In 1960s, USSR, UK, US agreed space is to be a commons for humanity, not for war or financial exploitation. US is ignoring that, wants US companies to mine THE MOON. www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourw...
The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon on August 5, 2026, at approximately 2:35 a.m. EDT. The unintentional collision occurred near the Einstein Crater at a speed of roughly 5,400 mph." www.independent.co.uk/space/spacex... @tony873004.bsky.social
Out-of-control SpaceX rocket smashes into the Moon
Collision hit with the power of three tons of TNT and will leave behind a visible crater on the lunar surface
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New piece by Jared Loggins and me in the Boston Univ. Law Review. Wide-ranging conversation on the uncertain role of the university in end times fascism, campus worker complicity in genocide and scholasticide, and missed opportunities of the Black University movement. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...
Wish You Were Here Representing transformation and loss. Acknowledges the passing of cultural cornerstones and the spiritual fortitude they leave behind. Change has come. Things are not as they were. Wish you were here. #nativeartist #contemporaryart #nativeamericanculture #art #CrowTribe #fyp
“Knows Her Medicine Crow Indian” by Kevin Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow American) - Acrylic on canvas / 1981 - Denver Art Museum (Colorado) #WomenInArt #art #artText #artwork #DenverArtMuseum #KevinRedStar #RedStar #IndigenousWomen #Crow #Apsaalooke #PortraitofaWoman #indigeneousArt #NativeAmericanArt
"We see a future where intelligence is a utility, & people buy it from us on a meter." -Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO. The article callls this mass destruction of books libricide, w no care about obliteration of culture & humanity itself. OpenAI already assists Israel w genocide & mass scholasticide.
Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X)@markanthonyneal.bsky.social · yesterdayAI Companies Are Pulping Our Humanity | Ed Simon The recent revelation about Anthropic’s systematic digitization and destruction of out-of-print books portends a rapacious future, one where soulless LLMs swell while the shelves starve. hyperallergic.com/ai-companies...
AI Companies Are Pulping Our Humanity | Ed Simon The recent revelation about Anthropic’s systematic digitization and destruction of out-of-print books portends a rapacious future, one where soulless LLMs swell while the shelves starve. hyperallergic.com/ai-companies...
AI Companies Are Pulping Our Humanity
The recent revelation about Anthropic’s systematic digitization and destruction of out-of-print books portends a rapacious future, one where soulless LLMs swell while the shelves starve.
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"All of the speculation and hype around A.I. is hiding the fact...It is the backbone of a superstructure that merges regressive politics with unchecked economic power in the guise of technological innovation." -- Tressie McMillan Cottom www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
Opinion | A Reading List for Our Age of A.I. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
nytimes.com
Six years ago today 🌿 Commelina dianthitolia, our uncommon BirdBill Dayflower, blooming on Red Rock Canyon Trail #nativeplants
RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
Pentagon uses China as the reason the major US AI companies were given Pentagon contracts (and the reason for $1 trillion Pentagon budget, as US has 37% of world military spending for 4% of world population). Simultaneously, Pentagon & China are business partners in US rare Earth mineral mine:
Unicorns Happen@silvy777.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe rare Earth mine the Pentagon is becoming a major shareholder in, MP Materials, is partly owned by the Chinese govt. MP Materials & Pentagon are also establishing a refinery joint venture with Saudi Arabia. To paraphrase @sarahkendzior.bsky.social, they are selling our country for parts.
Monarch Butterfly taking a short rest on the Serviceberry... #pollinators #monarchbutterfly
Black-throated blue warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) – From the Instagram archive… It's always a good day when I hear a buzzy song and spot one of these bluish moth-eaters. One of my favorite warblers. www.instagram.com/ryan.bebej.photography 🪶 #birds #birding #birdoftheday #wildlifephotography
The US war machine, the AI industry, the tech fascists MUST be reined in for humanity & US to survive. As our escalating debt & extreme militarism hemmorhage out our nation's resources, the bloodthirsty Pentagon, AI billionaires, Trump govt take everything, destroying democracy, environment, people.
Unicorns Happen@silvy777.bsky.social · yesterdayGenocide in Gaza & now war in Iran are unprecedented transfer of wealth from ALL taxpayers paying >$1 trillion Pentagon budget to the investors in AI. Current white supremacist ruling class set up a grisly casino where we pay taxes & they always win. Source for below: www.fool.com/research/how...
Genocide in Gaza & now war in Iran are unprecedented transfer of wealth from ALL taxpayers paying >$1 trillion Pentagon budget to the investors in AI. Current white supremacist ruling class set up a grisly casino where we pay taxes & they always win. Source for below: www.fool.com/research/how...
Unicorns Happen@silvy777.bsky.social · last yr.Top 1% in US own half the stock market. Top 10% own almost all, 87%. The bottom 50% of US own 1%. Black people own <1%. Latino people <1%. Dropping bombs on Iran, genocide in Gaza profit investor class who own weapons, AI, oil stocks. Our taxes used for war are massive upward transfer of $$$.
“The book functions as a playlist as much as a memoir...these references create a throughline between generations of Black men who could not always say what they needed to say but could find it somewhere in their music.” — DeQuendre (Goodreads) music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
'When the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts unveiled its America250 Big Read program, Marita Golden and Gwen McKinney realized there were no Black women on the list of authors. So the literary activists created something of their own.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGe8...
No Black Women on the Trump NEA’s America250 List? They Made Their Own | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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"US senators Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, and Chris Van Hollen, of Maryland, rallied with El-Sayed in Michigan last weekend, saying they wanted fighters like him to work alongside." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Democrats face most contentious – and crucial – test yet with Michigan primary
Voters are faced with the thorny question of electability: who can win this purple state in November and potentially push Democrats toward a US Senate majority?
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"Trump is part of a complex illicit network including individuals from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the UK, the US & more." @sarahkendzior.bsky.social shares 1st chapter of her 2020 book Hiding in Plain Sight. The demolition of the White House this term reflects the ongoing demolition of our govt.
Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3d ago“Criminals without borders have moved from hijacking businesses to hijacking nations. Some call them fascists; I avoid this term because being a fascist requires an allegiance to the state. To these operatives, the state is just something to sell.” sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/still-hidi...
Meet the Immigrant Doulas Feeding Their Wisconsin Communities At Roots4Change, a group of immigrant women is supporting expecting mothers with fresh food from local farms. Many share the same experiences. civileats.com/2026/07/30/m...
Meet the Immigrant Doulas Feeding Their Wisconsin Communities
At Roots4Change, a group of immigrant women supports expecting mothers with fresh food from local farms. Many share the same experiences.
civileats.com
#BirdOfTheDay #BestOfJuly #ECK #Birds #Warbler #NashvilleWarbler From my one birding adventure in July. It was deep in the shadows. I think it is a Nashville Warbler and a first. 😀
As Spokane burns, US Pentagon burns more fossil fuels than most nations. It is the largest institutional fossil fuel consumer on Earth 💔 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...
Unicorns Happen@silvy777.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhat are Putin, Netanyahu, Trump even doing to the world climate with their wars? Pentagon is the largest fossil fuel consumer on Earth even without war; now these psychopaths are burning/consuming fossil fuels & dropping toxins on people & the Earth in a sickening display of abject inhumanity.
#2 at Pentagon Stephen Feinberg is in Epstein files. An email 4/15/2015 between Epstein & Andrew Farkas say Feinberg's private company Cerberus gave $200 million dollars to Epstein & Farkas, coowners of a marina close to Epstein's island. (Others mentioned are Och-Ziff, Pershing Square, Harvard.)
Unicorns Happen@silvy777.bsky.social · last mo.@warren.senate.gov asks about #2 at Pentagon Stephen Feinberg's company Tier 1 Group (still owned by Cerberus) a paramilitary training camp, which trained the Saudi killers of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Deutsche Bank flagged Trump's & Kushner's accounts 2016 & 2017. Then (now #2 at Pentagon) Trump donor Stephen Feinberg became a major 3% shareholder of the bank via his private company Cerberus. Trump & Kushner investigation was dropped.
Unicorns Happen@silvy777.bsky.social · 4w agoSource for in 2016 and 2017, Trump/Kushner Deutsche Bank accounts were flagged for suspicion of money laundering tied to Russia. Never investigated. Trump donor Stephen Feinberg bought 3% of the bank:
So much gratitude to the organizers still pushing back on the concentration camp/warehouses.
Fatima Ameaka followed all the rules and she still got scooped on a domestic flight, caged, shipped to another cage, and then released with a promise of trial. The labyrinthine paperwork system is already cruel, now it's punctuated with random kidnappings.
Johns Hopkins researcher Fatima Ameaka released from ICE custody
A public health researcher at Johns Hopkins University who was arrested by immigration officials while boarding a domestic flight has been released after spending multiple days in federal custody acro...
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We are currently in the process of a massive evacuation of a major portion of the Spokane metropolitan area. The size of the fire is continuously growing @khqlocalnews.bsky.social
Mississippi has 1% of babies dying, in the richest nation on Earth. 💔 UN visit to US to assess women's rights said federalism is not an excuse for human rights abuses. Lack of access to reproductive healthcare & hospitals is an abuse of our human right to modern healthcare & bodily autonomy.
Unicorns Happen@silvy777.bsky.social · last yr.2015 UN report that raises this vital point: "We understand the complexity of federalism, but this cannot be regarded as a justification for failure to secure [human] rights, which are universal, indivisible and inalienable." Applies to voting, civil rights, etc.