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silly girl in a silly world

Rodriguez Prilliman, Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 12 in Texas: "Texas is going to flip this year...It's not red. It's not red. It's been non-voting because we've been discouraged."

Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Ruby Bridges, age 6Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her schoolNorman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine. Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.

September 4, 2026 Outside the Israeli Embassy in NYC, protesters displayed kites in solidarity with Gaza’s children who have been threatened by Israeli forces to treat kite flying as a military threat. Free Palestine. Save Gaza. Stop arming Israel! 🇵🇸

“The president is a rapist and a traitor” Yeah, dude, everyone is aware of that fact. The problem is half of the US thinks that’s rad as hell.

We're overhauling 116th Street to make your bus faster: 2.5 miles of new bus lanes. Queue jumps that give buses a green light before other vehicles at intersections. Protected bike lanes. 35,000 square feet of new pedestrian space.

Digital rendering of the redesigned 116th Street corridor.