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Scene from a prior Bread Communion circa 2016 On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, the UU church I attend has its annual bread communion, ...

Critters seem to be able to rest in the strangest places. yes he is asleep, ...

In another act of environmental sabotage in the name of corporate greed, the Trump EPA just decided to make forever chemical use legal again. In addition, they decided to make it harder to discover what products contain these chemicals. This is an...

This post is an action alert sent by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today, 11-24-2025: ACTION ALERT Stand Up For The Public's Right To Challenge Bad Patents Deadline: December 2 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new...

After all, he does wear red…�I’ve always thought of him more like a generous old soul who is older than all of the political parties that exist in the world and has seen them come and go. He ...

The GOP has become Trump’s bagman. I don’t think the reason for this is complex. The basic cause is the initial point where they sold their souls to him. The 2016 primary was the point of no return. Many of them denounced him (Cruz, Rubio, Graham etc.)...

Just a bit on boycotts today. When I was 16, I lived in a house with a bunch of hippies that was a designated Cesar Chavez house. That meant that folks traveling the state of MI working for the movement could stay at our house for free. I think they...

As a retired STEM professional, I think the information published by NASA on their QFD (Quantum Flux Drive - NASA Warp Drive or Singularity Engine results in displacement not by movement but by geometric reconfiguration) and Navy patents for an...

Now, finally, COP30 is coming to the point, a global joint effort on four overarching issues for combating Global Warming. They didn’t get voted on, but it is significant that the issues were raised officially. Full proposals will be ready when COP31...

The recovery of salmon on the Klamath River above the former PacifiCorp dam sites has exceeded all expectations. Preliminary data from California Trout’s SONAR fish counting station below the former Iron Gate Dam site reveals nearly 10,000 salmon and...

The Hayli Gubbi shield volcano in Ethiopia’s desolate Afar region near Eritrea unexpectedly erupted with a thunderous explosion yesterday (Nov 23) for the first time in at least 10,000 years — sending a column of ash more than 45,000 feet into the...

To start off previous open threads, I have written about how the idiotic tariffs have already hurt sales of pianos, harpsichords and other musical instruments. As far as I can tell, sheet music sales have not been directly affected. But there’s...

Money plays an important role in the current Israel-Hamas war. Many people are justifiably concerned by the violence that is occurring in Gaza and Israel. However, they may not be aware that people are dying not because of racism, religion, and...

WELCOME TO THE EVENING SHADE A SANCTUARY OF SANITY AFTER A LONG HARD DAY OF FIGHTING FASCISM YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS (Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE) AND EVEN MORE ...

Andrew Cuomo lost two mayoral elections by hiding from progressive Democrats like all of us. Today he came out of hiding and told us exactly how much he hates us an in “Open Letter From Andrew M. Cuomo, the 56th Governor of the State of New York” Of...

I’m wondering if Democratic politicians and their representatives in the media need to stop making reference to the “Trump Administration.” And begin referring to the “Trump/Vance Administration.” Because JD Vance will become President. I don’t believe...

Check out all the Pinocchio Trump cartoons: www.youtube.com/...

Stochastic terrorism is a misnomer since it simply labels violent acts as less preventable and shifts causality to some version of a media effects argument, rendering its applicability superfluous or rhetorical in invoking public opinion that...

I thought you were an establishment liberal/market socialist! And now you’re posting a diary titled Marxist‑Curious?” Well… yeah. Marxism is a mixed bag. Setting aside its political program, the economic analysis within the Marxist tradition has proven...

Published by official Russian news sources. (Isveztia) This is how economies collapse. Bank runs get out of control from people pulling their deposits because they worry if their money is safe. People wonder if their bank deposits can be seized by the...