"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive."

We have a right to not be shot. We have a right to survive math class. We have a right to safety. We have a right to a future. We have a right to not be murdered. Murder is the ultimate infringement on our rights.

Fuck the NRA and Fuck The Gun Lobby.

Kaya gave birth to her 3 puppies in the pound. Too young to be vaccinated, they are at risk from Parvo or Giardia sickness/death - or death by the needle in high kill Devore CA. We need to get them safe with a rescue. Please help Kaya and her babies leave alive: pledge RT, let’s

the fact that Barbie and Oppenheimer releasing at the same time did not result in a “Barbie vs. Oppenheimer” and instead produced a “Barbie and Oppenheimer” tells me that something has healed in the world idk

Shambles has practically gotten no adoption inquiries so he asked me to take this picture to show the general public that he pees IN litter boxes now. like really good. it's not even hard for him so whatever your loss

This essay is by far the most personal piece I have ever written, and publishing it feels like the scariest—and most important—thing I have ever done. It is about the hell that was my childhood, and how systems of power and abuse are created—and upheld. guernicamag.com/the-protagonis…

TPUSA's Americafest in Phoenix this year was part Nuremburg rally, part revival meeting, and part Comicon - but also a very effective training ground for winning political power at all levels. 1

Friendly reminder that conservationists recycle Wimbledon tennis balls and install them as predator proof shelters for field mice:

I need people to understand how difficult it is to get an NIH grant. You spend months writing a proposal, following strict guidelines that include a detailed multiyear budget, bios of everyone on your team, plans for participant safety & ethical conduct. Then you send it off -1/n

As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget. Really think about how twisted this all is.

War does not solve problems; on the contrary, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the history of peoples, which take generations to heal. No armed victory can compensate for the pain of mothers, the fear of children, or stolen futures. May diplomacy silence the weapons!

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."  -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

“When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in three kilos of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said to my husband: ‘How sinister is this?’ I’m a humanitarian aid worker. Why would there even be a

Restricting H-1Bs for high-skilled immigration to the US will shrink access to the global talent pool that has contributed substantially to US innovation, productivity, jobs, & earning opportunities for all Americans, just as China is opening its doors to these workers. Michael Clemens:

The US is spending more than $1 trillion on the military for the first time in history. That apparently isn't enough. Now, the Pentagon wants $200 billion more for an illegal war in Iran. The answer is NO. We need to invest in the American people, not endless war.

On the helicopter leaving the ship right now. This planet is impossibly beautiful from every altitude I’ve seen it…surface to 250,000 miles

we live on a planet where trees warn each other of danger through underground networks. where octopuses dream. where elephants return to the bones of their dead and stand over them in silence. where bees communicate through dance, showing each other where to fly. where flowers

A lot of people are under the mistaken impression that progress means advances in tech. Real progress is kids who are literate, free meals for public school students, a culture in which human art & poetry are celebrated. We're regressing rapidly & the only way forward is to read.