I can find no better visual metaphor for 2025 than this.

One of the most important and powerful things any kid can do to make a better world is if they see someone being pushed around, stand up for them.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Lander says he's fine, lost a button in the scuffle earlier. "I will be fine but Edgardo will not be fine," he says of man taken by ICE when he was detained. Lander says he has not been charged at this point.

I told you we’d be back

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

The bust of Sir Winston Churchill sits in Trump's Oval Office. He was an immensely brave leader who visited Washington, dressed in fatigues, seeking support against a despot. We all know what he would have made of today's unedifying spectacle and whose side he would have been on.

It’s kind of incredible how long we’ve been forced to accept social media platforms that are openly hostile to their own users, suppress political content, and throttle third party links.

What you’re missing on Twitter:

I’ve been off the dead bird site since Musk arrived, and am very happy using #Mastodon. Still, if #BlueSky gains critical mass as a source for topical posts, general nonsense, and miscellany, minus the wacked-out hate—bring it on!

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Oh happy day, my number has come up

Crazy SOB? Maybe.
Evil SOB? Definitely.

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