So happy it's Friday

*sorry, @IRNMKE3 - I had to delete and repost, because I had "week" instead of "year" at one part.

This country. 🙃

Clan del Golfo has had a strong presence in rural regions of my department for a while. Last year they went on "strike" by seizing small mining towns where locals were trying to protest. This week, the conflict is again at a high point...

But it's actually a conflict between the Clan and *other* groups - the paramilitaries ELN and EMC (an offshoot from FARC). And... the military of #Colombia is trying to keep the peace amid them.

Ongoing lessons in the nuance of war and peace!

👀

@Bix

Caitlin Clark is under FIRE after liking Taylor Swift's endorsement. She has since come out and said she is not endorsing anyone. Too late. People were all over her comments saying Trump 2024 and they thought she was a savior [of what I don't know].

It is almost as if they weren't basketball fans at all. It is almost like they were just betting on the white horse.

I also love the fact that as a female, with a uterus and her own brand, she can't just vote to preserve that. Oh well 😂

The Undecided Voter fiction defined: A voter who is embarrassed by DJT, but cannot ever imagine voting for a woman of color. Doesn't want friends and family to know. Disconnects from policy because personality matters more.

Two tours in Springfield...

So, funny #CoSo moment:

Bluesky is where the bulk of my writing industry is re-assembling post-X, and in the last few days I've had a *huge* uptick in followers there, because my name is in a "starter pack" of recommended SFF-industry accounts.

But are any of those new follows engaging with my actual writing or any posts that don't serve their own uplift?

Of course not.

Because it's still all about branding.

Here - for all our faults - we try to show up for each other as people. A gift. 👌

I believe Christians who are racist are the "get out of jail free card", where one merely says Jesus is their savior to avoid Hell and get the goodies, and are "prosperity gospel" Christians who believe Jesus is a magic genie that gives good things to people who prayed and complimented him x times.

🤣
#cosohumour

i like getting a hand towel near scalding hot wet, squeeze out access water without burning yourself, and wrap around foot. then squeeze foot in massage manner @singlemaltgirl

It started when a black man roasted him, and it'll end when a black woman finishes him.

Holy shit. It happened to Tua again! 😢

Recently Many Are VERY Concerned About PET SAFETY In Springfield, Ohio & This Concern Has Literally Gone VIRAL #CatsOfCoSo

Felines…Have Taken Matters …Into Their Own Paws …With Varying Results
Rosemary Is Taking NO Chances
However Some Are Making A Direct Appeal To A HIGHER Authority & Some Are Utilizing Extraordinary Evasive Measures
https://www.threads.net/@firerock31/post/C_xH0FQxaDp/?xmt=AQGzTxqmI1FtQ-cFyuHpzNaIgfgJU3DlTLGZ7UzFLN0Ipg

Canines ..However ..Do NOT Have A Ghost Of A Chance …Except In Packs …& Have Resorted To Begging
https://youtube.com/shorts/04PDxrk4iRw?si=XQfK1JG1NXYpFDNt

Dolphins throwing this game away. What a dumb decision.

This May 2024 Peacebuilding article is only tangentially related to today's newsletter, so it's not going to get the full treatment that it deserves, but it is a FASCINATING read: an exploration of feelings of intra-group betrayal, and the efficacy of two strategies (clarification and counter-critique) used to combat hostility from family members committed to war, when one is instead pursuing pathways to peace.

#Israel #Palestine #Peace #Science #Sociology #Humanism

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21647259.2024.2351716#d1e966