Cartoon by John Deering.

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado. The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025! All people in the world should should heed her bravery, and the very important statement from The Norwegian Nobel Committee; reed the full statement: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/nob...

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Nice info graph of #hybrid attacks on Europe by The Economist. www.economist.com/briefing/202...

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act. I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Jimmy Kimmel isn't returning to the airwaves because of "thoughtful conversations" with Disney executives. He's back because consumers sent Disney a clear message: selling out our fundamental rights is not an acceptable cost of doing business.

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment. By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. mh

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.

Sometimes we’ll just have to let the melancholy embrace us and float for a moment 💖 youtu.be/iC_FKILEJec?...

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

A view for a #sanity-pause & a #mental-rinse. Enjoy 🍓

The John Bolton search should be a wake-up call to every American This escalation in the use of law enforcement to target political opposition marks a dangerous new front for American authoritarianism.

Picture taken this summer on the beaches of western Denmark, it’s #real, it’s #nature, it’s #peace, it’s #freedom, it’s #tranquility, it’s #life, it’s an existing #dream …with or without us, human beings.

over 30 years ago, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated. I took a lot of heat for this speech. https://youtu.be/Bnd0eSuxu84?feature=shared

Maybe it's time to slow down. To sit in silence long enough to feel that spark again that we had as a child. To fill our hearts with something brighter. Something hopeful. Keep your heart open. Keep dreaming. There is still magic here.

RIP Ozzy 🎙️ The prince of darknes with an angelic voice 🤘🪽 youtube.com/watch?v=K0si...

#rips #redcurrant Thanks to all the pollinators there will be jelly in the jars for the winter to come 🐝

"Ice holes harass Community member. California DPS comes to the rescue."

What we learned yesterday. The Times They Are a-Changin'

Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.

Me literally holding up my water glass and saying “SALUD!”. @carbajal.house.gov

By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference. But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)

Zelenskyy: "Trust me, we understand the Russians much better, the mentality of the Russians, than the Americans understand the Russians. I know for sure Putin doesn't want to stop the war."

The greta video

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

Hits hard as always! Are we too bamboozled to see the truth?

As always, a beautiful speech from Carl "Man in His Arrogance" by Carl Sagan

If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth. From Saturn. We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.

The length of their wagging indicates the distance, and the angle at which they dance shows the direction in relation to the sun. This enables other bees to find the exact position of the food source.

average comment section in 2025

Even before President Trump was re-elected, the Heritage Foundation — the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — set out to destroy pro-Palestinian activism in the U.S. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal. I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.

Christopher Hitchens on Christianity.

I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.

🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."

Rip Chief Pontiac, Odawa leader, died this day 1769. "They came with a Bible and their religion, stole our land, and crushed our spirit, and now tell us we should be thankful to the Lord for being saved."

«Der Untergang» in person.