The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

Explain to me how they can find the person who threw a sandwich last night in DC, but they still can’t figure out who the 2021 Capitol Pipe Bomber is.

Thought provoking and f that Cheeto m.youtube.com/watch?v=e2px...

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is. In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol. And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

(For now)

Congressman Hank Johnson’s Statement on the Passage of the Big Ugly Bill

Congrats to Lisa Murkowski on voting for a bill that she herself admitted was not ready in hopes that the House would change it. Now it’ll become law. She had the power to stop it, and instead chose to become complicit. That’s her legacy.

🆘 I need an emotional support Canadian stat. 🇨🇦🍁🥴

At least 13.14Million of us are 💪🏻

Can you imagine the outrage if what occurred with Senator Alex Padilla today had occurred with Lindsay Graham?! 😡

If you pay them they will come 🙄 (In crypto no less) washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/wa...

Today’s good thing. In my break from work I walked by a house with a chicken coop right next to a waist height fence; in the middle of suburbia I got to feed some chickens! 🐓😊

The Beautiful Danger of Normal Life During an Autocratic Rise www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

Happy Pride Month, humans! I invented the rainbow, but you made it beautiful!

Today’s good thing: while doing errands at a nearby nursery in a big box store, watching a couple of butterflies fly about. No pics because I was enjoying IRL 😊🦋

I am looking to fill my own Project 2025 which are positive, beautiful and full of inclusive things. Hence today - nasturtiums I saw on my walk. Inspiring. Beauty growing like weeds 😊

Just a reminder….

Don’t try to talk to him about current events 😂

So it begins. This from a company based in Australia from which I tried to order. <sigh>

Weird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.

On my walk today past a Japanese maple (? I think), I looked down and saw in the concrete sidewalk this little surprise. I’ll never know if someone gently pulled it away or if it disintegrated, but it I enjoyed noticing it and will now every time I walk by. 🍁

A very annoying thing about these times is that there is so much terrible unjust unfathomable stuff happening in so many different directions but my brain keeps getting stuck on things like "should I stockpile ziplock bags?"

Hey guys, I took a break for a bit from everything today and look what I saw on my walk🤗 How cool is that?

Omg - we’ve got baby birds!

So the head of Homeland Security can’t secure her own purse? Did I get that right? 🙄

Happy Easter to all who are celebrating today. This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.

Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me

This is known as a “Holy Ghost”

Ocean Beach, San Francisco today. 👏 #50501movement #HandsOff (📸 Stephen Lam, SF Chronicle)

I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it a thousand times more: If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.

Serious question; what happens to those college students whose visas are revoked? What happens to their tuition money? Can they leave the country willingly or are they held by ICE and deported?

Hi Bluesky! 💪🏻👊🏻

It will show we did not let the chaos and division go unanswered. It will show that when our president chose to spread lies and sow fear, we chose to come together, to work together, and to rise together.

Interesting…. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Also from the homeland of Tech

I’m trying my best to be as proactive as possible on other SM. Is it worth it?

So, which is it? If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained. And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.

😉

New project inspiration

Musk met with Tesla employees to beg them not to sell their stock even though it "feels like Armaggedon" and the stock has crashed more than -$200/share. It's proof the boycott is working. We make change by working together. Keep it up.✊ Boycott and protest Tesla. Abandon Twitter. Sell TSLA stock.

Well, I lied - ended up being 30 mins anyway. Folks, I know shit sucks right now, but we’re going to get through this. I don’t mean to be pessimistic when I say there’s no cavalry coming to save us - I just want folks to be clear-eyed about the fact that we’re going to have to do that ourselves.

Today’s good thing; after rain comes sunshine 😊 Just a moment of calm.

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New yard sign….because it does

Teslas are like the Ugly American Tourists of automobiles.