No Kings protests in all 50 states made Trump’s birthday/military parade look bad.

@jbf1755.bsky.social I found these in a hanging basket on my front porch today.

Inspired by the installation of the Calder sculpture, which was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Grand Rapids (MI) Festival of the Arts has been celebrated for 55 years.
In the wake of Trump's cut to the NEA, the annual festival is dead and over.

This is Judge Loren AliKhan, who has firmly blocked Donald Trump's unconstitutional attempt to freeze federal funding, including Medicaid.

Let's take a moment to express our gratitude to Judge AliKhan for her brave stand in defense of our democracy! Like and restack! #GoBlue #Democracy

Here’s a solemn warning from Senator Ed Markey.

Please spread the word.

I don’t see sunrise very often, but today’s seems spectacular. This is a little hopeful reminder to me that life goes on.

Descended from wolves 2:

The important thing is never to let oneself be guided by the opinion of one’s contemporaries; to continue steadfastly on one’s way without letting oneself be either defeated by failure or diverted by applause. —Gustav Mahler

(Quoted in this fascinating book, Secret Lives of Great Composers)

How does language shape our worldview? Through juicy storytelling and cutting-edge original research, linguist Amanda Montell exposes the elements that make a wide spectrum of communities cultish. The first 2/3 of the book kept me riveted.

Doomscrolling like me? Here are a couple of well documented books by people with credentials to write about current events in the USA and elsewhere.