"Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed."
— Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune

Afternoon, Bluesky!

"Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." — Voltaire

"Home is where I have my library." — Desiderius Erasmus

12 more days until our largest book festival to date. Join me as we celebrate literature, imagination, and creativity with over 75 authors and literary vendors!

middlegalitfest.com

"Decentralized social media networks operate on the foundational principles of blockchain technology and smart contracts, creating a robust, secure, and user-centric ecosystem."

blaize.tech/blog/decentr...

These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business.

Costco
Meijer
Kroger
Giant Grocery
Ben & Jerry’s
Ulta, Macy’s
Old Navy
Nordstrom’s
TJ Maxx
GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…)
Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Wegmans

When these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and government. Independence is my happiness, the world is my country and my religion is to do good.” ― Thomas Paine, Rights of Man (2/2)

“When it can be said my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars, the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive, the rational world is my friend because I am the friend of happiness... (1/2) #thomaspaine

"One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church." — Thomas Paine

"You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor. He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. You’ve never turned the wrong to right. You’ve been a coward in the fight." — Charles Mackay

“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” — Ayn Rand

“One tree makes a million matchsticks, but one matchstick can burn a million trees." - Rumi

“In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true.”

― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

The work and prayers of centuries
Have brought us to this day
What shall be our legacy?
What will our children say?
Let me know in my heart
When my days are through
America, America I gave my best to you.

"American Anthem" by Gene Scheer

"Racism may wear a new dress, buy a new pair of boots, but neither it nor fascism is new or can make anything new. It can only reproduce the environment that supports its own health: fear, denial, and an atmosphere in which its victims have lost the will to fight."

www.c-span.org/program/publ...

“Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse for some.” – Margaret Atwood #TheHandmaid’sTale