A simple reminder: if you don't want to hit the pothole, just don't hit the pothole. Stop the violence.
Trying to leave things in better shape than how I found them. (BTW, "mastodon" means "nipply teeth." Look it up.)
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Header image from MS. MARVEL (2014). That's me.
Twenty years of the Global War on Terror cost the United States $8 trillion dollars. It's not just the cost of bombs and soldiers, but also the long-term costs, such as VA health care for wounded and disabled vets, the cost of borrowing to finance the war, and so on.
If we had not invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, we'd be $8 trillion ahead. That's enough to run the United States federal government for a year.
The United States will be a hellish place after it kills all its forests.
Jesus christ, this guy is just stripping the whole damn nation for parts!
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To the people reading this - do not give into despair, the number one tool of authoritarians. Say a silent thank you for all the gifts the natural world gives us and commit yourselves to not letting the world-burners succeed. Respond to this news by steeling yourselves for a fight and discover ways you can make a difference right now.
Wake up, prices are rising, wages are stagnant. The bridge downtown is rusting away. There used to be a trolly line and a bus line but now it is gone. The schools are shabby, the park is choked with weeds, the swings are broken. But, we live in such a wealthy country, right? Where *is* all that wealth?
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I went to pottery class today and opened by asking several of my classmates if they knew how to use the slab roller upstairs. Nobody did but everyone wanted to, so when the teacher got in I’m like “hey teach, do you know how to use the slab roller upstairs” and she’s like “no” (she’s a visiting artist who only got here a couple months ago so this is not very surprising) “but I’ve used a lot of different ones and I bet we can figure it out.” Me: “do you want to go on a Journey of Discovery?” Everyone: yes. YES. *cue sickos faces* so we all thunder up the stairs periodically shouting JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY and our teacher snags another person who uses the slab roller A Lot and this person gives us a very thorough lesson and demonstration and every so often someone else wanders through and asks what’s happening and we all go JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY at them and now everyone knows how to use the slab roller and honestly I cannot recommend this approach enough as a way to make learning new skills and life generally more exciting.
Reporter who was kidnapped in Baghdad was known for pursuing gutsy, low-budget assignments
https://apnews.com/article/iraq-kidnapped-journalist-baghdad-shelly-kittleson-3f3df27cb39ae304ecf49c81b7c44c80?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into International News @international-news-AssociatedPress
American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson often worked without formal assignments from editors and on a shoestring budget. She took shared taxis to lawless corners of Iraq where militia rule outweighs government control. Kittleson, who is 49, has lived abroad for years, building a respected journalism career across the Middle East. On Wednesday, she vanished after being forced into a car by two men at a busy Baghdad intersection. Friends and fellow journalists describe her as a determined, gutsy reporter who was deeply curious and often embedded herself in local communities, sometimes staying with families rather than in hotels.
"Fossil fuel billionaires pay for policies that ignore the obvious results of their ecocide.
The year-round wildfire seasons in Colorado & California, just ignore that.
Nevermind about your burning homes & unbreathable air."
The Epstein Class can be pretty obtuse but even they will notice that their homes are threatened by fossil fuel climate change & wildfires.
Los Angeles -- $132 billion in losses
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