Albert Sears
@albertcsears.bsky.social
“We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood, bike lanes to Beverly Hills and organic smørrebrød to every street corner. Rule of law, universal healthcare and fact-based politics might apply.”
Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’
Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood, bike lanes to Beverly Hills and organic smørrebrød to every street corner. Rule of law, universal healthcare and fact-based politics might apply.”
Reposted by Albert Sears
"Increasingly, political commentators have compared the Democrats of 2025 to the Nazi collaborationist Vichy government in second-world-war France."
Why are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira Donegan
No wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic, and cowardly. That is because they are
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Increasingly, political commentators have compared the Democrats of 2025 to the Nazi collaborationist Vichy government in second-world-war France."
We need more stories like this one about Kingsolver: stories about effective local action to help others in need; and, of course, stories about the power of the humanities and literature to make change.
Barbara Kingsolver Uses ‘Demon Copperhead’ Royalties to Build Rehab Center (Gift Article)
Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We need more stories like this one about Kingsolver: stories about effective local action to help others in need; and, of course, stories about the power of the humanities and literature to make change.
Go ahead, scroll past, because the point is we're probably not going back. I'm waking up to this new reality. How about you? How do we live now? I'm all ears. It's not a rhetorical question. All practical comments welcome.
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Go ahead, scroll past, because the point is we're probably not going back. I'm waking up to this new reality. How about you? How do we live now? I'm all ears. It's not a rhetorical question. All practical comments welcome.
Reposted by Albert Sears
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?”—Judith Butler in @elpais.com
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
english.elpais.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?”—Judith Butler in @elpais.com
Greetings, Bluesky. I saw you during a recent winter walk in the woods.
February 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Greetings, Bluesky. I saw you during a recent winter walk in the woods.