Abbey Rhodes

Don't ridicule him for being old. Ridicule him for being a sorry excuse for a human being.

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He was brilliant in Roger Rabbit, but my favorite was Bob Hoskins playing Cher's lover in Mermaids (1990) - a funny, tender savant. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid...

Wow! This is fabulous: Woody Harrelson as an Exxon spokesperson telling us who's to blame for global warming.

'Before there is a courtroom, there is a childhood.' San Francisco's MAGIC program connects young people with adults who recognize their potential, not their problems. We hope it spreads to every major city in America. destination-freedom.org/keeping-the-...

Alexis de Tocqueville's loved American democracy. He tells us what we need to do today to 'reimagine, revitalize and rebuild our democracy.' [Dave Rhody = Abbey Rhodes, my nom de plume]. daverhodywriting.wordpress.com/2026/10/26/r...

15 Canadian youth have sued the Canadian government for violating their constitutional rights by failing to adequately address the country’s role in global warming. Love to see the young folks in the U.S. follow suit.

For six weeks, NFL star Azeez Al-Shaair has used his platform to honor Palestinian girls. Today, he honored Fatima Al-Bayook, a Palestinian girl who was shot and killed by Israeli forces two days ago. Fatima was the sole survivor of an Israeli attack that killed her entire family in 2023.

I don't know how that got my picture. I also don't remember growing the beard. But I dig the message.

Fabulous device, but the very fact that we need it is an indictment of humanity.

Now we finally know what the Kagu crossed the road.

Yesterday, while watching a 49ers game, I was gobsmacked to see a Republican fear-mongering ad in which a white woman claimed that she was afraid to show her face because of 'leftist racism." HCR points out that fewer voters are buying this shit. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-25...

Great transcript of Obama's latest rally speech - "Don't boo, vote." TY @rbreich.bsky.social robertreich.substack.com/p/wise-and-i...

“After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence, the likes of which we have not seen in modern times, you get a chance to say enough’s enough.” - Obama's return to the stage, as Elliot Kirschner notes, is both hopeful and sad. elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/obamas-ret...

"We are being hoodwinked and told fairy stories by a small cohort of men who are desperate to accrue power and keep it to themselves." - Carole Cadwalladr​, journalist who broke the story that led to the $25B judgement against Meta. sfstandard.com/2026/10/26/m...

Trump's wind turbine paranoia is another among hundreds of reasons we need to get his corrupt ass out of the White House. He's a threat to a rare bipartisan Senate bill aimed at accelerating the construction of new energy grids. www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

I applaud Massachusetts' clean energy goals. Their new plans for batteries will expand their capacity for clean energy and lower electricity costs. www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...

Besides barring the door to another authoritarian leader, Lula's re-election bodes well for the 'lungs of the world' – the Amazon Rainforest. He knows we can't afford to lose it. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

"What we need in schools is funding. What we need in communities is help for parents. What we don't need is religion." - this woman is spot on.

'A new wave of electrification': EV sales in Europe up 70 per cent year-on-year in September www.businessgreen.com/news/4537553...

One bright sport emerges from the Trump presidencies. We have learned how badly we need to build, reimagine and realize our democracy.

"It’s no longer Democrat versus Republican or left versus right. It’s now democracy versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong." robertreich.substack.com/p/exposed?r=...

Great history lesson from HCR about the super inflated stock market of the 1920s that Republicans refused to regulate. It all led to the 1929 crash and the Great Depression. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-24...

Cindy Banda seems like a very good person, working hard, raising her late sister's three kids and her own, and now she's recovering from breast cancer. More than ever, I'm completely baffled by good people like Cindy who voted 3 times for Trump. apnews.com/photo-essay/...

Right on, Great Britain.

Shawn Phillips saved my life, more than once. He's the reason I learned to play a 12-string, and sing to fill the void. Take a listen. You won't regret it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcEk...

The protests are huge in France. The people will not be silenced. It truly is the Socialist Spring for Europe.

I miss Robin so much, a bright, bright spirit who left us way too soon.

I am heartened by the mass protests in France, Spain, Italy and Albania – and the millions-strong pro-democracy demonstrations in Brazil. Hope blossoms from people power! apnews.com/photo-galler...

Well-said, Mr. Reilly. Empathy is what makes us human.

ICE said Antonio Moreida jumped onto the hood of their vehicle. Now a local police investigation concludes that an ICE agent struck him with his SUV. The routine lying by ICE is the result of the example set by leadership of the Department of Homeland Security.

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I call bullshit on this: I'm happy that the Russian-occupied Ukraine city of Oleshky gets some relief, but Melania Trump as a diplomat, pulease. apnews.com/article/russ...

Capitalism is great at making more. Terrible at knowing when to stop. Infinite growth on a finite planet is a physical impossibility.

A street name has a lot to say about our history: • In the late 19th Century a busy San Francisco street was named to honor the military: Army Street. • In 1995 that street became Cesar Chavez Street. • Next year it will become Las Campesinas Street. www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Interesting idea – 11,000 members of Congress – and not quite as ludicrous as it sounds at first. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/why-i-want...

What HCR describes in her latest post is a group of oligarchs led by Trump carving up the world's untapped oil supplies at the expense of the rest of the planet. Trump is in a rush to accomplish this before the midterms. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-23...

I feel sorry for these kids. One day they will come to realize that their grandfather was the most hated president in U.S. history.

The relentless attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar represent something deeply troubling. Political disagreement is democracy. Racism, bigotry and intimidation are not. No woman should be subjected to hatred for her identity, her voice or her refusal to be silenced. #Pinks 📨✨ — Pinks Global

Final Friday thought – don't forget to laugh:

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Friday thought #9 – have a beautiful weekend:

Friday thought #8 – why I've dedicated the rest of my life to climate action:

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