Adorable sea otters slam dunk little pumpkins 🎃
Rick Steves:
Many don’t realize that the first people Hitler sent to his concentration camps weren’t everyday Jews, but his political opponents. So, when Trump rants about retribution, locking up his opponents, and giving them “very long sentences,” I can’t help but take him seriously… because history teaches us that is what fascist dictators do during their “Day One” period to consolidate their power.... your political opponents running around free.)
To keep fascism out of our lives...
Thank you, Seattle Times and publisher Frank Blethen. (Hey Bezos! Check out how not to be a fking coward while newspapering!)
Hundreds of completed ballots were reportedly lost in Vancouver, Washington, after smoke was seen billowing out of a ballot drop box.
A Portland, Oregon, ballot drop box was said to have been reported on fire just hours earlier. Investigators blamed an incendiary device set off inside the box.
https://www.rawstory.com/washington-ballots-burned/
Good morning, CoSo fam! Sunrise here in Kilmacanogue before she tucked herself back up into her cloudy sky blanket. ❤️🌄❤️
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/nosanitize
Even though I went Pro a month after I joined, I like to chip in a little extra when I can. And it sure warms my heart to see others donating! ❤️
Nobody is made of money. If you just can't afford to donate or go Pro, we all understand. We're happy to have you here!
But our host has been paying out of pocket to keep this ship afloat.
Every drop in the bucket helps! What would you pay for a latte, and what do you get from CoSo?
This is a great time to chip in!
Library of Possibilities.
“This is my latest experiential futures project: a series of books from the future, each inspired by the work and interests of a different NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist or engineer, made tangible, and smuggled on to public library shelves in Los Angeles for readers to discover.”
Stuart Candy
https://futuryst.blogspot.com/2024/10/library-of-possibilities.html
Yup, yup, that doggone economic anxiety.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/election-workers-threats-trump/680362/
Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report
Alleged talks between billionaire and Russian president could have enormous security implications
#news
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2024/khou-11-investigation-coffee-city-police-department/
Small town (pop 250) police dept disbanded after discovering it contained 50(!) cops many of them fired for cause or with warrants out, including the chief.
Formerly @agunn and @agunn_at_work on that dead bird site, but free of the fouled nest. Hi there!