Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
Dream Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.Stories
Science
- Scientists find hidden mechanism that could explain how earthquakes 'ignite' - Live Science.
- Scientists May Have Discovered a Natural Alternative to Ozempic - ScienceAlert.
- Life is thriving in the subsurface depths of Earth - Ars Technica.
Media
- Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1. Seeing a lot of them there again.
- This Rare Futuristic eBike is a Total Nightmare.
El Pit wrote on Jan 21, 2025, 12:48:Albert Einstein: 'You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.'Nerian
, making war for peace isabout as intelligent as making sex to save virginity. Becoming a monster while trying to kill a monster will result in you being a monster other will try to kill. Rinse and repeat - it would be a vicious circle of human history and would only escalate but not result in peace.
Do you know how Gandhi won? Hint: not by war. It works. Strike, civil resistance, simple refusal to work is a MIGHTY peaceful weapon especially in the western world and has changed life for many very often. You do not need guns for this - you need just many people to stand up (or sit down) and protest peacefully. Wild West shootouts don't change the world.Billionaires don't do the jobs, workers do. Without the workers, no more billions. And then we would see...
Nerian wrote on Jan 21, 2025, 11:24:I’d love to know how you think a Civil War would pan out. Who would be fighting who. What states would break off from the Union and why. Would it be dems against repubs, atheists against believers, rich against poor, tomato likers versus tomato haters (tomato likers would obviously win this one, hands down. But the others are a tossup. You willing to live with that.)
Civil war should've been …
Nerian wrote on Jan 21, 2025, 11:24:Really? If people stand in for human rights and democracy, you are trying to tell them that they should exactly ignore both and retaliate violently? And by this, to become exactly what they are trying to fight: tyrants? Leaders ask people to follow them, tyrants order people to follow them.
Civil war should've been 4 years ago when these chucklefucks showed us exactly who they are. But at the end of the day, as usual, liberals are cowards when it comes to words and actions both.....saying there is no hope and we can't do anything but endure is acceptance...and nobody should accept this. Lawfully, or otherwise.
RedEye9 wrote on Jan 20, 2025, 23:19:Jivaro wrote on Jan 20, 2025, 23:09:i reread your January 10th 2020 post about your stepsis, It's as chilling today as it was back then.
Today was a fair amount of firsts for me. For one....I never dreamed that my step-sister getting a Presidential pardon would be something I would strongly disagree with....but here we are.
Jivaro wrote on Jan 20, 2025, 23:09:i reread your January 10th 2020 post about your stepsis, It's as chilling today as it was back then.
Today was a fair amount of firsts for me. For one....I never dreamed that my step-sister getting a Presidential pardon would be something I would strongly disagree with....but here we are.
Oneprince wrote on Jan 20, 2025, 21:34:
What a day to be alive! Really seems like we are one step closer to realizing Martin Luther King Jr's dream. Hope everyone had a great Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day!
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." - Martin Luther King Jr
fakespyder wrote on Jan 20, 2025, 21:57:Some advice on how to survive the next 1460 days… [Hasan Minhaj]
I figured that the media had cropped Musk at an unfortunate moment. Nope. He let his true self shine before a lame attempt to reel it back in and cover it up with "hearts"
Dr. Fantástico is alive and well.
Pace yourself. It's going to be a long 4 years.
Mid-morning on Friday, Jackie laid down briefly in the nest as she waited for Shadow. When she saw him off in the distance, she began to squeeee…. very loudly! Now we all know what that means… Shadow had food and Jackie knew it! Fish is their main diet, but on occasion they may switch it up and bring water fowl or small prey. She happily claimed Shadow's “gift” of what looked like small prey, gobbling it down without hesitation. Later in the day, Jackie made two more “test the nest” visits.
Saturday morning, Jackie hauled in a nice big pile of dried leaves and grass used to soften the bowl. Since he will be helping Jackie incubate the eggs, Shadow decided he should also test the bowl so he laid down a couple of times… so sweet! Jackie arrived later with a headless fish meal for herself, even though her crop looked pretty full already. Laying eggs is exhausting so she needs to be prepared and well fed!
Cutter wrote on Jan 20, 2025, 18:00:I'm deleting tone deaf quotes. I have no idea how you thought that up as a response to the MLK quote, and I don't really want to.
So now you're banning quotes from The Simpsons? Well, now we know why Trump got elected don't we.