Laurie Kossoff

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Puppy mom. Home coffee roaster. Occasional birder. Gardener. She/Her
Combat Veterans Tell Us What We Need to Know About War

“Enough of the horror.”

YES! Magazine

Mastodon is the exact right place to ask the universe for a photo series of estuarial animals called

MARSH MADNESS

Please, for me, someone do this

#MarshMadness

This! “A year after closing, this restaurant is feeding more people than ever — for free” The San Francisco Standard https://apple.news/AxqOzpI52SjGKNKVyTmnJcA
A year after closing, this restaurant is feeding more people than ever — for free — The San Francisco Standard

When they were priced out of their former location last year, these restaurateurs bought a bus and took their show on the road.

"All that you touch
You Change.

All that you Change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
Is Change.

God
Is Change."

Remembering Octavia Butler, who died on this day in 2006, with her abiding wisdom on life: https://www.themarginalian.org/tag/octavia-butler/

Octavia Butler – The Marginalian

The Marginalian

“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” -James Baldwin

#JamesBaldwin #BlackFriday #BlackMastodon #BlackJoy

This week, more than 70 Republicans in Congress proposed permanently extending the Trump tax cuts. The bill would add an estimated $3 trillion to the deficit.

Don't be fooled. Republicans in Congress don't care about the deficit. They want tax cuts for their wealthy donors.

Y'all participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count?

I saw and heard a flock of 40 Cedar Waxwings today, so cool! What are you seeing?

https://www.audubon.org/conservation/about-great-backyard-bird-count
#GBBC #Birding #BirdersAreCool

About the Great Backyard Bird Count

Every February, count for as little as 15 minutes in your own backyard to help expand our understanding of birds.

Audubon
Given all the excitement of tech CEOs and investors about _artificial_ intelligence, it's gonna be wild when they find out you can fund _real_ intelligence by paying taxes that go towards schools and teacher salaries
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), who has been passing out assault rifle lapel pins to his colleagues this week, cowers in terror behind an officer at the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection Jan. 6, 2021. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-andrew-clyde-assault-rifle-pins-house_n_63defb68e4b01e928871b032
Twitter Critics Post Jan. 6 Photo Of Terrified GOP Rep Now Handing Out Assault Rifle Pins

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) mocks Democrats for being "triggered" by his assault rifle lapel pins. Twitter wags noted he looked pretty triggered by Jan. 6 violence.

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