"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

#Elections2024

1. The US murder rate is down an 12% year-to-date, based on 90 cities that have released data.

If the trend holds it will be the single largest annual decline in the murder rate ever recorded.

And yet, you probably haven't heard anything about it.

🧵

Hunter Biden has actually been a very useful case study for the difference in this country between the right and the left.

I’ve never heard anyone in my liberal circles suggest he shouldn’t be investigated and prosecuted if there’s evidence of wrongdoing. Joe Biden hasn’t blathered endlessly about political witch hunts, hasn’t insulted and attacked everyone involved in the process, and won’t make this a violence-inducing talking point at cultish campaign rallies. Because we’d think that’s nuts.

Worth racing down the beach in my socks for

12-24mm lens on a Nikon Z6, processed in Darktable

#Photography #Sunset

My hero this week is Amanda Zurawski, who explains to the senate, how Texas is willing to kill women to prevent abortion.

Luckily, she survived to tell her story. Other women will not be able to.

https://youtu.be/MsMe3txZVPk