in suits and Ivory Towers can sit there and *know* they could end wars, hunger, deaths, and so on, and still not do anything about it for no other reason than more power over people.

U.S. Rep. Greg Casar's job is threatened by Republicans' new redistricting plan. He says the map was drawn by Trump's administration and threatens "millions of Texans voting rights."

NEWS: Library of Congress restores Constitution after outrage, Ken Paxton launches investigation into Beto, Texas Democrats face bomb threat, and JD Vance is hosting a cabal-like meeting to discuss Epstein. All the news you missed: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com If nuclear-weapons advocates understood what happened in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, “they would see how unrealistic it is to think that these weapons keep you safe,” Terumi Tanaka writes. “Nuclear deterrence is nothing more than the power to intimidate.”

Autistic & intellectually disabled adults in the UK are being detained without their or their family’s consent. They are dying in detention, from either entirely preventable reasons or directly due to neglect or abuse. Government is cutting funds for disability care, is cutting SEND resources.

As Hiroshima marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, many aging survivors express frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence. wapo.st/4owgrUn

I have a special interest in communication and therapy so I just like helping others and being available if they ever need a ear to listen, a person to understand and some kind words of encouragement.

My kiddo wants to try out a bunch of intruments, but requested a flute as his top pick.

Im a creative looking for work. I love to play games, research document and explain the human experince through different forms of media. I have current hyperfixations on local plants, insects, and mammals. I strongly believe we are on the cusp of the next major advancement for human kind.

The stars looked so clear, M blinked to adjust to the pure clarity of it. The dark velvet black expanse was a blank canvas waiting to be filled in w/ life. Endless possibilities awaiting, new experiences to unravel & explore. "Fuck. Mosquito." M lays on the roof for a few more minutes to grasp1/2

As I attempt to explain my own lived experience with discovering myself, I have learned quite a bit about the way the world differs. In this thread, I will be posting my finding.

@samreich.bsky.social how does one get to be a part of the dropout team?

Today was beautiful day.

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt As we embark on a new week (and more chaos), remember that every day is new. And we’re with you along the way. 🤍✊

Literally questions I've had about medicaid answered here 👀👀 YES if you have private insurance or insurance through your employer, all of this will ripple effect to you, too! Please take the time to read and share this thread with people who are on bluesky and more importantly, those who arent.

Wow. I ask for help by complaining. I should fix that.

Their once lived a pigeon who loved their wonderful life. Adoring the way they looked, proud of their amazing abilities. Humans noticed the pigeons many talents and asked them for help. At first, the pigeon was cared for and felt loved and cherished. 1/6

Is "Fluent in Modern English" something I can put on a resume? Asking for all the others out there who have watched so many different cultures, media and/or spent far too much time on the internet keeping up with the new generational dialects of English emerging internationally. -->

W: "When I have big emotions at school, and go off on my own all the kids come over to check on me and I tell them I just need to be alone. My friends are the only ones who leave me alone, all the other kids keep standing around starring at me and it's mean" 1/2

I have got to figure out a more mobile way to create art. I seriously cant spend an hour prepping a work spot and cleaning up. I spend more time getting ready to draw than drawing and its bullshit.

This is your occasional reminder that Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpies, first published female cartoonist in the United States, and among the first cartoonists to build a merchandising empire on their work, turned out some absolutely baller, romantic-feeling size-difference monster art.

holy shit it’s not even an exaggeration

I think I'm allregic to my own tears, is that a thing? #correlationnotcausationunlessitis

Im just a pigeon. People broke me and now I can't even build a nest. Am I even a bird? #newbookidea

Kids in the U.S. get most of their calories from ultra-processed foods, which are tied to health problems. Now, scientists are finding that kids don't all react to these foods in the same way.

Can't sleep. Brain stopped thinking in English for a hot sec. That was cool. Always thought I'd default to French, turns out Picture(sign), Spanish, Mandrin, Korean, Japanese, in that order with less and less ability as it went. Sad the Russian and Icelandic havent stuck AT all. #keeplearning

Having fun, but constantly being reminded of the very real reality we live in where the complete disregard of basic humanities gets felt the hardest by those who are struggling the most, makes it hard. Bright side, only 4.5 crashouts AND made it 3/4 of the drive home before having to pull over. #win

No, you cried at noon on a Saturday listening to Colors of the Wind. "Still I cannont see, if the savage one is me, how can there be so much that you dont know?"

I just saw youths playing on railroad tracks, using them as balance beams. The world is healing. #90skid #playingontrains

Late night drift. Last thought 'hard copies'. Work is back, teach, remembered, learned, lost, forward and cycle back. Lose what should be lost. Not for the end, for the start that already sounded.

I wonder if i could convince any of the local farmers to dedicate a parcel of land for community research and food services. Converting select single yield crops to native species focused, biodiverse food forrests could make huge impacts both in the community and globally. #dreambig

I may have gotten excited at #gencon for something other than games. #stonepigeon #iwanttotakethemhome

@criticalrole.bsky.social my guess for the announcement tomorrow for #gencon live: Critical Role Land! Right here in Indiana?

There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.

CGE wants to fix it, how about pledging all proceeds to protecting trans rights and guarentee you won't do a second print? From my experience, board gamers are not a group affraid of speaking up and will back, or in this case boycott, with bairly a second thought. #cge #transrights #boardgame

Friendly reminder. #chronicdehydrette

Today's #dailydoodle: a reminder to drink more water.

#gencon #makersmarket #supportthearts @cryptid-dicecraft.bsky.social @lilystrations.bsky.social @cloudcurio.bsky.social @smokingglueguns.bsky.social @artisxan.bsky.social

As millions of young people are gaming online, UNEP is teaming up with the industry to inspire climate action by integrating environmental themes and messages into video games. www.unep.org/topics/youth...

Robert Reich, the former labor secretary and retired professor, has warned about rising inequality in America for decades. Now, he’s become a star online with an audience of millions, and he feels his message is more urgent than ever. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/m...

Playing drunk party games as a sober person can be hilarious. Even more so when you are playing with family and are the only one NOT embaressed by oversharing. #loosemorals #ilaughedsohardialmostpeed #filthysexmortician #swampwitch

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

AC is out, but I love the heat. Dogs and kids are a bit less thrilled.

Did you know that for $5/month, you can get PBS Passport, a service that unlocks the vastness of the @pbs.org libraries? Feed your mind while you help PBS stay on the air.