I'm merely pointing out that Oregonians and Californians know *exactly* how folks on the eastern coast of Canada and U.S. are feeling (and breathing) right now. I say this to make the following point:

Trust us when we say that these massive fires will keep happening unless we get serious about addressing climate change.

It may seem unfathomable that such disruptive fires could become recurring events, but trust us: they can and will.

Demand climate guardianship from your elected leaders. Now.

To recap where we are:
•GOP SCOTUS has overturned voting rights.
•GOP SCOTUS has overturned Roe v Wade.
•GOP SCOTUS has overturned gun safety laws.
•GOP tried to overturn the 2020 election & will 100% try to overturn the 2024 election if they lose.

The people telling us we're overreacting to creeping fascism are complicit.

One last thing: be sure to vote in every election, including EVERY LOCAL ELECTION.

(You can best believe that those who vote for wretched leadership vote in every local election.)

Please pass this on to your followers, friends and families!

#Mastodon #Politics #vote #usa #BlackMastodon #elections #BlackFriday

146 years ago today on March 6, 1857, SCOTUS ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Black people were not not citizens, were subhuman, & could not sue in U.S. courts. Experts and historians point to this decision as the final straw that ignited the Civil War.

Sadly, throughout American history—from Dred Scott to Plessy to Korematsu to Nestle—SCOTUS has consistently prevented racial, gender, and economic progress.

And I'm afraid most people aren't aware of this because it isn't taught in schools.

81% of aircraft wastewater samples were positive for #SARSCoV2. Study covered about a month, starting on August 1, 2022.

Wear an #N95 #respirator on aircraft. Demand stronger pre-flight testing. #COVID19
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7208a3.htm

Isle of Skye - Scotland

“There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of bodies, of body on body, wind on snow, rain on trees, wave on stone. It is the language of dream, gesture, symbol, memory. We have forgotten this language. We do not even remember that it exists.”

~ Derrick Jensen, ‘A Language
Older Than Words’

photo of Lukas Watschinger

Know what the absence of racism would look like for Black folks?

Ordinary-ness.

Just life.
Ordinary life.

I think we deserve that.

Don't you?

#BHM
#AntiRacism