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My heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of actress Patti Yasutake. Fans will forever cherish her portrayal of Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Personally, I’ll remember her as a dear friend, whose sister was the late Irene Hirano Inouye, a founder of the Japanese American National Museum.

https://variety.com/2024/legit/news/patti-yasutake-dead-beef-star-trek-1236097412/

I'm British so have never heard of a "DEI hire". They make it sound like it's about hiring people that are not qualified, so I can only assume it stands for Don Jr, Eric, and Ivanka.

Taking my trusty sign while I run errands in town. I have modest expectations for today and would be delighted if #Mastodon4Harris reaches $440,000 today. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris

Cat cartoons courtesy of my husband. #CatsForHarris

When is it okay to "first-name" or "untitle" VP Harris (i.e., call her Kamala)? See my & Dr. Leanne Dzubinski's new Fast Company article. If you are not calling her male opponents by their first name in a certain context, then don't first-name VP Harris in that context. https://www.fastcompany.com/91164193/call-her-kamala-the-problem-with-using-a-first-name-only-for-professional-women

Crazy how little discussion there is about fact that Republican nominee is publicly trading a basically empty company, whose only "product" is that it will be where he launders money he steals if he regains power, and it is trading at a market cap of $6 billion.

100 cherry swings a day keeps the vet away

#Caturday

Exactly the message you need to hear today, by Howard Zinn [via Patrice Wynne]

What the hell am I talking about? Not sure, to be honest.

But one aspect is to kill the lie of "us" vs. "them"

There is no "them", there is only us. It's always been that way, even if we never had a great enough perspective to see it until lately.

We live on an isolated speck of pleasantness in a sea of death we can never leave (Earth). Everything anyone does here eventually affects everyone else. We are all connected and are all in the same fight together. All problems are global.

"Just because you think Alfred is too old to take care of the Batcave, you don't replace him with the Joker."
~ Jimmy Kimmel

During a group photo with greeters on the PHL tarmac a reporter shouted a question at President Biden about whether he'd serve four more years or hand over power to VP Harris. He replied: “You're not hurt are you? Are you okay? Did you fall on your head or something?”

Our statement:

Freedom is for everyone, period!

Narrator voice: "When threatened, the lithium-ion battery can expand up to twice its usual size"