“I believe in uttering the truth, even if it hurts. Particularly if it hurts.” Joyce Carol Oates, We Were the Mulvaneys

Together we can do these things.

“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

emergencemagazine.org/essay/becomi... Becoming Earth – Robin Wall Kimmerer

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” ― Thomas Jefferson

Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...

Why did Hitler storm out of the Olympics when Jesse Owens won gold? Same reason Trump is targeting Black arts and culture today. Saida Grundy with a mind-blowing analysis in the @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Now it’s our beds….

Words fail me.

It’s got layers.

Is there a deadly sin he’s missing!

In case you’re wondering about harm caused by specious beliefs

Any chance to kill dark people seems like an opportunity for these cretins. PS. Canard is a great word.

Maps. I love maps. Each one has a little something that makes it unique.

Hmm. When the US pulled $ from missions and programs in Africa…

Bend can mean so many things…

When evil just spends.

Stand, there's a midget standing tall And a giant beside him about to fall

Worthy read.

I see that the Terry person has being doing things…

Today I learned who Terry Moran is.

Cue Pink Floyd….

Restore our country!

Do powerful men still duel? Asking for a friend.

Worthy

Whew! One less protest to attend!

And monkeys might….

For some reason, I felt a need to shout some Roadhouse Blues…💙🎶 Well, I woke up this mornin' And I got myself a beer The future's uncertain And the end is always near

“When we are young... we often experience things in the present with a nostalgia-in-advance, but we seldom guess what we will truly prize years from now.” ― Edmund White

“And as rivers heal, they heal us in return.” - @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

Big man, pig man, haha, charade, you are, woo!🐖🐖🐖

Headline: CUCUMBER RECALL! Me: Thanks, I keep forgetting I have one in the fridge. I’ll add some slices to my water. 🥒

“Trumpism can be seen as a giant attempt to amputate the highest aspirations of the human spirit and to reduce us to our most primitive, atavistic tendencies.” David Brooks

Let’s not forget, the Russians in Putin world have religious messianic threads in their clothing as well.

Bingo.

#makedollysmile The beauty of her spirit in so many fine collaborations @realdollyparton.bsky.social youtu.be/4HMw1eV2Qcs?...

I hear people all around me saying, “They are going to crash the economy. Surely they don’t mean to crash the economy.” I beg to differ. This is curated failure. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

“rivers run through everyone, when you begin a subject like this, everyone has a story to tell. Everyone has a river to speak of and sing of. “ - Robert Macfarlane

John Lennon got the title "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" from the cover of American Rifleman magazine. He thought the phrase was both "fantastic" and "insane."