Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Never accept or deploy the narrative of the empire. Do not repeat their justifications for war or genocide. Just denounce them as lawless & immoral & DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY on those grounds. And while they’re busy stretching themselves thin for plunder & power, become ungovernable.
SHINGLES DOESN'T CARE
Get vaccinated.
There is an ahistorical belief, epitomized by just about everything Hegseth says, that the US has been somehow ineffective in warfare since WWII because it was somehow constrained in delivering destruction. To put it bluntly, this is dumb.
Happy 100th birthday to the Bay's best theater! www.visitoakland.com/blog/post/oa...
"Identity politics" is cover for racism and misogyny, usually used by White men coding their racists and misogynist ideology.
For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.
These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20
So, no. We had no plan to evacuate Americans before the attack.
Mission of Border Patrol: actively & cruelly maximize harm
I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across.
If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers.
If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.
Good luck, and know that my life is much better with you in it even though we have never met.
Check out from library if you can
www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...
So the tool "look for joy" isn't working right now, and as a fan of CBT, I remind you to avoid overgeneralization.
I struggled with finding joy, but when I shifted the tool to awe instead of joy, I got better results. Also, this book offers a, granted formulaic, guide to finding, noting, using awe
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Driver of car killed a pedestrian.
Do better @jseattle.bsky.social; no passive voice, and be concise
Here's a shocker: execute a housing policy that eliminates homelessness. Fixes both issues.
“You want ICE agents to have to identify themselves before they try to kidnap or kill you, but you don’t want to have to present a birth certificate to be able to vote” I mean… yes
Remove the language that allows broad exemptions for food and over-the-counter medication. I am ready and willing to pay more upfront to make a purchase and less in the future to remediate the damage caused by plastic pollution.
California peeps - Link in comments to SB 54 public comments with the comment that I left.
Mike Johnson wants to suspend habeas corpus.
Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
Mixed-use zoning and density are the key
Urban sprawl, single family housing, and super-commuting are the death of affordable housing
Folks need to immediately shut down this kind of framing by the Administration. SCOTUS explicitly held that state and local governments and officials—including law enforcement—are protected under the 10th Amendment from being “commandeered” in order to enforce federal law and regulations.
We raised all the men out there, good and bad. We changed their diapers. We fed them with our bodies. We gave them life and kept them alive until adulthood.
We have spent exponentially more time observing them than they have us because they take our presence for granted.
We are not afraid.
I almost googled "Evelyn Normielib".
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you work for ICE, most people actually do despise you.
With impeachment and removal
