Posts by prescott_cc
My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.
Wishing this fabulously competent—and joyful—crew a safe return to a planet that, frankly, doesn't deserve them.
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.
This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.
Dankazura: an 800-year-old cherry blossom path in Kamakura 🌸 Japan 🇯🇵
"In a surprise twist, the Epstein files released the attorney general.”
-Jon Lovett
Take care of YOU!
On your iPhone:
1. Open Settings
2. Go to General → Keyboard.
3. Turn Auto-Correction off
Game changer!
How come we don't say things like: "You're going to get left behind if you don't vote or participate in democracy", but we are constantly reminding people how important it is to learn the latest tech trend or risk being left behind.
How can you not root for this brother
Shut up & sing.
Shut up & dribble.
Shut up & make movies.
Shut up & plan cities.
Fuck that.
If we don’t ALL speak up, when things are this bad and getting worse by the minute, and everything important is the line, then we’re complicit.
The bigger your platform, the bigger your responsibility.
hard pass
Congrats 🎉🍾👩🏽🏫
With today's update, you can now rearrange your pinned feeds by simply dragging and dropping. Much more convenient!
To edit your pinned feeds, go here: bsky.app/settings/sav...
Be humble. Be teachable. The universe is bigger than your view of the universe. There's always room for a new idea.
This is Beautiful 🤎
The cover of the book American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World. The image is a black and white portrait of a woman, seated in garden, wearing a military bodice and full skirt, gazing directly at the viewer. Some believe the woman is Susie King Taylor.
Black Americans continuously encouraged the US to live up to its ideals not only through the revolts & revolutions that brought slavery to an end throughout the hemisphere, but also as they defended the principles of democracy before & after slavery, on battlefields, in courts, in print & in deed.
It’s Saturday, relax, and take care of you.
“They got money for wars but can’t feed the poor”
— Tupac Shakur
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Hope is not a promise. It is not a guarantee of success. It is the courage to act in the face of uncertainty. And right now, in this fragile moment for our democracy, it is the most important responsibility we share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
don't ever stop livin'
You have the right to vote. If anyone tries to stop you, call or text the Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-687-8683. Vote.org mission statement Vote.org is the largest 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan voting registration and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) technology platform in America. Our organization exists to remove the barriers that keep voters from making their voices heard at the ballot box.
It took me about 10 seconds to check my voter registration using the @votedotorg.bsky.social website. I'm happy to report that I'm good to go. www.vote.org
I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
I think one of the best things about Bad Bunny’s performance is that it was so *specific*. It so clearly had a point of view coming from real lived experience and actual emotion, actual heart, not cynical calculation. Just beautiful.
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.