Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Only US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document At UN Commission - Health Policy Watch President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock told the opening of CSW that the backlash against women's rights "feels as though we are forced to

For the first time in decades, consensus broke at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The United States cast the lone “no” vote on a document aimed at improving justice systems for women and girls worldwide. Misogyny is the official policy of the US under Trump.

I read through most of this and my mouth is still hanging open. What we are doing on a world stage is horrific.

Yes, most certainly.

I made three signs for my neighbor who drives around for hours on his riding mover, often with a leaf blower attached to the front.

SAVE OUR EARTH

CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL

IDLING LAWNMOWERS
ARE AIR POLLUTION
AND NOISE POLLUTION

Hope he likes them!

Epstein‘s circle of world manipulation is the closest large-scale comparison I can think of.

There are of course smaller cogs of manipulation like SCOTUS and their shadow docket.

Here we are.

I’m getting better at recognizing key words and patterns and players. Sometimes it’s necessary to delve into this slop further to better understand their intentions.

Usually the strongest recognizable features are their connectivity to others who share their common goals.

how am I only just learning this stunningly apt word

May I also question something that has bothered me since Kamala lost? Which political consultants directed her to ignore Palestinian voices at the DNC?

It's telling that the entire premise of the shadow docket is that lower courts are incompetent. Not wrong, not the normal judges-can-disagree stuff. SCOTUS is certain the Appellate and District courts are all so truly incompetent that they cannot properly decide injunctions, forcing SCOTUS to act.🙄

tyvm

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

actually it is good to take a break from this site

I will never understand the capitulation of higher education.

Cancelled Reuters yesterday.

Glad I never bought a pair.

Fuchsia (after Leonhart Fuchs; say “FOOK-see-ah”) in the Americas are hummingbird pollinated. In New Zealand, the native species attract nectar-feeding birds (but they’re rare→pollination is rare). This is F. x colensoi (F. excorticata × F. perscandens), a natural hybrid. #Onagraceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

This is a beauty and I’ve been mispronouncing its’ name forever.

I will never forget watching Anita Hill’s testimony against Clarence Thomas. It was rerun during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.

Biden was very involved and he treated Anita horribly.

Thanks. Yes! I will repost :))

Driverless Big Rigs Are Coming to American Highways, and Soon

There will be hundreds of driverless 18-wheelers on US highways by the end of this year, and next year thousands.

Thanks, but no need. I still am unable to access bluesky on my iPad so I’m limited on here. At least they finally admitted that iPads are not compatible with their app.

Where I live Indivisible and 50501 fight each other for venue protest space. It’s divisive for our cause.

I stopped forever with their DEI shit.

would you share who this is?
I’ll delete me ? if you say no.

As I have repeatedly posted about my iPad issues on BlueSky, I would like to share this

“Thank you for your patience, I understand how frustrating this has been.
iPad optimization is on our radar. Our team is currently working on improving the iPad compatibility with the app and fixing the issues.”

For many weeks, BlueSky support had asked me to send screenshots of my problems accessing my iPad account. They have all been returned to me.

I have BlueSky on my iPhone but I cannot see it well enough to really use it. So my user time is greatly reduced. Oh well, it’s probably a good thing.

Good idea! but trump may have already invited them to the USA

Fixing the broken, anti-democratic institutions must be the platform. Right way. Ready to go. In January 2029:

Yes please!!!

For years, but especially in the last few months, I have been trying hard to imagine what it will feel like seeing Orban decisively defeated. I just couldn't. And yet here we are: it is truly and well over. I have more reservations about Peter Magyar than I could say in 300 characters or a thread...

We’re not doing very well with honesty and morality these days.