hedlin
@hedlin.bsky.social
Pro-democracy, -worker, -inclusion, and -cocktails Anti-fascism, -authoritarianism, -oligarchy, and -melon
Before the fact, I'd like to go on the record as being against the US committing atrocities against civilians.
We're really going to have to find out the hard way why you don't target a country's water and power, aren't we?
We had Funk & Wagnalls, which is the one you could buy volume by volume from the the Jewel-Osco.
Were you a child who read The World Book Encyclopedia for fun?
This is the stray that I've been calling Midge. As I've mentioned before, both me and (more importantly) my other two cats are fine with her moving in if she'd like to. So far, she is choosing to not do so. 🤷🏼♂️ #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
It'd be great if the Trump regime could stop summarily executing folks.
On Monday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were involved in yet another fatal shooting. This time in Biddeford, Maine. The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and Presente! Maine said the victim was a 26-year-old Colombian man who was authorized to work in the US.
I just got back from the Post Office. It was full of other olds stocking up on Forever stamps before the price goes up on this Sunday, July 12.
Note to self: Go to Post Office and buy stamps tomorrow or Friday:
With Bonnie Tyler having just passed, hopefully my posting this "Literal Video" of Total Eclipse of the Heart is not in bad taste. I remember laughing almost to the point of crying when I first saw it.
Total Eclipse of the Heart Literal Video Version
YouTube video by artistwithouttalent
youtu.be
It's looking like more folks should have listened to Mamdani and put their AC up to 78°. Oh well.
Over 842,000 without power across the country as US is blanketed by heatwave
As America begins to celebrate its 250th birthday on Saturday, there are nearly 1 million outages being reported across multiple states.
abcnews.com
Will say, growing up in the Reagan 1980s, never in a bazillion years would have thought a Republican president would bork America's 250th.
To Hell with Trump and MAGA for politicizing and thus ruining America 250.
Trump refashions America's 250th as a celebration of himself
Historians say the nation's 250th anniversary has become a politicized spectacle, a celebration of an imperial presidency.
latimes.com