The smell of autumn leaves; the dazzling blend of fall colors of a deciduous forest; understanding the role of the leaves' leutins and anthocyanins all do far more for the human spirit than any sermon or religious text.

Way to go, Mari! Y'all check it out. She is an awesome poet and was a Hugo finalist this year!

Hi, I served in Afghanistan: this is an obscenity and a perversion against both Christianity and America. Fuck this shit forever. Thanks.

The Taliban’s blackout of women’s education and now the entire internet shows how quickly rights vanish under theocracy. Don’t think it can’t happen here—Christian nationalists in the U.S. are pushing the same agenda of censorship & control. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Not an accidental error but an intentional lie. Note they clipped my statement (see: michaelmann.net/announcement/) to obscure my ongoing affiliation as Presidential Distinguished Professor and Director of PCSSM at Penn. Such extreme dishonesty in this movement.

The rest of it is a lie too. See: bsky.app/profile/mich...

Talk about a graphic that says it all. Well done, Bulwark.

"Caucasians represent just 16% of the world’s population. The fantasy of white dominance is statistically laughable. "This is why Palestine matters." johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

BIG, UGLY ROUNDING ERROR?

🚨 LIVE FROM TEXAS: Democracy Docket is reporting from El Paso as a federal court decides whether Texas can use its new congressional map in next year’s election. At stake is minority communities’ voting strength – and perhaps the balance of power in Congress.

I swear you have the best team. If it's you that comes up with these ads...you are killing it!

This is important... Hold My Hand is calling attention to the fact that the UCP's solution to their failure to pay teachers fairly and address classroom sizes... Fails to address the complexities for disabled students. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Just to note. January 23, 2019 there was a vote to reopen government (HJ RES 28, roll call vote 46) when the govt had been shut down for 30 days. Mike Johnson voted “no” on that. They didn’t seem to mind shutdowns then

For MAGA, facts are pesky things

Dale Nally is heading to Vegas on the taxpayers dime! And it looks like for almost half the trip, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Dean: The president is unhinged Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals. Johnson: I didn’t see it. Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

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America is collapsing under a fascist bootheel. So if you're a rich comic who went to Riyadh to take gobs of fascist blood money, I'm done with you. You know what you did; you know what you are; and you know how you just failed the country that gave you everything. And I haven't been a boycott guy.

“Why does anyone think they'll uphold any of their side of any bargain that is made? They did nothing other than fight every single policy, and there are none of these policies now in any serious way.” My take on oilsands. @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...

With today’s news from Smith that she frames as part of a grand bargain (we’ll do pathways ccus if you give us a new pipeline) let’s not forget @cathmckenna.bsky.social ’s key point

A report commissioned by Alberta's electric system operator shows big investors' faith in the province as a stable and predictable place to invest "has been significantly undermined in recent years." That's especially true when it comes to renewables. #ableg #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/restructured...

Alberta 'on notice' Coastal B.C. nations opposed to pipeline proposal. Marilyn Slett representing First Nations along British Columbia's coast says they will not support a new pipeline and nothing can be done to change that. ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/alberta... #oiltankermoratorium

FIFA World Cup lodging shortfall in Vancouver predicted, Airbnb bids to loosen regulations ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/world-c...

Economic opportunity of #climateaction a focus as Toronto Climate Week launches ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/toronto...

California and New York paying taxes to this federal government in 2025 is tantamount to England and France paying taxes to Germany in 1940. The money is going to be used *against* you.

Rep. Dean is correct—Trump is unwell. Scarier is that America isn't being run by Trump, but Stephen Miller. Miller is so much crazier that it's the difference between a rabid homicidal skunk with a swastika tattoo and a kitten that vomits and bites when petted. Miller directs the DHS/DOJ agendas.

Lewandowski says ICE will be at the Super Bowl and implies they will deport fans of Bad Bunny: "...it’s so shameful that they’ve decided to pick somebody who just seems to hate America so much to represent them at the halftime game."

NEW: A federal court began a hearing in a case here Wednesday to decide whether Texas can use its new gerrymandered congressional map in next year’s midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

If you know people who still think Stephen Miller is a normal guy, send them his Wikipedia page.

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Canada warns their #LGBTQ citizens to avoid USA travel.

Vought always looks like the Onion version of a soulless bureaucrat.

I spotted a difference between Donald Trump and his audience yesterday:

Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org

Crockett: "What assurances do we have if we entered into an agreement with these Republicans that they wouldn't go back on their word and just say, 'Oh yeah, we'll sign off on a rescissions package'"

Witness video shared to Facebook shows feds swiftly grabbing someone off the street at Lawrence and Kedzie this morning and putting them in an unmarked car. Locals know this is a busy intersection, the beating heart of Albany Park:

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#RIPJaneGoodall The world will miss you. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com Julian “Jace” Calderas, a former U.S. immigration official who worked under Homan in the Obama administration, allegedly proposed to the agents — who were posing as businessmen — that Homan, in exchange for $1 million, could help them win lucrative federal contracts

Thank you!💙

"You don’t need to be a mental-health professional to see that something’s very seriously off with Trump—particularly after nearly three years of watching his erratic and abnormal behavior in the White House." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...