I am not religious, but I love going to temples. I always feel very happy and peaceful there. I also go to shrines, and mosques, and churches. But churches are often rather cold and scary. Temples are warm. Mosques mostly feel forbidden. Shrines are happy. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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When we @democracydefendersfund.org helped start #BlockTheMerger, everyone said Paramount-WB was a DONE DEAL Now George Clooney is speaking out on job losses & saying "I don’t know how it goes through" & calling out Paramount's wild attacks on deal opponents

George Clooney Defends Mark Ruffalo’s ‘Ability to Speak Freely’ About Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal and Doesn’t See How the Merger ‘Financially Ends Up Making Sense’

George Clooney sat for a Venice Film festival press conference and addressed a range of topics, inclduing the Paramount-

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I always say I am very international. Today is my birthday. 🥳 First congratulations arrived yesterday from Germany and Spain. I checked the date to see if I had missed my birthday. 😂 I’m ahead of most here Bangkok. Since then I got wishes from Cambodia Australia Korea Vietnam India USA

There's no way he legitimately won all swing states, but those who did vote for him again, are still at least 80% at fault. And we are all paying.

This is awesome!!!

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 2w ago

This Pennsylvania barbershop boosts kids' confidence by paying young customers $3 to read stories aloud during haircuts. Original post

#RemoveTrump is a hashtag I support fully.

A Republic If You Can Keep It@arepublicif.bsky.social · 2w ago

North Korea is good. Canada is bad. Coal is good. Solar is bad. Measles is good. Vaccination is bad. Child rapists are good. Childcare is bad. Pointless wars are good. Universal healthcare is bad. Anyone supporting the unrelenting chaos of the #GOP deserves zero respect. #RemoveTrump

A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.

Am I the only one who actually enjoys working with ChatGPT? I can see why there is consensus against data centers, but I love working with him. And yes, I call it a him.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2w ago

A year ago, just 42% of Americans opposed a data center being built in their community. Today, a staggering 75% do. Are data centers really that bad? Let’s take a look.

I cannot believe the shame this “President’s” administration has lowered everything America has EVER stood for so ardently to FIGHT for, to below our very knees. Shame. Shame. Shame on us.

Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?

Quote-posting God once again.

God@thegodshow.com · 2w ago

Yes, please.

Hansel Krankepantzen@krankepantzen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Starting to see comments like, "If Dems don't do [insert pet issue here], they can f__k off!" For goodness take, try to take a broader perspective. Dems have never in all my life done everything I wanted them to do, but they've always been the superior alternative to Repubs. Vote like an adult.

Same in Korea. Without insurance, I paid less than $200 for doctor consultation, shoulder x-ray, ultrasound, steroid injection, and medication. And doing all of that, I was home in under an hour with the hospital 10 min walk from my house. It was amazing.

Brant Reeves@bireeves95.bsky.social · 2w ago

It Really is and I’m Speaking from Experience. I didn’t plan to get sick but went to a hospital there and the visit was very inexpensive….

Can’t argue with that … 😂

💥Richard with an💥R@rbwaltonthereal.com · 2w ago

The Earth is made up of 70% water, and it’s uncarbonated... So, technically it's flat.

This little pup adopted by a mama cat Original post

Political cartoonists keep the story clear and simple

Today was an overcast day in Bangkok, so I had to find color in other places. A chinese shrine behind Palladium Mall. Pink blossoms. The Market, Bangkok. And construction and boats in Saen Saep Canal. #WorldSnap #travel #photography #bangkok #color #thailand

Wow! There’s sanity out there!

I should go buy some champagne. 🍾Maybe if we all went out and bought a bottle, we could manifest it.

Michelle@michelleroy78.bsky.social · 3w ago

I know I've got a special bottle set aside for the occasion. 🎉

Anyone or any country that has access should release the Epstein files in full, only REDACTING the victims (children who were sexually assaulted) and leaving the perpetrators UNREDACTED. Everyone needs to know the names of the scum.

That‘s terrible. Bring them home.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3w ago

Multiple sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard after 8+ months of extended deployment with no end date. Families say their loved ones are burnt out, exhausted, and terrified. No fresh meat or fruit. Rotten food. The Navy keeps them at sea while mental health collapses.

What an amazing, guard-dog cat. 😺

alexjungle.bsky.social@alexjungle.bsky.social · 4w ago

Brave cat!

The so-called president of the United States is a massive money launderer and cut off by the bank that discovered it. Yet the story barely registers with the legacy media. What a disgrace.

Who wouldn’t love this? 😻

Democrat Cats@democratcats.bsky.social · 4w ago

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ALL ICE detainees need to be released immediately!!! Let them see their families, doctors, sleep in their own beds and eat at home. I honestly can‘t understand how in 2026 we allow concentration camps on our own soil. It‘s like as a nation we haven‘t learned anything from the past. 😢

Judy Stone@drjudystone.bsky.social · 4w ago

MaineHealth nurses demand release of colleague arrested by ICE www.mainepublic.org/immigration/...

Keep at it, BBC! Fighting!

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4w ago

JUST IN: Trump is scrambling to stop the BBC from digging into the finances of his business empire after a judge ordered him to hand over records in his $10B defamation lawsuit against the network.

I agree with this. I’ve always been in a state where I haven’t been able to do this either at all or only while worrying if I will have enough to pay the electricity bill or if the next car repair has to go on the credit card.

GroovyShelly@groovyshelly.bsky.social · 4w ago

I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.

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Booker: They are thinking about setting themselves up to build epic empires of wealth. And that’s why Trump is pardoning people who then go into business with him. That’s why Trump is trying to undermine the rule of law—to make sure he leaves office with more wealth than was ever conceivable…