It's because they don't know the actual history. Becoming a communist and relearning what I'd learned was... An exercise in the complete deconstruction of cultural mythology. Eye opening, but painful.

I also now have a mental image of communist Yoda. By which I mean tiny Lenin.

We argue. Incessantly. Obscure minor points of ideology within Marxism, or between Marxism and Anarchism, Gramsci versus Bordiga, Trotsky vs everyone. Posadism vs sanity. But the right-wingers have this really self-defeating tendency to do political assassination before dialogue. Fascinating.

Dogs are getting vaccinated less and rabies rates are rising, in part because 37% of Americans think vaccines will give their dogs... pawtism.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

I can't unsee it. And I feel judged.

There's a song in Chicago that sums up pretty much everything with a single line in the refrain. If you know, you know.

i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same

Vast numbers of mosquitoes collected on a single trap night from an organic nursing embedded in a flooded forest.

Then you realize that you're using your forceps to separate them into lines for identification...like cocaine.