I really want to write something on how arts and crafts carried a significant role in acts of resistance through the ages. From the visuals and cookbooks of the suffragists to the knitting spies of WWII, it really is such a rich topic

I am working out of a public library and there are a good number of people who seem to be on hard times using the facilities for various reasons like job searching, entertainment, charging peripherals, using the bathroom, etc., and I am struck by how important it is that libraries continue to exist

Keep this in mind: The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was carried out by executive order—from the President of the United States.
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A reminder to please always add alt text to images as a service to users like me who can’t recognise any celebrity who became famous in the last ten years

It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.

why did they show the same label twice

i'm on bluesky for the scientific community

[threatening a baby] here comes the airplane

I’m thinking about federal income tax.

If the federal government isn’t meeting its obligations why should we?

Specifically, I’d love to see states get the money first and hold it in trust pending litigation. I want to pay my taxes but not to a government that doesn’t respect the constitution.

That’s more like it.

It’s fun starting a new hobby with ADHD because I never know if I’ve found a new lifelong passion or if I’m going to spend $2000 on stuff and immediately lose all interest

My VPN works

One of these days we're gonna have to reckon with the fact that "money that I spend which does not directly benefit me is a waste" is a popular sentiment.

I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.

And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.

And there's nothing immature about enjoying games. Video Games are literally an art form!

Always fact-check.
Please.

Gentle reminder that you can log off today and exercise, volunteer, play video games, run errands, crochet, bake banana bread, see a friend, binge any TV show, play with your baseball cards, tidy your junk drawer(s), bury yourself in work, whatever you need to do to protect your peace. ❤️

again, you're trying to equate things that are not equal. "videogames" is not equivalent to "netflix", it's equivalent to "movies" or "cinema" which is a very normal hobby that a lot of people enjoy!

This is absolutely a boomer complaint. Besides the fact that most millennials have grown up around video games to the point where it's just a normal thing to them, this also does the most boomer thing of managing to make a sweeping declaration about a thing you seem to know little about

i wish mr bean could talk so he could say some shit like "OK that was pretty messed up." whenever something crazy happens to him