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Casually grabbing breakfast

Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, B.C. 🇨🇦

School vouchers are a scam to send taxpayer money to private religious schools. Vouchers are also a violation of church and state.

The right is trying to deploy its usual terror tactics against Texas Democrats and the state of Illinois. It won’t work.

With millions of people’s voting rights on the line, the stakes couldn’t be higher. This is the type of bravery and fight we need from Democrats:

Women dressed in
Handmaid regalia follow
GOP Congressman Rep. Mike Flood NEBRASKA (R)

"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."

"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."

For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of language, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.

We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:

H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching

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The GOP is a death cult.

Mary Ellen Bute's abstract animation celebrates the parabola. She also set her elegant animations to classical music (prior to FANTASIA).

When I was studying costume design a professor with many decades of industry experience told us it’s great to have ideas but if you don’t put little red riding hood in a little red hood you’ll be out of a job. don’t be too afraid of cliché!

Abbott just issued arrest warrants for the Dems who fled the state.

Rep Jasmine Crockett: unbothered.

“You have a lot of intelligent attorneys that serve in the Texas House, and so they know there’s nothing he can do outside of the Texas jurisdiction.”

A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.

Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.

“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

Summer Awakening: Americans Push Back Against Christian Nationalism In the face of a deadly political assassination and a sweeping rise of Christian nationalism across government institutions, America is waking up. From church assemblies to city newspapers, and from t...

In the face of a sweeping rise of Christian nationalism across government institutions, America is waking up. From theologians to everyday citizens, a broad coalition is pushing back against an authoritarian movement that seeks to enshrine a narrow religious ideology in law.

Good morning 🌞

Abby Phillip: “It’s a story about whether or not there is trustworthy economic data to be had under this administration.”

@iampoliticsgirl4.bsky.social : “Not just economic data. Any data.” 🎯

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

You have to admit that the right wing capacity to commit violence is the reason why they're winning right now

ICE GOONS draw guns on humanitarian aid workers

Brother I wanna tell u my fav redneck anti-racism story. I was in NOLA for Katrina, 8 mo later I took a physician executive job close by for a big community
Hospital on gulf coast of MS.
The Emir of Qatar (father of current Emir), observing the devout Muslim requirement of charity, said… (THREAD)

Exactly.

A farm worker carrying two full 24 lb buckets of tomatoes out of the field

"Ana" is carrying 2 buckets full of tomatoes - each weighing 24 lbs. She rushes to approach the line of workers waiting in 90° heat for their tomatoes to be dumped into the trailer. Once she get credit, Ana rushes back into the field to harvest more. #WeFeedYou

Y’all, this picture was taken in 1938.
In 1938 the CEO to worker pay ratio was about 20:1.
Today, it’s estimated to be 344:1.

i love Frenching (setting things on fire when the government tries 2 take away vacation days)

FWIW, taking 500 mg of Acetaminophen along with the ibuprofen is especially effective.

Not that I'm hitting on you. 😂

It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero -

Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.

Central Coast farm workers use their muscles, sharp knives and repetitive strenuous motions for the leek harvest. #WeFeedYou

Oh the toy presentation. ❤️ Very important part of the welcome ritual.