Is the sudden massive increase in new followers associated?

Many mosaics in Mexico were made with Copal (Bursera) resin, or pine pitch. Further North insect lac was used for mosaic mastic.

May this be an indicator of further rejection of authoritarianism around the world!

When I get to Queens Creek on the way home to Tucson I feel I can finally breathe. Driving on Phoenix freeways always feels like life risk.

I have a kitty who has a hankering for Romaine lettuce and tortilla chips

If true, he will sleep thru the whole thing

I, for one, do not accept this new normalization of abominations, but it is wearing me the fuck out.

I bet the unpaid TSA people are pissed at ICE being paid to loiter and irritate

Unlike you Waj, Hollywood is good at capitalism. The generation of courageous and righteous artists of resistance has mostly, not all, but mostly passed. Too bad Penn didn’t show up to speak out.

MSNow reporting a tanker is currently burning in the Strait. Can’t believe anything from the Trump regime

And the first of his name! Hail Eggsy!

There are 16 death mittens right there, of course the doggie is scared

Thank you for this brief moment of total glee and joy on an otherwise horrid day!

U2 - American Obituary (Lyric Video) YouTube video by U2

Musicians are dropping tracks re the situation in the U.S. quietly and swiftly. This one from U2 is dedicated to Renee Good, according its ending caption. First time I’ve heard it. ☘️

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Fort is a 3 time Emmy winner, very accomplished. She was also reporting from the church. This is a war on the first Amendment and on black journalists

ICE Will Reportedly Be Used As Security At Winter Olympics ICE officers will be used as security for February’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, despite opposition from Italian government officials.

ICE officers will be used as security for February’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, despite opposition from Italian government officials.

Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."

Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.

I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:

Every day that Jonathan Ross, Gregory Bovino, Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, and Donald Trump walk free is an intolerable breach of justice.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Another 37 yr old, another white person, this time a man, per current press conference with Mayor

BREAKING Trump withdraws invite for Canada's Carney to join 'Board of Peace'

Tucson moves to block ICE use of city property - AZ Luminaria The Tucson City Council directed the city manager and attorney Wednesday to craft an ordinance barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from staging or carrying out civil immigration enforcement on city property. Mayor Regina Romero opened up the discussion saying it’s important that residents feel safe on city property, regardless of their immigration status.  “We’ve […]

The Tucson City Council voted unanimously today to draft an ordinance blocking ICE from using city-owned property for civil immigration enforcement

azluminaria.org/2026/01/21/tucson-moves-...

Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.

If anyone has any information on the identity of the "advocacy group tyring to overturn election results in certain states” and who were secretly in contact with DOGE, my Signal is DavidGilbert.01

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

May the four winds blow you safely home.

What a gift of a life.

Love to everyone in this crazy and beautiful universal family.

Young Bob Weir smiling playing guitar

May Jerry, Phil, Pigpen and the rest of the family in rainbow land greet you with love and laughter. Thanks for all the tunes, fun, and joy

“Sometimes when the cuckoo's crying

When the moon is half way down

Sometimes when the night is dying
I take me out and I wander around

I wander round”

Just one day after Renee Good was gunned down by ICE in Minneapolis, federal agents under Trump have shot more people, this time in my neighborhood. I am furious.

A statement from Chair Robbins on yesterday's shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis & the legacy of political violence here in Pima County, 15 years after the horrific shooting on January 8th, 2011.