Tiny Dancer

Just want to point out that the ACLU was and is still in full support of Citizens United. More than anything else, that ruling got us here.

Shoutout to the pundits who insisted Trump wouldn’t actually jail his political opponents, when less than six months in he’s now arrested a sitting judge, the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city, and a member of Congress.

Holy ****

The free speech app!

Trump for Pope, a third term, re-opening Alcatraz. These stories all serve a critical purpose. To distract from the story of our age: that the President of the United States is enriching his family with billions by running a corruption racket right out of the Oval Office.

Automobile dependence erodes public health in many ways: blunt force trauma (#1 cause for children and young adults), air pollution (CVD, asthma), noise pollution (QoL, dementia) but perhaps the most pernicious is that it has almost completely displaced walking. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...

#booksky

Clay Jackson's story is picking up momentum. Jackson is the Texas attorney who was visited by two law enforcement officers at his home after giving some legal advices to an undocumented family. He was fired from his job with FNF after talking to me about the incident. Here's Judd Legum:

"Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that create huge inequalities." - Pope Francis

This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

“The government is not a car company.”

Another Ukrainian flag at the marina ❤️🇺🇦

More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

🇬🇧🇳🇴🤝🇺🇦 $580 million UK/Norway military aid package will include: ▪️hundreds of thousands of FPV drones: ▪️radars; ▪️anti-tank mines; ▪️funding for the repair and maintenance of military equipment.

I’ve been deliberately buying US-made products for years, paying more to avoid poor labor practices & because shipping is bad for the environment. If people wanted & could afford US-made, we’d have more US-made options. The demand isn’t there. Tariffs won’t change that.

Shame is normal and healthy in appropriate doses, it’s the lubricant that allows a non-delusional assessment of your actually-existing actions and character grind against believing in noble things and having a moral code worth anything.

Why does America hate the poor? Mostly because of propaganda.

Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction

Something to think about

Been reading a little mythology and it seems like one of the main cross-cultural themes is, “do not, under any circumstances, get on a boat.”

External locus of control mindset: there’s nothing I can do, it’s up to the politicians to figure it out. Internal locus of control mindset: *dons suicide vest*

Holy Shit indeed

This is spot on. I’ve personally urged people for two decades to embrace complexity. This means we won’t always have the answer and that should be ok.

If I were going to buy anything today, it would be a Ukrainian flag to fly high on my mast in the marina.

We know what the causes are for collapsing numbers of pollinators. It's lack of habitat and neonicotinoid insecticides. It's something we should all be concerned about. Without pollinators, we starve. Literally. Apocalyptically.

"All generalizations, with the possible exception of this one, are false." ~ Kurt Gödel

On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...

Shonda Rhimes resigns from Kennedy Center board as Trump installs himself as leader.

Love is still a worthy adventure.

The function of the New York Times is to normalize Trump to readers that Fox News can't reach.

⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid. On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.