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🌍🌎🌏 👋 “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” – Chief Seattle, Duwamish

Acknowledging that I live on the land of the #Atfalati tribe of the #Kalapuya people who inhabited this land before colonial settlers arrived

#PNW #Cascadia #knitting #crochet #gardening #BloomScrolling #SilentSunday #LichenSubscribe

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Coach Pāṇini ®15h ago

#DanielPink on #ViktorFrankl via #LinkedIn:

Viktor Frankl survived Auschwitz.

Then he wrote one of the most powerful books ever written: Man’s Search for Meaning.

Here’s what he discovered—and why it still matters today.

Frankl’s core idea:

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”

It reshapes how we think about suffering, success, and what it means to truly live.

Frankl wasn’t just a survivor.

He was a psychiatrist who introduced a radical idea:

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Erin Reed16h ago
1. Stonewall National Monument took down trans flags and progress pride flags, opting only to fly the rainbow pride flag. It erases the trans people who led the Stonewall uprising. Thankfully, New Yorkers have been bringing their own and planting them. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Trump Took Stonewall’s Trans F...
Trump Took Stonewall’s Trans Flags. New Yorkers Brought Their Own.

It is impossible to separate the transgender community from the history of Stonewall, no matter how hard the government may try.

Erin In The Morning
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William Lindsey 20h ago

As Paul Waldman notes, somehow the US got through a couple of hundred years without law enforcement officers needing to cover their faces. Yet suddenly this is the norm for the Trump administration, which claims this is necessary to protect the officers. Why?

#Trump #ICE #masks #violence #authoritarianism
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https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/masked-men-with-guns-are-there-to

Masked Men With Guns Are There to Keep Us All Afraid

Don't forget what's underneath.

The Cross Section
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crkⓋ16h ago
Matt Golding
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Janel Comeau17h ago
microdosing a European vacation by walking 23,000 steps in shoes that aren’t really meant for it and then eating a piece of cheese outdoors
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Top Totty20h ago

Britain First is a far-right, British fascist and neo-fascist political party and hate group formed in 2011 by former members of the British National Party. The group was founded by Jim Dowson, an anti-abortion and far-right campaigner

One of its members killed the MP Jo Cox

Britian First is not a proscribed organisation

Next Friday #PalestineAction will become a proscribed organisation. No one has been killed by paint

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Prof. Sam Lawler16h ago

How many baby goats can you fit on top of one hay bale?

Answer: always one more. (Until the head-butting starts)

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BĂ­ch-Mây Nguyễn 16h ago

"A leading contender is a new group led by Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert and the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota.

Osterholm is launching the Vaccine Integrity Project at CIDRAP as a potential alternative to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/groups-organize-form-unbiased-independent-vaccine-panel-rcna212468

#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #ACIP #CDC #HHS

Outside groups organize to form unbiased, independent vaccine panel

In the wake of RFK Jr.'s decision to shake up ACIP, outside medical organizations and experts are looking for alternate sources of unbiased information and even considering forming a group of their own.

NBC News
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Catherynne M. Valente15h ago

I need a Muslim consult for the book I’m working on.

Preferably a woman, but any gender expression is fine, I just need to take a quite odd & reproductively confrontational SF concept very seriously from a devout Islamic perspective.

Can anyone on masto help me out?

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Diligence Jones16h ago

🧵THREAD: Why Are AI-Generated Black Women Selling War?

There’s a new kind of military propaganda happening—and it has a face.
Not a general. Not a flag.
A Black woman.
Digitally generated. Dressed in fatigues. Smiling, jubilant as she praises a U.S. airstrike against Iran.

Let’s talk about why that’s not progress. 👇🏾

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ebbtideJun 15
Show threadHamish The PolarBearJun 15
@sandlapper37 *Fascism imposed at home.
Show threadGJ Groothedde 🇪🇺Jun 15
@sandlapper37 Now do this in the voting booth.
Show threadStargeezer SmithJun 15
@sandlapper37
It's a clear mandate.
Show threadJimTheWhyGuy ❌👑Jun 15
@sandlapper37 Just think: What if all these folks who are pissed off enough to march AFTER #PresidentKrasnov was elected had, you know, decided to vote instead of being bent out of shape for various reasons? 🤦‍♂️
Show threadbinchickenJun 15

@jimthewhyguy you are so mad at the symptoms, but you fucken love the underlying causes

@sandlapper37

Show threadMicronH⚖️😷Jun 16
@jimthewhyguy @sandlapper37
be here now
Show thread🔶Mark Nicoll 3.5%🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳Jun 16
@jimthewhyguy @sandlapper37
The nmber of people marching is a fraction of the number of people who voted. Do you really think those marching are from the group that didn't vote?
Show threadatlovatoJun 15
@sandlapper37 - YES
Show threadCatherine SchmidtJun 15
@sandlapper37 when was the top photo taken? Looks like before the parade. I heard around 50,000 turned out which is nothing. Also heard the troops were not in step which may and likely was intentional…a signal we don’t want to be here
Show threadAaronJun 16
@lillyfinch @sandlapper37 There is no way it was 50k. That's bigger than my hometown, and we regularly have parades with bigger crowds.
Show threadCatherine SchmidtJun 16
@hosford42 @sandlapper37 that was one estimate..final was around 8,000
Show threadAaronJun 16
@lillyfinch @sandlapper37 I still think that's an overestimate, but at least it's believable.
Show threadCatherine SchmidtJun 16
@hosford42 @sandlapper37 me too
Show threadcrazyeddieJun 15

@sandlapper37 Y'all got strange voting habits then :p

Eh, most in the protest probably didn't vote. Maybe next time?

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Show threadsystem619Jun 15

@sandlapper37

Finally someone speaking the truth. Fyi the parade is not for Trump, I'm not a supporter of him either,The U.S. Army's 250th anniversary parade, held in Washington, D.C. on June 14, 2025, is estimated to have cost between $25 million and $45 million. Some reports suggest the cost could be as high as $92 million, including $13 million for police expenses alone, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Show threadAriaflameJun 15
@ajkiller @sandlapper37 Then why aren't the other armed forces getting a parade? Why just the one that is on his birthday?
Show threadsystem619Jun 15
@ariaflame @sandlapper37 oct 2025 is the navy, I guess we will have to wait and see
Show threadAriaflameJun 16
@ajkiller @sandlapper37 The Army had already had plans for celebrating it all around the country. Trump cancelled those plans for this parade.
Show threadPasswordsarehard4Jun 15
@ajkiller @sandlapper37 and he isn’t really a draft dodger, right? He had bone spurs, somewhere. He’s a man child that wants to play war hero.
Show threadBwazJun 15
@ajkiller @sandlapper37
What kind of parade was held for the Army's 200th anniversary? Or their 100th? Of course it was because it coincided with Trump's birthday, nothing all that special about a 250th.
Show threadJuho MäntysaloJun 15

@Bwaz @ajkiller @sandlapper37

In general (and with no sympathy to Trump), it wouldn't be uncommon for some date to become important only decades or centuries after, when some event was post-facto decided to have "started" there. Famously US govt spent a lot of money for getting the map that first named the continent "America", as it was seen as "start" of the federation.

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Show threadJuho MäntysaloJun 15

@Bwaz @ajkiller @sandlapper37

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But to get back to the original question of why US Army gets birthday parade only now:

IIRC, US Army in present self has only existed since WW2, after which it started to get less popular, peaking in Vietnam.

Further, during the Cold War, USA wanted to portray "human-faced capitalism" and coups etc. weren't in the front of the message.

It's only after post-Soviet that USA declared itself "world police" at which the army becomes the centre of US self-image.

Show threadGowtham SarathyJun 15
@Bwaz but before fifty years I dont know if you can question it now as it should have been done by those at that time? Intentionally or not, but 250 a round number fell on his birthday may be. And he is president now and not during 200th year. Also if he arranged parade for 249th year we can complain that he is imposing something unwanted. And If its not his birthday, then is it fine for the people????
Show threadMr BethesdaJun 15
@sandlapper37 The top photo is highly deceptive. The entire top area was closed to the public, which is why there are few people there. The public viewing area is "below" the photo and had a lot more people. You can see some of them in the bottom left of the photo.
Show threadLuke RufkahrJun 15
@mrbethesda @sandlapper37 It is just straight up misinformation. Misinformation, regardless of any ideology is harmful to anyone who comes into contact with it.
Show threadRiaResistsJun 15
@sandlapper37
Awesome.
Well-done everyone who showed up!!
Show threadravelinJun 15
@sandlapper37 but where were all these people for the election??
Show threadAndrew ShoonerJun 15
@sandlapper37 The picture below is a gun control march from 2018: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/national/2018/03/24/marching-for-gun-control-students-fill-washington-streets-for-our-dead-friends/
Marching for gun control, students fill Washington streets 'for our dead friends'

WASHINGTON — Summoned to action by student survivors of the Florida school shooting, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters...

The Dallas Morning News
Show threadAaronJun 16
@ashooner @sandlapper37 Doesn't really impact the message, at least, since No Kings was the largest protest in the history of the US. Still makes me wonder how they managed to mess that up for the meme, tho. There are so many pictures of so many enormous crowds from Saturday that could have been used.
Show threadaproitzJun 15

@sandlapper37

The civil Army of Men and Women and Children was bigger then, than the real Army of the United States. March on and may the #Force be with you !

Show threadThe TurtleJun 15
@sandlapper37 i hope they ticketed the tanks tearing up DC's already-crappy streets. You're not even allowed to have an old studded snow tire on as a spare in DC, and here they have tank treads.
Show threadNatsura Jun 16
@sandlapper37 in a true democracy this would have seriously called for a massive special election, since it is obvious a majority aren't happy with this administration