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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Defying DeSantis, Florida Prid...

Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow Colors

LGBT Floridians demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.

Erin In The Morning

obscurestar 2d ago

Prester John

Ah ha. I knew there was something about Narnia that felt like it was built around some other thing. At last I know what it was.

obscurestar 4d ago

OMG I envy kids today so much. I just got some RP2040 Zero boards. Roughly the power of a nice 286 on a board the size of a quarter and 100x the clock.
It'll run off an 18650 battery for a day.
Do you know what the FLASHLIGHTS were like when I was a kid. This was Star Trek. I yearn for what I could do with a 3D printer and laser CNC machine now. Let alone what I'd have made as a child with such tools. Amazing!

obscurestar 6d ago

Aw. I remember going to this place back in the 90s. Part of what made the bay area so much more exciting than where I'd grown up in the midwest. https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/28/fans-flock-to-japan-video-on-its-final-day-in-japantown-after-40-years/

Fans flock to Japan Video on its final day in Japantown after 40 years - The San Francisco Standard

The anime and manga store opened in 1984 and quickly became a cultural fixture.

The San Francisco Standard

obscurestar May 19

I have probably permanently ruined my reputation with the local wildlife.

Captured a raven with a broken wing and took him to the wildlife rehab center. Hope they're able to help him.

obscurestar May 18

Robert Reich May 17

The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024.

This isn't due to luck or skill.

Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.

obscurestar May 16

Lemon May 16

A rant on why I think we need realistic Solarpunk, plus some other things 1/2 ☀️

Felt compelled to make this. It will finally stop floating around in my head 🎉

Podcast over here if you're interested: https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts

#solarPunk #hopePunk #art #myArt #comics #sustainability

Solarpunk Prompts (@SolarpunkPrompts) • Activity

What is Solarpunk? Why does it matter? In this series we discuss Solarpunk as a movement within art, literature, and activism. We explore its themes and talk about what separates it from its genre peers. Each episode explores a writing prompt set in a Solarpunk aesthetic with examples and inspirations from our world today. Based upon story prompts created by Paweł Ngei⁩. Episode transcripts available here New logo and cover image by Natalia Vish (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

Tomasino Podcasts

obscurestar May 16

Heidi Li Feldman May 16

Trump’s junta apparently set to come after Rep. Bonnie McIver, a Congresswoman who was at the New Jersey ICE facility when Mayor Baraka was arrested. https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/mciver-set-to-be-charged-over-delaney-hall-incident/

McIver set to be charged over Delaney Hall incident - New Jersey Globe

The Justice Department plans to bring charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-Newark) following a scuffle with federal immigration agents last week at

New Jersey Globe

obscurestar May 16

jwz May 16

Today in ACAB:

Today in ACAB:

CBP Seizes Shipment of T-Shirts Featuring Swarm of Bees Attacking a Cop: Customs and Border Protection seized a shipment of t-shirts from a streetwear brand that sells an "Eliminate ICE" t-shirt and multiple shirts critical of police and capitalism. Among the shirts seized was a design that features a swarm of bees attacking a police officer. Emails seen by 404 Media indicate that the shirts ...

obscurestar May 16

So, the people of Missouri voted to overturn the force birther ban of abortion last year and make a constitutional amendment protecting women's rights in their state but the fascists n the GOP have decided that those silly voters don't really get a say. They want their rape and impregnation fantasies and nothing's gonna stop them.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/missouri-lawmakers-pass-referendum-seeking-to-repeal-abortion-rights-amendment-approved-by-voters-last-year

Missouri lawmakers pass referendum seeking to repeal abortion-rights amendment approved by voters last year

Missouri lawmakers have approved a referendum seeking to repeal an abortion-rights amendment passed by voters six months ago.

PBS News