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Birthday remembrance - Lynn Redgrave #botd

World leaders take heed: how swift the rise, how swift the fall when the Wheel of Fortune turns.

BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, L'Épître Othéa'; c.1410 CE-c.1414 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.129r
@blmedieval.bsky.social

What an honor to walk on this hallowed ground in Selma with some of the civil rights foot soldiers who marched here 61 years ago on #BloodySunday. We have so much to learn from the the moral power, and the physical courage, of the marchers who faced down Jim Crow on that day.

Their example compels us to do everything it takes in our time to move America toward its deepest values and its great promise, still too often unfulfilled, of liberty and justice for all.

Screenshot of an X post by Really American claiming Republican Congressman Mark Alford said Americans must “sacrifice” by accepting higher gas prices to support Trump’s war with Iran. Below is a split-screen TV news segment with a female anchor on the left, a male reporter in the middle, and Congressman Alford on the right. A banner reads “BREAKING NEWS: CRUDE OIL PRICES HIT NEW HIGHS AMID WAR.”

The American people have sacrificed enough. Stop the war. Tax the billionaires.

Here's what I'm thinking about on this big anniversary day for the Voting Rights Act (Selma + SCOTUS affirmation in 1966) and as we wait for this term's VRA case to come down:

Screenshot of an X post by Jeremy Loffredo saying Trump told CNN’s Dana Bash that liberating the Iranian people is not a goal of the war and that he would accept an undemocratic religious leader if they treated the U.S. and Israel “fairly.” Below is a CNN image of the White House with a graphic saying Trump told CNN he is not worried whether Iran becomes a democracy.

So, like Venezuela, but a lot bloodier and costlier. Great. All for what?

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

Only MAGA allowed

AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers — and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.

Screenshot of an X post by HasanAbi commenting on how to discuss trans issues with median voters. The post quotes Marco Foster, who says the anti-trans campaign in Maine is funded by an out-of-state billionaire to distract from tax discussions and notes that very few trans kids compete in high school sports there. Below is a podcast-style video still of a man speaking into a microphone.

When you hear them target any vulnerable community—immigrants, trans people, refugees—ask first why they're trying to distract and divide us. Don't fall for it.

Happy International Women’s Day from Venice! Buona Festa della Donna!

Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...

St. Gregory Palamas, pray to God for us!

Roots The weird girl on the block *

I wrote a piece for my paid Substack about roots, identity, and the concept of home. And how I feel about mine.

I just unlocked it so everyone can read it. I hope you do.

Leave a comment on the post if it resonates with you 💜

jamieschler.substack.com/p/roots

"Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America." (John Lewis)

⚖️ #OTD in US #History 7 March 1965, a day known as #BloodySunday, a group of 600 #CivilRights marchers were brutally attacked by local police and state troopers in #Selma, Alabama.

Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…

“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

👇🏽

Trump calls on divided GOP to pass SAVE America Act ‘at the expense of everything else’ Trump suggested the SAVE America Act includes a number of provisions that are not in the proposal.

If you care about free and fair election this November, this is the most important story of the day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

On this date in 1947, actor and filmmaker Robert Norman Reiner was born in Bronx, N.Y., to Estelle (née Lebost) and Carl Reiner. Reiner devoted considerable time, energy and money to liberal activism throughout his life and career.

#ffrf #robreiner #freethought

Workplace Amputations Are on the Rise in Texas and Nationwide Over a decade, an average of seven U.S. workers a day suffered workplace accidents that caused or led to amputations. Those numbers are expected to go up with reduced federal oversight under the…

From @pubhealthwatch.bsky.social: More than 26,000 workers — an average of seven per day — suffered workplace amputations from 2015 through 2024. Texas led the nation in worker amputations by a wide margin, with more than 3,900 reported in the 10-year period.

Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

Wow. The corruption and self-dealing is boundless — in the billions.

RFK Jr. May Eliminate the USPSTF, Original Task Force Members Warn Dismantling the task force would be 'an existential threat to clinical practice,' they said

Doctors routinely use the *evidence-based* USPSTF guidelines to help their patients.
Guidelines for: colonoscopy, depression screening, paps, etc.

And now - yet another ✨gold standard institution being quietly gutted by this No-Science Administration. Don’t let this happen.
Speak up, speak out.

My Regular Girl YouTube video by Ben Silvin & His Orchestra - Topic

For tonight's musical interlude, a song featured in S1E1, Cocaine Blues. From 1927, here's Ben Selvin and his Orchestra with "My Regular Gal"

youtu.be/w-yDC-0jlpI?...

Trump properties are FULL of Russians.

Albuquerque’s Mayor Said Arrests Were “Not the Solution” to Homelessness. Yet Jail Bookings Have Skyrocketed. Under Tim Keller’s leadership, the city has increasingly criminalized conduct associated with homelessness, causing a growing number of people on the streets to be arrested and jailed.

The enforcement of laws against homeless people is costly.

Albuquerque’s Bernalillo County spends ~$169/night to jail inmates — and more if they have significant medical needs.

By comparison, the city’s year-round emergency shelter costs $44/night.

Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy.

We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.

As I have said since Feb 2025, Trump is in office to solve Putin's problems. How else are you going to ensure that Putin's failed state becomes prosperous? it is already having to be propped up by China.

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.

“Young people still have human rights, and that includes the right to access information and to associate with other people and to speak to the world. These laws are designed to diminish those rights,” EFF’s David Greene told @TheIntercept. theintercept.com/2026/03/05/...

So Iran now has, perhaps for the first time, information about the location of our most sensitive covert sites in the region.

A completely foreseeable, unnecessary consequence of unnecessary war with Iran.