BREAKING: A judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship. (AP)

https://apnews.com/article/birthright-citizenship-donald-trump-lawsuit-immigration-9ac27b234c854a68a9b9f8c0d6cd8a1c

Just a scribble. For some reason, I like to do bubbly, semi-liquid things lately.

Maybe mucus is on my mind, since we are no longer part of WHO.

Fooling with a light source; maybe I should move the shadow underneath a bit to the right.

#art #doodle #experiment #slimeball #greenslime #flubber

A blobby sphere of green slime, hovering in place, but dripping a bit.

I’ve been thinking recently about how anti-fascist writing circulated in Germany after Hitler’s rise. Called tarnschriften, or “hidden writings,” these pocket-sized essays, news updates, and how-tos were hidden inside the covers of mundane, everyday materials.

https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-01-22-seeds/

Jeff Bezos deletes ‘LGBTQ+ rights’ and ‘equity for Black people’ from Amazon corporate policies

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jeff-bezos-deletes-lgbtq-rights-and-equity-for-black-people-from-amazon-corporate-policies/ar-AA1xFOiE?ocid=socialshare&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

Now is a good time to join the DSA, even if you’re not a Socialist. You’ll receive a practical introduction to organizing, mutual aid, and effective activism, you’ll learn about more fair and just alternatives to Capitalism, and you’ll find that the best cure for hopelessness is solidarity.

The Europeans know a Nazi salute when they see one. Too bad our memory is too short and we have too many folks trying to snow us.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-yolanda-diaz-twitter-b2683392.html

The CDC, FDA, HHS and NIH have all been told to pause external communications, including publishing scientific reports, updating websites or issuing health advisories.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14313075/trump-pauses-cdc-fda-nih-rfk-jr-health-agencies.html?ico=comment-anchor

No study section…no grant reviews
No grant reviews…no grants awarded
No grants awarded…no research
No research…no functional NIH

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.