LavenderBlue
@lavendarblue.bsky.social
Blue dot deep in red Dumbfuckistan, Jazz sustains me, creative, nola. Democracy supporter, world music and Americana, designer of beautiful spaces. Support all creatives as who wants to live in a world without them #TNRT
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"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair. No place for self-pity. No need for silence. No room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."
Toni Morrison @ her home in Grand View-on-Hudson
Katy Grannan / NYT
#BlackHistory
Toni Morrison @ her home in Grand View-on-Hudson
Katy Grannan / NYT
#BlackHistory
February 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair. No place for self-pity. No need for silence. No room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."
Toni Morrison @ her home in Grand View-on-Hudson
Katy Grannan / NYT
#BlackHistory
Toni Morrison @ her home in Grand View-on-Hudson
Katy Grannan / NYT
#BlackHistory
TERRIFYING!!!!
February 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
TERRIFYING!!!!
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There are deeply good and brave people in this world🥹🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
January 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
There are deeply good and brave people in this world🥹🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Holding for the video
I would need to type 4 paragraphs Mark… but on a serious note, I think this video may help a lot of people.
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Democrats vs Republicans - Which Brain is Better?
YouTube video by AsapSCIENCE
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Holding for the video
Today Jan 20, 2025
Today I choose
love over hate,
knowledge over ignorance,
unity over division,
and a King over a U.S. President.
#MLKDay2025
love over hate,
knowledge over ignorance,
unity over division,
and a King over a U.S. President.
#MLKDay2025
January 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Today Jan 20, 2025
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Something wicked slouches towards American Democracy
January 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Something wicked slouches towards American Democracy
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"Jesus was buried on Friday, & he rose on Sunday. We don't talk enough about Saturday. When his disciples felt all hope was lost.
🙌🏽
"We have those Saturdays. The work we do on Saturday (will) determine whether we move with pain or purpose." -Joe Biden
46th U.S. President
(📷 Ryan Pfluger, NYTimes)
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"We have those Saturdays. The work we do on Saturday (will) determine whether we move with pain or purpose." -Joe Biden
46th U.S. President
(📷 Ryan Pfluger, NYTimes)
January 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Jesus was buried on Friday, & he rose on Sunday. We don't talk enough about Saturday. When his disciples felt all hope was lost.
🙌🏽
"We have those Saturdays. The work we do on Saturday (will) determine whether we move with pain or purpose." -Joe Biden
46th U.S. President
(📷 Ryan Pfluger, NYTimes)
🙌🏽
"We have those Saturdays. The work we do on Saturday (will) determine whether we move with pain or purpose." -Joe Biden
46th U.S. President
(📷 Ryan Pfluger, NYTimes)
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"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #MartinLutherKingDay2025
January 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #MartinLutherKingDay2025
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If you want to understand how we'll survive this mess, check out Next Comes What by Andrea Pitzer. I help produce this weekly podcast about how now fits into the history of authoritarianism and what we can do to fight back. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-comes-what/id1779885475
January 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you want to understand how we'll survive this mess, check out Next Comes What by Andrea Pitzer. I help produce this weekly podcast about how now fits into the history of authoritarianism and what we can do to fight back. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-comes-what/id1779885475
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Jan 20, 1961. A blizzard the day before. Temperatures well below freezing. Without a coat or hat, JFK gave a speech we still quote today. Robert Frost, 86, recited a poem. Steinbeck and Hemingway and Rothko were among the VIPs. A million people gathered in the cold to hear it.
This is the precedent.
This is the precedent.
January 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Jan 20, 1961. A blizzard the day before. Temperatures well below freezing. Without a coat or hat, JFK gave a speech we still quote today. Robert Frost, 86, recited a poem. Steinbeck and Hemingway and Rothko were among the VIPs. A million people gathered in the cold to hear it.
This is the precedent.
This is the precedent.
Just to know how to respond
January 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just to know how to respond
He did his job overall quite competently. Human and with mistakes but a decent human. We will be wishing … no, begging …for his kind again
I know a lot of people are upset with him for a number of understandable reasons, but the simple fact is that history is—broadly speaking—going to remember him kindly. There is just no getting around that.
January 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
He did his job overall quite competently. Human and with mistakes but a decent human. We will be wishing … no, begging …for his kind again
To hold for the TRUTH
What could have been and Merrick been so incompetent and half of the American public duped, racist or just to
Lazy to vote
What could have been and Merrick been so incompetent and half of the American public duped, racist or just to
Lazy to vote
January 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
To hold for the TRUTH
What could have been and Merrick been so incompetent and half of the American public duped, racist or just to
Lazy to vote
What could have been and Merrick been so incompetent and half of the American public duped, racist or just to
Lazy to vote
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"Whatever initially triggers him, be it the sweet night air or the sound of the surf, our poet interprets what to most of us would be a lovely, intimate scene between two newlyweds as not just sadness, but sadness THAT NEVER ENDS."
Sunday Pages: "Dover Beach"
A poem by Matthew Arnold
gregolear.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"Whatever initially triggers him, be it the sweet night air or the sound of the surf, our poet interprets what to most of us would be a lovely, intimate scene between two newlyweds as not just sadness, but sadness THAT NEVER ENDS."
TRUTH!!!
Because you are rich does not mean you have admirable values!
Because you are Christian does not mean you are moral!
Because you have authority does not mean you are just!
Because you are a man does not give you special privileges.
Because you are Christian does not mean you are moral!
Because you have authority does not mean you are just!
Because you are a man does not give you special privileges.
January 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
TRUTH!!!
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These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.
44 Republicans Voted Against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention in December
The funds allow states like California to create barriers to stop the spread of fires
meidasnews.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.
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Nice to see Time magazine calling out the Trump lies and putting accountability where it belongs: on climate change driven by decades of fossil fuel false propaganda and political corruption.
L.A. Fires Show the Reality of a World with 1.5°C of Warming
The planet crosses an important temperature threshold while wildfires ravage southern California.
time.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nice to see Time magazine calling out the Trump lies and putting accountability where it belongs: on climate change driven by decades of fossil fuel false propaganda and political corruption.
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Wisdom from his many years.
January 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wisdom from his many years.
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
January 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
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Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 360,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 950,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,510,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,950,000 km² below the 1980s mean
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• about 360,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 950,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,510,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,950,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
January 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 360,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 950,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,510,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,950,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
• about 360,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 950,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,510,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,950,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
This guy s why
January 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This guy s why
Reminder
What’s really happening …
4 more years
1424 days
What’s really happening …
4 more years
1424 days
I will now magically predict the future:
We're abuzz with Panama/Greenland/Canada nonsense right now. News cycle captured.
When it comes time to actually act, suddenly there will be a new outrageous nonsense. News cycle captured. We forget.
Repeat ad nauseum for 4 years.
We're abuzz with Panama/Greenland/Canada nonsense right now. News cycle captured.
When it comes time to actually act, suddenly there will be a new outrageous nonsense. News cycle captured. We forget.
Repeat ad nauseum for 4 years.
a stuffed animal wearing a top hat and a bow tie
ALT: a stuffed animal wearing a top hat and a bow tie
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Reminder
What’s really happening …
4 more years
1424 days
What’s really happening …
4 more years
1424 days
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