Today I (mostly) ignored the awfulness and soaked in my appreciation for a truly beautiful fall day.

Hegseth announces that the US military should unleash overwhelming & punishing violence with “no stupid rules of engagement.” Trump announces that the military will be deployed to “quell civil disturbances” in the “war” against cities such as SF, LA, NYC & Chicago”. 🤢🤮

Fall will be here in 3-2-1

Lack of affordable housing is a significant problem globally. Canada steps up with a response 🇨🇦

I vividly recall - as a child - feeling fear at “Breaking News” broadcast interruptions: Political assassinations-JFK, RFK, MLK, MalcolmX, plus nightly war death counts, video of police beating protesters. The US felt remarkably unstable. “They versus Us” was a theme. Then, as now.

If you’re still feeling puzzled, read this for absolute clarity. According to US Senator Schmidt, America is not an ideal or aspiration. It is a homeland for white people, no exceptions, and whites must fulfill their destiny, or else “America” will perish. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Beautiful things still abound. Find some peace in them. My garden carries on. 🌹☮️

When I was very young, my occasional (adult) babysitter was a partially deaf woman who lost her hearing as a child from measles. Her husband was fully deaf, same reason. My own husband recalls a childhood classmate whose dad got polio and died in three days. RFK will cause bad things to happen

Well… hell has frozen over. MTG, you go girl! youtu.be/hwCJPAD_GIg?...

🚨Huge moment in Montréal: @transitionmtl.bsky.social is promising proportional representation for city + borough councils! ✅No more 38% of the vote = 100% of the seats. ✅Every voice represented. Real democracy at last. This could be the electoral reform breakthrough we desperately need!

nine former cdc employees pen op-ed for the new york times, saying rfk jr’s leadership “should alarm every american, regardless of political leanings.” after replacing “experts on federal health advisory committees with unqualified individuals who share his dangerous and unscientific views.”

@charlieangus104.bsky.social will be shining a light on fascism & MAGA activities in 🇨🇦 with the launch of Meidas Canada on Labour Day. youtu.be/2Hpa-sz0ZVA?...

This was last night, not tonight, at 11:45pm and, well, the full moon was quite something.

I didn’t know if I had the strength to watch this. What I learned is - this man, Andre Hernandez Romero, a gay hairdresser whom the US govt without cause sent to Latin America’s most dangerous prison where he was beaten & tortured, is an absolutely beautiful human being. Thx @timmiller.bsky.social

At a time when more Republicans embrace cruelty than courage, here’s a big round of applause to Geoff Duncan. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

In 2022, CRTC banned RT, finding “programming from a foreign country which seeks to undermine the sovereignty of another country” & “demean Canadians” ..”does not serve to safeguard …Canada.” CRTC- now do Fox News! @charlieangus104.bsky.social - www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

Good morning! Timeline cleanse below - pics I took last week (a totally offline week - hallelujah) Air & water temps: 21-24, 72-78 #photography #summer

Gotta be honest. I’ll never again be able to see Donald Trump’s signature - on an executive order or whatever - without thinking …pubic hair

What the hell is going on in the US now? The Sec of Agriculture is speaking, throwing around Christian code words and talking about “criminal elements” threatening farm lands. 🌽

On this July 4th, I thought of this song. I suddenly felt an acute loss & my eyes moistened. “And as the flames climbed high into the night, To light the sacrificial rite, I saw Satan laughing with delight, The day the music died.” So bye-bye, Miss American Pie youtu.be/PRpiBpDy7MQ?...

Today’s life humor- Doing Saturday morning cleaning with “motivational music” playing loudly. Knock. Knock. Knock. Two men at the door tell me they “just want to share a positive thought from the Bible”. Sound track blasting in the background - “Psycho Killer! Qu’est-ce que c’est? Fa fa fa fa….”

Good morning

Posts like this are the reason I love being online

With everything going on, I feel compelled to report two things I saw yesterday that impacted me.

Good morning #AfterTheMorningRain #ViewFromTheKitchenWindow #Garden #Flowers

A double 🌮🌮 boomerang 🪃

Also possible- Trump’s fabricated storytelling of the day is that he’s supreme leader of the world, other G7 leaders are underlings with lesser world roles than Trump and Trump must focus on asserting his superior guidance & influence over Netanyahu - let’s see if the story develops

Wondering about No Kings turn-out? #NoKings Much thanks to @joyannreid.bsky.social for gathering some footage. Part 1:

Really they might as well start posting the Russian flag because the affinity could not be more obvious and it’s the one thing that explains everything

#NoKings #Obama

#AmazingGrace #NoKings

Right? We can complain about Trump, but there are dozens and dozens of elected and unelected co-villains with the power to stop or moderate the worst of it. Apparently they too enjoy the corruption, chaos and cruelty. So.many.villains.

“Stone.cold.liar. Stone.cold.liar. He made that up, like he’s making up so many other things”. “You can’t work with him. You can only work for him.” “He’s incapable of even a train of thought. He’s making.things.up.”

This is the storyline preferred by Trump for the fascist horror reality show currently in development

“It is not what it means to be a man”. Indeed. Money, power and even genius should never trigger idolatry, but especially in the absence of caring, kindness and basic human decency youtube.com/shorts/OaPXK...

Watching the Trump vs Elon match 🍿🥊

Guard Animals. Cousins.

The Executive Rant asks pharmaceutical companies to raise prices on other nations so that US prices can be lowered.

Happy Mothers Day, mama. Miss you 😘

In the last 10 days, * Canadians elected the Liberals with PM Carney, * Australians elected the Labor party with PM Albanese, and * the Vatican chose Robert Francis Prevost to be the next Pope A sweet reminder that the fight for light, hope and goodness is worth the struggle.

Listening to clips posted by @atrupar.bsky.social, it seems Trump believes: 1) US “saves money” when it doesn’t import, 2) US doesn’t need to import anything & 3) the US is a luxury store - you have to ask to buy at (luxury?) prices? Is that US trade policy? What say you @pkrugman.bsky.social ?

Someone asked him to go after Netflix whose model is global production and global audiences. (And Netflix is credited with putting the movie studios on their heals financially). That’s the only thing that makes sense.

I’m not sure I understand how one tariffs a movie, but this will definitely affect Vancouver BC, Canada 🇨🇦 which has a robust film production industry

Good morning. Spring has been exceptionally gorgeous this year with many morning coffees on the sunny back porch overlooking the garden.

Interesting tech news that would naturally happen in any normal universe. Glad to see it. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/30/b...

I appreciate that Jason Kenney and Andrew Coyne are on CBC giving a lecture to Poilievre that it’s time to drop the Maple Maga BS. Of course, Jamil Javani would like a word

My heart aches for the families in the Filipino community in Vancouver affected by this dark, senseless event.

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