On #ThisDayInHistory in 1944, visionary filmmaker #GeorgeLucas was born. Many who've tried to write in his universe since have failed to grasp its basis in #JosephCampbell 's take on #myth and its lessons for us. #StarWars isn't #scifi ; it's epic #fantasy .

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CA Dem. Party ( #CADEM ) cancelled me for linking #CandaceOwens to #KKK and #neonazism ... a person who recycles Klan rhetoric and 4chan #antisemitism and defends Hitler. I will never forgive them for backing the #FarRight . Anyway, listen to this great answer; fuck # #WhiteSupremacy .

Here's a fun #ska revival band from. #Japan , #TokyoSkaParadiseOrchestra .

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'War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.'
- Smedley Butler, USMC

My Roman war goddess Minerva loves to come onto my Zoom calls and take centre stage. Her disapproving stare when I'm talking about complex issues can be so damned cute. 😂🥰😼😸

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1940, one of my childhood inspirations, the great #anarchist #feminist #antiimperialist #EmmaGoldman died, aged 70. If I'd had a daughter, I may have used the name Emma (and had planned to with an ex). She was an unstoppable force of nature and principle.

I hope the #ICJ is paying attention. Actively causing #starvation of a civilian population is obviously a #genocidal #warcrime , and the state has a responsibility to stop this shit. It can't because the cabinet is packed with #fundamentalist #settlers .

The US government's position on #genocide is false and pernicious. The erasure of Palestinians since 1948 has been genocidal all along. Denial of their claim to live in peace, dignity, and equality on the land is genocidal, by definition. Defending #apartheid is WRONG, damnit!

On a post about the sale of a French estate that was once owned by a member of the #Rothschild family, this person kept defending conspiracies about the family, showing once again that some leftists have been infected with the same #antisemitic horseshit that animates the right.

Germany's main #FarRight party, #AfD , retained its suspected-extremist label, allowing state intelligence to surveil its members. I reflexively despise the #surveillance state, but I also know the consequences of allowing fascists into power, so I'm torn.

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This just came up in my feed and it broke me. My pup Amirah was in decline for a long time before finally passing a couple weeks ago. I still miss her every day.

#FrankZappa was a genius composer and musician. Here he is in 1963 playing two bicycles. :-)

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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1985, the Philadelphia #police department committed the #MOVE bombing, an act of #terrorism and mass murder. Never forget that the state works to support #WhiteSupremacy and attacks #leftist ( #anarchist and #Marxist ) groups.

Here's a fun one: #MediaevalMetal and #EarlyMusic band #CorvusCorax of #Germany .

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There is a global #GeneralStrike planned for my birthday, 17 May, so maybe y'all could use that as motivation if, you know, standing up for #Rafah and #Gaza aren't enough motivation? *LOL*

With allies like this, the Zionists are really showing the quality of person they attract with their blatant racism and disregard for human dignity and civility. *snort* It's almost hard to believe people like this one are real... then I remember which planet this is and sigh.

Happy #MothersDay .

#PsychedelicSunday , week four, takes us to #Turkey for #AnatolianRock band #Moğollar .

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My microwave died last weekend. I figured, no big hurry to replace, I don't cook much with it. Sitting down to grade final papers, I discovered a flaw in that -- rewarming my coffee is a bit of a pain. *lol* I'm using my Palestinian ibrik to reheat my coffee/cacao blend!

Don't let life kill your groove. Keep that inner child and spirit of adventure and fun alive every day of your life.