“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.” ... Tagore

From The Mashable:

https://mashable.com/article/read-banned-books-access

Where you can read banned books for free

"Books across America are being banned — namely by marginalized authors and with marginalized characters. Get around it."

"The last two years have been exhausting, frightening, outrage inducing," Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of The American Library Association (ALA)'s Office for Intellectual Freedom, told PBS(opens in a new tab)."

Alabama has a higher infant mortality rate than Lebanon.

#Toronto #Pride
Pride festival in Toronto generates $374 million towards Ontario’s GDP and $149 million in tax revenue, making it one of the most important income generators the city has. Point that out to any haters. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

#ukraine
#ecocide by #russia

Shocking photos of shallowed Kakhovka Reservoir published online

The Kakhovka Reservoir has turned into a desert after the Russian military demolished the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant and dam, a shocking photo posted by Ukrainian journalist and blogger Denys Kazansky on Telegram on June 25 shows.

https://english.nv.ua/nation/shocking-photos-of-shallowed-kakhovka-reservoir-published-online-50334412.html

Something strange this way comes and McFaul agrees

It doesn’t make sense. Lukaschenko petitioned NATO

A GOP/GQP talking point right now is…

“This Wagner thing is what a real insurrection looks like!”

Not at all.

It’s what a “military mutiny” looks like.

Insurrection doesn’t occur in just the military.

Insurrection is when a segment of the population revolts.

#ukrainewar #RussianMutiny #WagnerMutiny
#NotAnInsurrection

#humor
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Rumor... "The Kremlin is preparing to declare martial law" — Russian media

from Chuck Pfarrer -
It is assessed as likely that Russia's major deployment of Il-76 aircraft may have been sent to Machulishchy airfield to withdraw the nuclear weapons recently transferred to Belarus.
#RussianCivilWar