“Training was key. The civil rights movement was often creative, but it was rarely spontaneous. Its members did not just take to the streets to roll the dice and see what would happen.” www.liberalcurrents.com/lessons-in-t...

Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits

David Duchovny played a transgender woman, Denise, on Twin Peaks in 1990 and when greeting Cooper, the show's protagonist, she says, "I prefer Denise, if you don't mind" and Cooper responds with "OK" and her identity is settled within a couple seconds and was a non-issue, 36 years ago.

Call out to loving hearts and souls: come alive, rise & shine, help to bless this world free. Raise hope, serve liberation. Abide in peace. Bear fruit with care. Be filled with Spirit. Share mercy.

⚡NASA has shown the reverse side of the Moon — for the first time in more than 50 years The last time it was shown was in 1972 — during the Apollo 17 mission.

Time sensitive: this is the last day to submit comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management's clearcutting of Oregon's ancient forests. This is a tool that educates you on just how diabolical it is, and it helps you submit your comment. morethanjustparks.com/oregon-old-g...

If you're ever feeling down you can always do an image search of Thompson Twins and remember what a real band looks like.

Burrowing Owl on the ground making sure visitors read the sign!!! #birdoftheday birds on the ground photo by David Chernoff

I’m watching this on repeat. #OscarsonBlacksky

The world needs men to get out of the man box. The problem is that they have been conditioned to exist in a tiny, confined definition of masculinity that brings suffering upon themselves, their families, and their communities. There is a way out of the man box. It's grounded in healthy psychology.

Who COULDN’T use some good news? ‘ Scientists with the Yurok Tribe say that two of dozens of condors released to the wild in Humboldt County since 2022, to reestablish the endangered birds, have paired up, built a nest in a redwood tree and appear to be tending to an egg.” #californiacondor

Know what doesn't suck right now, or ever? Nature. This Pale-striped Poison Frog (Ameerega hahneli) was hopping across an open area at our NE Peru field station, on his way to find a suitable wet place to deposit his tadpoles (such as the axils of a bromeliad). #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿

Remains of the Dizzay

This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

Newhalem Visitor Center, North Cascades National Park #NPS #NationalParkService #NorthCascadesNationalPark

This is Zephyr. He is a professionally trained bed bug detector. When he recognizes the scent of live bed bugs, he gives an alert by sitting and smiling exuberantly at his handler. We're pretty sure no one has ever been more excited to find bed bugs in their life. 13/10 (TT: emmercrew)

This is a horrific disease. Jimmy Carter spearheaded the effort to eradicate it. www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

A month into my new job, my first real scoop. Exposing thousands of babies to “a significant risk” of hepatitis B “in a low-income country with limited health care resources” would be “wildly unethical and a disgraceful use of American taxpayer money,” @angierasmussen.bsky.social said.

Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.

Archival footage of the first white man to move his hips while dancing. Onlookers were astounded.

Only you are here to be you. May you be safe & free enough to discover & become whomever you’re here to be. May we learn to live lives that help to bless this whole world free.

all my apes gone

New Mavis Staples album today. Opening track is “Chicago.” ✊🏽

I am deceased

Hello new followers. I don’t post much. The thing I’ve done on the internet that I’m proudest of is interviewing a former USAID official about his work on PEPFAR.

may grace reclaim us just as we are— may Spirit whisper love into the hearts of our hearts— may the word of life set all of all of us free —& bless a world through us. amen.

Updating my LEGO White House

MTV going out of business this year. I was just telling my son how there was an entire SEGA Genesis game based entirely on Michael Jackson's video for Smooth Criminal. Poignant shit.

let me know when ai can make maple syrup until then ai ain’t shit

We’ve got goldenrod and aster feeding the bees in October

Different Trains

I'm surprised how many people are quick to make a defense of violence in my replies. For them it's necessary, foreclosing on its use is a privilege. For me, non-violence is a powerful tool. It is the lesson of one of my heroes, Bayard Rustin. 1/ wagingnonviolence.org/2022/08/reme...

Heads up, you can open youtube any time you want and listen to Yusef Lateef play oboe

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

how often can we do we dare we pause to behold with awe & gratitude this indescribable gift/opportunity— simply to be here, alive, for our (precious!) while… may we grow to serve such blessing.

This might be my favourite cat meme of 2025 so far

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RIP -- 1st Deputy Director of the U.S. Peace Corps

Father’s Day peruse at the record store. Sadly they were fresh out of Clan of Xymox

Wishing West Africa a blessed Tabaski

The best Memorial Day speech is only 271 words and wasn't delivered on Memorial Day, but on November 19, 1863. Read it carefully, it's the most important speech in American military history (and maybe all of American history).

What is an ethnic food few people in America know that you feel they should know? I am fortunate to live in Washington, DC and even as much as I enjoy meat, I don't miss it when I eat Ethiopian food.

St Steven Albini

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Flipped through this and found Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love as No. 1. Tough to argue against it.

Today saw mass firings at the Food & Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control, but rest assured our nation's Returned Peace Corps Volunteers are ready for America's coming Age of Diarrhea.