Thursday, December 31, 2020
The Undoing Of Our Public Lands and National Parks · National Parks Conservation Association
The Undoing Of Our Public Lands and National Parks · National Parks Conservation Association: President Trump and the officials he has appointed have systematically undermined, degraded and outright attacked the laws that protect our public lands, the agencies that manage them and the irreplaceable resources these places safeguard for the American people.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
“All day, one room: me, and the cherubim . . .” by Ellen Bryant Voigt | Blackbird v17n2 | #pandemicpoetry
ELLEN BRYANT VOIGT | from Kyrie
All day, one room: me, and the cherubim
with their wet kisses. Without quarantines,
who knew what was happening at home—
was someone put to bed, had someone died?
The paper said how dangerous, they coughed
and snuffed in their double desks, facing me—
they sneezed and spit on books we passed around
and on the boots I tied, retied, barely
out of school myself, Price at the front—
they smeared their lunch, they had no handkerchiefs,
no fresh water to wash my hands—when the youngest
started to cry, flushed and scared,
I just couldn’t touch her, I let her cry.
Their teacher, and I let them cry.
“All day, one room: me, and the cherubim . . .” by Ellen Bryant Voigt | Blackbird v17n2 | #poetry: All day, one room: me, and the cherubim / with their wet kisses. Without quarantines, who knew . . .
All day, one room: me, and the cherubim
with their wet kisses. Without quarantines,
who knew what was happening at home—
was someone put to bed, had someone died?
The paper said how dangerous, they coughed
and snuffed in their double desks, facing me—
they sneezed and spit on books we passed around
and on the boots I tied, retied, barely
out of school myself, Price at the front—
they smeared their lunch, they had no handkerchiefs,
no fresh water to wash my hands—when the youngest
started to cry, flushed and scared,
I just couldn’t touch her, I let her cry.
Their teacher, and I let them cry.
“All day, one room: me, and the cherubim . . .” by Ellen Bryant Voigt | Blackbird v17n2 | #poetry: All day, one room: me, and the cherubim / with their wet kisses. Without quarantines, who knew . . .
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Monday, December 28, 2020
Watch "Geometry of Circles," the Abstract Sesame Street Animation Scored by Philip Glass (1979) | Open Culture
Watch "Geometry of Circles," the Abstract Sesame Street Animation Scored by Philip Glass (1979) | Open Culture: Look into the childhood of any highly innovative American artist of the past couple generations, and you'll probably find at least a trace of Sesame Street.
Inequality Robs $2.5 Trillion From U.S. Workers Each Year
Inequality Robs $2.5 Trillion From U.S. Workers Each Year: If America’s level of income inequality had remained constant since 1970, the median U.S. worker would now make $100,000 a year, according to a new study from the RAND Corporation.
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Lessons from COVID-19 about policy decisions. - Indy100 Conversations
Lessons from COVID-19 about policy decisions. - Indy100 Conversations: All crises have gendered impacts – simply put, they affect women and men, girls and boys in different ways. COVID-19 is no different.
An earlier universe existed before the Big Bang, and can still be observed today, says Nobel winner
An earlier universe existed before the Big Bang, and can still be observed today, says Nobel winner: Sir Roger Penrose: 'The Big Bang was not the beginning. There was something before, and that something is what we will have in our future'
Friday, December 25, 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020
This so called disaster
Already a big Sam Shepard fan, I found This So-Called Disaster particularly moving, given how focused he managed to become on the central theme of his father & the legacy of toxic masculinity & mental health/addiction.
Carbon Capture Is Not a Climate Savior | The New Republic
Carbon Capture Is Not a Climate Savior | The New Republic: The promise of negative emissions is baked into most “net zero” pledges. But putting that into practice is easier said than done.
"Carbon capture is necessary. But fossil fuel executives are the last people who should get to define...what it should look like, and who benefits."
"Carbon capture is necessary. But fossil fuel executives are the last people who should get to define...what it should look like, and who benefits."
Lorna Slater: Why 2021 must be a year of moving forward | The National
Lorna Slater: Why 2021 must be a year of moving forward | The National: THIS was never going to be a normal festive season, after a year which I think we can all agree was pretty horrible. It will be strange to miss out…
The Lilac Time ~ Christmas A Go Go!
The Lilac Time ~ Christmas A Go Go!: Very cosy alt rock song by British band The Lilac Time . A song about life, really, the ups and downs: And I'm so glad you came to me And ...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
'I don't think he'd get the jokes': why is John Lithgow writing poetry about Donald Trump? | Politics books | The Guardian
'I don't think he'd get the jokes': why is John Lithgow writing poetry about Donald Trump? | Politics books | The Guardian: The actor is the latest to publish a book poking fun at the president. He reveals why he put pen to paper – plus a round up of the best of the rest
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
emergency relief bill, in summary
stimulus $600
israel $500 millionweapons $6 billion
candles $3,600
space force $2 billion
cost of a funeral: more than $600
In a single year, Trump deducted $75,000 in hair expenses.
Monday, December 21, 2020
Dr. Seth Norrholm: How to survive the physical, financial and emotional abuse of the Trump era | Salon.com
Dr. Seth Norrholm: How to survive the physical, financial and emotional abuse of the Trump era | Salon.com: Yes, he's made us crazy: PTSD expert says it's "the most dangerous time" in our "abusive relationship" with Trump
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Friday, December 18, 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Child Emergency: Souls in ICE - The Bullet
Child Emergency: Souls in ICE - The Bullet: Reeling from the US election, I hope that the first order of business is reuniting families and restoring children in Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Nina Turner Launches Bid for Congress, Pledging “No Honeymoon” for Biden Administration | Democracy Now!
Nina Turner Launches Bid for Congress, Pledging “No Honeymoon” for Biden Administration | Democracy Now!: We speak with Nina Turner, one of Bernie Sanders’s top allies, the day after she announced she is running for Congress in Ohio to fill the seat of Congressmember Marcia Fudge, who Biden tapped to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Turner has promised to hold the Biden team accountable and pressure the incoming administration to enact a progressive agenda. “I’m running in service of the people,” says Turner. “We need more, not just bold voices, but people who will take action and will be fearless when it comes to standing up for what is just, for what is right and for what is good.” Turner is a former state senator from Ohio who served as president of Our Revolution, the progressive organization spun out of the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign, and national co-chair of Bernie Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign. If elected, she will join the growing progressive wing of the Democratic Party in Congress.
Friday, December 11, 2020
"Broken Arrows" - The World's Lost Nuclear Weapons
"Broken Arrows" - The World's Lost Nuclear Weapons: The number of "broken arrows" - accidents involving nuclear bombs is truly staggering. The number of lost nuclear bombs is even more stunning.
Earlier springs could cause common bird species to become extinct by end of the century, scientists warn | The Independent
Earlier springs could cause common bird species to become extinct by end of the century, scientists warn | The Independent: ‘It could be that the apparent stability today is hiding a future collapse’
I, for one, enjoy great tits and think we should save great tits.
I, for one, enjoy great tits and think we should save great tits.
What makes a city feminist? - City Monitor
What makes a city feminist? - City Monitor: We live in places designed by and for men. In her new book, Feminist City: Claiming Space in the Man-made World, geographer Leslie Kern offers alternatives.
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
In memory of Harold Budd – Anthony Wilson
In memory of Harold Budd – Anthony Wilson: Harold Budd, May 24, 1936 – December 8, 2020 I am reposting this piece today in memory of Harold Budd, who has died. I first published it on 25 September, 2018. – In The Year of Living Deeply…
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Biden Picks Raytheon Board Member To Lead The US War Machine – Caitlin Johnstone
Biden Picks Raytheon Board Member To Lead The US War Machine – Caitlin Johnstone: The mass media are reporting that the Biden camp has selected former general Lloyd J. Austin III to be the next secretary of defense, assuaging fears among antiwar activists that the position would…
Monday, December 7, 2020
Why I Am a Socialist | America on the Brink | Issues | The Hedgehog Review
Why I Am a Socialist | America on the Brink | Issues | The Hedgehog Review: It is the irreducibly human dimensions of the radical life that are to be most cherished, and most feared.
Sunday, December 6, 2020
‘Emancipation Never Really Came to Agriculture’ — FAIR
‘Emancipation Never Really Came to Agriculture’ — FAIR: "We say, on the one hand, that they’re essential.... But we don’t pay these people in a way that reflects how essential they are."
Capital, the system and jobs chaos
Capital, the system and jobs chaos: Millions of people have been thrown onto the jobs scrapheap this year. Tomáš Tengely-Evans looks at how the capitalist system uses unemployment
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Donald Trump’s Dangerous Last Days | Sierra Club
Donald Trump’s Dangerous Last Days | Sierra Club: Last week, the Trump administration began the formal process of selling leases to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- one of our last remaining truly wild places.
MR Online | Beyond Plague Urbanism
MR Online | Beyond Plague Urbanism: Over the centuries, humans have survived tragedy through the incredible stoicism of not moving, of standing one’s ground, of resisting…
Arundhati Roy: ‘The Pandemic Is a Portal’ - Online University of the Left
Arundhati Roy: ‘The Pandemic Is a Portal’ - Online University of the Left: Arundhati Roy: ‘The Pandemic Is a Portal’
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Detained and quarantined: 28 asylum-seeking children face deportation and COVID-19 | Prism
Detained and quarantined: 28 asylum-seeking children face deportation and COVID-19 | Prism: “Please help us get out of here. All of us detained here can’t stand it anymore,” said eight-year-old Antonio.
Removing Trump Is Not Enough. He Must Be Prosecuted. | The Nation
Removing Trump Is Not Enough. He Must Be Prosecuted. | The Nation: He has declared total war on American democracy, and for that, he must be brought to justice.
Toxic PFAS Chemicals Discovered in Hundreds of Products
Toxic PFAS Chemicals Discovered in Hundreds of Products: Climbing ropes, guitar strings, and hand sanitizer are among the newly reported uses for the toxic “forever” chemicals.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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