So the US recently forced the Dutch to remove a memorial to America's own Black soldiers that died liberating the Netherlands from the nazis? On brand. Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration the liberation of Paris.

Latest from @thecontinent.org 🏺#WorldHeritage #UNESCO

Does anyone else picture The Chipmunks reading whichever Homer, doesn’t matter which, they’re apparently all the same? #MaximumAlpha

the poppies return and we vow ‘never again’ again, and again #HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry

Here’s to all the cannon fodder — Someone else’s son or daughter — Who died a casualty of war For the sin of being poor. #extemporanea

Racism & peace are incompatible ideas. If you’re looking at your neighbor & their presence offends you in some way when they’ve committed no offense, you can’t have peace. And it’s not your neighbor’s fault, either. The lack of peace comes from within you & spills out onto everybody else.

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Armistice Day is meant to mark the end of war. Here’s to peace on Earth.

Imagine killing 600,000 black and brown people with a few keystrokes and not having a care in the world but one little old white lady drags you on Twitter and you spiral for a week.

Just a reminder how much Republicans led by Trump hate veterans that they'll do anything and file any motion to cut off food to a million of them on the eve of Veterans' Day. And they'll do it again in January.

Children are always leaving their jobs, as are seniors, disabled folks, and um people who continue to work for places like Walmart and McDonald’s but can’t afford to feed their families

Done.

This is a dust devil... on Mars.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use

incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests

Phenomenal lede, 100/10 www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

My son sent me this. It is quite possibly the greatest recording ever. youtu.be/8hYJn_Sp9Jw?...

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

To listen to right-wingers telling young women that they vote for someone other than right-wingers “at their own peril” sounds an awful lot like a lead-in to ‘you shouldn’t have made me have to hit you’.

I’d say it must be hard to be a young woman right now, but in many ways, they’re a lot smarter than we were. I hope they know they deserve the world. They should know that, because they do.

It’s only fitting because young women have certainly focused their ire on the right. Mainly because they have discernment & taste. If voting in your own self-interest & against people who obviously hate you is peril, then bring on the danger.

“Estas falaram-lhe com um ar alheio e sorriram com um ar indiferente. Depois continuaram as suas conversas, como se ela não estivesse ali.”

Don't be frightened to display your talents

New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

We were right; we wish we weren't.

Morning dwellers. Sunshine.

Is “populist” just another way of saying popular but really fucking stupid? #questions

Made a really nice spicy soup with chicken & veg, & it’s a chilly morning anyway, so why not? Leftovers for breakfast are delicious. With a corn tortilla quesadilla.

I guess the silver lining is how many people who just won elections or are hoping to win elections shortly have decided to put out statements about their colleagues going “well so first off they’re fucking stupid”

I can honestly say this is one of the most powerful, moving songs I’ve heard in a very long time. Lisa O’Neill is an absolute treasure and some sort of musical genius. Great video too. youtu.be/Nbm-pNGPuo8?...

Issues with statistics (thread).

Living in a failed state is not my idea of a good time.

I made those earrings for my aunt in Paris. I'll be staying at her place so it's the least I can offer. #jewelry

They’ve wanted to do away with the IRS —have said so for years. Seeing as we are now getting next to nothing —certainly not representation, & what we are getting is ICE & such —for paying taxes, it’s a valid question. And I’m someone who believes in taxation. How did they think this would end?

So cool! Prince *loved* libraries. For example, this is one donation he made from his charity a few days after 9/11 to save the Louisville Free Public Library, the first library in the community to serve African Americans.

I see people throwing themselves in front of armored feds on the streets. People pushing to get close to Broadview ICE to stop the evil horrors inside & out. Regular people are throwing themselves into the path of danger daily & their reward is to have their health care taken away by rich cowards

Sudoku 2’21”

I’m sorry, but if you do things like release pepper spray in places where there are small children, you are an actual piece of shit.

It's a great reason for those of us in the States to keep contact with people in the rest of the world, too. Reminds us that none of the shit we put up with us necessary. (I have a better understanding of health insurance than most Americans and it's still confusing, much of it's opaque on purpose)

Over these past decades, software has coached us into thinking like a computer. Not necessarily on purpose, but because the software wasn't designed to be usable by thinking like a human. This side effect was a net positive for libertarians, who leapt from anti-human software to an anti-human world

And replies.

against this darkness millions of tiny stars rain in windowlight

So: genial lives oppose villain egos. #palindrome

Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection. Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?

One thing I noticed last night is that people were talking about calling Democrats but no one was talking about calling Republicans. Because it wouldn’t do any good, I guess? Call them (email, send them a letter) regardless of party. The Republicans get let off way too lightly. WAY too lightly.

In Australia, if we can't pass a budget, the government must resign or call a double dissolution (dissolving both house & senate) for a complete reelection

No health care, no deal.

I love the Interwebs because it has introduced me to some amazing people from all over. A random moment of appreciation in the middle of what’s looking to become a very bad day politically (with far-reaching ramifications) in the US.