Catherine

Orion nebula, M42, last night. Fairly clear sky before the next storm and no moon. Never saw this by eye. Wow

I'll be in the midwest for the holidays.

I think I found a use for my high school trombone that I haven't touched in over 2 decades.

If you see a a person following ICE agents around Chicago while playing "Hot Crossed Buns" on a trombone (poorly) make sure and say hi.

Love it!

For Reals

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So true! The hypocrisy is so sickening with them!!! Thank you!!!

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Take note.

For those unconditionally cheering the attacks on Iran, remember that our early strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq were “successful”. But we ended up getting dragged into costly wars that created more terrorists than we killed. The American people haven’t forgotten that.

Sending all my love, energy & prayers to our servicemen and women & all the innocent lives that could be touched.

I bow to the Queens! 💖

In a tiny red town, in a red county in a red state, there was a No Kings March Saturday. It made me feel so grateful & encouraged that so many folks stood up for Democracy!

Wow!

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Digital illustration of a peregrine falcon overlooking Yosemite Valley. There is a Giant Sequoia on either side. It says Embrace Beauty, Reject Tyranny. California is home to the resistance. Drawn in Adobe Illustrator

I designed this poster in January and now it’s true!

And, waitressing teaches you patience and how to deal with stupid people. Perfect training for working in government.

Thank you, AOC. 🎯

I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.

At some point we’re gonna see them do Boolean searches to the effect of

(activist OR advocate) AND NOT Nazi

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny:

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BREAKING: President Petro of Colombia has just retweeted this quote from Abraham Lincoln:

“Just as I would not be a slave, I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”

— Abraham Lincoln

How heartbreaking that it will get worse before it gets better. 💔
So glad to be able to stay connected to you via BlSky; I am weaning myself off FB.
Your insight & joy are always appreciated!!!

Self-righteousness does not look on you.

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“Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence…With so many seeking to erase transgender people…it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice.”–TDOR founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith🏳️‍⚧️

Could you please add a “You are here” arrow?😉

post from serialephemera on tumblr Thematically speaking, the most important thing Terry Pratchett taught me was the concept of militant decency. The idea that you can look at the world and its flaws and its injustices and its cruelties and get deeply, intensely angry, and that you can turn that into energy for doing the right thing and making the world a better place. He taught me that the anger itself is not the part I should be fighting. Nobody in my life ever said that before.