Something light for this late hour. #StellaDonnelly 's music is perfect for escaping a few thingies for a few moments. 🌸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiYF...

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#ErykahBadu is a gift to our passionate about music senses. I love all of her music. 🌸🎶

While exploring the news of the #Epstein #Maxwell files, I'm trying to be hopeful that a president's use of, enabling of, & protecting of child traffickers will be the means that Trump's fascist regime will be toppled. I do worry that "Evil" doesn't go quietly. #Trump #Epstein #Maxwell #EpsteinFiles

🌸 Hope in an environment where powerful (unhinged) leaders and their enablers are at war with our integrity and humanity. Huge and heartfelt thankyous to #YassaminAnsari #CongresswomanYassaminAnsari #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #MikeJohnson #justiceForSurivors #justiceForVictims

Forgive me #BlueJays fans. While witnessing the huge number of people across our country focusing on a baseball team (albeit, they have not won in 32 years) with such passion, I cannot but wonder what that mindfulness level would be like if our populace focused on being exceptional humanitarians. 🥰

Heartfelt thank you to all in #Montréal who shared their time/ voices in solidarity w/ our neighbouring country's #NoKings. Keeping each other safe! Un merci à les #Montréalais qui ont partagé leur temps/leur voix en solidarité avec #SansRois de notre pays voisin. Protégeons-nous les uns les autres!

Just caught a photo of a sunning local garden spider. They are breathtaking. She did not mind me getting up close. Spiders are one of my favourite organisms. They come a close 2nd to my love of cats. 🐈

This is interesting. The current fascist U.S. president cannot tolerate appointees who act in ways that threaten/undermine his wealth or power. I wonder what his response will be. ⚖️

Beautiful and heartbreaking. The world is not kind to the victims of tyranny. 😢

#ErikaFrantzve and her children lost #CharlieKirk twice in their lives. Erika, her children, and the #RepublicanParty first lost Charlie to the poisonous ideologies of #whitesupremacy and to the ideologies of other equally as harmful hate groups. Now, they've lost him again, this time to a shooter.

Oh? 🎶🌸 CKUT created a must see documentary on the history of Montréal's Queer Music scene. Every town and city is host to a diversity of artists. Thank goodness! 🥰

A little love piece of music for this late Monday evening. I hope everyone is okay. 🌸🎶🎧

Rep. Garamendi: "I think any member of Congress & the Senate that has any knowledge of history of the 1900s, particularly 1930s & 1940s would look at America, at what #ICE is doing, at the use of the #NationalGuard and go 'Uh-oh! This looks a whole lot like Germany in the late 30s & into the 40s."

I don’t know where to begin. News blurbs/creator posts keep piling on labels for the shooter, but nothing adds up. Sending love to the survivors, and to the families and friends who lost loved ones. #AnnunciationCatholicChurch #Minneapolis 🌹

While reading of a #QueersForPalestine protest which stopped Ottawa's #CapitalPrideParade, I was saddened. The parade is in celebration of Canada's diversity. With that said, I'm wholeheartedly with #2SLGBTQQIA+ children, adults, and elders who call #Gaza home. Happy Pride to all. 🌸🏳️‍🌈

Oh? How some people are trying to lessen the reach of surveillance culture. I am intrigued. 🎭🌸 #cyberpunk #cyberpunkartists #BrutAmerica #antisurveillanceculture #surveillanceculture www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOs_...

A much needed song for this warm Friday evening. I love the original artist who wrote this, #AdrianneLenker, and I love #AngelaAutumn 's beautiful cover of #DragonEyes Wishing to all a peaceful weekend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpMX...

The more we know, the greater the impact. Time to say no to tech tools that come at a cost to the nature that surrounds us. 🌱

Oh? A wonderful stumble upon. Perfect for this warm Saturday night. Hope everyone is well. 🌸

Sigh. If #bluesky implements #ageverification , it'll be another social media site that I'll be deleting. I'm a passionate supporter of keeping children safe from predators. Age verification is not a tool that does that. It is too big a brush stroke. AV is a divisive Republican/Conservative tool. 😢

📰 Someone may have forgotten to inform #KimDavis that many, if not the majority, of #Christian denominations are inclusive of #2slgbtqia+ communities. In my view, Kim’s decision to pursue the overturning of #same-sexmarriage appears to be rooted more in hate than in genuine religious conviction. 🏳️‍🌈✝️🌱

A little music on this exceptionally humid and hot Québec day. I love, love, and love Infinity Song's harmonies. 🥰 🌸

I love, love, and love this. 🪕 Music has the power to reach, to teach, and to bridge as well as music can evoke healthy giggles. This following is all of those. Priceless. #CathyFinkMarcyMarxer #ItAintGonnaGoAway www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AG...

Empowering community organizations by empowering community organizations, the current government is dismantling them as a means to not hinder nor to challenge Trump's pathological lies and harmful acts. November's midterm elections count like they have never counted before. 🗳️🌸

Oh? A perfect song to listen to before calling it a night. One word to describe #Jenevieve 's artistry: ferocious! 🌸

🌓 Tonight, the moon is breathtaking. Well, to be fair, it is breathtaking on most nights. Yet, tonight it is a halfmoon which is a watercolour red. As if it's a gentle traveller, the moon is slowly making its way across the tops of homes and a nearby school. 🌸

Oh? Wonderful. There are some singing voices which are, for me, undeniably food for the senses and/or for the soul for you spiritual folk. 🌸

8m50s "I'm not clear as to what the hoax part would entail. The lived experience of these women is very real. They've lived it for decades." — Teresa Helm, Epstein abuse survivor Calling the Epstein files & countless other accusations a hoax is itself deceitful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNjN...

Oh? A new song by quinnie! 🌸 Perfect for this late hour.

Mini-moon! Gently placing the fact that I love saying that, I am in awe that this following astronomical phenomenon will happen. Hopefully, our astronomers will share photos of photos of this mini-moon! 🌑 🐈 www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...

📰 Things change far too fast. I will miss The Late Show. Maybe, Stephen and his crew will set up a YouTube live stream, since what is available on YouTube are only short clips from the show. 🌸 #StephenColbert #TheLateShow #TheLateShowWithStephenColbert

Oh? I cannot wait! #ST5 #StrangerThings5 🌸 "Official release dates for ST5: The season will be released in three instalments: Vol1 on November 26, Vol2 on Christmas Day, and the finale on New Year's Eve 2025." — Sara Delgado and Kaitlyn McNab It feels like it's been far too long since season 4.

Oh? In between the far too many to count orange construction cones, you can find little glimpses of creative city faeries. 🦋 Thank goodness. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

🎶 While listening to CBC Music hosting the songs of First Nations artists, this wonderful song was stumbled upon. Now, time for a much needed sleep. 🌸

Oh? I love this. I am not someone that identifies as a nationalist. That identity has been associated with extremism and in-group favouritism/bias. Yet, I do love seeing examples of where nationalism comes from the heart and not from hate. With all that in mind, I do love this artists music. 🎶🌸

Punk! What's a close to 60 yrs old Bluesky'r doing exploring a powerful Punk band from Mexico? I don't have an answer. 😊 Moving right along... Heartened by their anti-fascist & anti-Nazi posters. Young, empowering artists are a sign of a thriving humanity. Their absence would signal our decline. 🎙️🎶

While listening to an interview of #CelineSong, the writer & director of #Materialists, Celine shared a priceless line from the film: "‘I’m not merchandise, I’m a person." 🌸

🔥In & around Montréal, the hot days do not outnumber the colder days. With that in mind, these extreme humid ones are still difficult for us Winter beings. Today's temps are from 33°C to 36°C (91°F to 97°F). But, the challenge is the humidity which results in temps of 45°C to 46°C (113°F to 115°C).

🎬🍿 Just 2 more eps left 'til this breathtaking series ends. How do I describe this one. Maybe, this captures its essence: It's a journey. Tiny side note: I'm happy that wonderful actors, writers, directors, & those who work behind the scenes have a powerful space to do what they do away from films.🌸

A conflict between wishing to have a few fresh cherries from our cherry tree and the love that I have for these adorable urban critters. The adorable critters always win me over. Huge suck I am. 😊

Fighting fascism ought not to be solely on the shoulders of new generations. A joy to witness the activist voices which are clear in their message & in their focus. Some of us older folk often lose hope up 'til the integrity and humanity of an activist reignites us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJQS...

A loved older song. 🌸 One of the many thingies that I did not know: Love Hurts was composed by Boudleaux Bryant in 1960. A cover of it was recorded by Roy Orbison in 1961. Then, Nazareth, which is where I first heard this song, recorded their rendition in 1974. Lykke reminds me of its timelessness.

While in the USNR: 4:50 "I should obey & enact all lawful orders. It's in the very language that you swear. The emphasis on lawful is not a small one. I was also taught that if I was ever ordered to do anything unlawful that my responsibility was to the law and to the constitution." — Pete Buttigieg

While I do wish to celebrate Greta’s release 🌸, it is a cautionary celebration as a number of equally as valued members, members who were with Greta, are still kidnapped/forcibly taken by IDF.

I have the utmost respect for those who risk their lives to protect human rights and freedom. It’s disheartening to witness some #Marines #USMarines #USMarineCorps supporting Trump’s tyrannical agenda. I hope they reflect on their values and refrain from suppressing anti-fascist protests.

From Yousafzai to Thunberg & from Touray to Gorman, just to name a few who remind us that young activists carry an enormous weight. I'm in awe of Greta as she heads to Gaza. Not to change Netanyahu's mind. That mind is broken. It's to share that youth knows of the suffering & losses in Gaza. 🌱🕊️

Recently, a Bluesky'r shared a heads-up of a new Covid strain emerging in China. Things do travel fast. Due to being a caregiver of an at-risk clientele, I had a scheduled bi-yearly shot for tomorrow. Can't wait for the new vaccine batch to become available as I need to minimize being a carrier. 🌸

Oh? 🎭 I just finished listening to this recent Kate Willet performance! I love, love, and love it. If comedy is one of your salves, I highly recommend listening to this. A tiny spoiler, along with many of Kate's comedy themes, there is a Musk and Ayahuasca skit that had me in stitches. 🌸

A gentle nudge to musicians and/or to those passionate about music. This is a biography that I wish that I had known/listened to in my younger years. May these glimpses of #EllenMcIlwaine 's life journey place fuel under your creative elements/fire. 🌸 🌱 🎶