Juneteenth wouldn’t be Juneteenth without Dick Dowling, but not in a good way. Enslaved human beings in Texas could have been freed much earlier in the absence of his most famous Confederate victory. Four years ago today, two days before Juneteenth, he was taken off his pedestal here in Houston. 1/6
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
For all the talk of "death panels" years ago, here's the real death panel when someone is pregnant:
The doctor asks the hospital's lawyer, and the lawyer tries to guess what a prosecutor with no medical training might do later. If the lawyer senses any legal danger, they tell the doctor "no."
Actually really upset by oral arguments today. It seems clear that the Supreme
Court will allow states to outlaw emergency abortions. It will be a death sentence for thousands. I can’t countenance the cruelty of it.
Saw some stickers at a store tonight that were practically a @tkingfisher.bsky.social starter kit. I see a jackalope, Reverend Mord, and an excellent crow. (I was all out of Cheetos, unfortunately, but maybe the pigeon knows where to find some.)
Autumn Movement by Carl Sandburg
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The opening line, "I cried over beautiful things knowing no beautiful thing lasts", hit me hard because I often feel sad myself when I experience beautiful things. Like this poem, for example.
Darlings! Let's talk poetry. Quote skeet (sigh) this with a poem/poet you love and tell me what you love about it.
To me, there is so much magick in poetry. Even if you're not a fan of poetry in general, there is a poet out there for you, I promise.
UIUC has been mascot-less since 2007
In 2020 the student body voted to adopt a new mascot (the Kingfisher) but admins downplayed the referendum, presumably hoping it'd go away as folks graduated.
These students have not let up. Check out these freaking epic posters on campus today:
Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves The World day, everybody!
It's a great day to hug a non-radioactive loved one!
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RIP to the man responsible for the greatest cameo in film history: Here is Jimmy Buffett in the Jurassic World Margaritaville grabbing two tropical cocktails as he flees an attack of pteranodons
