Love me some word nerdery

On Christmas Eve 1968, in Lunar orbit, the Apollo 8 crew took this photo: “Earthrise." I'll never forget how inspiring the Apollo missions were to my brother and me as kids. They showed us what our country and humanity can accomplish when we work together toward a common goal.

5 new books!

🎶 Out on the road today Saw a Propaghandi wrap around a Cybertruck Little voice inside my head said Dang that sucks, that could never not suck I thought I knew what punk was What did I know Those trucks are so fashtastic I hope this one gets towed... 🎶

Do you remember Betty Reid Soskin? She was the oldest serving National Park Ranger in the United States, we celebrated her retirement at the age of 100. Betty Reid Soskin (1921–2025) passed away on Sunday, but she lived an extraordinary life. “The answers are only temporary.” — Betty

Read this. Then read it again.

Hey #Alabama. Big request. We got a survey on policies for the working class and we need this to spread like wildfire across the state so we can drive candidates on what they need to do. Thank you for your attention to this matter. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl. Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist. They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed. Another horrific story. More details below.

The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.

Looks like TN-07 will end up around R+8, or a 13-point shift toward the Democrats from 2024. What should worry Rs is that this one is hard to dismiss as a special election. It ended up nationalized, and turnout will be ~95% of 2022. It looked like a midterm general electorate.

Nazi bitches end up in ditches

I tried to talk a friend into watching this and they had already been turned off from watching the movie because of a third party's gross oversimplification of Perfidia's character. Glad to see some people appreciating how well the role was handled.

This. In fact, you can block the stupid summary at the top so you don't slowly slip into the habit of relying on it. I use startpage as my search engine, too.

RIP Teen Vogue. This is terrible

Been MIA, family emergencies have taken over life. We have both had a hell of an October, but just a few hours with @chriskuralia.bsky.social in our house again made things much better. I have missed my person. Enormously. Hoping to have him back again by the end of next month.

Block list for Hatch Act violating accounts

He's correct of course, which is just one reason the AI industry should die. Another thing that would kill the industry is ethical energy use.

This Election Day may seem unimportant because there are no “big” offices on the ballot but many states hold their nonpartisan municipal elections in off years. Races for city council, school boards, county judgeships are VITALLY important to the day to day functions of your community! Participate!

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

🪖🎖️🩺 This week, 69 current Dept of Veterans Affairs (VA) physicians & ~100 other current/former VA staffers signed the Lincoln Declaration, voicing urgent concerns that Trump's policies undermine the VA’s health care system, overwhelm VA’s budget, & negatively affect the lives of all veterans

Crockett on Homan: For instance, when you are talking about solicitation, and it has to do with, say, prostitution, it's not a matter of whether or not the prostitution took place. The solicitation is complete. Once you actually engage in the agreement, that is enough for solicitation.

Looks like Disney figured out how to make their money back. It’s all about the money, don’t be fooled.

Jimmy Kimmel was just the most visible Disney offense.

100%. Also Amazon Prime and Paramount while you’re at it. The list goes on, but essentially, it is well past time to stop bankrolling our own demise.

To anyone from the Trump admin who may see this: The things history teaches us about Fascism and Nazis are about what *not* to do. Their record of atrocities was never meant to be read as a How To manual. I hope this clears things up. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Is it too much to ask that the Tolkien estate take these fuckers down? A new fellowship for a new age. It can include lawyers, accountants, coders, wizards, hobbits, eagles, ents. I’m not picky. You have my keyboard.

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PBS Passport is $5 a month. Your local library probably has Kanopy, too.

Quotes from great Disney & Hulu shows that warned us ahead of time. Cancel your account, and let them know why. $$$ is the only higher power they care about anyway.

Canceling Disney+ and Hulu now. We’ll watch Rogue One as a goodbye. Kinda awful but it’s what they understand.

This is worth sharing.

Highly recommended research topic: Gleichschaltung

Hope some people learned something with those searches.

This whole “Blueskyism” debate is a transparent attempt to silence the most viable alternative to the platforms that the oligarchs control. Yes, it’s imperfect. Yes, we need more avenues for discourse. But they are threatened by any dissent because it matters. Use your voice especially now.

Once upon a time, I thought that the internet was the coolest thing because anyone could get their words out to the world. I miss my innocence and optimism.

We need more voices to help us. If you can’t do anything else, share the post or tell someone you know. We save us. There’s no other option at this point.

This. We had people complaining about how they didn’t hear about today’s protests on any of their social media platforms ahead of time. I don’t think enough people understand that the oligarchs are shaping our communication and thoughts in some deep ways.

This is disgraceful. This man is a threat to our national wellbeing, and also to the world’s. We need to be better than this. Relatedly, I recently finished Everything Is Tuberculosis by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social. You should, too.

I am so ashamed of my country’s government. They are stupid. They also think we are stupid. Hard to tell which is operating at any given time, but this kind of statement is just humiliating.

About 60 people at today’s Birmingham event. Proud of our band of resistance. It’s hard work getting out there when there’s so much apathy. Props to everyone fighting. No one is coming to save us. We are the answer. Let’s kick some ass. @50501alabama.bsky.social @indivisiblebham.bsky.social

Is this some parallel universe recorded in this video? We write, we cry, we shout, inform, protest, organise, travel, make movies, do standing ovations. We just can't stop the genocide. How can we all be hostages to a bunch of old psychopathic bastards? How long will we allow for this to happen?

Evil

Labor Day is so much more than just a holiday weekend to mark the end of summer. Everyone should be teaching their kids and anyone who will listen about the importance of unions.

Unions rule. Oligarchs drool.

In awe and admiration for this Judge. So many people are missing the ring but a few shining stars are fighting for good. Let’s amplify and celebrate every win because it fights the discouragement and hopelessness they are pushing on us.

Slavery has always been evil. Just like this administration.