This illegal war on Iran is benefitting very few people and screwing everyone else now and in the future.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/07/iran-war-global-dependence-fossil-fuels-biggest-emitters-reaping-rewards?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env

I am completely appalled that the supreme court denied cert in the Stroble case today.

It has been settled federal law that Native citizens who live and work on their reservation are exempt from state taxes. To deny a hearing on this matter and thus giving credence to the wrongheaded ruling by the Oklahoma supreme court is a direct attack on our inherent sovereignty.

It also means Natives may be taxed twice.

But please do go on about the equal rule of law.

https://www.muscogeenation.com/2026/04/06/principal-chief-david-hill-responds-to-scotus-decision/

"I want to talk about an under-represented group on Fedi"

Young people? "No"
Africans? "No"
Less techie folks? "No"
Indigenous folks? "No"
Women? "No"
Non-English/German speakers? "No"
Anyone not white? "No"
South Americans? "No"
Minority religious folks? "No"
People with cognitive differences? "No"
Non-graduates? "No"
Working class folks? "No"
Retired people? "No"
Occupied people? "No"

Emmmm, the Sentinel Island people? "No"

Ok, who?

"Tech journalists who love AI"

Fuck all the way off.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@elementary/116325116309116883

Someone asked me for a refund over this post, so I’d like to make something clear: our community consists of trans and gay and disabled people and people of color and people whose first language is not English and a whole host of other kinds of marginalization and I have no plans to ever stop celebrating that. If that’s a problem for you, I am extremely happy to give you your money back.

I was on the road today when Jackson Browne's 1973 song "Doctor, My Eyes" came on the radio. I'd never listened closely to the lyrics. Musically, it's this fast, upbeat shuffle. But the poem is a song of desperation... about how we exile unwanted feelings, until a day comes that we can't feel anything at all.

I was in tears myself by the end. Because I've been feeling that numbness creeping up for quite a while. And he managed to touch it: that awful "prize" for learning how not to cry.

"You can't support abolition/universal healthcare/reparations/universal housing/etc without being able to answer every possible hypothetical question about its implementation" is, frankly, horseshit.

The Wright brothers didn't need to be able to design a 747 to build the first airplane.