ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

Traditional barriers to reform that the Luigi movement is currently illuminating: the myth that current systems are inevitable, the strategic deployment of culture wars to divide common interests, and the corporate media's ability to redirect collective anger into safer channels.

Sometimes I think, "Compared to geological time, living things exist for only little blinks," but other times I think, "actually, life is one continuous chemical chain that first formed billions of years ago and every mountain range that existed back then has long since crumbled away to dust."

I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations

Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat

as much as i treasure the relationships i've made on socials that have turned into real life friendships, i give equal appreciation to mutuals i will never meet but plan on swapping likes with when one of us posts "she Peg on my Dan til i Aja" until death finds one of us

Currently wishing the countless number of human beings, who suffer daily as a result of oppressive institutions designed to profit off of their misfortune, healing and justice, however long the road ahead. ❤️‍🩹

The Philosophy of Evil Compels Oppressors to Dehumanize the Vulnerable
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Platitudes about love and non violence feel hollow and insulting to someone who has witnessed the human wreckage of a system that treats the vulnerable as disposable. The profound asymmetry of power b/w the comfortable elite and those slowly crushed under their boot heels is stomach-churning.

Do you think you're sitting still right now?

- You're on a planet orbiting a star at 30km/s

- That star is orbiting the centre of a galaxy at 230km/s

- That galaxy is moving trough the universe at 600km/s.

Since you started reading this, you have travelled about 3000km

The universe is full of patterns. I wonder if it’s fractal in nature.

I love seeing men cry. Not out of sadness, but out of compassion or joy. I think more men need to know that a lot of women (most of my friends at least) find men who express their emotions extremely attractive.

Dark ages #2 coming at ya!

Made this account partially in protest of the other social media platforms out there, but now that I’m here I really just love this app ☺️🌙

Following on from my last post on Charles Darwin's walking stick, here's a letter he wrote in 1861: "But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."

Same, Darwin. Same.

Yeah same 😂