Outrage over someone taking a baseball ⚾️ from a child. It was bad. But, maybe reserve some for the people hurting marginalized communities and increasing inequities for those least able to bear the burden. We are taking more than a ball from the gloves of our children. All the world is watching...

If a president directly planned and encouraged an attack on the U.S. Capitol by U.S. citizens the charges would be:

Seditious conspiracy (18 U.S.C. §2384)
Obstruction of an official proceeding
Conspiracy against the United States

rapid the reverbating ribbit,
for the frog so easily fooled

where flies are not flies,
and movement is not momentum

our language is larger than life,
mistaken models and roles

gestalts and gestapos,
guarding our goodness no greatness

The erosion of trust in science on vaccinces, climate, etc and in our public institutions like the fda, universities, etc is adding new pages to what would be a very popular dystopian non-fiction book if the remaining people knew how to read when it is finished.

Putin in 2014 "Every nation has an inalienable sovereign right to determine its own development path, choose allies and political regimes, create an economy and ensure its security. Russia has always respected these rights and always will. This fully applies to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people."

"Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters."
-- Cato the Elder

"Cuncta ferit, dum cuncta timet"

"He strikes everything, while fearing everything,"

Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

At least $12 *trillion* from global oligarchs is hidden offshore in secret tax havens worldwide. And it is headquartered right here in the USA.

Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.

Musk cut X employees 80%. Lost 80% value, billions in revenue. He did profit in power with misinformation and propaganda. Stakeholders and society suffered. Millions flee to bluesky, easy social media switch. That can be described as efficient, but where do people go when their government is broken.