"Compassion is the intention to see each human being as no better or worse than yourself, neither more nor less important, and as fundamentally similar to yourself." — Timothy Miller

I’d support a fund that compensated police officers who defended the capital on J6. justthenews.com/government/c...

Leadership positions in the DOH unfilled: - U.S. Surgeon General - The head of the National Institute of Health is doubling as the acting head of the CDC. -The Food & Drug Admin. lacks a permanent vaccine chief - The head of the FDA Not feeling confident the DOH can meet future demands.

A good ratio of chocolate chips.

Headwinds for Kushner project🤭 Popular Information popular.info?utm_source=n...

Why prop up an industry that no longer serves a purpose? www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

If Dems are willing to hold their noses for this kind of candidate they’ll have to for republican politicians too or fall in the hypocrisy trap. Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...

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Got a smile from me

Leave it to an architect to pitch an alternative modernist design to Trump’s arch. Brainworms

I do not agree with this assessment of the building projects. They are a source of fun for him and his style of managing them is an extension of his business and interpersonal behavior. The fascists in his administration like him for this, but they know he's dumb.

Finding solace in ‘what goes around comes around’. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...

Scott Pelley's full post-firing statement www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

nancy drew and the mysterious case of the dumbfucks

and because the technofascists lobotomized our consumer protection, privacy, safety, and labor regulators, there's going to be even more anger at the tech companies that enabled it all good luck zuck

One hundred and two years ago today, the Forest Service, at the initiative of conservation pioneer Aldo Leopold, created the Gila Wilderness. It was the first designated wilderness, the first protected roadless area, in the entire world. #publiclands #conservation #protectpubliclands #wilderness

"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. ... They preach ... the ancient law of life." — Hermann Hesse

Who’s your ‘gone, but not forgotten’ musician?

2025 headline - GOP-controlled legislatures rolled back & narrowed voter-approved paid sick-leave policies. Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who's on the New Jersey primary ballot & unseen since 3/5 & hasn't shared why he’s missed 100+ House votes during his absence is running uncontested in the Rep. primary.

Love this tote🦄

Blew my mind👇🏻 www.quantamagazine.org/the-dirt-tha...

Current read. I’ll read anything she writes after reading - Braiding Sweetgrass.

Always good to remember that these dipshits start with a desired outcome that most benefits themselves and then work towards supporting that conclusion by figuring out new, ever-more complex ways to look at data and support their conclusions.

Ed: I feel like this would be stronger with the word “vile” before shit.

It's normal to reuse take out containers, to mend old or damaged clothes, to use table cloths, sheets or curtains for fabric, to turn your left overs into a new meal, to have mismatched cutlery, to buy second hand & refurbished tech.

how are the trump/netanyahu talks going?

Had to leave my neighborhood…someone hit a gas line. Found at a local tav parking lot.

Insult after insult better turn into ballots against the will of this admin.

abandoning the use of technology that creates understanding to the environmental impacts we are and will face. Neo- Luddite! Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

The most secret and sensitive American information is up for mortgage.

details, details

His thirst for vengeance is unquenchable. coloradosun.com/2026/06/01/f... Audience

I’m not numb yet cause these events cause cuts that are are still painful. www.hcn.org/articles/elk...

All the way to the back is a spinner I watched a Junco land on and take a spin around. Birds just wanna have fun. Lazy day reading on the deck in the beautiful PNW😁

You can think of this as a "reverse" or "turn" strategy. Reversing attention from the distraction & recentering attention on what is essential. Calling out the politics of creating hate-objects & turning attention back to those who profit from the strategy. It's a contrast. Well played. (from March)

I’ve been thinking a lot about the shifting baseline concept as applied to everyday life. People in their 20’s now have no memory of highly functional systems, products (from blenders to sweaters) that were so well made you could hand them down across generations, or even helpful customer service.

"This is not the crowd to dodge" is gorgeous. It's probably hopeless. But what a way to go down fighting.

Speaking of blunting the effectiveness of U.S. troops on the battlefield… Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

"We are not isolated individuals. We are cells in the body of humanity, and what we do to one another we do to ourselves. The new story is one of interdependence, shared purpose, and sacred relationship with all Life." — Nancy Roof

LOVE a well crafted ending. youtu.be/czbhRAfxhj8?...

Platner’s no Ken Paxton, or is he? 👇🏻Stephanie gets it. Stephanie’s Substack stephaniebrock.substack.com?utm_source=n...

117 meals today. Bolognese or Cannellini in Tomato Sauce (not pictured) We’re not naive enough to think one meal will end hunger, but we are bold enough to believe each meal distributed is a step toward the change we desperately need Poverty is a policy choice and we choose something better

someone throw him some breads crumbs so he can get himself out of this loop he’s creating

this admin is successfully politicizing science www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

There are more planned cuts to pollinator research. theconversation.com/shutting-dow...

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