With everyone talking about Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, I want to talk about ET and MJ-- Michael Jackson.
They were friends from the early 80s until his death in 09. Both faced intense media scrutiny and pressure as YOUNG children. She defended him in both of his allegations of abuse 1/
Six years ago, police burst into Breonna Taylor’s home in the middle of the night and took a life that should still be here today.
Justice delayed, accountability denied, and her name still carries the weight of a system that failed her.
We remember Breonna Taylor. #SayHerName
“The idea that a civilization might destroy itself is both ludicrous and likely.
💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
We are pathetically inadequate at long-term planning, idiotically primitive in our destructive urges and pathologically incapable of simply getting along."
- Brian Cox
Know your history.
Jimmy Carter went on to build more affordable homes than any other president.
The everyday people who marched for civil rights and voting rights in Alabama in 1965 did so knowing that they would face violence, they would face torture, and that their government would not protect them. But they came anyway. open.substack.com/pub/jbpritzk...
When the earth caved in eastern Congo last week, more than 200 Congolese miners were buried alive. Those who survived spent the next several days pulling hundreds of bodies from the red clay...
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I went to see axolotls in the Vancouver BC Aquarium as this new shiny exhibit well-advertised with cute little cartoon axolotls adorned with friendly, smiling faces. I was immediately hit with the reality that making animals a spectacle is wrong and the depressing faces of these creatures…
Grenada Wren from Grenada on ebird by Prakash V.A.K. Ramdass for #BirdsSeenIn2026
And...NO arms🤣😭😭🤣
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY from
The Book of Nadias
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#NadiasWhoWrite #NadiasWhoIllustrate
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Man in maroon hoodie takes a selfie with a woman wearing a face mask and headscarf in a hospital bed with an IV drip.
A man in a burgundy hoodie looking at the camera, with a woman wearing a face mask in the background, both inside a tent with an IV drip.
MY MOTHER WAS INJURED IN HER RIGHT EYE BEFORE. WE ASKED FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR HER BUT NO ONE HELPED US. NOW HER CONDITION IS GETTING WORSE AND SHE CAN NO LONGER SEE. PLEASE HELP US RAISE THE COST OF HER EYE SURGERY. CAN YOU SAVE MY MOTHER? 🙏💔😩
Please help us ⬇️😭
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a press conference. PHOTO: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Ilhan Omar: “As someone who has survived the horrors of war, I know that bombs do not build peace or create stability—
Military strikes will not make us safer; they will inflame tensions & push the region further into chaos — every time we abandon diplomacy, we choose destruction”
Do you know anyone in favor of #ICE & ICE concentration camps?
Do they know what's going on in these centers?
TELL THEM!
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#ICELawlessness:
Murder
Brutality
Torture
Foul Water
Rotten Food
Corruption
Child Sex Abuse
Wrongful Detention
Human/Civil Rights Violations
Brilliant 🏆
Isata Kanneh-Mason absolutely tears through Rachmaninoff’s fiendish Piano Concerto No. 3 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Strong women have reshaped history by fighting for equality & an unwavering commitment to change.
Our power is defined by the ability to empower others & challenge established “norms”
Empowered Women Empower Women!
Happy Women’s Intl Day! May we all Rise to Lift Each Other!
#SheShed
#StrongWomen
Acrylic paint and pastel stick on painted black Bristol board.
#blackart #gele #acrylicpainting #nigerian #blackwoman
“Be a Rainbow in Someone’s Cloud”
Maya Angelou, the poet, the civil rights activist, was one of the most powerful voices in American Literature & Social Justice!
Maya taught the world a truth that still scares the powerful!
Be A Maya👊
#SheShed
#StrongWomen
#StillIRise
Women do the emotional and physical work of the world. We hold everything together. We deserve a seat at the table for these reasons alone. At the very least, we deserve safety, dignity, respect and equality.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.
We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.
So cool
Valentina Tereshkova in her cosmonaut suit in 1963.
#WomensHistoryMonth
On this day in 1937, the first woman to ever enter space was born - Valentina Tereshkova - Russian cosmonaut. She piloted Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963.
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
Listen to The mesmerizing whale song as a humpback 🐋 whale and its calf swim in the coastal waters of Tonga 🇹🇴
📹Paul Nicklen
Pyramidion of the royal scribe Ramose (Deir el-Medina, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II (1275-1240 BCE)) Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
Pyramidion of the royal scribe Ramose (Deir el-Medina, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II (1275-1240 BCE))
Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 The only thing that is shocking about this is that we weren't taught about it. Cruel medical experiments on slaves in the South were common.
Black "specimens" were subjected to (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell
"On this day, 3 March 1991, Rodney King was brutally beaten by police in Los Angeles. Despite it being caught on film (almost unheard of in those days), the officers were acquitted, and the city went up in flames. "
Cute baby turtle 😍
