This lady giving side eye is all of us.

‘If you really can't figure out which political party or which politician to vote for, just ask if they're on the side of libraries.

Are they voting to fund their libraries?
Are they voting to keep them free?

Then vote for those guys.
They're probably the good guys.

And by the same token, the book burners, the book banners, they're probably the bad guys.’

— @neilhimself

https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/

@bookstodon #libraries #news #reading #politics #usa #books

delightful Tolkien quote I stumbled into today:

“I wisely started with a map, and made the story fit (generally with meticulous care for distances). The other way about lands one in confusions and impossibilities, and in any case it is weary work to compose a map from a story.”

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1152-tolkien-writings-to-understand-rules-of-life.php

Republicans continuing to be psychotic.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/08/23/letters-1380/

#Lead #Republicans #Aviation #LeadedFuel

i love the idea of bikepaths with trashcans

May every penny he ever makes go to his victims, before he’s run over by a MAGA bus driver aiming for some homeless dude on the corner.

Kyle Rittenhouse Sued by Estate of Man He Killed in Self Defense

https://www.insider.com/kyle-rittenhouse-sued-estate-man-he-killed-self-defense-2023-8

Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/29/young-climate-activist-tells-greenpeace-to-drop-old-fashioned-anti-nuclear-stance (Me: uninformed claptrap - humans still do not know how to manage for safety nor to safely dispose of spent fuel!)

Iran summons Swiss diplomat over US seizure of Iranian crude oil that's now at port in Houston

Iran has summoned a Swiss diplomat over the apparent U.S. seizure of Iranian crude oil from a ship that sat for months off Texas #press

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/iran-ap-tehran-swiss-texas-b2400572.html?utm_source=press.coop

This is the kind of free thinking Fascists want to crush.

Any society that values profit and property over people's wellbeing is doomed to fail. An Economic system that requires infinite growth on a planet with finite resources can not work.

Fun fact for people who think #COVID19 is “just the flu”:

According to the CDC, in the four weeks of July 2023 (the weeks of 7/1, 7/8, 7/15/ and 7/22, which was during what many consider a “low” or “safe” period):

1,990 people died of COVID
86 people died of flu

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm

#House

‘Widespread fuel contamination’ reported at some Florida gas stations as Idalia looms #Florida #gasoline #GasStations #Idalia https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2023/08/27/florida-gas-contamination-idalia/

OMFG THIS IS SO HUGE!!!

WHAT THIS MEANS: If a company attempts to dissuade their workers from forming a union...

THE UNION IS AUTOMATICALLY FORMED WITH OR WITHOUT A FORMAL VOTE AND THE COMPANY MUST IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE IT.

Jumping up and down because OMFG THIS IS BIG!!!

https://newrepublic.com/post/175207/national-labor-relations-board-nlrb-rules-companies-union-bust

Ooh, this is interesting. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-unionize-illegal-union-busting-nlrb-rules-2023-8 #unions #NLRB

➡️ You stood by [Trump] after he was accused of rape

➡️ After he praised Vladimir Putin repeatedly

➡️ After he was impeached.

Didn't you normalize his conduct for a long time as well? https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/christie-defends-standing-by-trump-1234812963/

Happy Moldovan Independence Day! 🇲🇩

Expelling Russian occupiers from Moldova is another of the preconditions for peace being restored to Europe. This crime of aggression by Russia has been ignored for 31 years.

Imagine if trains were so frequent you could say "oh this train is really busy, I'll wait 15 mins and take the next one" all because the train service was so frequent you never needed to worry about a time table. There were no advance tickets, so you didn't have to stress about catching that one train you booked. Just walk onto the platform and get on the first train to your destination that met your balance of arrival time and busyness.

“‘He was targeting people based on their race. That is totally unacceptable,’ DeSantis said.”

Hey, Ron. It’s entirely acceptable in your party. The Republican Party in your state and every state across the US cultivates hate, fosters hate, and rewards hate based on race.

Whether it's eliminating or watering down Black history or gerrymandering to strip Black political power, the message Republicans are sending is clear. And people like this pick up on it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mayor-number-fatalities-jacksonville-florida-shooting-media-2023-08-26/