Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban. WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.

“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause. There will be no peace in this land until slavery is done for. "  — John Brown

Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.

Happy Holidays Everyone #artadventcalendar #photgraphy This is my Holiday Card that I made this year. A big thank you to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for this advent event!

thanks to those who have already supported our toy drive. there are many more toys and gifts available.

Pete Hegseth used the term “fog of war” when there is no war. Let’s talk about the fog of alcoholism, shall we?

My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off

oh nooooo I googled to make sure it was him and

Being me seems to piss off all the right people …

1983 - MTV aired Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video for the first time.

1978 - Opera singer Marian Anderson, the award-winning contralto, was among the first recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. The Marian Anderson Award was created in her honor in 1998 and celebrates critically acclaimed artists who have impacted society.

1975 - A white police officer shot and killed Bernard Whitehouse Jr., 32, allegedly mistaking him for a suspect, in Montgomery, Ala. Rather than owning up to his mistake, the officer and a few other police officers, doubled down and planted a gun near Whitehouse’s body.

1972 - The Temptations earn the last of their four chart-topping hits when “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

1969 - Marie V. Brittan Brown designed a “home security system with television surveillance,” that allowed homeowners to view the visitor on a TV screen. The homeowner could also open the door via a manual lock mechanism.

A group of white men noticed what was happeng and rushed over to the station. One punched Cotton, and several others began beating and kicking the windows of the car. The police pulled the attackers away before the car or its occupants suffered any serious harm. There were no arrests.

1961 - Three Freedom Rides targeted the Greyhound bus station in McComb, Miss., on Nov. 29, Dec. 1, and Dec. 2. The Dec. 2nd Riders included three local McComb High school activists, Jerome Byrd, James Burnham, and Joe Lewis.

1953 - Dr. Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University, was elected to the Atlanta Board of Education.

On Jan. 19, 2025, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Garvey.

1927 - The United States government released Marcus Mosiah Garvey from federal prison then illegally deported him to Jamaica right away. Garvey was a prominent activist who was targeted by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, who feared Garvey was inciting Black people to “rise up in militant defiance.”

1884 - Granville T. Woods patented his first electric device, an improved telephone transmitter.

1859 - John Brown was executed by Virginia authorities in Charles Town for his ill-fated raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry.

God I need you to work on my heart… because the way I want all the people I who told me I was overreacting and the way I have records I don’t have it in my heart to be gentle They all got money of me most Black women, most women, disabled people, trans folks and not once have the apologized

in the current age, when intellectualism is under attack, one of the most radical things you can do is continue to learn and seek out knowledge knowledge is, quite literally, power

A female Green Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) having breakfast on a galangal leaf. Probably adds a little frisson to the taste. #bugsky #cairns spotted while watering.

Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.

New Jersey has ‘to be open’ to mid-decade redistricting, Sherrill adviser says

An amazing friend and fellow vendor is having to cancel MFF due to unforeseen circumstances. Please please please go check out their shop! Super fun apparel and cute plushies! They have some amazing sales going on too! www.artseaanimal.com/all-products

First #TN7 results to hit come in from cherry-red Stewart & Wayne counties (For reference Wayne has been 95% trump in the past)

Goodnight everybody. Try to be less stupid in the morning.

I’d rather they pay down our national debt

also $250 at 5% interest for 10 years is $407 or not quite enough to pay for college textbooks. It's as cruel as giving a starving child a chocolate chip and telling them to be grateful.

Low-income people notably have stable access to the resources they would need to open, keep track of, and manage a 'Trump account' so I'm sure this generous gift will work out perfectly.

I would sue to have the Binance guy thrown in jail claiming Trunp didn’t sign that pardon since he said he never heard of him Put the shoe in the other foot from the jump

Some of what they do is malevolent. Some of it is idiotic. And some of it is malevolent and idiotic.

A very focused Downy Woodpecker. I was pretty close, but he was so intent on foraging, he took no notice #birds 🌿

WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “If Trump cared about keeping drugs out he wouldn’t have pardoned the Honduran president who trafficked 400 tons of cocaine… Their story on the boat bombing keeps changing every 10 minutes. I presume Admiral Bradley is getting lawyered up right now.”

Good reminder that Trump was guilty of an egregious crime simply in Georgia, let alone the rest of the country, and should have served a significant stint in prison. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

If you're knowledgeable and have time, you can self-advocate but if you're missing either element, future-saving accommodations for your child are up to whether the school decides you need them and schools have a financial interest in not noticing bc of how SpEd funding is allocated.

Minka’s Evening Report: Long day at work. 4 refused to get up to go to school, so Mom had to wear her Big Meanie hat all day, reminding 4 that no, Mom wouldn’t play with her because she wasn’t taking care of business by staying home from school. We’ll see what happens tomorrow. Later, frens!

Maybe they're blowing up coke on behalf of other countries too? I live in Manchester and at least everyone I know uses Charlie, they're going to be fucking furious when I tell them

Authoritarians keep trying to silence women, and women keep tearing holes in their plans. From DC to Tennessee, we’re organizing, rising, and refusing to sit down. If you’ve ever been told to shut up, this one’s yours. open.substack.com/pub/thejenni...

If you're in the United States, askjan.org is a good resource. They are free and you can call them or email them. They can often refer you to other places if they aren't able to help.

Dean to Disability Services Coordinator (who was trying desperately to help eldest w/accommodations) "I don't see what the problem is; (previous student) used to park her power chair at the bottom of the steps & *crawl* up to her class!" I will curse Emory with my dying breath for their cruelty.

I think a lot of people don't realize how difficult it is to get accommodations for disability. in school, at work. there are invariably tons of hoops; it's slow. often it's humiliating.

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Featuring our very own Joe Dye:

My family perished trying to hide Jewish 'orphans' from the nazis in Belgium. She was Mother Superior Elise and was executed with the kids and her sisters racing to Denmark. I'll not betray her courage.