Delete one thing forever. Explain why. I'd delete misogyny. Women and girls are murdered, raped, imprisoned, force to have babies, denied an education, by the tens if millions, in every country in the world, because of misogyny.
Marsha Coupé
@marshacoupe.bsky.social
Feminist Socialist Activist Enthusiast www.marshacoupe.com
I will soon be visiting the Harvey Milk Library in San Francisco.
Paul Eric@pauleric70.bsky.social · 8mo ago
This applies equally to countries. There is a time for letting go, for shedding old ideas of who we are - and who we might yet become.
Most importantly more people watched my TED talk than watched Sam Altman’s for which I thank everybody involved 🙏
Yule Countdown > 13 Days before Solstice🎄 [via TheMagickCirclet.com] #Yule #WinterSolstice #Pagansky #Wiccasky
Who knew there was such a career as an 'Escaping-Fascism-Doula'? Story likely under a paywall, but I appreciate the message and the artwork.
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 8mo agoJana Sanchez, a co-founder of G.T.F.O. Tours—which helps aggrieved U.S. citizens start new lives in the Netherlands—describes herself as an “escaping-fascism doula.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A constant blazing terror that somewhere, somebody might be getting a free cheese sandwich. Or indeed brief use of a wheelchair.
LOVE this. Violinist, Nora Germain and pianist Michael Feinstein helping us get in the holiday spirit.
Nora Germain 🎻@noragermain.bsky.social · 8mo agoA bit of a swinging Christmas! Featuring my friend Michael Feinstein — founder of the Great American Songbook Foundation and a former employee of none other than Ira Gershwin! 🎻🎹 #jazzsky #violinsky #onetake
This may be the most fascinating - and enjoyable - moment of your day. 😊
With Digital ID, Starmer has pulled off a remarkable feat - he's united Nigel Farage, Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn, Kemi Badenoch, Boris Johnson & Ed Davey on the same team.
Carole Cadwalladr and The Nerve are way ahead of other news providers on this. Think of the grimmest people on the planet you've heard of. Chances are their grubby fingers are in this Blair digital ID pie. Doesn't matter whether it's fundamentally a good idea or not, they're gonna exploit it.
THE NERVE@thenerve.news · 8mo agoRead the piece and subscribe here: www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
There is nobody the US government won't seek to destroy. Nurses Teachers Librarians Should be the highest paid, most respected professions in the world.
Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.gov · 8mo agoNurses are the backbone of our health care system. They deserve respect. Unfortunately, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Texas has hired union busters to stop nurses from unionizing. Unacceptable. I stand with these brave nurses in the struggle for justice & against corporate greed.
People showing up for their US citizenship ceremony are now being picked up and imprisoned. Just when we think the America government can't get more barbaric, they show us they can.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 8mo agoFiring over 100 immigration judges. Arresting immigrants outside of their immigration hearings. Pausing asylum decisions. And now? Cancelling citizenship ceremonies, the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen. Just remember that Trump never cared about "legal immigration."
Why do people who habitually partner with people from other countries, like Farage and Trump, constantly attack people from other countries?
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8mo ago2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
David's terrific pulp fiction cover art got me thinking about Christmas advertising back in earlier times. This ad for Virginia Slims cigarettes is from the 1960's. What other products were once heavily advertised at Christmas - but either disappeared - or were banned from advertising?
1. I hate to see good people wasting their time and energy. And there’s perhaps no greater waste of time and energy than seeking to change the trajectory of the human population. It’s not just futile, but also a massive distraction from things we CAN change. This thread seeks to explain why. 🧵1/12
On January 14, I'll be interviewing the extraordinary @rutgerbregman.com in London. Tickets will go fast, so get yours while you can. howtoacademy.com/events/rutge...
The emergence of Claude, who survives winter by having a grandma who knits:
I drew this for Christmas cards a while back. Doubt kids read The Beano nowadays.
Fun idea. What does your bookcase look like?
Doc Paperback@docpaperback.bsky.social · 8mo agoI'm starting to share photos of my bookshelves at the rate of one per week. This'll take some time because I've been buying books for more than 60 years, and the rate of purchases has increased over the last 15. Please feel free to ask me questions about any of the books in comments below. No.1
This would make a terrific Christmas card. I might have to print it out.
@davidc1935.bsky.social · 8mo agoA little holiday cheer from 1952...
Russia was banned, quite rightly. So why not ban the Country that is committing ethnic cleansing! act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-euro...
Sign the petition: tell the BBC to boycott Eurovision unless Israel is banned
This is big: Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands have all pulled out of Eurovision, because Israel have been allowed to enter. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bos...
act.38degrees.org.uk
We try to support local, independent businesses in our community --- and also nationally and internationally. It isn't hard once it becomes an established habit. This is the woman-owned and operated pharmacy our family trusts for our pharmacy needs. Who wouldn't drive 30 minutes for this?
For one of the last sane down days before the mayhem of the holidays, delightful century-old ode to the pleasure of being left alone www.themarginalian.org/2024/06/13/r...
The Pleasure of Being Left Alone
“An exquisite peace obtains: a drowsy, golden peace, flowing honey-sweet over my dwelling, soaking it, dripping like music from the walls… A peace for gods; a divine emptiness.”
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.... Some lovely Canada/US news for a change.
Lost for 5 months in the Northern Rockies, this cat is heading home to Oklahoma for Christmas | CBC News
After five months lost in northeastern B.C, a beloved family cat is heading home for the holidays. Since July, Shadow the cat has been surviving in the wilderness of the Northern Rockies.
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