‘Positive Obsession’ Is a Fresh Look at Octavia E. Butler

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President Volodymyr Zelensky is speaking, with Ukrainian flags behind him. A headline reads: "Ukraine Rejects U.S. Demand for Half of Its Mineral Resources." Photo by Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP — Getty Images

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, rejected an offer by the Trump administration to relinquish half of the country’s mineral resources in exchange for U.S. support, according to people with knowledge of the talks. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.

European friends: Do not accept lectures on democracy & freedom of speech from an Administration that denies the 2020 election results and is now suing & intimidating news outlets whose reporting they don’t like.

Stand tall against right-wing extremism.

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Rep. Al Green (D-TX): "The movement to impeach the president has begun." YouTube video by C-SPAN

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Same. It is hard to process so many horrible things all at once.

Mr Clean 😁

South Tucson prepares for potential impact of mass deportations as fear mounts in Southern Arizona As the Trump administration ramps up efforts to crack down on immigration, communities in Southern Arizona, particularly in South Tucson, are grappling with uncertainty and fear.

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As ceasefire holds, Israel releases 200 Palestinian prisoners after Hamas frees 4 Israeli soldiers Four female Israeli soldiers who were taken in the attack that sparked the war in Gaza returned to Israel on Saturday after Hamas militants paraded them before a crowd of thousands in Gaza City and…

Four female Israeli soldiers who were taken in the Oct. 7 attack returned to Israel on Saturday after Hamas militants paraded them before a crowd of thousands in Gaza City and handed them over to the Red Cross. Israel later released 200 Palestinian prisoners.

Enjoy!

The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer As Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy.

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Abundance and gratitude. This book is very informative and deeply spiritual read and especially if the natural world is something you care about and want to cultivate for/ in yourself and for others.

Return with us to this conversation between Robin Wall Kimmerer, David Haskell, and Robert Macfarlane to discuss the idea of the personhood of trees, root communities, and the ways in which humans might foster the growth of our canopy.

That is some bullshit. Need to be vigilant and to mess with their AI.

Check who you are "following" on FB. I saw a post about Zuck choosing for us. They added me as a follower to Vance. That wouldn't happen in a million years. I unfollowed. I will check back tomorrow and see who else Meta has followed for me. F--ck that!!?!!

Glitch self in front of recent artwork

Will This Poem Find Life in Outer Space? Together, NASA and the U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón bring a little bit of humanity to the second moon of Jupiter.

Will This Poem Find Life in Outer Space? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/p...

Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja on a Life of Art and Activism Robert Del Naja of the trip hop band Massive Attack discusses his art-making and his efforts to raise awareness of issues like climate change.

Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja on a Life of Art and Activism: ‘There Has to Be a Sense of Duty’ news.artnet.com/art-world/ma...

Opinion | A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming. If Trump issues his own order on Day 1, as he’s vowed, the first people could enter detention camps by February.

“To confront the Trump government without compromise, we must raise what Martin Luther King Jr. called a ‘coalition of conscience,’” writes Timothy Seseki Kudo, a Marine veteran whose Japanese American family was deported during World War II.

Dickensian dystopian Dumbing down of America as it has been known

Refik Anadol on Learning From Glaciers and 'Ethical Data'| Artnet News Refik Anadol has donated a new data-driven work about glaciers to the Kunsthaus Zurich that warns of the impacts of climate change.

"A.I. is a very powerful technology for us to preserve nature. And I think I have a very simple theory: We don’t hurt something we love.

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Is Mikhail Baryshnikov the Last of the Highbrow Superstars? Fifty years since he left the Soviet Union, he insists on using his huge fame to bring attention to difficult, esoteric art.

Is Mikhail Baryshnikov the Last of the Highbrow Superstars? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/m...

A Mississippi Teacher Created a School in an Empty Storefront. Students Showed Up. The desks came out of a dumpster, and the computers are hand-me-downs. But students say Abundance Academy is a haven from bullying and crowded classes.

I am not a huge fan of religiously based curriculum, however, this comes from the heart!!

A Mississippi Teacher Created a School in an Empty Storefront. Students Showed Up. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/u...

Alicia Keys donates $60K to save performing arts program at alma mater After the students of NYC's Professional Performing Arts School started a GoFundMe to save their theater program, alum Alicia Keys made a big donation along with her label Roc Nation.

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What if ICE Agents Show Up? Schools Prepare Teachers and Parents. Across the country, educators described widespread anxiety about President-elect Donald J. Trump’s promises to deport immigrants and what it could mean for their students.

What if ICE Agents Show Up? Schools Prepare Teachers and Parents. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/u...

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, 90, Dies; Her Internment Inspired a Memoir In “Farewell to Manzanar,” she wrote about the years she and her family were imprisoned in a camp for Japanese Americans. It became the basis for a TV movie.

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, 90, Dies; Her Internment Inspired a Memoir www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/b...

Zilia Sánchez, Painter Who Found Fame Late in Life, Dies at 98 A Cuban-born minimalist painter who spent much of her life in Puerto Rico, she was in her 90s when her erotically charged work first appeared at the Venice Biennale.

Zilia Sánchez, Painter Who Found Fame Late in Life, Dies at 98 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/a...

A 100-Year-Old Jazz Legend’s Solo Debut, and 11 More New Songs Hear tracks by Perfume Genius, Lucy Dacus, Bartees Strange and others.

A 100-Year-Old Jazz Legend’s Solo Debut, and 11 More New Songs www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/a...

Reflecting on Photographer Raoul Minot’s Bold Act of Resistance The French photographer Raoul Minot took clandestine photos of Nazi-occupied Paris. Now, his images serve as a reminder of the power of art.

An Earthling Reflects on a Wartime Salesman’s Bold Act of Resistance www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/a...

Biden Pardons Five More People, Including Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey Civil rights leaders and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that he was targeted for his work.

Biden Pardons Five More, Including Late Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...

Painting and thankful . I will be resolute to face the challenges of the next years with creativity, grit, and grace. Peace and blessings .