Many years ago, a young person I loved, after many conflicts with the law, died by suicide. It was gutting. I really really wished afterwards that they had had culturally competent counseling/therapy available. There are other reasons that I am committed to making sure REBUILD continues:

Support REBUILD 2025: Free Therapy on Mightycause

REBUILD provides FREE therapy for justice-involved and formerly incarcerated people of color.

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@irishrainforest.bsky.social , when they tell me to stick to my lane, I calmly explain that anything having to do with humans, nature, or our planet IS MY LANE.

Every once in a while the availability of bagel, neufchatel cheese, and lox coincide. It is cause for a minor celebration. Today is such a day. My breakfast is replete.

People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

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We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.

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In case anybody wants a source for this story that *isn't* on a website using AI and doesn't read like it was written by AI, here ya go: heritageheadlines.com/rare-west-vi...

Rare West Virginia Chestnuts Sit Near a Massive AI Data Center Plan - Hopewell Heritage Headlines

Advocates warn that blight-surviving American chestnuts near Mason County’s former state nursery could be lost to AI data center construction. State…

heritageheadlines.com

Kasey Gifford@kaseygifford.bsky.social · 5d ago

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

It's Black History Month in the UK (which is, strangely, rather unremarked upon atm). Queer Black History is also barely discussed or mentioned www.wearequeeraf.com/how-many-mor...

How many more generations will be denied Black queer history before we take action?

When we understand that our history is diverse, it changes our outlook. I hope that this Black History Month, we all take the time to uncover the history lessons we were denied in school

wearequeeraf.com

Now would be a great time for democrats to themselves invite election monitors and force Trump to stand by refusing to do so. Make this a big thing NOW before the election happens. He'll almost certainly have to back down, and if he doesn't, it's clear why.

Tonight, they have danced. Moon and Jupiter. #MoonOfTheNow

Random Geographic Fact Of The Day: The Geographical Centre of Vietnam is in Laos & The Geographical Centre of Laos is in Thailand Other examples here: brilliantmaps.com/geographi...

Gente, se alguém quiser fazer o botton anti IA, segue a arte Eu recomendo pin 5,5cm pra ficar legível em foto e vídeo

HUGE: The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes have both voted to impose a three-year moratorium on data center construction on tribal lands — temporarily banning dara centers on 8,000 square miles. The Cherokee Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Tribe have all imposed similar bans.

Younger generations lack understanding of the joy of turning the crank on the mimeograph machine. It's slightly sad.

@prisonculture.bsky.social ; This should NOT have taken me so long, especially given the crudeness of the design (forced by the crudeness of the available tools)... but I have a library poster for you. Please DM me a means to get it to you as a PNG or JPEG. Thank you (indeed for your patience!).

#WeekWithoutDriving I gladly gave up vehicular ownership and operation in 1998. Decades Without Driving...

Okay, coffee. I need you to fill the void in my soul where "trust in government" used to be.

There are people out there who have no idea how to "use an app". I find them the most likely to state their dislike of Gemini. "No, I don't use that."

Where I am with monthly "challenges".

Classic study: male beetles that have big weapons for fighting with other males have small genitals.

Evolutionary trade-off between weapons and testes | PNAS

It has long been recognized that male mating competition is responsible for the evolution of weaponry for mate acquisition. However, when females m...

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This is not good.

Rose Broderick@rosebroderick.bsky.social · 2w ago

The CDC wants to redesign its annual health survey. Their proposed changes would make people with intellectual and developmental disabilities "invisible." www.statnews.com/2026/10/01/c...

This man is not our friend.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2w ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor's offices and other spaces people generally consider private.

One anti-pattern that I really, really hate is - when "offering" a feature or upgrade - only presenting a choice between Do It Now and Ask Me Again Later. I would guess that 90% of users, if given their druthers, would actually choose Fuck Off And Never Bother Me Again.

Is your pension setting the world on fire? “With over USD 46 trillion in assets worldwide, pension funds are among the largest institutional investors in fossil fuels,” thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/106844/pensi...

Is your pension supporting fossil fuels?

Pension funds have invested $46 trillion in fossil fuels – and they’re facing growing pressure to divest. What difference could they make?

thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org

Evening swim. #MoonOfTheNow

I'm sorry to have to do this - but an unexpected expense today emptied my bank account. ASSUMING I get to start my new job...I won't get paid until October 15th. gofund.me/22d544fa7

Donate to A Little Help for Alex’s Fresh Start, organized by Alex von Hochtritt

Hi. I'm Alex. I used to work in technology—software quality assurance testin… Alex von Hochtritt needs your support for A Little Help for Alex’s Fresh Start

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My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

I had that dream again.

Few things in life scud. Clouds are among them. #MoonOfTheNow

@hickenlooper.senate.gov, @bennet.senate.gov: How important is repairing our standing with our neighbors and allies if we continue to brush off the very international body we should be a part of? Even if we have to send people to trial for war crimes and other acts of evil?

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3w ago

If your rep or senator isn't demanding that the US sign the Rome Statues nor defending the ICC then they are just as equally complicit as Donald Trump in protecting Putin, Netanyahu and betraying Canada, the EU, and all allies. You are either with us or against us.

@thealmostbear.bsky.social ; One for you.

Kirsti@kst.bsky.social · 3w ago

An East Coast cousin shipped me her Finnish grammar textbooks & the books just arrived. Spouse commented, "If I wrote an introductory Finnish textbook, I'd call it 'A Start To Finnish'" 🤣 #DadJokes

On Car Free Day, people around the world are encouraged to walk, cycle, take the bus or train.