Mastodawn

Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction... Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of [Trump's] authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.
–Karis Nemik

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Sheril Kirshenbaum Jan 25

“Fear not the those without papers, but those without conscience.”

- Amanda Gorman, For Alex Jeffrey Pretti, Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026

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The New York Times Jan 14

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/world/africa/renfrew-christie-dead.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities.

The New York Times

Waltarrrrr Jan 3

Star Trek Minus Context Jan 3

#StarTrek

Waltarrrrr Jan 3

After 35 years, beloved San Francisco music venue, Bottom of The Hill is closing on December 31, 2026. https://www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisco-club-bottom-of-the-hill-to-close-at-the-end-of-2026/

Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026

One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their own terms.

COYOTE

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Infinite Pooh Jan 2

And the dream began to sing itself over in his head until it became a sort of song.

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Robert McNees Jan 2

101 years ago, #OTD in 1925, Edwin Hubble announced that Andromeda and other spiral nebulae were definitely separate galaxies outside the Milky Way, in a paper read to an AAS meeting by H.N. Russell.

There was no doubt that the Universe was more than just our little island of stars.