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Elderqueer (he/him) out since the '70s. Former Chicago newspaper guy, from copy boy to boardroom via points between. Friend of facts. At home in Key West, missing my late husband after 38 years together. 🌈
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We take you now to the CPAC stage, where Elon Musk — who you can tell is totally not on drugs — is proving that there are two very stable geniuses holding the levers of power: "... I am become meme. There’s living the dream. And there’s living the meme. DOGE started out as a meme....

So the decapitations now include the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the chief of Naval Operations and the commandant of the Coast Guard. Purely coincidental, of course, that it's a black guy and two women.

When they flutter in the breeze, I can almost hear the sparkling ripples they'd make as tiny chimes. 🌱📷

If you haven't experienced Jonathan Pie, the setup is that he's a newscaster on a remote, venting on break while the tape rolls. He doesn't hold back. Enjoy!

"The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader." – Bayard Rustin 🌱📷

You can read this two ways. I suspect both of them are accurate.

Timeless, weightless. 🌱📷

I misattributed a quotation earlier tonight. Thanks to Daniel for the correction.

"Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that a third of your people would kill another third, while a third watches." — Werner Herzog 🌱📷

If Patel’s confirmation scares you and you’re worried about the FBI being used to wage war and terrorize American citizens, just ask Black people for advice, they’ve been dealing with it for decades

“This is truly a national tragedy and one that is being executed by people who do not understand the value of scientific research.” 🧪 from @science.org

Good morning America...💙

Sure, the rules are looser now, but imagine my surprise when I took a close look at my CVS receipt and found out I've been granted a TS/SCI security clearance.

I'm so sorry Ukraine, sorry & scared for all of us here & there. 😢

I CANNOT believe we have to fact-check Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, but here we are, in this ridiculous "post-truth" era, as a sitting US president parrots Putin's bullshit... #FuckTrump #FuckPutin #SlavaUkraini apnews.com/article/ukra...

And sometimes the sky tints our tin roofs pink. 🌱📷

"For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings; How some have been deposed; some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed; Some poison’d by their wives: some sleeping kill’d... 🌱📷

Best line: "Having a kid on your shoulders makes you seem less like a robber baron with a weird breeding fetish and more like a fun dad.

Four visions of dystopia: one from the 1956 film of George Orwell's novel "1984;" one from the remake, appropriately in 1984; one from Apple's ad campaign that year....

Goebbels would be so proud.

I like to perk up a border with scarlet, ruby, carmine, crimson, burgundy, maroon.... I can't bring myself to call it you-know-what. 🌱📷

“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” — Douglas Adams 🌱📷

Sometimes it's the finicky little details, like this finial and vase, that give me the warmest smiles, even if no one else hears their visual echoes. 📷

"The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community." — Susan Sontag 🌱📷

Presidents’ Day falls during #BlackHistoryMonth, and the #BHM2025 theme focuses on labor. Today is a good day to learn about the over 300 known enslaved men, women and children who built and staffed the White House. Their story is part of the fabric of American history.

PRESIDENT GIVES WORLD'S RICHEST MAN ACCESS TO YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND SAVINGS

Monochrome Monday. 📷

"A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good just because it's accepted by a majority." — Booker T. Washington 🌱📷

The Nazis won the 1932 German elections. The conservative president Hindenburg then appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933 b/c he thought that he could control Hitler. But Hitler destroyed Germany's democracy. This should never happen again. That's why we say: #NoAfD! Don't collaborate with nazis!

Everyday is Black History Day #blackhistory

My friend and colleague Linda, @lgcunningham.bsky.social, writes a weekly column for our local newspaper. We all deserve to have allies like this.

A world upside down: 80 years after World War II, it's Germany asking the U.S. to stop cozying up to Nazis.

I love how Trump, Vance and Musk style themselves defenders of free speech, while simultaneously banning government agencies from mentioning climate change or diversity (inc biodiversity!), equity and inclusion, or even possessing maps which show the Gulf of Mexico. Torquemadas the lot of them.

Easy like Sunday morning. 🌱📷

Seriously, get in front of a fucking camera and tell the world that Vance is demanding that Germany welcome Nazis back into the government. Because Vance literally lectured Germany about their suppression of Nazism. Fucking do something that matches the alarm the rest of us feel.

"We cannot play ostrich. Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work. In the chill climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing wind." – Thurgood Marshall 🌱📷

This is a seismic moment. Among the defining moments of global politics since 1945. The US will not allow Europe, whose sovereignty is threatened by Russia, a seat at the negotiating table. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...