“[Writing is] largely a matter of application and hard work, or writing and rewriting endlessly until you are satisfied that you have said what you want to say as clearly and simply as possible. For me that usually means many, many revisions.”
Rachel Carson, who died on this day in 1964
#sunset behind a tree! What a perfect photo!
A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.
We mustn’t let this war do so.
☎️ Call to Action 🆘‼️
The Israeli government has again closed all the borders of Gaza, including for humanitarian aid. This is exacerbating the food scarcity and starvation crisis in Gaza.🧵
@riseandresist.bsky.social
@truahrabbis.bsky.social
@jstreetdotorg.bsky.social
So there’s no regime change, we lift all sanctions against them going back decades, they retain missile and drone capabilities, they control the strait and can charge tolls, and keep their enriched uranium. So much for “unconditional surrender.”
A lamp be ceramist Roberto Lugo with a hip-hop inflected Tiffany style glass shade
Philadelphia has always been a center for art and civic dialogue. This year, we’re honoring that legacy with Radical Americana. Organized by The Clay Studio, this city-wide series features 25 exhibitions from art + culture institutions responding to the 250th ✨🏛️
www.theclaystudio.org/exhibitions/...
Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23.
She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24.
Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method."
It took 90 years before her original research papers were found and she got the credit due to her.
With ICE in DC area airports, please report any sightings or activity to the DMV area hotlines as usual. Learn more about bystander rights, safety, and what information is helpful in our zine here (link in bio) ➡️ wofava.org/wp-content/u...
Thaddeus Mosley understood the trees like no other artist. I believe this helped him live a wonderful life. Now we are left to enjoy his profound legacy.
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct.
Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...
burned entrance and damaged carpet of the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque in the occupied West Bank, on February 23, 2026. Anadolu Ajansı
Settler pogroms in the West Bank. Every night, every day. Trespassing, threatening. Beating people up, shooting at them. Killing livestock. Torching houses and mosques. Every day. Every night.
2.25.26
Statement from the Residents of Khirbet Samra 🆘
We remain on our lands.
To our people, to human rights institutions, and to humanitarian organizations:
Khirbet Samra is currently experiencing a coordinated and systematic settler attack. 🧵
Last month, a Pennsylvania farmer rejected $15M from data center developers to sell his farmland.
Another in Wisconsin turned down $80M.
America's farmers and others across the country are pushing back on Big Tech.
This is what integrity looks like.
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
Arch of Hysteria, by Louise Bourgeois, 1993, 📸 by @jaredctilton
Climate change for thee, charter flight for me.
Private jets line tarmacs at SFO and SJC airports for Super Bowl weekend.
The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Hey NRA, are you good with this?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Ossoff: "POTUS called for this man [Mark Kelly] to be hanged. A combat veteran, naval aviator, astronaut, senator. He demanded his execution bc he stated a principle enshrined in uniform code of military justice. If we become numb to that we lose sight of how extraordinary our obligations are."
Trump: “The fact that they had a boat land [in Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land.”
So close, so very close.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/t...
Frost: We must ensure that we use every tool in our toolbox, which includes voting no on the DHS appropriations bill.
🇮🇷💥 Despite the communications blackout from the outside world, a few protest videos are still getting out. Here is a large demonstration this evening in western Tehran.
This is what protesters need to know when you’re out in the streets encountering ICE agents.
Share this for awareness, know it’s a tactic they use and stay safe.
Remember to apply for membership in your local gang of wine moms soonest.
