You already know something is being taken. You feel it when you can't repair what you buy, when your grandmother's recipe shows up in a database owned by strangers. The taking is quiet. If it were loud, you'd stop it. That silence is the extraction working.

"“It’s possible that we’re starting to see the consequences of severe and sudden cuts to global health programs that have eroded surveillance and allowed deadly viruses to spread undetected...” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

Tucson's 1st Avenue plan to make the street safer for pedestrians: more signals, medians, and protected bike lanes www.kgun9.com/news/communi...

True, but just TRY to get something like this past the GOP.

What would make cycling safer?

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It would be about time…

Virginia Bill of Rights👀 "whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal."

I first met Clark Reynolds when he was just three years old at our Black History Month reception at the White House. Over the last ten years, it's been wonderful getting updates about his life through his letters. Check out how he’s doing now:

Free Water-Saving Kits Delivered to Your Door Your pick of tools for your home: Water-Saving Showerhead 5-Minute Shower Timer Bathroom Faucet Aerator Toilet Tank Bag Plumber’s Tape Toilet Tank Dye Strips Drip Gauge Automatic Hose Timer 👉 To learn more and order yours, simply visit: wuiw.com/kit!

Did you know you could reserve seeds and have them sent to Martha Cooper (or other Tucson libraries) to be picked up? Thanks to Meg from the Garden District for sharing this news!

FREE CULTURE PASSES AT MARTHA COOPER LIBRARY A sampling of places you can get a culture pass for: Reid Park Zoo, Tohono Chul, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Children's Museum, Arizona History Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, and some other wonderful spots around Arizona in other cities.

My website is now bilingual! So more people have access to, & can cross-pollinate ideas, inspiration, & positive action! The Spanish edition of my book "Cosecha de agua de lluvia para zonas áridas y más allá" available now in PRINT and EBOOK editions through my website. cosechadeaguadelluvia.com

www.azhousedemocrats.com/post/after-s... Must be nice to have a month of paid vacation for explicitly NOT doing your one damned job! #MAGADontGAF!

AOC: “Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post — he laid off some of the highest qualified journalists that made it an American institution so that he could turn it into a mouthpiece that launders his personal agenda & opinions”

For Star subscribers: Some ICE detainees in Arizona are being held for weeks in crowded ICE centers meant for stays of no more than 72 hours.

www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2... You will starve to give these wealthy corpo donors a big sweet tax break! #MAGADontGAF!

It’s what we do, fix, repair and scrub up after republikkkans burn it down.

www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/... MAGA bigotry strikes at a local library!

Destany Pete researched an Indigenous chokecherry recipe and achieved promising “in vitro” results on cancer cells. Her science project gained international recognition for combining traditional knowledge with modern laboratory experimentation.

AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

U of A study urges equity‑first urban greening to boost climate resilience in Tucson Zuniga‑Teran's report states urban greening programs will be more effective if designed around needs of vulnerable, low‑income communities www.kgun9.com/news/local-n...!

Ventana Elementary School students build a vibrant campus garden to save at-risk desert pollinators Fourth grade students transformed an empty lot into a blooming garden to provide a habitat for bees and butterflies in the Sonoran Desert www.kgun9.com/news/communi...

Trump slashed funding for researching infectious diseases like hantavirus and made deep staffing cuts to the CDC and other agencies that coordinate outbreak response. His disastrous decision-making cost us during the last pandemic — and continues to put us in danger. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/h...

Reid Park Zoo honored for commitment to waste reduction The EPA says landfills are the 3rd largest source of methane emissions & food waste is the #1 thing filling them 6 elephants are the biggest contributors to the FoodCycle compost program at the Zoo producing 100s of pounds of zoo-doo everyday

Republicans' plan: rip up Social Security, make it work worse for Americans, and sell it for parts. We won't let that happen.

Read the article here: https://learndirt.com/learn/why-would-anyone-garden-in-the-desert/

Happy birthday, David Attenborough! He once directed programming at the BBC and has hosted numerous award-winning nature documentaries, but he’s always stayed down-to-earth, colleagues say

#MothersDay Ricky Mujica (American, born 1961) Multitasking, 2017 PAINTING: Oil on canvas 40 x 30 inches Private collectio #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

One reason Republicans are banning books and classes on race is because reading even one book about Jim Crow or Reconstruction makes it clear that they are hoping to reinstate segregation.

31+ Historically Accurate Movies That Got It Right Mason Zimmer, Outdoor Revival www.outdoorrevival.com/more/31-hist...

Another win for Arizona! Attorney General Kris Mayes determined Pima County (Tucson area) is allowed to restrict ICE activity on county property.

JoAnna Mendoza Held a Town Hall, and We Wish You Were There April 28th was a busy day for JoAnna Mendoza, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona Congressional District 06. From the roundtable...

Arizona’s extreme heat worsens as the AZ Corporation Commission continues to approve gas pipelines and energy generation. We need solar and new clean energy Commissioners. #solarenergy #climateaction #extremeheat #vote #azcorporationcommission @thirdactorg.bsky.social @leadlocally.bsky.social

It should come as a surprise to no one that education spending does not necessarily correlate to outcomes. One thing for sure: Arizona is dead last no matter how you look at it. www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-state...

Thank you Rep. Kevin Volk for making public how all Republicans in the AZ State Legislature targeted southern Arizona for cuts in the budgets, especially Pima County.

This is so good! (And hits far too close to home.)

20-30% of global emissions come from food, agriculture, and land use sectors as well as indirect emissions. Reshaping our food system means targeted solutions: better fertilizer in India, rice farming in SE Asia, forest protection in Brazil, diet shifts in the US. 👉 drawdown.org/food-and-climate

‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ Review: Sally Field and Lewis Pullman Sparkle in Netflix’s Warmly Funny, Tearfully Touching Drama

Arizona teachers see SNAP cuts and voucher costs hit the same families. One person gathering signatures said she sees ballooning voucher costs and plummeting SNAP enrollment as evidence that some politicians do not view public services as worth funding. coppercourier.com/news/educati...

Bob Fosse in Little Prince movie, 1974 had a massive influence on Michael Jackson.

🌱 "It's time to shift from being consumers to being caretakers." —Mari Copeny