* taps the sign *

You are welcome.

Heads up, friends. Block and bounce!

Do the Bluesky bounce. You'll have a much better time.

Nor I, forsooth.

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall. Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...

"Blackpill" irony is, perhaps, an aesthetic substituting for an ideology. Still sitting with that. But the faithlessness, the nihilism that ignores other people, the whole ugly NPC trope, is definitely A Thing. A Thing much of the commentariat are missing.

Reminder: THE INTERNET IS A PALANTIR. DO NOT BE DENETHOR.

All my UK readers: Stop Farage and Reform now, while it's still easy. Many people sat out our last election, and you can see what's happening here. Don't let it happen in the UK.

I mean, he's not wrong...

Well, to ask that question is to answer it...

Unexpected pleasures from tonight's trip to Downton Abbey: the Grand Finale... Queer characters as agents of moral change and decency. Also (related?) the best portrayal of Noel Coward I can think of in any fictional work in the last... Ever?

*taps the sign*

One wonders if the Economist's author has ever set foot in European public transit... To (perhaps) clarify the analogy: the US is still fiddling with old school rockets. Europeans have their "space elevators" _right now_.

Soooooo... If Governor Landry has such a problem on his hands, he has the authority under Louisiana law to declare an emergency and mobilize the National Guard on his own. Of course, Governor Landry is answerable to his voters. And to a donor class who would not welcome a collapse in tourism...

Let them fight.

Does this rise to the level of depraved indifference yet? Asking for a friend...

To all my English, Scots, Welsh friends and readers: hard same. Throw who you would under the bus... They will not be sated. Stop them now, because it will only get harder from here if you don't.

Go, be wyth each othir

This tracks. So... Refuse to be intimidated. keep up the good work, the big acts and the small, resolve to show up, register, vote. Let's turn the tide.

There are so many good points here, I won't even try to pick one. Now... What to do next...

... I can roll with this. (If the original commenter surfaces, I will happily give full credit in a follow-up comment on this thread!)

Tremendous crossover move right here:

Right. You want cat pictures, gentle readers? I gotcher cats right here...

Can't. Stop. Laughing. (I know, these are ugly times. But in such times, under such wretched regimes, mockery is potent. Joy is transgressive. Go Team Sub!)

One of the sometimes unremarked pleasures here on Blue Sky is the wonderful dives people take into their interests... I give you @kitwhitfield.bsky.social, on the Consulting Friend. ;-)

Welllll... no lie detected.

Might come in handy.

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

Once more, and again, for people who still believe that feminists hate men...

If I could change one thing about democratic politics, it would be to stop paying attention so much attention to the other side. Start working on your own business and your own voters. You can’t change Maga. They already know the worst about their orange God. We outnumbered them anyway.

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

"And" is good. "And" is sometimes the best...

This camp is precisely the territory that helped forge the Seminole Nation. Just... Saying.

& it's not even hard - stop pathologically hating liberals, stop blaming liberals for fascism, stop threatening to abstain. That's what we need to work together. newrepublic.com/article/1953...

... When anyone raises a question about the existing order, he is called either a reformer or a radical. It has been my lot to be called the latter. Why? Only because I have consistently objected to things which I believe unjust and dangerous. -- Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia #dontrankcuomo

I mean... Not the least bit wrong.

This is a gentle reminder, to all of us -- including me: We broke the 3.5 percent ceiling. OUTSTANDING! But this is not magic. We know we have the momentum. Now we need to keep our feet on the gas, and do the work. No Kings. No bullies. No billionaires. One step at a time.

"When we hear and accept what we hear without meeting others, without asking how can it be, without looking for friends outside our circles, when we accept hatred for a group as a legitimate discourse – Pharaoh is alive and well, inside ourselves." Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel 1/x

Best signs this morning ad Beach and Hodges: -- Its gotten so bad even the introverts are here -- So many lies, so little cardboard #indivisible #nokings

2000 plus in Jacksonville's suburbs, beachside, alone -- with three more Jax protests through the day. #indivisible #nokings

June 12, 2016, was Latin Night at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL, a time to celebrate Latin culture and communities in a safe, queer space. We continue to honor the 49 people killed that night by remembering their names, and wish strength and healing to their surviving friends and loved ones.

Apropos of the Solnit FB blunder and the leaking info about Ft Bragg personnel being cherry picked to assure 47 a receptive audience... We should remind ourselves, I think, that one purpose of the perpetual outrage machine is to make us give up and shut up and say this is inevitable.

More of those pesky facts, all.

Anyone want to tell Elon his Starships keep blowing up? Just .. saying.

A little something to consider in a season of fasc-spin

Gentle readers, a reminder: when a bot rolls up, or a troll, or somebody who's simply rude past all easy belief... Block them and move on. This Is The Way.

Once more, for those in the back: HEMA is diverse, by definition. A good evening's class, and a good start for Pride Month.