i was originally going to only post the more cropped version of this without the clothes pin but then i realized what good scale it gave for just how tiny the golden crowned kinglets are. they are so! small!

#birds

So much of what we're suffering in the US - and elsewhere - is due to the capture of income by the rich. To quote:

"How big is this elephant? A staggering $50 trillion. That is how much the upward redistribution of income has cost American workers over the past several decades.

This is not some back-of-the-napkin approximation. According to a groundbreaking new working paper by Carter C. Price and Kathryn Edwards of the RAND Corporation, had the more equitable income distributions of the three decades following World War II (1945 through 1974) merely held steady, the aggregate annual income of Americans earning below the 90th percentile would have been $2.5 trillion higher in the year 2018 alone. That is an amount equal to nearly 12 percent of GDP—enough to more than double median income—enough to pay every single working American in the bottom nine deciles an additional $1,144 a month. Every month. Every single year.

Price and Edwards calculate that the cumulative tab for our four-decade-long experiment in radical inequality had grown to over $47 trillion from 1975 through 2018. At a recent pace of about $2.5 trillion a year, that number we estimate crossed the $50 trillion mark by early 2020. That’s $50 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of working Americans had inequality held constant—$50 trillion that would have built a far larger and more prosperous economy—$50 trillion that would have enabled the vast majority of Americans to enter this pandemic far more healthy, resilient, and financially secure."

https://time.com/5888024/50-trillion-income-inequality-america/

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Truly horrifying ruling out of Alabama
“AL Supreme Court rules IVF embryos are protected under Wrongful Death of a Minor Act”

This absurd ruling is medical malpractice & will end IVF in AL. People suffering from infertility now have no access.

Alabama ranks #3 nationally in highest rate of infant mortality.😳MAGAs were never “pro-life.” They were always pro control of women.😐

https://mynbc15.com/news/local/alabama-supreme-court-rules-in-vitro-embryos-are-children