“Old sins cast long shadows, madame.”

For Rolling Stone, Steve Earle writes that from Woody Guthrie to Bruce Springsteen, American artists have long used music to fight for change. "You can sing ideas that you can’t say, and people will process them differently and probably more positively than if you just tell them."

A government of shallow, glib sociopaths striving to get an "Attaboy" from other shallow, glib sociopaths.

What kind of a society are we when the “collateral consequences” of low-level arrests include being shackled while 9 months pregnant, transferred from a hospital, and forced to give birth in an arraignment courtroom? (1/3)

SIGN OF THE DAY…

in these darkest of days, let’s allow one another a little joy

if anyone is up to the job, it’s RFKJr time to test the indestructible theory

every sane american could use a hug today

Here's why we think Ebola outbreak in the Congo a wee bit concerning. 1. WHO declared this a Public Health Emergency of International Concern without convening a committee. This hints toward the gravity of the situation from those with situational awareness.

there’s no such thing as a healthcare billionaire but there are plenty of death industry billionaires

i’ve had to throw my phone beyond reach a few times today to keep myself from rage texting my mom i’ve spent some of the day preparing a mental outline of the rage flag-day card i imagine sending to my friends and family—with the primary goal of burning as many bridges as possible

Paying for parking at a hospital really ties the whole American healthcare experience together.

public school closures is the plan

I spend $12/day on gas for school drop + commute. I can get that to $8 if I drive efficiently. Please don't rage at ppl for going 55 in a 70 or accelerating slowly from a stop. Some of us are out here trying to save money.

Memphis is under occupation—and has been since September.

An American president sues/extorts his own government, then settles with his own justice department to funnel money to his criminal allies. He will go down in history as the president who came up with forms of corruption never contemplated before.

California friends, if you haven’t voted, I urge you to watch Jasmine Crockett’s endorsement of Xavier Becerra. It’s everything. And check back later. I was able to ask both Becerra and Crockett additional questions that I think matter. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @xavierbecerra.bsky.social

this photo is amaze amaze amaze

The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.

issuing a recall for the high chairs used in restaurants would probably be more effective

how we’ve raised our girls: it’s okay to not hug grandpa, let alone anyone else—even if they say they are sad or act disappointed. why? bc your right to make decisions for yourself is far more important than an another person’s feelings, *especially* an adult’s it’s better to be rude than in danger

Worth another posting. The knitting caught my attention first…then I read the words. Wonderful 🧶 #knit

this is a great idea, especially if it forces white people, for example, to be confused or uncomfortable they can then ask what the op means (at which point they should be told to look it up, themselves) or they can jump right to reading & thinking about an issue on their own

This should be the headline story on every news publication and telecast including local news every day for several days. But it won’t. It will be shrugged off like so much else by so much of media. The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt.

worked in a lab once that was D O M I N A T E D by the dulcet melodies of fkn ENYA alllll day, erryday (even on wkends when my chances of being able to focus were highest but not guaranteed) but *i* was the asshole for wearing earplugs under my headphones so i could listen to john prine (& enya)

anticipating this as an english word of the year before too long

die, obviously

Live shot of me paying my taxes

anyone who believes in an afterlife or being good for the sake of rewards should be barred from running for office

More people care about gas prices than cared about Jan 6th.

1y before our oldest was getting ready to go to kindergarten we intentionally moved out of the most-sought-after school zone into a school zone w top-5 in utah racial & socioeconomic diversity. why? bc i grew up outside wash dc w a diverse crowd of friends & i KNOW my life (& self) is better for it

This artwork is titled "Road Trip" by Canadian painter Rebecca Aldernet. Aldernet is based in Atlantic Canada and creates figurative art often featuring solitary figures, birds, and quiet landscapes.

fuck anyone on here who uses or shares generative ai images

the odds of having a shark behind you in the ocean may be low but they're never zero 😳😄😄 📷: Anthony N Petrovich Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2019

domo arigato mr roboto

Every Kash Patel story

Dejanea Oakley in shock after running a 48.92 400m at SECs to become second-fastest in collegiate HISTORY! 😱😅

this is a great idea maybe the program could be called A Series of Unfortunate Events

Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )

i’ve had numerous mris bc my spine is a monstrosity & i’ve loved every one—the first mri was almost a spiritual experience: so snug, so german techno

it should go without saying that conservatives complaining about corruption that is either happening or they imagine to be happening is nothing but envy

wtaf i went to high school from 1986-1990 in Silver Spring, MD (MoCo)—we watched the movie & read the book as part of our normal curriculum. my friends were from local & temporary (military, diplomatic, political) pools, i.e. DIVERSE i am thankful to be a white person who was taught real history

succinct “I have spent years trying to explain to readers that monuments are not history. A monument does not teach us what happened. It teaches us what a particular group of people, at a particular moment, needed to believe about what happened.”

Okay, everybody, here's a lesson in economics. Pepsi was charging $7 a bag for Doritos, and people decided they were not paying it. That cost PepsiCo billions. .They will continue to Jack up prices based on what you are willing to pay. Stop paying it, stop buying it. It doesn't matter what it is.

i don’t even remember the movie my favorite science line is from but i can assure you the actual dna/plasmid cloning process would never film as well as a robot voice sounding the alarm to ACTIVATE pBLUESCRIPT!!

a whole lotta babies (kids, adults, & seniors) won’t live forward bc of the catastrophic damage RFKJr has caused (but, plz, this is 💯 GOP policy) ultraprocessed foods shorten lifespans, they don’t kill you in a week or less like some vaccine-preventable infxns or, obvz, raw manure milk can

because local authoritarians in southern utah, etc give the a-ok to data centers where there is already literally no water & every summer gets the folks down there closer to shotgun fights over water rights