My only regret about our onrushing planetary breakdown is that Christopher Hitchens and George Carlin won't be around to observe and comment.
BACKDOOR PEACE TALKS
I wonder if some secret communications are going on between Russia and the US via India’s President Modi?
First Modi visits the White House, then traveled to the Kremlin to meet Putin.
Makes one go hmmmm.
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey
@shuro @Radical_EgoCom @Huntn00
Humans are extremely malleable. Adaptation is how we have done so well in the game of evolution. So the systems we grow and live in have a significant impact on behavior like coastal trees bent by wind. Systems that incentivize exploitation and selfishness will naturally produce or give visibility and power to that behavior.
@Radical_EgoCom @Huntn00 > Capitalism is inherently exploitative.
Maybe humans are inherently exploitative? It can't be coincidence that all social systems so far basically are evolution of competition and exploitation.
#RightWing #Religion The Conservative Fool’d Ya Game and in some cases fooled ourselves game, takes something dark and slaps a sunny label on it, like “liberty” as part of “Moms For Liberty” redefining it into something else “my liberty and f*ck the rest of you”. It’s observable in school districts and religion. Freedom of religion, which includes freedom from religion, becomes “freedom to shove my beliefs down your throats.”
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-loves-moms-for-liberty-and-pennsylvania-lgbtq-rcna91919 https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180486760/splc-moms-for-liberty-extremist-group
@jann @mikebrew @Jayslacks No problem,different tastes. 🙂
@lowqualityfacts Ah the Cream of the #WhitePrivaledge Crop. Pity them. The other end of this wide spectrum:
A white trailer trash type (semi-close relative by marriage, now axed, fading) who wanted to know why a black family in Walmart was so well dressed, and while pregnant out of wedlock (in her previous life), wondered why the State would not put her up in an apartment. You know those worthless minorities get all this free stuff, why not me?? 🤔
@Huntn00 @mikebrew @Jayslacks I’ll comment more when typing from something other than smartphone but totes agree!
Member Of White Supremacist Group Charged for Allegedly Defacing Synagogue With Neo-Nazi Symbols (US Department of Justice)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-white-supremacist-group-charged-allegedly-defacing-synagogue-neo-nazi-symbols
http://www.memeorandum.com/230630/p21#a230630p21
"Arkin, who was known for projecting a characteristically dry wit but could play tragedy with equal efficacy, won his Oscar for his supporting performance in the indie comedy “Little Miss Sunshine” in 2007; he scored an encore nomination for his punchy and profane turn in Ben Affleck’s best picture winner “Argo.” Arkin picked up two earlier nominations in his film career, in 1967 and 1969." https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/alan-arkin-dead-little-miss-sunshine-argo-1235658718/
I must've listened to this song at least 10x since yesterday. I hope that it provides you some hope and inspiration to fight these fucking #fascists.
There are WAY more of us than there are of them. That's why they're scared shitless. #AntifaAF
The Highwomen – Highwomen (Live Performance)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQyuO13DlU
I used some time this morning to write my state reps about the need for waste management legislation. Trying to find an outlet every time I get angry or depressed helps.
"This is not a show, every meter is given by blood." - General Zaluzhnyi
A stark reminder of the reality of war.
One thing missing from the Western popular media analysis of the war is troop number concentration. Most of the information indicates that Ukraine is seriously outnumbered and outgunned.
And yet, they move forward against great odds-and at great risk.
With the limited data we have in the West, it's impossible to truly understand what they're up against.
Aww, damn. #RIP Alan Arkin Dead: Little Miss Sunshine Oscar Winner, Argo Star Was 89 - Variety
@demvoter What chaps my ass is that regardless of how much damning evidence is produced against #TheHeadLiar we’ll have a pack of Trump co-conspirators and LOSERS screaming about the unfairness of treating the No1 Crook in America like a crook, How Unfair!! If you believe in the Constitution and lawfulness, you must recognize the threat to our Democratic Republic this group represents. For the rest of the Right Wingers, stop making excuses for the inexcusable. Open your eyes. 😳
@drcaberry In a country founded on equal opportunity, Affirmative Action is a liberal idea that recognizes inequality in the system and allows for that in the name of EO. Additionally every law designed to make life better for “Labor” (a label the GOP is trying to eradicate btw) was passed by liberals. What are most Conservatives doing? Kicking, screaming, having conniptions about losing their advantages. EO is a dirty word in Right Wing America. 🤔
#AffirmativeAction#SCOTUS#SCOTUSisCompromised#SCOTUSIsCorrupt I would not be where I am without affirmative action and nothing will stop me from continuing to help Black and Brown students to achieve their academic goals. #NoireSTEMinist #MySTEMIsForTheStreets NoireSTEMinist.com #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse
Wiener Zeitung (#Austria), the oldest still-published newspaper in the world, founded in 1703, printed its final daily edition today.
https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/oesterreich/2194098-Chronologie-einer-gescheiterten-Rettung.html #journalism
@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social As I say quite often, people are the problem, not all of them but I’ll venture a sizable % of them. This is what many of us do to each other when given the opportunity. Some are a result of nurture and some nature. Capitalism (highly regulated), socialism, and communism can all work if like minded people participate and corruption is not allowed. So the challenge is to not only be intelligent but for the haves to be less selfish and more generous. 🤔
@jann @mikebrew @Jayslacks Gunn’s GotG, plus Thor, and Ant Man were my favorites followed closely by Avengers in what I describe as the Infinity Stone Saga. However all of these franchises have disappointed me in Phase 5. I don’t demand agreement 🙃, but Thor L&T bitterly disappointed, Ant Man Q, was a waste of time, and GotG 3 was dark, out of character. I’m waiting for a 2nd view to cement it’s worthiness or unworthiness.
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.