Prior to 1950s less than 10% of Americans finished college. Being able to afford 4 years as an adult not being economically productive was the real foundation of a good life. Not to crap on a liberal arts or learning but it is a luxury that was briefly affordable because of public investment.
Painting featuring a basket of plumbs on a table surface in a dark interior
Louise Moillon (c. 1610–1696) French painter in the Baroque era. One of the best still life painters of her time, she was trained by her father as she was unable to attend academies as a woman- who were thought to lack the ability required for artists #WomensArt
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
There are non US citizens influencing our elections, they’re called corporations.
The establishment wants us to not focus on this.
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
It’s infuriating how many people claim to care about fictitious “child trafficking” conspiracies about trans people and Wayfair and Democrats but will miss, ignore, and distract from actual government agents kidnapping children in front of their very eyes
It’s an electoral stunt. The next big thing to keep the voters afraid and voting for Republicans is going to be Mandami and socialism. If the Ds who voted for this think it will help them get elected next time in their own districts then I am not going to get my knickers in a twist about it.
Who does he think builds houses in America?
"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
“Don’t let them do this to you!” a man just now yelled at National Guard troops patrolling Washington DC. “These are your own citizens! These are homeless people!” “You have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders!” he told them. They drove by, saying nothing. #WakeUpAmerica
You can't teargas people into loving your policies
This wasn’t the only event in Tacoma, there was a sign waving event with 2-3,000 more people.
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
Who do you think has more guns the people of LA county or the California national guard?
This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
"Violence" in Social Movements • 111 They Will Call You Violent If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because "violence" is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as "peaceful" are, in reality, quite violent. Even as people experience the violence of poverty, the torture of im-prisonment, the brutality of policing, the denial of health care, and many other violent functions of this system, we are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating. When state actors refer to "peace," they are really talking about order. And when they refer to "peaceful protest," they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state. The more uncooperative you are, the more you will be accused of aggression and violence. It is therefore imperative that the state not be the arbiter of what violence means among people seeking justice.
for no reason, an excerpt from "let this radicalize you"…
what i see is a white house whose ambitions outstrip its resources, who did not count on facing mass resistance, and which is scrambling to escalate the situation in hopes that a display of force will make people shut up
Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: “The President's federal deployment of the National Guard over the official wishes of a governor is bad for all Americans concerned about freedom of speech and states rights. The governor has the authority and ability to respond to the civil disturbances with law enforcement capabilities within his state, augmented as necessary by requesting law enforcement assistance from other governors. There are over a million badged and trained members of law enforcement in this country for the governor to ask for help if he needs it. While this is presently a legal order, it tramples the governor’s rights and obligations to protect his people. This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News:
"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
And the ableism.
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When the topic is women the conflict is that women are failing society. When the topic is men it's that society is failing them.
Photo looking down on a multicoloured suspended textile platform with children sittig on
Toshiko MacAdam, Japanese textile artist based in Canada, known for her work with large-scale interactive sculpture playgrounds created using knitting, crochet and knotting #womensart
we get 60m dollars worth of tea from China every year. baby, they are literally doing a 104% tax on tea in the United States
CNN push alert: Sea lions are attacking people in the waters off California's coast. Here's why
Because engaging with their demands for civil debate is pointless
Millions! Millions! Millions!
I guess it’s better than being turned into biofuel.
