Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social

"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.

#Ukraine
#SlavaUkraini

Aww, damn. #RIP Alan Arkin Dead: Little Miss Sunshine Oscar Winner, Argo Star Was 89 - Variety

https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/alan-arkin-dead-little-miss-sunshine-argo-1235658718/

#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

@mikebrew @Huntn00 @Jayslacks Well, since Gunn's defection, we - in the Marvel Universe - don't care WHAT he has to say, now do we? 😉

@Radical_EgoCom @Huntn00 And that's why I support a cooperative economic system instead of a corporate one. Cooperatives are owned by the very people who would otherwise be exploited, so the incentive to do so evaporates. And with the one share per shareholder, nobody ends up exercising undue power over others or accumulating wealth excessively.

New in Public Notice: The breathtaking hypocrisy of Alito https://www.publicnotice.co/p/alito-paul-singer-alaska-trip-corruption

Damn. As expected:

Steve Vladeck:

#BREAKING: #SCOTUS strikes down Harvard and UNC race-based affirmative action programs.

… says they illegally use race.

Mystal:

John Roberts says that affirmative action at Harvard and UNC violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

That means it's dead.

It's 6-3. Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissent.

Fox News host Jesse Watters, who was just given Tucker Carlson's timeslot, made a crude "joke" about VP Kamala Harris' gender at an insurance industry function back in April. The result was an "epic meltdown."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/media/jesse-watters-insurance-executives-reliable-sources/index.html

"If much of contemporary life is wrapped up in plastic, and the result of this is that we are poisoning our kids, ourselves, and our ecosystems, then contemporary life may need to be rethought."

How Plastics Are Poisoning Us - The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/03/book-reviews-plastic-waste

Thousands of flowers
Single sunflower blossom.
Every one a seed.

#dailyhaikuprompt

Judges Block Transgender Care Bans for Minors in Kentucky and Tennessee: The rulings extend a winning streak in court for transgender-rights advocates, who are trying to block new state laws that ban gender-transition care.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/us/kentucky-tennessee-transgender-bans-blocked.html

@mikebrew @Jayslacks I was thinking, #Thor was able to pick up #Mjolnir after killing #Thanos when he did in #Endgame. So Thor shouldn’t feel guilty about killing him (outside of battle). Right?

As I keep saying, liberals have to give up the idea that they are combatting Republicans. They are at war with Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, and the plutocratic elite they want to protect and enlarge. When we start aiming at them, and not the noisy nonsense they generate, we’ll start winning.

From: @shoq
https://mastodon.social/@shoq/110627651044553414

The U.S. already spends more than twice Russia and China's combined military budget. Cut the bloated US military budget. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/ro-khanna-house-military-defense-bill-rcna90653?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma&taid=649cc29d25570b0001164e2a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter