Omni
@msommerer.bsky.social
Teacher in exile, father, husband, mathematician, poet, thinker, and storyteller.
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Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
And the beauty of it is that you have time. You know there will be an end one day, so there is no point in chasing it. Instead, live for today.
The #Consolation of Dying
It is not a wish,
not a yearning for endings,
but a quiet recognition
that everything-every bruise of the day,
every unfinished sentence,
every grief that keeps pulling up a chair
will someday loosen its grip.
#vss365 #poetry #dying
It is not a wish,
not a yearning for endings,
but a quiet recognition
that everything-every bruise of the day,
every unfinished sentence,
every grief that keeps pulling up a chair
will someday loosen its grip.
#vss365 #poetry #dying
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
And the beauty of it is that you have time. You know there will be an end one day, so there is no point in chasing it. Instead, live for today.
Too many thorns today. Not enough room to stand or lay down, only enough to sit. Fatigue looms, coiling around me. There is beauty, but not much joy. There is hope, but not much progress. I can not seem to get comfortable.
I am tired, but I will try again tomorrow.
I am tired, but I will try again tomorrow.
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Too many thorns today. Not enough room to stand or lay down, only enough to sit. Fatigue looms, coiling around me. There is beauty, but not much joy. There is hope, but not much progress. I can not seem to get comfortable.
I am tired, but I will try again tomorrow.
I am tired, but I will try again tomorrow.
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Ode and #gratitude to the sea—waters of life 🌊🌊🌊
#sea #nature #writingcommunity #beinghuman
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#sea #nature #writingcommunity #beinghuman
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ode and #gratitude to the sea—waters of life 🌊🌊🌊
#sea #nature #writingcommunity #beinghuman
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#sea #nature #writingcommunity #beinghuman
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
Not great leaders who fought against injustice. Not freedom from slavery. Only one thing in the world is worthy of celebration in his eyes. All else is frivolous and contemptible. share.google/d2i4oqqfzLXN...
National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday
The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Not great leaders who fought against injustice. Not freedom from slavery. Only one thing in the world is worthy of celebration in his eyes. All else is frivolous and contemptible. share.google/d2i4oqqfzLXN...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Before we all get caught up about the second strike being a war crime, let's all take a second to remember that the first strike was *also* a war crime.
December 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Before we all get caught up about the second strike being a war crime, let's all take a second to remember that the first strike was *also* a war crime.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
"Mr. Speaker, the Uniform Code if Military Justice states-"
"I haven't seen it. I, I haven't had a chance to read it, so I'm not sure what you're talking about."
(I apologize for the joke coming across as actual reporting.)
"I haven't seen it. I, I haven't had a chance to read it, so I'm not sure what you're talking about."
(I apologize for the joke coming across as actual reporting.)
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 AM
"Mr. Speaker, the Uniform Code if Military Justice states-"
"I haven't seen it. I, I haven't had a chance to read it, so I'm not sure what you're talking about."
(I apologize for the joke coming across as actual reporting.)
"I haven't seen it. I, I haven't had a chance to read it, so I'm not sure what you're talking about."
(I apologize for the joke coming across as actual reporting.)
It is tempting to look away, to ignore it just to protect yourself and your sanity. But as a father, the very idea that this is happening at all, let alone in my country, let alone by people who claim to be *representing me*, is unconscionable. It must be seen, because it must be stopped.
These are the living conditions ICE/border patrol provides for the children they kidnap.
Does this look pro-Life to you?
Does this look pro-Life to you?
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It is tempting to look away, to ignore it just to protect yourself and your sanity. But as a father, the very idea that this is happening at all, let alone in my country, let alone by people who claim to be *representing me*, is unconscionable. It must be seen, because it must be stopped.
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The pro-Nick Fuentes Administration destroying people and institutions on the basis of “fighting antisemitism” has me losing my damn mind.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The pro-Nick Fuentes Administration destroying people and institutions on the basis of “fighting antisemitism” has me losing my damn mind.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
The more I think about it, the timing, the players, the politics... the more it feels like oligarchic lever-pulling. The eight senators were the tip of the iceberg, the most expendable ones. We are meant to be angry at them; they are the PR equivalent of human shields.
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The more I think about it, the timing, the players, the politics... the more it feels like oligarchic lever-pulling. The eight senators were the tip of the iceberg, the most expendable ones. We are meant to be angry at them; they are the PR equivalent of human shields.
Call the house back in session.
Seat Grijalva.
Negotiate a budget.
Open the government.
Do your damn jobs.
Seat Grijalva.
Negotiate a budget.
Open the government.
Do your damn jobs.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Call the house back in session.
Seat Grijalva.
Negotiate a budget.
Open the government.
Do your damn jobs.
Seat Grijalva.
Negotiate a budget.
Open the government.
Do your damn jobs.
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Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.
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It’s time
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It’s time
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WTAF is wrong with these people? Apparently Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, thinks it’s funny to call teachers unions a trick and closing the Department of Education a treat. I’m not laughing.
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
WTAF is wrong with these people? Apparently Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, thinks it’s funny to call teachers unions a trick and closing the Department of Education a treat. I’m not laughing.
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This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic Party. It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic Party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future. Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment
October 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic Party. It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic Party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future. Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment
Man, @theonion.com is always spot on with these headlines.
October 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Man, @theonion.com is always spot on with these headlines.
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the only time in my memory make some noise as been won with two words
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
the only time in my memory make some noise as been won with two words
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Hard truth from @marcelias.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hard truth from @marcelias.bsky.social
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Thank you for everything. 🖤
October 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thank you for everything. 🖤
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Afloat on Fall: You have probably seen this image many times before…it is a classic autumn composition. #Sony a6700. #Sigma 16-300 at 450mm equivalent. Landscape mode. Processed in Photomator. #Maine #fall #Point’nShootNature
September 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Afloat on Fall: You have probably seen this image many times before…it is a classic autumn composition. #Sony a6700. #Sigma 16-300 at 450mm equivalent. Landscape mode. Processed in Photomator. #Maine #fall #Point’nShootNature
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Gonna have to teach everyone from scratch that the president isn't your boss, he's your employee
September 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Gonna have to teach everyone from scratch that the president isn't your boss, he's your employee
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Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?