Marlin O.
@marlino.bsky.social
Water advocate. Editor-designer. Still aspiring.
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Marlin O.
@marlino.bsky.social
· Oct 12
It'd be easier to ignore the politics,
if it weren't for that pesky Loyalty Oath.
if it weren't for that pesky Loyalty Oath.
Vaccine advice? Any other medical info that's on the political agenda? Please speak directly with a healthcare provider who you can trust and/or with legitimate patient advocacy groups.
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Vaccine advice? Any other medical info that's on the political agenda? Please speak directly with a healthcare provider who you can trust and/or with legitimate patient advocacy groups.
You know, it's not a bad idea to check the mask supply.
New H3N2 flu strain hits the US: What to know
The emergence of the H3N2 variant has led experts to warn that this flu season could be particularly severe.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
You know, it's not a bad idea to check the mask supply.
“In any society, most people accept standards that are, in fact, ethical. But standards of behavior in society can deviate from what is ethical. An entire society can become ethically corrupt. Nazi Germany is a good example of a morally corrupt society.”
—Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
—Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
What is Ethics?
Ethics is based on well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues.
www.scu.edu
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
“In any society, most people accept standards that are, in fact, ethical. But standards of behavior in society can deviate from what is ethical. An entire society can become ethically corrupt. Nazi Germany is a good example of a morally corrupt society.”
—Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
—Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
"George Washington would, most certainly, not have hung members of Congress for expressing their views. He would not have approved of what Donald Trump said today, or pretty much any day."
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
This week, Donald Trump continues to use his claimed power to kill people who have received no due process, in international waters, based on his administration’s assertion that they are narcoterroris...
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"George Washington would, most certainly, not have hung members of Congress for expressing their views. He would not have approved of what Donald Trump said today, or pretty much any day."
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
"Third Spaces"
We were reminiscing about childhood places where we'd pass a few hours with a cuppa (or soda) and newspaper (or comic), catching up, seeing folks (or not). Pinball, maybe; jukebox definitely.
Turns out they're good for us AND the community. Who knew?!
www.google.com/search?q=thi...
We were reminiscing about childhood places where we'd pass a few hours with a cuppa (or soda) and newspaper (or comic), catching up, seeing folks (or not). Pinball, maybe; jukebox definitely.
Turns out they're good for us AND the community. Who knew?!
www.google.com/search?q=thi...
Google Search
www.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
"Third Spaces"
We were reminiscing about childhood places where we'd pass a few hours with a cuppa (or soda) and newspaper (or comic), catching up, seeing folks (or not). Pinball, maybe; jukebox definitely.
Turns out they're good for us AND the community. Who knew?!
www.google.com/search?q=thi...
We were reminiscing about childhood places where we'd pass a few hours with a cuppa (or soda) and newspaper (or comic), catching up, seeing folks (or not). Pinball, maybe; jukebox definitely.
Turns out they're good for us AND the community. Who knew?!
www.google.com/search?q=thi...
"These changes could strip federal protections from up to 55 million acres of wetlands, or about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group." [contʻd in comments]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"These changes could strip federal protections from up to 55 million acres of wetlands, or about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group." [contʻd in comments]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
"…this population has substantial medical needs, and the health effects of losing Medicaid coverage could be devastating....
"… can lead to substantial healthcare costs, either in the emergency department or when these adults turn 65 and receive Medicare coverage."
"… can lead to substantial healthcare costs, either in the emergency department or when these adults turn 65 and receive Medicare coverage."
Opinion | Adults 50-64 Should Be Exempt From Medicaid Work Requirements
Classifying this group as having 'special medical needs' will protect care access
www.medpagetoday.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"…this population has substantial medical needs, and the health effects of losing Medicaid coverage could be devastating....
"… can lead to substantial healthcare costs, either in the emergency department or when these adults turn 65 and receive Medicare coverage."
"… can lead to substantial healthcare costs, either in the emergency department or when these adults turn 65 and receive Medicare coverage."
Reposted by Marlin O.
Remember how Trump said ICE targets “violent criminals?”
Trump’s own DOJ now reports that ONLY 2.5% of the people ICE arrested in Chicago have any criminal history.
That means 97.5% have ZERO criminal record. They were targeted because they were of Latino ethnicity. This is what fascism looks like
Trump’s own DOJ now reports that ONLY 2.5% of the people ICE arrested in Chicago have any criminal history.
That means 97.5% have ZERO criminal record. They were targeted because they were of Latino ethnicity. This is what fascism looks like
November 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember how Trump said ICE targets “violent criminals?”
Trump’s own DOJ now reports that ONLY 2.5% of the people ICE arrested in Chicago have any criminal history.
That means 97.5% have ZERO criminal record. They were targeted because they were of Latino ethnicity. This is what fascism looks like
Trump’s own DOJ now reports that ONLY 2.5% of the people ICE arrested in Chicago have any criminal history.
That means 97.5% have ZERO criminal record. They were targeted because they were of Latino ethnicity. This is what fascism looks like
Easy To Be Hard - Hair the movie musical
YouTube video by Malinda DeRouen
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appears in history." [cont'd in comments]
Founders Online: From John Adams to John Taylor, 17 December 1814
From John Adams to John Taylor, 17 December 1814
founders.archives.gov
October 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appears in history." [cont'd in comments]
Reposted by Marlin O.
Youngkin doing everything he can to buy that election next week:
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Youngkin doing everything he can to buy that election next week:
Sigh...
...she won the Pulitzer Prize at the age of 19. Still at it: "He was ten inches long, thin as a curve, a muscled ribbon, brown as fruitwood, soft-furred, alert.… He had two black eyes I didn’t see, any more than you see a window."
www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/14/a...
...she won the Pulitzer Prize at the age of 19. Still at it: "He was ten inches long, thin as a curve, a muscled ribbon, brown as fruitwood, soft-furred, alert.… He had two black eyes I didn’t see, any more than you see a window."
www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/14/a...
What a Weasel Knows: Annie Dillard on How to Live
Suppose we answer the most important question of existence in the affirmative. There is then only one question remaining: How shall we live this life? Despite all the technologies of thought and fe…
www.themarginalian.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sigh...
...she won the Pulitzer Prize at the age of 19. Still at it: "He was ten inches long, thin as a curve, a muscled ribbon, brown as fruitwood, soft-furred, alert.… He had two black eyes I didn’t see, any more than you see a window."
www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/14/a...
...she won the Pulitzer Prize at the age of 19. Still at it: "He was ten inches long, thin as a curve, a muscled ribbon, brown as fruitwood, soft-furred, alert.… He had two black eyes I didn’t see, any more than you see a window."
www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/14/a...
Independent and credible — check your news against an international source that has no domestic U.S. pressures:
The whole picture | The Guardian
Latest The whole picture news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Independent and credible — check your news against an international source that has no domestic U.S. pressures:
Okay, I found this fascinating. He held on as long as he could — maybe longer.
"…along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party"
"…along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party"
My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party
Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Okay, I found this fascinating. He held on as long as he could — maybe longer.
"…along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party"
"…along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party"
The amphibian resistance!
A Message From The Frog Resistance
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The amphibian resistance!
She's antifa.
I'm Antifa💯🇺🇸📣📢
YouTube video by Grammie's Views
www.youtube.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
She's antifa.
It'd be easier to ignore the politics,
if it weren't for that pesky Loyalty Oath.
if it weren't for that pesky Loyalty Oath.
October 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It'd be easier to ignore the politics,
if it weren't for that pesky Loyalty Oath.
if it weren't for that pesky Loyalty Oath.
A concise outline of the conditions for obtaining forgiveness, in a few religious traditions that articulate them clearly:
1. Christianity
Core idea: Forgiveness (from God) is conditioned on repentance and faith.
Key requirements (especially in Catholic and Orthodox traditions):
(cont'd)
1. Christianity
Core idea: Forgiveness (from God) is conditioned on repentance and faith.
Key requirements (especially in Catholic and Orthodox traditions):
(cont'd)
October 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A concise outline of the conditions for obtaining forgiveness, in a few religious traditions that articulate them clearly:
1. Christianity
Core idea: Forgiveness (from God) is conditioned on repentance and faith.
Key requirements (especially in Catholic and Orthodox traditions):
(cont'd)
1. Christianity
Core idea: Forgiveness (from God) is conditioned on repentance and faith.
Key requirements (especially in Catholic and Orthodox traditions):
(cont'd)
...please also see their related concerns about undersea mining near indigenous territory.
Protect Pacific Islands Heritage from Industrial Fishing
A platform for stories, solutions, and community action to protect the ocean, tackle the climate crisis, and help build a more just, equitable planet.
act.protectpih.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
...please also see their related concerns about undersea mining near indigenous territory.
It's public (and personal) health, it's not politics.
I've been seeing lots more people choosing to wear masks on the bus routes, too. Not a bad idea, I'll check my supply…
I've been seeing lots more people choosing to wear masks on the bus routes, too. Not a bad idea, I'll check my supply…
Mask mandates return in parts of the Bay Area as virus season nears
Mask requirements are returning to health care settings across parts of the Bay Area, as health officials brace for the annual surge in respiratory illnesses - including COVID, influenza and RSV.
www.yahoo.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's public (and personal) health, it's not politics.
I've been seeing lots more people choosing to wear masks on the bus routes, too. Not a bad idea, I'll check my supply…
I've been seeing lots more people choosing to wear masks on the bus routes, too. Not a bad idea, I'll check my supply…
