A cat stops by to listen to Bagzhan Oktyabr heartbreaking cello in the silent streets of Istanbul. [📹 clvdeex]

Reading an interview with Nick Cave where he talks about God. I'm an atheist but I understand, because I'm also a mystic and I've spent all of my life trying to see God, or something like God, in the universe. I devoted a great deal of effort to trying to find purpose.

As I walk through this wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself, "Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred and misery? 'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry - Nick Lowe

If the phrase "Delay, Deny, Depose" can get individuals criminally charged given it was used by a shooter who killed one person, you may wonder how the phrase ought to be considered when used as *systematic policy* that harms thousands of people

Can confirm. Worse: you could have had Bernie. Shame about that dimbulbocracy you're hamstrung with.

NYPD apparently sat around asking themselves "how can we arrange to transport Mangione in a way that makes him look to his supporters like Christ being taken to the cross"

Pain and anxiety are shitty companions to fury and frustration.

"You'd rather take food out of your own children's mouths than see a crumb accidentally fall into the mouth of anyone else's child."

Dear world. I see so much pain and madness right now. And feel utterly powerless to 'fix' a single thing. All I can offer is this picture and the words of Hafiz of Shiraz. 'I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.'

I'm not a pilot but I have to imagine that you have to be an absolute BADASS to skim the water in what is basically a flying tank, over and over all day long, and do it with the accuracy it takes to scoop up 1,000+ gallons of water and not have an accident. My hat is off to

#Climate In the course of my work, I’ve seen permafrost thaw, monkeys dropping dead from trees, river dolphins cooked & penguins dying in Patagonian heat. Now, here at home, fires rage & kill as we debate if CC is real, like 5yr olds discussing Santa. x.com/djhomicide/sta…

Meanwhile, the dumbest frog in the pot is about to be handed control over the stove.

LHOOQ, approximately. Life mutilates art.

Please stop whatever you are doing and watch this. The charlatan snake oil merchant RFK on the ropes as his very own words become knockout blows.

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Feels like a good time for a little reminder: Countries aren't supposed to be run like businesses. Countries are supposed to spend money to support and serve their people. This means spending to support those living below the poverty line, the disabled and historically 1/

Cheetah introduces a photographer to her little ones