Love Blues music and Blue Progressives.
Reading Pablo Neruda tonight, to remind myself that I am not the only one to have loved so fiercely.
Reading Pablo Neruda tonight, to remind myself that I am not the only one to have loved so fiercely.
Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?
Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?
They need that kind of fire.
They need that kind of fire.
I'll show you why. 🧵
I'll show you why. 🧵
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
it also brings to mind my favorite quote from lost boys:
corey haim: "wait, wait. you *have* a TV?"
grandpa: "no. i just like to read the TV Guide. read the TV Guide, you don't need a TV."
it also brings to mind my favorite quote from lost boys:
corey haim: "wait, wait. you *have* a TV?"
grandpa: "no. i just like to read the TV Guide. read the TV Guide, you don't need a TV."
Across the nation, libraries are laying off library workers, closing on weekends or entirely, stopping the ordering of new materials, eliminating summer reading programs ❤️🩹
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Across the nation, libraries are laying off library workers, closing on weekends or entirely, stopping the ordering of new materials, eliminating summer reading programs ❤️🩹
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...