Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

In rural Australia in the 1940s, my mother had rocks thrown at her and was branded a 'communist' because her father, a school headmaster, advocated for establishing a public library.

In the Canadian province where I now reside, the Catholic Church controlled libraries -- and thus access to information -- until the 1960s.

We forget how recent the democratisation of knowledge is -- how transformative such institutions were and how hard-won.

We should not part with them easily.

Blue Butterfly, watercolor. This butterfly is one of three in my gallery. In addition, I offer all three of the butterflies in one vertical image. Pretty wall art for the butterfly or colorful insect lover.

ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/purple-butterfly-on-white-rachel-league.html

#mastodon #mastoart #art #artist #artwork #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #fediart #butterfly
#insects #watercolor #painting #buyintoart #colorful

Max Schreck as Count Orlok, resting between takes on the set.

Lots of Green Lantern-ism about this. It's not a matter of will! Even if he minted the coin or invoked the 14th amendment, Biden can't make the markets NOT panic, nor can he control the courts. The problem is the GOP hostage-takers have all the leverage.

BREAKING: The neo-Nazis seen at the Capitol this week met with Republican congressman Matt Rosendale from Montana. On the left is Ryan Sanchez, a disgraced former marine and member of Rise Above Movement— a neo-Nazi street gang that was prosecuted for their role in the deadly 2017 Charlottesville Nazi rally. Next to Ryan is pro-Hitler blogger Greyson Arnold, a white supremacist Groyper and January 6th insurrectionist.

These are not mere far-right activists. These men support active calls for genocide against LGBTQ+, Black, and Jewish people in the United States. Why are Republicans meeting with mask-off neo-Nazis?

@carowe @VPS_Reports

Couldn’t agree more.

#RACHELMADDOW
#ULTRA
#podcast

"Sitting members of #Congress aiding and abetting a plot to overthrow the government. #Insurrectionists criminally charged with plotting to end American democracy for good. #JusticeDepartment prosecutors under crushing political pressure."

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra

looks like a pretty rough neighbourhood

"They're gonna get some poor kid killed" – New Jersey school district forces staff to "out" LGBTQ+ students
The Hanover Township School District’s new policy requires the staff to out LGBTQ+ students, classifying it with substance abuse use, firearms, and “unlawful activities.” Long list The educators of this school district must out students to their parents.

The monster bandwagon!. History is full of those willing to oppress, abuse, even murder on command!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/they-re-gonna-get-some-poor-kid-killed-new-jersey-school-district-forces-staff-to-out-lgbtq-students/ss-AA1bsztU?cvid=b9636f2af17c4ad7a07edd48f2ffc3bf&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=6#image=1

Anatomy of a RW/GOP hoax:
Get RW News to publish-Amplify on MSM
then days later:
Truth
"One RW Sharon Toney-Finch, paid men to portray homeless veterans displaced from upstate hotels by incoming migrants"
Until finally
🚨That story has since been debunked
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/homeless-men-recruited-veterans-scam-18108478.php

#SilentSunday

It has once again been zero weeks since a minor with an AR-15 did something stupid in the US.

Dear gun owners, from one gun owner to another: LOCK UP YOUR MOTHERFUCKING GUNS. For fuck’s sake people, this isn’t hard. In this day and age, guns should be securely stored, ideally away from ammunition.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/student-arrested-bringing-ar-15-ammunition-phoenix-high-school-police-rcna85418

The state of Florida put this family through sadistic torture to force the birth of an infant with no chance of survival.

Will the state pay the medical bills that their "insurance" rejected? Yeah, right.

Cruelty on top of cruelty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/florida-abortion-law-deborah-dorbert/

Art Moment.
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Night Watch, 1642

Happy Caturday

Trans people:
- Exist for thousands of years
- GOP: "Eradicate this modern ideology!"

Confederacy:
- Lasts for 4 years
- GOP: "We must protect our heritage"

i had a post on twitter do 400k faves and it didn't wreck my mentions nearly as badly as a post getting 2k faves here lol

mastodon handles mentions SO badly, can's someone make a client that compresses engagement into a manageable stream like every other site in the world