moonbird 𓅇 ☾you are somebody☽

I am holding in my hand a small box of suffering succotash.

A red breasted merganser with its fancy poofy head could give an absolute fuck about ice.

The absolute nerve of this completely unbothered unit

In which the word 'former' is so dodgy when used to describe the reprehensible scheme of remigration that the headline gets more attention than the article.

From Charlotte Pier, plume of orange light illuminates the clouds

The orange horror light is preceded by a green navigational beacon reflecting on the water

Charlotte pier is twilit in overcast skies as the orange volcanic horror seethes at right

The orange horror light. The vast of night.

Coop is up in our snow bunkers for three months & lo, what Tempest Tossed Cosmic Horrors have descended?

Everyone takes pictures of it, none know what it is. We all walk by in silence.

#RochesterNY #LakeOntario

Iraqi detainee with a bag over head, standing on a box with wires attached in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.

A rebel fighter celebrates as his comrades fire a barrage of rockets toward the positions of troops loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. West of Ajdabiyah, Libya. April 14, 2011. Photo by Chris Hondros

An Afghan woman feeds pigeons in Blue Mosque, Mazar-i Sharif in Afghanistan in 1991. Photo by Steve McCurry

Liberty…

A nighttime noodle shop in Hanoi Viet Nam. Rows of tables along the sidewalk are full of diners in various states of action. The kitchen is brightly lit. A woman with dramatic makeup with her hair in a bun seems to have the attention of several staff and patrons.

Allow me to share one of my fav photos ever taken. The few times I've had shows, folks seem to like it.

It's a low light lucky shot taken in #Hanoi 14 years ago from a balcony.

Titled 'Diner Scene,' the scene really belongs to one person.

Standing tuxedo kitten says: Our societal issues aren't rooted in "bad governance" they're products of the mode of production, property relations, and imperial capital accumulation.

Caturday for the masses

Don't let miserable people make you feel guilty for feeling joy. These are the times that call for joy the most.

Likewise, I too have been BadListed by the DragonHoarder.

I have no idea how I will EVER live a guilt free life again!

Freddy Mercury smoking into Van Gogh’s village at night scene. MAY YOUR MERCURY BE MORE FREDDIE AND LESS RETROGRADE

Queen of retrograding on a curve yo

Maybe the real treasure was the friends we met along the way who said it's okay that you're tired, go to bed.

Ditto. Looks like the No AI Labeler was a catch and kill account. We really need AI moderation on this site.

Dear New York Times:

The headline “Senator Helps Officers Forcibly Remove Protesting Veteran From Hearing” about as true as “Performance of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre Interrupted By Surprise Firearm Incident.”

How about switching over to Substack? It’s pretend journalism there!

A ★★★★ review of Kill List (2011) Still looking for Jessica Hyde after all these years. Quite a brilliant little film, but I rather wish that the last 20 minutes weren't so obviously sacrificed (ahem) on the editing block. You could a...

#Filmsky #Letterboxd 🎥
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This is my circus.
These are my monkeys.
I cannot help if they forage for bananas.

Please unscoop.

It's patently false & false flag ops to stoke the Iraqi Kurds into the war. The CIA/Mossad want to keep Iran fearful & striking out.
Games of retraction & distraction in order to feed the fire.
You might call it a pattern.

The question is always "what if a kid is wrongfully transitioned" and never "what if a trans kid is denied the ability to transition and endures years of excruciating dysphoria and has to have multiple surgeries later in life to fix the issues caused by going through the wrong puberty."

It’s a deer with a single set of antler staring out at the road from behind a barricade. Meme text: I am not the wound I'm the thing that heals it

Persistence is utile

Watching as an economically displaced Ashevillian from 750 miles away. I was hoping for a bit more gentry toppling, but this is an election within that system.
You’re doing the good work. Wish we had similar up here, I’m glad you’re there.

Good job, America. Changing them regimes like a trip to Jiffy Lube.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamanei is not the look that anyone wants to know better.

“The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The hidden cost of letting AI make your life easier

What is the meaning of all this AI? 🧪
bigthink.com/philosophy/t...

Philosopher Sven Nyholm on reclaiming achievement from the machines.

"Politics is one person now."

- Sophie,
speaking on NPR, Trans Woman who left Kansas, on having lost her rights to move freely.

Plus adding in what I know is good for my brain but I’ve been stalled in starting. More walks. More physical books. Returning to chess. Pool. Supplements (expensive pee).

If you’re in the same fog-bound boat or have emerged, any tips? I’d love to learn through others.

Thanks for letting me share.

Both (!) apparently have 👏🏼Mild Cognitive Fucking Impairment👏🏼 as long term side effects.

Reading the forums, folx getting off topomax & baclofen are experiencing functional Buddha Consciousness compared to previously.

Starting tomorrow (a personal holiday) I’m drawing down, tapering off.

Personal note: after years of #LongCovid exasperated brain fog & cognitive injury which only grows exponentially, desperately worse I think I found a key mitigating factor.

I’ve long been on migraine prophylaxis (topomax) & an anticholinergic insomnia med.

Subtitled scene from “No Other Choice.” Woman’s face is towards the camera, man in embrace opposite. Subtitle: You shouldn't have lived so hard.

It’s Monday, tucking you into bed.

Bitter Lake (film) - Wikipedia

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Bitter Lake - Adam Curtis Full BBC Documentary 2015 YouTube video by DocumentaryDesire

Once again, this feels more relevant than ever. Especially today.
Please watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pn2...

Not felt myself all weekend. Headaches, light headed, discovered a lump in my neck that feels off.

Yet this is the authentic human experience of living. It can be better; these signals are fleetingly rare footholds to beingness.

So precarious & chancy that beingness. Don’t let ‘em take it from you