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
ADHD-Man
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.
Sign me up, Blooski!
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/bluesky-is-getting-its-own-photo-sharing-app-flashes/
https://archive.org/details/The-Cat-1966-Series
Complete run of T.H.E. Cat, series from 1966. Great watch
King Kirby knew his stuff.
How did Jack Kirby know that American fascism would be so grotesque?
So charmless?
So camp?
“I hear you, right thinkers! You’re shouting Anti-Life — the positive belief! Listen, as the great organ catches your words and finds the wonderful music in them! And what am I, Glorious Godfrey, but another poor instrument that vibrates to your message? And I say, come to me! And I shall give you the power to wield death!”
The minion holding Justifier helmets, says, “Wield death! Wield pain! You can be justified — if you wear one of these!”
“Yes, friends! Though Life is ever filled with those who threaten us, it is Anti-Life which gives us the power to eliminate them! The holocaust is coming! The day of Apokolips on Earth! The Day of Darkseid, who brings this power for only us to use! Yes, it is his gift to us, friends! The Cosmic Hunting License! The right to point the finger or the gun! Who can stand against us, friends? Certainly not the others! They can be recognized for what they are! But not us, friends, Not us! When we wear this helmet, we feel unified! Glorified! Justified! Step up, friends! Take your helmet! Be superior! Be fierce! Be a Justifier! It’s Darkseid’s gift of Anti-Life — It’s the ‘Happiness Package!'”
Day 20,443
Jack Kirby may have been on to something.
A mob of well-dressed, blank-eyed, white people.
“YESSIR! IT’S THE TRUTH SLORIOUS GODFREY S SPEAKING THE TRUTH!”
‘HE’S VOICING WHAT’S IN OUR HEARTS!”
“TELL IT, GODFREY! TELL US HOW OUR PRIDE IS BEING ATTACKED AND DRAGGED IN THE DUST!”
“IT’S THE OTHERS, GODFREY! THOSE WHO DON’T THINK RIGHT!”
“THIS IS OUR WORLD! OUR WORLD! THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO MEDDLE WITH IT!”
https://bsky.app/profile/scottobear.bsky.social/post/3lgdqkmns3225
My current listen- soundtrack to Lodge 49. Both the show and the tunes are enchanting.
Day 20,442
Just a cowpoke riding his trusty lizard steed across the desert, headed toward the forbidden zone.
#cowboy #lizard #weirdwest #art #doodle
Just a note.
If you’ve known me for more than five minutes, you probably know that I am extremely passionate about true equality and social justice.
However, to emotionally and mentally cope with this new administration, I am going to make an extra effort to be silly, to experience joy, and to practice self-care. I don’t want anyone who sees those posts to mistake them for me being dismissive or not caring about our current state of affairs.
As Audre Lorde explains, joy gives us the “energy for change” to resist the oppressive structures and status quo that make us tired and apathetic; an exhaustive oppression that holds us back. But in the face of this paralysis, joy is an act of resistance. Communities hammered down by systemic oppression wave a giant “we will not be defeated” flag by continuing to find joy in the face of it all.
Joy isn’t turning a blind eye to pain and burying our heads in the sand. Joy is recognizing that loss, sorrow, grief, and anger all have a place alongside the temptation to just cry out, “Everything is fine,” when it’s not. Joy is an invitation to resist the status quo and lean into the pursuit of justice.
I miss our time at Poe’s.
Vincent Price at Edgar Allan Poe’s grave. This rare, candid photo of the actor visiting Edgar Allan Poe’s grave at the Westminster Burial Grounds was taken by Jeff Jerome, the curator of the Poe House and Museum, when Price was on tour with his one-man show Diversions and Delights, in 1977.
