This sounds eerily similar to what’s been happening to public education over the last 25 years. The mechanisms are different, but the end results are the same.

long stretch of worked roman stone on Hadrian's Wall.

If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.

Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22

YESSSSS

I’ve never dreamed about Trump before. Last night, I dreamed we were both at Camp David, and a cat was there. He said that the cat’s claws weren’t even sharp, didn’t hurt when he touched them. I told him that’s because we cut the claws. He said to stop, he wanted to see how sharp they could get.

Hi all, its your friendly neighborhood retired therapist here to remind you that the horrors persist and so do we!

Have you:
-had a glass of water or something liquid that is not caffeinated recently?
-used any calming or grounding techniques you like?
-eaten a food?

If not, do that now. 💜

Motownphilly, Boyz II Men. I haunted The Wall until the single arrived on cassette. Instead of a B-side, the back was filled with snippets of the album. I memorized every single one

Buffy’s Nicholas Brendon’s death is the sixth of The WB stars since 2024 Nicholas Brendon tragically joins a growing list of The WB stars dying young. But why is this happening post-pandemic?

Buffy’s Nicholas Brendon’s death is the sixth of The WB stars since 2024

Brendon tragically joins a growing list of The WB stars dying young. But why is this happening post-pandemic?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

It's also strange to say we "have" this planet, when we actually are this planet. We are not just in or on the Earth, we are it. It's not an amusement park ride. Same with the solar system. We're not just flying around or rotating within it. We are the solar system. We're the fabric of the cosmos.

Must-read thread:

Trans Day of Visibility. Trans people are our neighbors. Trans people are not dangerous. Today, and every day, we see you. You are loved, you belong 💛

Like… we never got back to “normal” after his first presidency. Biden just rolled with it while everyone occasionally poked him with a stick to see if he was still cognizant

I did a science fair project on ESP in 1987 😂

Learning a bit of cursive was actually really helpful for my kid with dysgraphia!

lowkey love her being like EYE have a passport bc I'm rich but what about the rest of y'all broke asses? I still know an unconstitutional poll tax when I see one!

If I knew viewing Guernica would put money directly into the pockets of a still living Pablo Picasso, who had announced publicly that he would be using that money to terrorize, harm, and kill women, not only would I not go view Guernica, it would fundamentally change the meaning of Guernica as art.

Once again, it’s important to remember that the stock
market long ago ceased to be linked to a rational valuation of the companies listed and is just a mood ring for rich people.

Thanks for masking! 😊

it is the postal SERVICE not the postal BUSINESS thank you for your time

see?
here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

The only TV show I want resurrected is Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Things we want people to know. 6 years after the start* of the COVID-19 pandemic. *The day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This was not the date of the first case.

It’s not just a cold. We wish it were just a cold. We would not keep talking about it if so. Since 2020, doctors, scientists, and millions of people who have had COVID-19 have learned that it can cause permanent damage to multiple organ systems within your body, leave you disabled and unable to do the things you love, and significantly harm your quality of life. A cold cannot disable or kill you the way COVID-19 can.

We know a lot more about prevention than we did back then. We all remember when we thought maybe we’d be ok as long as we were 6 feet away from sick people; that masks worked one way but not the other; and more. But just like with all new viruses and scientific study, we learned more as there was more time to study and observe, and we now know that wearing masks and keeping cleaner air are key to protecting ourselves and others. Now that we know better, we can (and should) better protect ourselves and others.

We understand the frustration about vaccines, but they are still extremely important. We all remember when vaccines were first made available, and it would’ve been great if that was the end of the pandemic. It wasn’t. And a lot of people have gotten frustrated and have given up on vaccination. It’s true, the virus that causes COVID-19 changes (which is why, like the annual flu shot, we need to get updated COVID-19 vaccines each year), and the vaccines we have now will not eliminate COVID-19 on their own. But they are still very effective at preventing serious illness and death, so even though they are not the one quick solution to the pandemic we all wish they were, they are still extremely important, and we should all stay up to date.

This week marked the anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve summarized our thoughts a bit below, but tl;dr: Unfortunately, COVID-19 is still with us, & although we may be tired of hearing about it, it’s extremely important to continue to take steps to protect ourselves & others.

Hey, if it kills you, you definitely won’t get it again!

Over 200 Democracy Scholars Call on Congress to End Single-Member Congressional District More than 200 political scientists, legal scholars, and historians released an open letter calling on Congress to reject the United States’ winner-take-all elections.

If you want 70/30 and multiparty democracy, then we need proportional multi-member districts:

Tomorrow's Bandcamp Friday fundraiser will be for The Trans Continental Pipeline, helping trans folks leave hostile states (ahem, Kansas) for Colorado.

Amazing! Thank you

(What is happening???)

if not war then why war shaped

Aaaaah that’s my favorite mask!