Okay but hear me out: A nighttime bookstore in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, tea is served to all who enter, there is an emotional support owl in each section, and a buy one / get one free sale occurs during every full moon.

Mood

Kakistocracy (/ˌkækɪˈstɒkrəsi/) n, government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people. The word, coined in the 17th century, derives from two Greek words, kákistos (κάκιστος, 'worst') and krátos (κράτος, 'rule'), together meaning 'government by the worst people'

As I sit in a hospital to advocate for and comfort my mom for the third day in a row, I am thinking about all the people who labor for the benefit of others, for which they may never receive any direct gratitude or thanks.(1/2)

PUMPKINS It's the first day of September and #autumn is creeping in. These wonderful #pumpkin scenes reflect those who are open to the magic of this time of year. 🎨Kate Greenaway; Valentine Cameron Prinsep

Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik

democracy is failing us. free palestine (with love and blood)

'Owl' - Aoyama Masaharu, 1950. #OwlishMonday #JapaneseArt

Finland has topped the World Happiness Rankings for the eighth year running. Wonder what they’re doing differently? 🤔🤔 www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

“US intelligence assessments had reached a different conclusion—not only was Iran not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, it was also up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver one…according to four people familiar with the assessment” www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/p...

Oakland! 🌳💚🌳💚🌳

"This is gaslighting of the most easily identifiable sort."

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

Get ready everyone. The elite right leaning media in DC/NY's acela corridor are about to launch all out attacks on this man - just like they attacked Elizabeth Warren and before that - Howard Dean. Time to make sure the progressives/left are fully unified behind him.

If seeing a Waymo tagged and on fire upsets you more than a teenager ripped out of his high school graduation by ICE your mind is no longer your own

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

REMINDER - Los Angeles—originally named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula and was founded in 1781 by a group of 44 Mexican settlers, and 26 of them were of African descent. #LosAngeles #History

Every accusation is a confession.

Mood

Some floral beauty to re-regulate your nervous system this Sunday afternoon. Because beauty and pleasure is resistance too.

This right here.

Guard is walking behind cops. Cops are trying to push back at least a thousand people.

Police are now dealing with what seems like two different problems. The people who feel threatened and are tired of it and whatever set the police off to come down in emergency formation.

They’re looking for three different vehicles in the area. Something is wrong. They’re not after the protesters.

Something went wrong and I think it had something to do with a man on a motorcycle. But more than that happened. The crowd was so large it’s hard to tell what made the cops turn.

I’m not sure what changed. Police presence is massive now. People are running.

With a massive amount of city and state officials and reps present as well as large media presence, ICE is acting very differently than they did the past two days. They are being watched by the entire world right now. They can’t blame protesters and fire bombs like yesterday.

The protests are in full swing and it is a lot of people. LA is unfazed by National Guard presence. If anything it has motivated more to come out and protest this administration.

I’m going to call this an extension of LA Hardcore excellence.

My heart is with you L.A.

The LAPD says they will protect peaceful protesters and will not tolerate violence. Does that mean they will not tolerate the violence of ICE? W will they be protecting Californians from ICE?

Read two of his books last year and was/am looking forward to reading the most recent. Sad to hear we’ve lost another queer elder. Rest in Peace Mr White

Alemany Farm yields 30,000 pounds of produce a year, feeding 700 families. It is San Francisco's largest urban farm. It's also at risk of shuttering. City grants are drying up, & with gov. funding unreliable, the farm is turning to local donors for help. missionlocal.org/2025/05/sf-l...

Oooh, planning for picnic day starting now.

🕸️🃏 "Zelensky has no cards…" they said

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. Byron

Graetz Radio-Corder 305 (1974)

If only . . . I’d be buying a copy for every kid on the block.

I know plenty if you need some tips 😂

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.

❤️❤️❤️

Dance scene from Espresso Bongo (1959)

Life never fails to amaze me 🐾

The Supreme Court for a second time barred the Trump administration from using an 18th-century wartime law to remove a group of Venezuelan migrants www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@cryanbarber

"Alito and Thomas dissent"

Democracies everywhere need to think about the struggle for freedom not as a competition with specific autocratic states but as a war against autocratic behaviors.The autocracies want to create a global system that benefits thieves, criminals, and dictators. Put an End to Transnational Kleptocracy.