October is #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth. #CompassCenter as #NC's Domestic Violence Agency serves as #OrangeCounty’s central resource for individuals & families experiencing #domesticviolence, hardship or #emotionalcrisis. $20 fundraiser tickets ⬇️ compassctr.networkforgood.com/events/92404...

With these intelligent things or robots, we need to push altruism compassion love respect wanting to help wanting to make a better world into them. The humans role in relationship to animals is stewardship. #JaneGoodall Sept'25. @JaneGoodallInst #AI youtu.be/4oshFOK9-sk

The federal government started shutting down early Wednesday after Congress failed to approve a funding bill before the beginning of the new fiscal year. via @jennifershutt.bsky.social @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fede...

Wishing Jews around the world a meaningful fast this Yom Kippur. May it be a day of reflection and renewal.

If the cost is your peace of mind, it's too high! October is #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth. If you/a loved one has experienced the anguish and turmoil of #domesticviolence and would like to pay it forward to help another, donate to the #CompassCenterNC by scanning this code www.compassctr.org

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

If the cost is your peace of mind, it's too high! October is #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth. If you/a loved one has experienced the anguish and turmoil of #domesticviolence and would like to pay it forward to help another, donate to the #CompassCenterNC by scanning this code www.compassctr.org

Why is raising #healthcare #obamacare #insurance rates by upto 75% in 2026, a controversial issue? Is the GOP completely oblivious to the plight of the average #American already buried under rapidly rising prices of everything they need to survive? Why inflict more pain & suffering on #Americans?

This is what standing by the courage of your convictions looks like, America. Major respect 🙏🏽 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @jimmykimmel.com

US President's, both red and blue, throughout American history, unanimously share their similar thoughts and sentiments on #Immigration. Beautiful 😍 Inspiring ✨️Uplifting #America x.com/charise_lee/...

90% of HR professionals report that they don’t feel “adequately supported at work.” And as Hebba Youssef, Chief People Officer at Workweek described at HR event, Beyond Borders, New York, “If your HR person isn’t engaged, how can any of your employees really be engaged?” #HR #engagement

Second, it’s worth reading this excerpt from Frederick Douglass:

We need more ideas like the ones @captmarkkelly.bsky.social has outlined on how we can shape the future being created by artificial intelligence. Kelly.Senate.gov/AI

Wonder why our DOJ has Deleted The Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing From Their Website: www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

The president seemingly defended targeting coverage he deemed "bad" after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's show.

UPDATE: U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert is resigning under pressure from President Trump for refusing to bring mortgage fraud charges against NY AG Letitia James. His deputy, Maya Song, is also stepping down from her leadership role. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A CDC committee further limited access to Covid vaccines. Left unclear was whether Americans could still walk into pharmacies for the shots.

Isn't this US Congresswoman picked and flung onto the ground an elected by her American constituents and works for her US constituents? Whatever happened to living in a civil society and respecting the office and the will of those who this congresswoman represents? Let's bring civility back 🙏🏽

Trump: We're actually making money off the Russia Ukraine war because NATO is buying our equipment

Trump: "When 97% of the stories are bad about a person, that's no longer free speech."

For everything that's wrong, lonely, dark & scary in our world, there are a thousand acts of love, joy & kindness that are being shared by humans everywhere. Put your trust in your essence & know that you are safe. Believe in and love yourself & your community. #Ubuntu = I am, because we are 🙏🏽

Teflon diet, garlic milk and zebra cows triumph at 2025 Ig Nobel prizes

A quick jolt of stress, like dunking your hand in ice water, can make tough exercise feel easier and more rewarding, new research shows. How brief discomfort helps the brain reframe effort and build resilience, explained by neuroscientists:

Did you know that when you have caught an ant or spider on a paper, and you draw a circle in pen around them, they will not cross the boundary, and once they cross it, they know they're unstoppable? @stephenbartlett.bsky.social #DiaryOfaCEO #podcast www.facebook.com/share/v/175H... #JustAskZen

Is being intelligent civil well-informed well-educated capable of critical thinking something we need should conceal online for fear of ire and retribution? If yes, why? If not, why?

Like artists picking out details others can’t always see, gardeners pick up on things others miss, which was an invaluable skill in times past, when knowledge about plants could literally mean the difference between making it through the winter or starving to death. coastalreview.org/2025/09/gard...

RIP #RobertRedford. Love you ♥️ Thank you 🙏🏽 www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo...

O'Stephen, My Stephen, Congratulations!! 🎊👏✨️ Live long and prosper!! #ThankYou 🙏🏽 #LoveYou 💖 @colbertlateshow.bsky.social #StephenColbert

The @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @ncdemocrats.bsky.social and socialist #democrats ALL need to get behind ONE POWERFUL, UNIFYING, CLEAR & COMPELLING message that resonates across different classes, and regions across #America.

Europe is warming faster than any continent. That's speeding up glacial melt, which is already threatening Europe's largest rivers.

10 Best Psychology Today Articles on Stress Management (2024 Top Picks) #mindfulness #wellness #mentalhealth

Folks want to become citizens because they consider the country their home and their fellow citizens their family. Everyone should have a say, a #vote, and participation should be welcomed and made easy, na? Why else would they be granted #citizenship? #Americans #America

These #hospitals being attacked deliberately? What war logic or power flex justifies killing innocent, helpless families who are locked in fear mode trying to heal and survive? What has happened to make one set of humans behave this way towards another set of humans? Everyone looses. #Tragic

World's first study proves that #plants produce high-frequency #sounds that #animals are capable of hearing and responding to, to make decisions accordingly. www.jns.org/tau-research... #video youtu.be/BrL87LcZ9-4

The kindness of strangers: she gave me a pristine white handkerchief to mop up the blood on my face

Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY Launches Free “Journalism for All” High School Curriculum www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/08/crai... www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/08/crai...

Good people make good decisions when given good information & bad decisions when given bad information. The #truth and the #facts MATTER NOW MORE THAN EVER as we see our country descend into #antidemocratic waters. #journalism #information #media #democracy #America #USpol #NCpol #Americans

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

COVID vaccine update: Pharmacies in these states won't give you a shot unless you have a prescription. CVS: CO, FL, GA, KY, LA , ME, NY, NC, PA, UT, VA, WV, DC Walgreens: AZ, CO, GA, IN, LA, MO, MT, NM, NY, OR, SC, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI CVS is not yet offering COVID shots at all in MA, NV, and MN.

After all the fancy constitutional arguments & faux historical glosses, this is the practical endpoint of the unitary executive theory. Because when presidential power is effectively unchecked, the only thing preventing it from devolving into authoritarianism is the decency of the officeholder.

A grand jury has rejected federal prosecutors' attempts to indict Sean Dunn, the man accused of throwing a Subway sandwich at a CBP officer. This comes after three OTHER failed attempts to indict another person accused of assaulting a federal agent. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury Keep reading, friends. 📚

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Good morning and happy Friday, BS 🦋👋 … Wishing you a beautiful day, a bright end to the week and a fun weekend ahead! 🥂 ☕️🌿☀️🌳💛🌱✨ #nature #ForestFriday

Can we please bring good, clean wholesome #dancing to ALL the #mainstreets of #America? Look at this 2025 #justdance #movement as a way to address our dominant societal problems of #othering, #loneliness, #anxiety & #depression. #BringFunBack #TikTok #Disco #danceclubs www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Bb4YWs/

Without Congressionally-approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather.

A group of 19 Democratic governors on Thursday condemned President Trump’s threat to send National Guard troops into major cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New York as an “alarming abuse of power.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...