stephon in nm here
@stephonnm.bsky.social
I'm tired, boss. I'm tired of folks being greedy and ugly and mean. Best buckle up, it's gonna be a rough ride for everyone, even if some of us don't realize it yet.
Devastated to learn of the passing of New Mexico’s own, Dolores Huerta. A friend. A mentor. A real life super hero. Dolores helped organize a movement that changed our country. From farmworkers to working families, women, & communities whose voices were often ignored, she was a voice for change.
I'm pretty sure that only shit-hole countries take in felonious wanna-be dictators after they lose elections they needed to win to maintain their corruption. Everyone else, though? "Papers, please. Or else."
Dolores Huerta, who rose to national prominence as the co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, and was known for her advocacy for women farmworkers, has died. She was 96. Huerta coined the ¡Sí Se Puede! chant and came to define the farmworker movement.
Dolores Huerta, Chicana activist and prominent defender of farmworker rights, dies at 96
The labor activist spent over seven decades organizing for better treatment and pay for immigrant workers in California’s Central Valley.
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Welp. Voted this morning at the county courthouse. No line at all, in and out in less than 10 minutes. For all the good it will do. Even voting for Dems feels like I'm just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Nothing to see here, folks. No, literally. There's gonna be nothing, very soon. 🙄🤬
norvid_studies@norvid-studies.bsky.social · last wk.the story goes like this
Some experts say the cats have been fed. Speak to the cats themselves, however, and you'll hear a different story. One that may shock you. On our new, six part podcast, we ask the big question: In the war between experts and cats... ...just who can we truly believe?
Joking aside, my intro to philosophy teacher used to say that it's when you believe you uniquely understand the Truth, capital T Truth, that you become capable of atrocities. Thinking about that lately... He meant it about a population but it so very clearly applies to individuals too.
Sharing this little absolute gem of wisdom with y'all. (And I'm not being snarky, either)
Milly Dogood@millydogood.bsky.social · last wk.There is a peculiar species of ambition that mistakes stubbornness for courage and cruelty for strength. A wise man knows when to retreat from folly. A fool mistakes every warning for an invitation to proceed.
Welp. We, the people (thru various judges) can scream at this f'in administration all we want, but the transgressions won't actually stop until someone has the balls to put them in jail for contempt of court. And I don't see thap happening anytime soon.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w agoWOW: A federal judge ERUPTED at Trump administration lawyers after hundreds of trees were chopped down for Trump's DC golf course project despite repeated warnings to provide advance notice. Our Scott MacFarlane was inside the courtroom for the extraordinary showdown.
Looking forward to the same scrutiny being impartially applied to Elon Musk and Melania Trump, whose immigration documents are much much worse than anything alleged about Omar's father
Dante Atkins@danteatkins.bsky.social · 2w agoWhen Dems talk about the Ilhan Omar situation, they need to stop using language that implies that Omar might have done anything wrong. Trump is not "investigating" Omar. They are trying to denaturalize and deport a sitting Congressmember by scrutinizing decades old paperwork from when she was a kid
Don't threaten us with a good time there, ya moron. Bring it all on.
Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3w agoSteve Bannon issues warning to voters if they vote for Democrats in the midterms: “I think you’ll see Bobby Kennedy impeached, I’ll think you see Pete Hegseth impeached. I think you’ll see subpoenas flying every day. They will look to destroy Trump, and we’ll be bogged down for two years.”
Being a New Mexican, of course I initially saw a green chile. Then I thought hmm, wonder if one of our schools might decide to change mascots....
Laura Seay@texasinafrica.bsky.social · 3w agoSpent this past week in Mississippi. Of all the college mascots, Delta State University's Fighting Okra is the greatest mascot.
man, that guy whose administration is live streaming an execution by firing squad is gonna be pissed he didn’t win the nobel peace prize
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
From the article. I'm seeing some badly-fitting uniformed, overweight white chud in wraparound sunglasses going "Here, just put your Jesus Cheez-its in this here tupperware container and my guards / capos will hand 'em out."
Rosamundi@rosamundi.bsky.social · 3w agoOh, the Archdiocese of St Louis is *mad*, mad, I see. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
And the muthafuckas behind him just chuckling like it's a fucking joke, isn't Grandpa funny when he rants... Plus whatever is going on with the MaraLago-faced Mrs. Dell. Wow.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
Yeah, sure, Mar'kwain. Let's just ignore 400 years of water law in NM. No biggie. Wonder if @heinrich.senate.gov is still proud of confirming his good buddy as DHS Secretary? Feckin' idjits, the both of them. I hope there's hard jail time for both of them, eventually.
Source New Mexico@sourcenm.com · 3w agoThe chief lawyer for Office of the State Engineer told legislators this week that the state is pushing back against the Trump administration’s announcement of a “waiver” of all the state’s laws and regulations regarding the use of groundwater to aid construction of a border wall. buff.ly/qX10Nv4
You know what? I’m feeling generous today. This is Chapter 13 of Space Opera, justifying why in the world sentience would be determined via an interstellar battle of the bands.
Midsporkkar@strivingally.bsky.social · 3w agoI just finished a re-read of Space Opera by @catvalente.bsky.social and oh my stars that is such a gorgeous disaster ride of a book. Much like the Eurovision competition which inspired it, you don’t so much engage with the text so much as let it happen at you. And Chapter 13 is sublime.
Yeah, both of NM's senators are on my shit list for this, among many other reasons.
Danielle Froom 🏳️🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · 3w ago"Democrats aren't abandoning trans people! Maybe just one or two..." Here's every Democrat who's either voted to strip human rights away from trans people and/or has campaigned on anti-trans propaganda in the last year.
Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately
![Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.
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[My name]
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Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
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The Heritage Apple Corps have found trees in central Oregon that are genetic matches for some of the rare "lost" apple varieties we find in the islands. With more sampling, both here and there, we hope to be able to properly identify these varieties and bring them back into production.
These 130-year-old Central Oregon pioneer apple trees are still bearing fruit
Apple trees planted by Central Oregon's first homesteaders 130 years ago are still producing fruit, and some varieties are so rare that DNA tests came back as unique.
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Baby goats anyone? 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: @sattleplatz20
I'm kinda thinking this is a basic law of human nature and never has it been more evident than right now.
Astrotuna (but spooky)@astrotuna.bsky.social · 3w agoThe electorate is always the median dumbest person you've ever met. And man, are people fucking stupid.
The incredible Special Effects of KAREL ZEMAN — without whom there’d be no Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton or Wes Anderson to name but three.
I saw the start of this thread when Gail posted it, then got busy with real life. I'm so glad I came back and read the rest. Sometimes. Sometimes life can be lovely.
Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 4w agoYou guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
