Choosing to teach American history for the purpose of learning "patriotism" alone would be comparable to going to our doctors and insisting only on good news if the doc has found that we have heart disease or cancer. I am alive because of triple by-pass surgery. America?

The magical technology that enabled all this is of course AC, but AC is also the single highest electricity usage device we have, so grids are going to come under increasing stress.

NYC sending a text to residents to turn down the AC while leaving Times Square lit up is a great example of how the “individual responsibility to stop climate change” has been pushed to redirect our focus away from the corporations & failed government policy causing the most harm

In the face of climate crisis— I have no patience for privileged peoples cynicism/nihilism/burn it all down, it’s too late takes. This is the legacy of your forefathers, no one wants to hear any of that from you. Be useful or be quiet.

Instead of 'you're welcome' Persian speakers say, 'khāhesh mīkonam' which means, 'I beg [you not to thank me].'

It’s like our planet is trying to tell us something...

[As droplets of skin melt off my body like ice cream] At least we kept the filibuster

I think about this a lot

we must not be using enough paper straws

We are now about ~5 days out from the onset of a *potentially* all-time record smashing heat wave across California and the western U.S. I don't believe I've seen widespread highs over 120°F in central California before...

“Minneapolis Police Fail To Stop Crime, Kill One Bystander.

A reminder that the Sunrise Movement, Extinction Rebellion, and FridaysForFuture were started by individual people making decisions and taking actions. So was every fossil fuel corporation. Individuals, and their choices and actions, absolutely do matter. Your choices matter.

If you hear someone shout from above your head, that’s just Glenn. He’s stuck in the ceiling, but it’s fine, he gets fed

Gertrude Stein for today

Need a hard surface to apply a new screen protector to your mobile device? I highly recommend @MKDorDiggsy “Worldly Things.” Afterwards, you can treat yourself to a poem.

Dear friend from a past life. I've been thinking about how solid his "just trying" list is since he posted it on his birthday. Kanyi Maqubela, sending you love from the midwest.