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Artist, writer, historian, adjunct professor, backyard farmer. Art, history, ecology, culture, politics. Profile 📸: Tyler the Creator, Flower Boy by Eric White. Background 📸: unintentional mold grown on tomato sauce.
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Even Americans are boycotting American products. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Turkey: Mass detention snares leftist, pro-Kurdish and LBGTQ journalists - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mass-detention-leftist-pro-kurdish-and-lbgtq-journalists-turkey

"three full-time employees remain in both the Yellowstone and Bozeman ranger districts to manage 19 rental cabins, 60 bathrooms, 21 campgrounds & other infrastructure spread across 1 million acres.... they dismantled every single trails and rec program on the Custer Gallatin”

Today’s sucker.

I am not certain at all what is the role of art in this environment... Feeling almost paralyzed. I have a show coming up in a month.

Cartoonist Joe Sacco on Gaza: Is this land ground zero for the apocalypse? - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/joe-sacco-interview-gaza-genocide-history

Off-Target. Is so on target.

I am really scared that due to the ongoing budget and staff cuts, Library of Congress is eventually going to become unavailable. This is in the interest of the tech bros because they want to monopolize information. Preventing people from accessing history will serve their conservative agenda.

More Sinclair 5s were sold than Tesla Cybertrucks. While Sinclair 5 was abandoned due to lack of purchase Cybertruck continues because it is Tesla and subsidized.

None of the opinions expressed here are solely my own. I live in a society.

Not enough profit? Dig for more oil.

Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa | South Africa | The Guardian Horrific

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What does a billionaire who took millions from the government to go to Mars but couldn’t even get close to it?
He lectures the government for spending too much money on basic needs of its citizens like infrastructure, education, arts, and science.

I have been reading Mike Davis' Ecology of Fear on and off. Perfect companion to the news from LA since late summer.

I never thought I would become a citizen of a country whose secretary of health didn't believe in vaccines. I would have said "this is medieval" but even in those days there were places where people used vaccines. This is inquisitions era Christian fundamentalism. They want to baptize us by fire.

Why are the politicians of the opposition not in the streets? Is it too cold? Too inconvenient? Where are they? We spent the last decade protesting. BLM, MeToo, Environmental Justice, Palestine… where are they? They are in the pockets of their donors.

I don’t have anything against the writer, the book or the discussion but after all that has happened, if the democrats need a book to learn how to win the working class back, then they deserve to disappear from the face of this planet. Just fuck off already.

Banned words Anti-Racism Racism Allyship Bias DEI Diversity Diverse Confirmation Bias Equity Equitableness Feminism Gender Gender Identity Inclusion Inclusive All-Inclusive Inclusivity Injustice Intersectionality Prejudice Privilege Racial Identity Sexuality Stereotypes Pronouns Transgender Equality

We are close to the real deal. Who will decide the interest rates? The boss or the accountant? If it’s the boss, most citizens will grow poorer, very fast while Trumps crew will reap the benefits. Still, to see personal results, Trump would have to govern at least one more term. The next move.

Privileged US people are struggling with irrational fear due to Trump because they lack historical (rational) examples to judge him by. All they know is Barnes and Noble history bookshelf and Hollywood which is book after book, film after film about WWII. This is not same. A lot happened since 1948.

Daily wisdom.

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Time to abolish presidency.

I keep chickens in my backyard and they produce daily eggs. Since the egg prices have become an issue, that became a valuable experience. If you are inclined to get chicks but intimidated for some reason, I will be happy to share my experience. Dm if you have questions.