j.c. Cockrell
@jcockrell.bsky.social
Painter, musician, environmentalist, student of life, advocate for sustainability, maker of good trouble.
This is what democracy looks like
Not My Presidents Day- Santa Cruz
Not My Presidents Day- Santa Cruz
February 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is what democracy looks like
Not My Presidents Day- Santa Cruz
Not My Presidents Day- Santa Cruz
Musk is illegally shuttering USAID. Aid is not only vital to recipients, it's in US security interest HELPING PEOPLE IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
* Call your representatives
* Donate to NGOs serving your causes
* Tell them and your representative that you're protest the attack on USAID
* Call your representatives
* Donate to NGOs serving your causes
* Tell them and your representative that you're protest the attack on USAID
February 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Musk is illegally shuttering USAID. Aid is not only vital to recipients, it's in US security interest HELPING PEOPLE IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
* Call your representatives
* Donate to NGOs serving your causes
* Tell them and your representative that you're protest the attack on USAID
* Call your representatives
* Donate to NGOs serving your causes
* Tell them and your representative that you're protest the attack on USAID
This evening at Año Nuevo State Park, bull elephant seals spar over control of the harem
January 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This evening at Año Nuevo State Park, bull elephant seals spar over control of the harem
Yes, resist Project 2025, not by negative forces - rather, envision positive improvements. Apply energy to move your neighborhood, government, our world toward the better. Make positive changes, no matter how large or small.
#resistance #ResistFascism #changetheworld #goodtrouble
January 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yes, resist Project 2025, not by negative forces - rather, envision positive improvements. Apply energy to move your neighborhood, government, our world toward the better. Make positive changes, no matter how large or small.
#resistance #ResistFascism #changetheworld #goodtrouble
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Resistance:
It can be overwhelming for those who give a shit. Focus where you can make change. Practice self care. Despair is not an option.
It can be overwhelming for those who give a shit. Focus where you can make change. Practice self care. Despair is not an option.
January 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Resistance:
It can be overwhelming for those who give a shit. Focus where you can make change. Practice self care. Despair is not an option.
It can be overwhelming for those who give a shit. Focus where you can make change. Practice self care. Despair is not an option.
Begin your resistance by choosing one topic you’re passionate about, and start working for that.
January 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Begin your resistance by choosing one topic you’re passionate about, and start working for that.
Do you guys know about the Working Families Party?
"The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all."
workingfamilies.org
"The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all."
workingfamilies.org
Working Families Party - Fighting for an America that works for the many, not the few.
WFP is building a political home for all of us who see bigotry, bailouts, and business as usual in our political system and ask, "Is that the best we can do?"
workingfamilies.org
January 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Do you guys know about the Working Families Party?
"The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all."
workingfamilies.org
"The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all."
workingfamilies.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Scientific studies contradict Wright’s claims. Climate change has, in fact, contributed to the increased frequency and severity of wildfires, including those in Los Angeles.”
“Scientific studies contradict Wright’s claims. Climate change has, in fact, contributed to the increased frequency and severity of wildfires, including those in Los Angeles.”
Trump energy chief pick says linking wildfires to climate crisis is ‘hype’
Democrats criticize Chris Wright’s comments during US Senate confirmation hearing for energy secretary nominee
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Scientific studies contradict Wright’s claims. Climate change has, in fact, contributed to the increased frequency and severity of wildfires, including those in Los Angeles.”
“Scientific studies contradict Wright’s claims. Climate change has, in fact, contributed to the increased frequency and severity of wildfires, including those in Los Angeles.”
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DYK? Part 2 of Jack Smith's #SpecialCounsel Report is available to listen to during your morning run or your daily commute, thanks to @muellershewrote.bsky.social ⬇️ and it's free!
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JACK: A Special Counsel Podcast - MSW Media
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January 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
DYK? Part 2 of Jack Smith's #SpecialCounsel Report is available to listen to during your morning run or your daily commute, thanks to @muellershewrote.bsky.social ⬇️ and it's free!
mswmedia.com/show/jack-a-...
mswmedia.com/show/jack-a-...
Well-attended and enthusiastic meeting in Santa Cruz this evening, to organize opposition to the GOP 2025 agenda. Eight breakout groups formed to plan and kickoff effective actions - locally and nationally.
www.facebook.com/100064851454...
www.facebook.com/100064851454...
Indivisible Santa Cruz County
General Mtg on Tues & New Swag! - https://mailchi.mp/indivisiblesantacruzcounty.com/get-involved-21526140
#indivisiblesantacruzcounty #indivisibleguide #indivisible #savedemocracy #trumpsproject2025.....
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January 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Well-attended and enthusiastic meeting in Santa Cruz this evening, to organize opposition to the GOP 2025 agenda. Eight breakout groups formed to plan and kickoff effective actions - locally and nationally.
www.facebook.com/100064851454...
www.facebook.com/100064851454...
Here’s Vol 1 of Jack Smith’s J6 report, concluding “…substantial evidence demonstrates that Mr. Trump then engaged in an unprecedented criminal effort to overturn the legitimate results of the election in order to retain power.”
www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
www.justice.gov
January 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Here’s Vol 1 of Jack Smith’s J6 report, concluding “…substantial evidence demonstrates that Mr. Trump then engaged in an unprecedented criminal effort to overturn the legitimate results of the election in order to retain power.”
www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
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Here’s the official bipartisan J6 Select Committee report that concluded: “… a multi-part plan to overturn the 2020 Presidential election…the central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump,”
Here’s the official bipartisan J6 Select Committee report that concluded: “… a multi-part plan to overturn the 2020 Presidential election…the central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump,”
FINAL REPORT of the Select Commitee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
www.govinfo.gov
January 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Here’s the official bipartisan J6 Select Committee report that concluded: “… a multi-part plan to overturn the 2020 Presidential election…the central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump,”
Here’s the official bipartisan J6 Select Committee report that concluded: “… a multi-part plan to overturn the 2020 Presidential election…the central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump,”
Jupiter, full moon, and full heart - camping tonight in Big Sur
January 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Jupiter, full moon, and full heart - camping tonight in Big Sur
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The LA fires and increased climate disasters aren’t accidents—they’re the cost of oil & gas corp greed. They knew. Families suffer while they profit. Make polluters pay into an Insurance Relief and Disaster Mitigation Fund to cut premiums and protect communities.
January 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The LA fires and increased climate disasters aren’t accidents—they’re the cost of oil & gas corp greed. They knew. Families suffer while they profit. Make polluters pay into an Insurance Relief and Disaster Mitigation Fund to cut premiums and protect communities.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
While Canada and Mexico deploy crews to fight LA fires, the incoming US administration deploys threats to them and false insults to California’s leaders.
While Canada and Mexico deploy crews to fight LA fires, the incoming US administration deploys threats to them and false insults to California’s leaders.
Trump's track record of disaster misinformation as he casts blame over California wildfires
As wildfires ravage southern California, President-elect Donald Trump has attacked Democratic officials, continuing a pattern of spreading misinformation amid disasters.
abcnews.go.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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While Canada and Mexico deploy crews to fight LA fires, the incoming US administration deploys threats to them and false insults to California’s leaders.
While Canada and Mexico deploy crews to fight LA fires, the incoming US administration deploys threats to them and false insults to California’s leaders.
January 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
January 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just returned from Christmas in Yosemite
December 29, 2024 at 4:02 AM
Just returned from Christmas in Yosemite
Happy Winter Solstice everyone in Northern Hemisphere!
All winter long...
where did we run
beyond gate and guardsman?
Guess, if you can!
- all winter long
we ran
to the sun,
the dance of the sun!
- song fragment, attributed to anonymous Native American
All winter long...
where did we run
beyond gate and guardsman?
Guess, if you can!
- all winter long
we ran
to the sun,
the dance of the sun!
- song fragment, attributed to anonymous Native American
December 22, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Happy Winter Solstice everyone in Northern Hemisphere!
All winter long...
where did we run
beyond gate and guardsman?
Guess, if you can!
- all winter long
we ran
to the sun,
the dance of the sun!
- song fragment, attributed to anonymous Native American
All winter long...
where did we run
beyond gate and guardsman?
Guess, if you can!
- all winter long
we ran
to the sun,
the dance of the sun!
- song fragment, attributed to anonymous Native American
With Solstice rapidly approaching, and our world seemingly becoming darker, I think of this hopeful Wendell Berry poem;
_February 2, 1968_ In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter,
war spreading, families dying, the world in danger,
I walk the rocky hillside, sowing clover.
_February 2, 1968_ In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter,
war spreading, families dying, the world in danger,
I walk the rocky hillside, sowing clover.
December 17, 2024 at 3:36 PM
With Solstice rapidly approaching, and our world seemingly becoming darker, I think of this hopeful Wendell Berry poem;
_February 2, 1968_ In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter,
war spreading, families dying, the world in danger,
I walk the rocky hillside, sowing clover.
_February 2, 1968_ In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter,
war spreading, families dying, the world in danger,
I walk the rocky hillside, sowing clover.
This morning, my backyard. Every morning we wake to another opportunity to learn something, feel something, to leave the unnecessary behind, and to act on the important things.
December 16, 2024 at 5:39 PM
This morning, my backyard. Every morning we wake to another opportunity to learn something, feel something, to leave the unnecessary behind, and to act on the important things.
Hi folks. Moved over to this platform for the fresh air. G’Morning!
November 18, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Hi folks. Moved over to this platform for the fresh air. G’Morning!