This morning, the Coldstream Guards at Buckingham Palace performed a tribute to Dolly Parton. The last time I remember the guards at the palace honoring the memory of an American entertainer was when they paid tribute to Aretha Franklin after she passed away.

@adamcesare.bsky.social Found this Baypen cup at my local Spirit Halloween and HAD to bring to home with me.

Thou shalt ban AI data centers everywhere.

@wholesomegames.com got our shirt and desk mat today! They’re wonderful!

Be the kind of person who supports your local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.

Mamdani: "Solidarity with a government that is committing genocide is a very different thing than a question of solidarity with people of a specific faith. I'm proud to be a mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in this country."

I don’t want ads playing before my movie when I go to the theater. I want movie trivia, trailers for upcoming films, and maybbbbe that little animated coke and popcorn jingle. Never car lots or lawyers.

People who think gender affirming care like social transitioning or puberty blockers are being done TO children don't think children have or should have any agency over their lives. And that explains A LOT Gender affirming care isn't being done TO kids. It's being done FOR them if THEY want it

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And my unread books and unplayed board games join the chat along with my unplayed video games 🤣

Verezi@verezi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My favorite pastime is downloading games to my system then never playing them

@adapalmer.bsky.social hi! I just finished reading Trace Elements and it was wonderful! I need a recommendation if you’re willing - you say in the section on chronic illness that ginseng oolong tea helps? Can you recommend a bran? My wife has chronic illness and I’d like to see if it’ll help her.

The Pharisees were Jewish teachers the forerunners of rabbinic Judaism. Every rabbi alive today traces their tradition through that line. In early Christianity, “Pharisee” became a slur: hypocritical, corrupt, opposed to truth.

If I want to watch the V/H/S franchise, is it best to just start at the beginning or is there a better entry to jump in with? I understand they’re all standalone anthologies.

Today in a nutshell: Breakfast Errands Second breakfast Shower Now it’s noon and I plan on spending the rest of the day reading, gaming, and maybe there’s even a nap in my future!

Sheltering the littlest flames

Jewish-American actress Hannah Einbinder shakes everyone : "As a Jewish person, as an American, I feel horrified by the Israeli government's massacre of well over 65,000 people in Gaza ... I am ashamed and infuriated because this massacre is funded by our tax dollars." #STOPTrumpsNetanyahuWar

If you are required BY LAW to send your child to PUBLIC SCHOOL then lunch should be FREE. Yes, I am aware I will pay for it with my taxes. Yes, I am fine with this.

I'm sure there will be no long-term consequences to all of us veering between hypervigilance over potential nuclear war and trying to go to work because none of us can afford to pay our bills and may still be trying to recover from health consequences from the pandemic we're pretending didn't happen

just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him

I mean, the real moral and ethical test here is simply "are people who are not American just as human, just as worthy as we are?" And I honestly believe that the numbers of US citizens who would say an unqualified "yes" are not what the optimists believe. Even among liberals and leftists. 💔

Let me say this plainly: Iranian children have as much of a right to live and thrive as American children. Their babies MUST be as precious to me as my 6 niblings and my baby grandnib are IF I want them to have a future. If I want a future for my kin AND humanity, I MUST act like it. So must you.

100%.

Donate if you can to help support this library director who was fired for refusing to bow to censorship demands.

Martha Hickson@sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please join me in supporting Luanne Janes, Director of the Rutherford County (TN) Library, wrongly terminated for refusing to relocate children’s books to the adult section. Luanne is upholding the professional ethics of librarianship and the founding principles of democracy. Stand with Luanne!

Hey, librarian here. If you find out a favorite author is a monster, don't separate the art from the author just give it the fuck up and stop supporting the monster.

Oahu residents face gruelling cleanup as floods damage hundreds of homes and losses are expected to top $1bn

Red volcanic mud coats homes after Hawaii’s worst floods in 20 years

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Listen, I’m no financial expert. I’m not even going at math. BUT if you run the most successful video game in the world that is a global phenomenon and basically prints money, and you STILL need to lay off 1,000 people, you are one of two things… Evil or an idiot.