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boy in retrospect, really shouldn’t have elected the worst person in the entire country president. that, it appears, was less than wise

SO MUCH optimism. It's not that we didn't know there was suffering and bad things in the world, but we felt confident it could get better. Class of 2000 and we were going to save the whales, stop the hole in the ozone, and make a difference!

Cupich: “A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it’s a video game -it’s sickening. Hundreds of people are dead, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, including scores of children who made the fatal mistake of going to school that day.” www.archchicago.org/en/statement...

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Pulling a point I made in some replies onto main: I think one big shift in how the public is reacting to people who don't vaccinate their kids is that as recently as, say, 2023, you could look at your anti-vax neighbors as annoying flakes and a theoretical risk - but far lower case numbers meant...

Young Catholic is lead plaintiff in suit challenging EPA's endangerment finding reversal "It would be nice, I think," Elena Venner said, "for our government to at least acknowledge that we are in this climate crisis and to start by not repealing what we already have."

"It would be nice, I think," Elena Venner said, "for our government to at least acknowledge that we are in this climate crisis and to start by not repealing what we already have."

My son has recently discovered Johnny Cash amd I am enjoying it so much!

Interestingly, although I adore my kids and think babies are sweet, I'm still not a baby person in general. I'd much rather wrangle toddlers/preschoolers absolutely any day of the week.

Cats are great and all, but fir sheer joie de vivre, you can't beat ducks

Of course, that's an "industrial economy" mindset, where capital investment is calculated over a lengthy timeframe to ensure future competitiveness.

Trump II's logic is that of a post-industrial "financialized economy" mindset of immediate gains and sweating the assets.

The legitimacy that came of a US commitment to self-restraint, however hypocritical it was at times, was based on a calculation not just of power differentials but of time horizons.

By sacrificing maximal gains in the present, the US was able to reassure partners so its power lasts into the future.

Seeing Noem get pushed aside at least gives me the one piece of constant reliable Schadenfreude with Trump. It doesn’t how much you degrade yourself for him; eventually, he will always push you to the side. And that’s if you’re lucky.

Why did I need to read this so badly right this very moment 😭

World bad but bills due, so...

Next Tuesday, March 10th, is the release of BUTTERFLY EFFECTS, the fifteenth (!!) book in my InCryptid series of urban fantasy chaos adventures!

I'll give AI the same credit. I believe it has specific uses and potential. I won't fight with ppl in other fields if they are certain about their use cases (I will fight with my field). But I have deep concerns about broad spectrum use in daily life

We'd be better off if plastic had been cautiously adopted for things like medicine (single use syringes! Durable medical equipment! Glasses and contacts!) and specialized uses (mylar for archival photos! Disaster kits!) And not in creating an absolute sea of consumer plastic that we now swim in.

I'll give it more credit. It's useful like plastic, which is indeed useful and convenient, but has had massive negative externalities.

A Fateful Flourish, photo by me of a Sandhill Crane triumphantly throwing its wings and head back

My despair-fighting deed of the day: donated an exhibition piece to an awesome Ypsi therapist office / health community hub, because everyone deserves some wild wonder when they're going through it!

A Fateful Flourish 🪶

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A spotted red brown goat lays flat on his side uses a younger golden brown goat for a pillow while they both chew their cud.

We're out here watching Liz the goat give birth while behind us the rest of the goats sunbathe. Goats like forming cuddle piles as Terror and Chocolate demonstrate.

Farmer and carpenter

Curious...

I know that the people who need to read this aren’t here, but here goes:

Rules of engagement aren’t for the enemy. They’re for you. They’re for your soldiers when they’re captured or wounded. They’re for your civilians when they’re in range of the enemy. They’re for your allies, to reassure.

I have enjoyed Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein & Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights & I’m looking forward to Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!

But my question is: who is your dream visionary director to adapt a literary (or cinematic) classic?

I think: Wes Anderson’s Evelina-balance, wit, sadness

poroshenko holding a gun in the streets of ukraine at the beginning of the war

dolan showing up to fight the catholics in the admin like

Heyyyy…anybody excited about audiobooks? How about the brand new audiobook for The Raven & The Reindeer? Available now!

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A short sleeved shift style dress with a deep V neck. The fabric is textured and has a pattern of black flowers against a red background. There is a wide sash like belt that wraps the waist

Textured and glamorous with its deep V neck, #Balenciaga was a master at fabric selection to complement his construction. The splendour of this black and red floral dares to 1960 #RISDMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

With all the money spent on silver bullets, we could probably have just spent it on teacher salaries and gotten further along (but then VCs wouldn't get their cut)

Some Countries are Fighting so You Can't Go to School Not fully a transcript

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3/3 And I can't bear to think of what happened next. But I can't stop thinking about their smiles that their parents will never see again.

2/3I thought about them all day as I wrote emails and edited docs. I thought about their smiles. And I thought about the little Iranian schoolgirls who must have also been happy and with their friends on Saturday morning.