Tim Fearnside

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Recovering lawyer; pro-liberal democracy. Once shared a cab with John Mastadon. Nearing completion of my first novel. He/him. #boise #idaho #democracy #inclusion #fiction #poetry #art #cycling #mtb #photography #jazz #indie #vinyl #gardening #craftbeer #sourdough #chickens
This is true.
Peony, beginning to fade. #SilentSunday #flowers #flowerphotography
“Keepsies,” Anne Larose, 1985. #Boise #Idaho #USA #publicart
Golden hour, East End, Boise, Idaho, USA. One of a million places the Rocky Mountains begin their ascent from the deserts and prairies of the Western United States. #SilentSunday
@RustyBertrand -- #Alt4You
“Kids don’t have a little brother working in the coal mine, they don’t have a little sister coughing her lungs out in the looms of the big mill towns of the Northeast. Why? Because we organized; we broke the back of the sweatshops in this country; we have child labor laws. Those were not benevolent gifts from ------------>
Spotted this young bull elk behind my house this morning and managed a couple snaps. A rather handsome fella. ‘Thought I would pass along. Cheers, all.
Cleese was spot on, even if today they use the term “woke.” For fascism to take root, empathy must first be eroded, a fact that fascists well know. This assault has been taking place in America since the 80s, accelerated dramatically since the emergence and rise of the right wing media. Our democracy now sits upon thin ice. Vote, resist, never let them win.

The best argument for free education I have seen in my lifetime is this:

In the US where education is not free, and fewer get well educated, the country is now facing the very serious problem, that a large segment of voters do not understand why democracy is important. Instead, they follow a presidential candidate, who pitches dictatorship as an interesting new idea, and they do not possess the knowledge to instantly identify this as the worst possible idea ever suggested in American politics.

If you can, please take a moment to read my new article:
https://gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/religions-and-joy
Religions, Originally Founded To Provide Inner Peace And Comfort, Have Now Evolved Into Something Different

If your religion encourages hate or violence towards others, it can no longer be considered a religion.

The Gurdeep Magazine