Since this story goes viral whenever I post about it: if anyone’s interested in making this into a documentary, hit me up haha. There’s much more to the story and I‘d love to raise awareness about how artists are being ripped off every day (especially now with Ai).
This heartbreaking 💔 story from a #MutualAid group in Texas really shows how our society & police fail folks in need:
“Monday night at Houston Food Not Bombs, a family showed up -- 6 kids and a mom. The dad had kicked them out of a motel. They were barely dressed. …”
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«When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me ― it still sometimes happens ― and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife.
They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl.
But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting.
Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous-not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance.
That pure chance could be so generous and so kind. That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time. That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful.
The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful».
― Ann Druyan
Today is the equinox — day & night are equal and a new season has arrived. So here are some of the best (and most surprising) paintings of autumn...
1. Allegory of Autumn by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1573)
I was once one of those ultra woke western leftists. I changed, some people think I was influenced by specific individuals but that isn't what happened.
What happened was I moved to Nicaragua two years ago and saw what successful socialism actually looks like.
A socialism that actually had and won a revolution.
A socialism that unifies its people under its traditional national identity, a socialism with no hunger, no homeless, low crime, low drug use, free healthcare, a socialism with over 76% national support behind its leader.
A socialism whose people rank itself as the most at peace in the world.
President Joe Biden was dealt an economic and political blow Friday as the United Auto Workers went on strike, a development the White House worked to avoid and now places the president in a bind https://t.co/t7fVcpMjR5
The SPD officer, Daniel Auderer, that laughed & joked about Jaahnavi Kandula's death after being hit by a police cruiser, has an insane misconduct record with 29 total incidents.
From @DivestSPD:
•He was one of more than a dozen officers that savagely beat Brian Torgerson, a mentally ill man, causing permanent brain damage in 2010.
•Investigated in 2016 for using force against a woman while she was handcuffed. Which is prohibited by SPD policy unless “exceptional circumstances.” The force which occurred conveniently off camera was considered “lawful and proper.”
•He punched & choked a homeless man inside the ER at Harborview Hospital in 2015. Even though the SPD Force Review Board ruled that the force was unjustified, OPA ultimately cleared him of wrong doing.
•Was issued a training referral after allegedly sexually harassing a woman in a holding cell in 2015.
•In 2016 he punched a female bystander in the face for "interfering with an arrest."
•He was suspended 4 days after taking part in the arrest of a person while off-duty on a ridealong with his brother who is an officer in another jurisdiction. During which he violated the person’s Miranda rights & failed to report the arrest to a supervisor.
These complaints have cost tax payers of Seattle over $1.7 million.
Good evening!
May all be healed of delusion and mania
May all be free of anguish and suffering
May all be upright and virtuous
May all be lively and uplifted
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