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"Cuts have no apparent regard for civil society or opportunity costs or long-term strategic thinking. Their targets are Elon Musk’s and Project 2025’s targets. They have found no fraud, just democracy at work. They’re apparently eager to see what happens when it no longer does." Brian Barrett:

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This piece by @clarajeffery.bsky.social in @motherjones.com is a very thorough and well-written examination of why we created #TeslaTakedown, the tradition it grew from, and why (IMVHO) it matters.

submitted 5 hours ago • 13 comments

“… And the Witch-hazel, Hamamelis mollis, That comes before its leaf on naked bough, Torn ribbons frayed, of yellow and maroon, And sharp of scent in frosty English air.” - from ‘The Garden’ by Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962). #DailyBotanicalBeauty #poetry

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A little taste of @restingdinoface.bsky.social new book, When the Earth was Green, at LitHub #scicomm

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i hate talking to people on here who you can tell have no actual morals or principles because everything is a "slippery slope" to them even when it's absolutely not. "if we start harassing nazis where does it stop??" at the nazis. that's where it stops. i have an actual moral framework, do you?

submitted 9 hours ago • 79 comments

One of my favorite things about Bluesky (or at least my little corner of it) is that people are always sharing resources for taking action. So here's a pinned thread collecting those resources, some made by me and some made by others.

submitted 4 days ago • 20 comments

Many people seem to think that certain things 'aren't enough' and so either don't do anything or are discouraged. To me, this is part of a learned helplessness AND also part of all or nothing thinking [very USian]. Doing small things ALL OF THE TIME is better than one big thing one time [maybe].+

submitted 8 hours ago • 40 comments

Kitten season is coming!

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Tortie is up early, eating peanuts, and stealing your heart. Please, Tortie, don’t hurt them. #sqrlpix

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We couldn't help but notice there was a bit of spring warmth in the air this morning. Even as chilly as it still is in some places, we can hope that brighter days are around the corner. 🐱❤️ #catsky #feralcats #hope

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It’s hard to explain the hope I had at the beginning of the pandemic. I was scared, but I also thought we were going to become a more inclusive society. We would care more about chronic illness. Having that hope ripped away and replaced with eugenics & fascism has been incredibly painful.

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What drives me crazy about the anti-DEI rhetoric is everyone wants to be judged on merit. But you can't be judged on merit if you can't even get in the door because you don't fit some prejudiced definition of who is capable and who isn't

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Update: We are milking this because if Dolly reads the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social, so should you.

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It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.

submitted 6 days ago • 110 comments

I often think about my great-uncle Thomas who served in a tank in WW2 and fought at the Battle of the Bulge. He was really important to me when I was growing up. I can’t imagine how furious he would be right now.

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“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

submitted 7 days ago • 230 comments

Hello. My name is Eugene and I run Cats on Mars animal shelter in Kyiv Cats on Mars is an organization that rescues cats from war-torn territories. During three years of the full-scale war, we rescued more than 300 cats. And continuing to do it

submitted 106 days ago • 14 comments

Every ten minutes here is like: - Trump doubles student debt - Musk now has keys to your house and is in your bathroom doing plumbing drugs - Three planes just crashed - Trump signs EO making women illegal - Face-melted Nazi from Indiana Jones now in charge of CIA - Meteor not arriving fast enough

submitted 8 days ago • 107 comments

🎨 Horatio Henry Couldery (1832–1893) "Cats by a fishbowl"

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I was about to post this. 👇 There's always a Pratchett quote. 🙌💖 #GNUTerryPratchett

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

This is so profoundly anti-American one of our state flags is a half-naked lady killing a dude for it.

submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

submitted 8 days ago • 385 comments

This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 8 days ago • 1150 comments

I was just an Education Department guy under Reagan and the most junior WH senior staffer under G.H.W. Bush, so what do I know? But if I were an ex-president, and the current president were executing the most disastrous turn in American foreign policy in 80 years, I think I might say something?

submitted 8 days ago • 1520 comments

The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.

submitted 8 days ago • 54 comments

Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.

submitted 22 days ago • 233 comments

Alt. holy cow:

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The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles infection. But infants under 12 months old are not eligible for the vaccine, leaving them vulnerable. When measles spreads due to low vaccination rates, it puts our youngest—and most defenseless—children at the greatest risk.

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window

submitted 10 days ago • 217 comments

She was born a few days before the full-scale invasion. On February 16, 2022. She doesn't remember peace but knows tons of love. The queen of my heart and eyes is three years old today. Victory (still a cat) ❤️

submitted 11 days ago • 658 comments

Confirming RFK Jr as health secretary is like putting Pennywise from It in charge of Child Protective Services.

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If your argument is "sure, a terrible modern event has a parallel in the 1920s and 30s but don't worry we turned out just fine", might I suggest reading about the 1940s.

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Exhausted? Horrified by the news? Worried sick for the world? Why not join my patreon and try "Wolf's End of the World Pie" - perfect hearty comfort food to soothe the tired and frankly terrified. Good enough to make Wolf leave his wardrobe. www.patreon.com/posts/wolfs-...

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Tonight, Hare would look up to her #SnowMoon contemplating all the new beginnings that were hers for the taking. By morning, this potential would reveal itself, but for now, there was nothing to do but wait; gaze upon the Moon and wait for the magic to start. #MoonGazingHare

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Joan Eardley (1921- 1963) "Flowers by the Wayside", UK painter who was based in Scotland #WomensArt

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We lost our sweet snow cat last night to cancer. She was a few days' shy of her 19th birthday. My grandpa always said the dead travel 3 days to reach the afterlife. So it seems poignant that she'll be traveling during this February's Snow Moon. Godspeed, sweet Seraphina! You were loved. 🌕🐱❄️ #catsky

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African American inventor Marie Van Brittan Brown invented a closed-circuit television security system, which put technology on the path to modern home security systems used today. If you have a Ring or ADT, you have Marie Van Brittan Brown to thank.

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Today’s happy little thing is that the voices of Mickey and Minnie Mouse (Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor) were actually happily married in real life, and remained that way until Wayne’s passing in 2009. And that’s today’s happy little thing.

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It’s a lovely day for ducks, as my mother-in-law, god rest her soul, used to say.

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Anna-Maria Schipper Vermeiren, contemporary quilt artist of Haaften, The Netherlands #WomensArt

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Ok I have to log off or I’m going to spend the rest of the day hysterically panic scrolling. Remember to log off sometimes. Don’t let the trauma overwhelm you and paralyze you. Focus on something else for a little bit. Find a beautiful thing in the world and let it soothe you for a few hours.

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

TEEFS

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it's important to remember that black history isn't just about movements and towering figures. some of you are the first in your family to graduate, own a business, own a home, educate others, seek therapy, master a recipe, share your art, rest, come out a closet, etc. that is black history too.

submitted 23 days ago • 12 comments

If you've wondered why we have 80 year olds still in politics it's because we're treating young adults as children. If you're around 20 years old, you are not a "child", a "boy", or a "girl". You're a mature adult. Quit excusing shitty people as "children". Hold them to adult standards in all ways.

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If you're wondering whether you should promote your book or your latest publication now with all the chaos, the answer is yes. We need your words. We need to flood the channels with art and literature. So go for it, friends.

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