Driving rain and very high winds. Power went out in the afternoon, just came back at midnight. Trees are lashing around outside. Typical Seattle weather. Loved the quote. If I'm not here, it's probably because we lost power again. -- nordy
{With a hat tip to Alan…who has linked so many news bits for us.}
⚠ In short, 24 headlines from the last 24 hours… [DEEP breath IN — 𝓮𝔁𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓮]
1. 1 dead, 6 injured as Lincoln Univ. campus (~50mi west of Philly) goes on lockdown after homecoming shooting just after 9p last night; no active shooter reported, no suspects in custody
2. US AG Pam Bondi says DOJ is investigating Nancy Pelosi after her remarks that federal agents breaking state laws in San Fran could be arrested after DJT’s threatened deployment
3. Citing a report written by climate-denying DJT appointees — EPA quietly calls to repeal landmark finding that greenhouse gases endanger human life — claiming regulation hurts industry more than dangers of a warming planet
4. Bari Weiss, brought to CBS after Paramount paid $16M to settle DJT lawsuit & deal w/ David Ellison — eyes Fox’s Bret Baier as potential ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor
5. Hours after DJT said he'd slap more 10% ‘over and above’ tariffs on Canada, Ontario's Reagan tariff ad airs AGAIN during the World Series
6. ‘Stay out of our business’…'this is a direct attack on our producers' — ranchers slam DJT after plan announced to quadruple Argentine beef imports
7. DJT/AG Bondi ally, Mike Davis, says a FL grand jury has been empaneled (begin Jan) to investigate Dems for a decade-long conspiracy against DJT (2016 Russia probe through his criminal cases)
8. The Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos, launched an op-ed defense of DJT’s $300M ballroom; Amazon, Meta, Google, Apple, HP, Microsoft — all contributed to its construction
9. According to poll, 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their health costs going up in next year; 8 in 10 the issue of health care is “extremely” or “very” important to them personally, incl 9 in 10 Dems and 3/4 of GOP
10. CEO, Kate Rogers, of the nonprofit managing the Alamo, resigns after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wrote a letter to the Alamo Trust's Board of Directors suggesting that she either resign or be removed
11. Pres. Maduro claims US is ‘fabricating a war,’ as USS Gerald R. Ford (world’s largest aircraft carrier capable of hosting 90 planes & attack helicopters) approaches Venezuela
12. U.S. food banks, already strained by rising food prices and demand, face a surge as a govt shutdown threatens Nov SNAP (42M Americans) and WIC l (7M women and children)
13. Indep. Leftwinger, Catherine Connolly, wins Ireland presidential election by landslide; pledges to be ‘president for all’ after taking 63% of vote in upset for political establishment
14. 2 dead, at least 13 shot (7 in critical) in mass-shooting at a late-night party SE of Fayetteville, NC; 150+ people run from the location before police arrived
15. Kamala Harris suggests she is considering another Presidential run in BBC interview; “I am not done”
16. June Lockhart, beloved mother figure from ‘Lassie’ and activist for space exploration, LGBTQ+ rights, and animal welfare dies at 100 🕊️
17. Shutdown strikes first 658K federal paychecks; nearly 1.8M civilian paychecks will be withheld in Oct. — 670K total furloughed, addtional 730k are working without pay
18. Anonymous source of the $130M donation to Pentagon to pay troops is allegedly Timothy Mellon, man who wrote 2015 book with a chapter titled “Slavery Redux,” where he compared Black people on welfare to slavery
19. Hormel is recalling 5M pounds of ready-to-eat frozen chicken over metal from a conveyor belt found in frozen chicken breast and chicken thigh products
20. Honduran immigrant, Jose Castro Rivera (24), dies while fleeing ICE after running onto VA highway I-264, being struck; bringing raids death toll to 3
21. After heist, Louvre moved jewels under police escort to Bank of France’s ultra-secure vault — 85ft underground behind 7 ton door — alongside gold, Da Vinci’s notebooks, and €600m worth of treasures
22. Early voting starts for NY mayoral and NJ gubernatorial races; Mamdani(D) is facing off against Cuomo(I) and Sliwa(R) in NY — Ciattarelli(D) and Sherrill(R) are competing in NJ; elections are Nov. 4
23. Target is eliminating 1.8K corporate roles, including 1K layoffs and 800 unfilled positions; ~ 8% of Target’s workforce; affected employees will be notified Oct 28th
24. ExxonMobil sues Cali in federal court over 2 new laws requiring corporations to publicly report greenhouse gas emissions from the global use of their products
If you’re reading this, if you’re one of the 35K people who shared yesterday’s 24 in 24 hours… THANK YOU!
THANK YOU JUST FOR BEING HERE! ✊🥹
As a former history teacher, now lawyer — seeing SO MANY sharing my same sentiments, felt grounding in a time where everything feels up in the air.
We’re constantly bombarded — one shocking headline after another.
It’s intentionally relentless. It’s purposefully exhausting. It's hard to keep up — and easy to tap out.
TRUST ME, I GET IT! 😅
That’s why I started compiling a list of headlines, just from the last 24 hours like this. To hold MYSELF accountable.
In a world where it’s easy to scroll past.. I hope you realize, your attention — is a form of resistance.
PLEASE - don’t forget to give yourself grace for this today.
Your awareness — resists indifference.
It refuses to let what’s unfolding escape your memory.
It rejects complicity through inattention.
It is the choice to stay present, to see patterns where others see chaos, and to question the narratives everyone else is willing to accept.
Which means… Every headline you read… Every thread you share… Every question you ask… Every moment you refuse to look away — again, is an act of DEFIANCE against a coordinated efforts to dull you into obeying in advance.
In doing so, in time — you will find a way to get in the way.
YOUR way, to get in the way.
The news doesn’t stop, and neither should our scrutiny of it, or our part to play in the narrative.
So — ‘What a time to be alive,’ is right!
But the powers that be did not put you in this period of the timeline on accident.
You were meant to see this message this morning; and your main task I leave you with today — is to find out why.
All I ask is for each of you who see’s this to recognize that the entire world is waiting for the part only YOU can play.
And I, for one, can not WAIT to see it.
So pause. Reflect. Connect some dots.
And then decide — what role, however small, YOU can take — in your life, your community, your vote, your voice.
BREATHE. Assess. Then move deliberately.
Know you are not alone. Know a perfect stranger not only believes in you; but praying for your resolve to TAP TF IN, and find YOUR WAY, to get in the way.
DEEP breathe IN… hold… EXHALE… 2 more times… then #rise and #resist 🔥
Referencing all of the above only confirms my motto of my entire adulthood: "Survival is the best revenge". In practice it is speak out when *they* want you to be silent, live when *they* would rather you die. Susan
Come to my door, baby Face is clean and shining black as night My mama went to answer You know that you looked so fine Now I could understand the tears and the shame She called you "Boy", instead of your name When she wouldn't let you inside When she turned and said "But honey, he's not our kind"
She says I can't see you any more, baby Can't see you any more
Walk me down to school, baby Everybody's acting deaf and blind Until they turn and say "Why don't you stick to your own kind?" My teachers all laugh, their smirking stares cutting deep down in our affairs Preachers of equality Think they believe it? then why won't they just let us be?
They say I can't see you any more, baby Can't see you any more
One of these days I'm gonna stop my listening Gonna raise my head up high One of these days I'm gonna raise up my glistening wings and fly But that day will have to wait for a while Baby, I'm only society's child When we're older, things may change but for now this is the way they must remain
I say - I can't see you any more, baby Can't see you any more No, I don't want to see you any more, baby
In 2008, Janis Ian told NPR she wrote this song after seeing people glare at an interracial couple who were holding hands on a bus:
I started thinking about how hard that was going to be, and wondering whether their parents even knew that they were dating. And if their parents didn’t know, whether anyone on the bus was going to tell on them. And it sort of started evolving in this song where I wondered whether the girl would be able to the take the pressure. And in the end I thought she probably wouldn’t. It probably wouldn’t last. And it was too bad, but it made for a great song. To me the song had the ending that the conservatives or the people who didn’t believe in mixing races wanted. The girl and the boy didn’t ride off happily into the sunset at all. She copped out and she left and she says quite plainly: ‘I can’t see you anymore,’ and then the last line was ‘I don’t want to see you anymore.’ She shuts him off. So I didn’t understand why everybody was so bothered and making threats against me and threats against radio stations and whatnot … I didn’t understand what a button I’d pushed.
Ian also spoke about negative reactions she experienced soon after the song became a hit:
I had forgotten just how volatile it was — how at [Parent Teacher Association] meetings, they would be bringing up the song and opening up the subject for discussion. The amount of hate mail that I got, the amount of sheer being spit at in the street.
1964: Ian wrote the song, 1965: Ian polished and recorded it. 1966: The single was released, but did not become a national hit until the following year. 1967: The song received national attention after Ian performed it on a television special with Leonard Bernstein, reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Driving rain and very high winds. Power went out in the afternoon, just came back at midnight. Trees are lashing around outside. Typical Seattle weather. Loved the quote. If I'm not here, it's probably because we lost power again. -- nordy
ReplyDeleteJust learned we had gusts up to 77 mph, one person killed by falling tree. -- nordy
DeleteFound this on Facebook…!
ReplyDelete{With a hat tip to Alan…who has linked so many news bits for us.}
⚠ In short, 24 headlines from the last 24 hours… [DEEP breath IN — 𝓮𝔁𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓮]
1. 1 dead, 6 injured as Lincoln Univ. campus (~50mi west of Philly) goes on lockdown after homecoming shooting just after 9p last night; no active shooter reported, no suspects in custody
2. US AG Pam Bondi says DOJ is investigating Nancy Pelosi after her remarks that federal agents breaking state laws in San Fran could be arrested after DJT’s threatened deployment
3. Citing a report written by climate-denying DJT appointees — EPA quietly calls to repeal landmark finding that greenhouse gases endanger human life — claiming regulation hurts industry more than dangers of a warming planet
4. Bari Weiss, brought to CBS after Paramount paid $16M to settle DJT lawsuit & deal w/ David Ellison — eyes Fox’s Bret Baier as potential ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor
5. Hours after DJT said he'd slap more 10% ‘over and above’ tariffs on Canada, Ontario's Reagan tariff ad airs AGAIN during the World Series
6. ‘Stay out of our business’…'this is a direct attack on our producers' — ranchers slam DJT after plan announced to quadruple Argentine beef imports
7. DJT/AG Bondi ally, Mike Davis, says a FL grand jury has been empaneled (begin Jan) to investigate Dems for a decade-long conspiracy against DJT (2016 Russia probe through his criminal cases)
8. The Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos, launched an op-ed defense of DJT’s $300M ballroom; Amazon, Meta, Google, Apple, HP, Microsoft — all contributed to its construction
9. According to poll, 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their health costs going up in next year; 8 in 10
the issue of health care is “extremely” or “very” important to them personally, incl 9 in 10 Dems and 3/4 of GOP
10. CEO, Kate Rogers, of the nonprofit managing the Alamo, resigns after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wrote a letter to the Alamo Trust's Board of Directors suggesting that she either resign or be removed
11. Pres. Maduro claims US is ‘fabricating a war,’ as USS Gerald R. Ford (world’s largest aircraft carrier capable of hosting 90 planes & attack helicopters) approaches Venezuela
12. U.S. food banks, already strained by rising food prices and demand, face a surge as a govt shutdown threatens Nov SNAP (42M Americans) and WIC l (7M women and children)
Continuing…
Delete13. Indep. Leftwinger, Catherine Connolly, wins Ireland presidential election by landslide; pledges to be ‘president for all’ after taking 63% of vote in upset for political establishment
14. 2 dead, at least 13 shot (7 in critical) in mass-shooting at a late-night party SE of Fayetteville, NC; 150+ people run from the location before police arrived
15. Kamala Harris suggests she is considering another Presidential run in BBC interview; “I am not done”
16. June Lockhart, beloved mother figure from ‘Lassie’ and activist for space exploration, LGBTQ+ rights, and animal welfare dies at 100 🕊️
17. Shutdown strikes first 658K federal paychecks; nearly 1.8M civilian paychecks will be withheld in Oct. — 670K total furloughed, addtional 730k are working without pay
18. Anonymous source of the $130M donation to Pentagon to pay troops is allegedly Timothy Mellon, man who wrote 2015 book with a chapter titled “Slavery Redux,” where he compared Black people on welfare to slavery
19. Hormel is recalling 5M pounds of ready-to-eat frozen chicken over metal from a conveyor belt found in frozen chicken breast and chicken thigh products
20. Honduran immigrant, Jose Castro Rivera (24), dies while fleeing ICE after running onto VA highway I-264, being struck; bringing raids death toll to 3
21. After heist, Louvre moved jewels under police escort to Bank of France’s ultra-secure vault — 85ft underground behind 7 ton door — alongside gold, Da Vinci’s notebooks, and €600m worth of treasures
22. Early voting starts for NY mayoral and NJ gubernatorial races; Mamdani(D) is facing off against Cuomo(I) and Sliwa(R) in NY — Ciattarelli(D) and Sherrill(R) are competing in NJ; elections are Nov. 4
23. Target is eliminating 1.8K corporate roles, including 1K layoffs and 800 unfilled positions; ~ 8% of Target’s workforce; affected employees will be notified Oct 28th
24. ExxonMobil sues Cali in federal court over 2 new laws requiring corporations to publicly report greenhouse gas emissions from the global use of their products
That’s 24 headlines, from the last 24 hours.
Continuing…
DeleteOP added:
If you’re reading this, if you’re one of the 35K people who shared yesterday’s 24 in 24 hours… THANK YOU!
THANK YOU JUST FOR BEING HERE! ✊🥹
As a former history teacher, now lawyer — seeing SO MANY sharing my same sentiments, felt grounding in a time where everything feels up in the air.
We’re constantly bombarded — one shocking headline after another.
It’s intentionally relentless.
It’s purposefully exhausting.
It's hard to keep up — and easy to tap out.
TRUST ME, I GET IT! 😅
That’s why I started compiling a list of headlines, just from the last 24 hours like this.
To hold MYSELF accountable.
In a world where it’s easy to scroll past..
I hope you realize, your attention — is a form of resistance.
PLEASE - don’t forget to give yourself grace for this today.
Your awareness — resists indifference.
It refuses to let what’s unfolding escape your memory.
It rejects complicity through inattention.
It is the choice to stay present, to see patterns where others see chaos, and to question the narratives everyone else is willing to accept.
Which means…
Every headline you read…
Every thread you share…
Every question you ask…
Every moment you refuse to look away — again, is an act of DEFIANCE against a coordinated efforts to dull you into obeying in advance.
In doing so, in time — you will find a way to get in the way.
YOUR way, to get in the way.
The news doesn’t stop, and neither should our scrutiny of it, or our part to play in the narrative.
So — ‘What a time to be alive,’ is right!
But the powers that be did not put you in this period of the timeline on accident.
You were meant to see this message this morning; and your main task I leave you with today — is to find out why.
All I ask is for each of you who see’s this to recognize that the entire world is waiting for the part only YOU can play.
And I, for one, can not WAIT to see it.
So pause. Reflect. Connect some dots.
And then decide — what role, however small, YOU can take — in your life, your community, your vote, your voice.
BREATHE. Assess. Then move deliberately.
Know you are not alone.
Know a perfect stranger not only believes in you; but praying for your resolve to TAP TF IN, and find YOUR WAY, to get in the way.
DEEP breathe IN… hold… EXHALE… 2 more times… then #rise and #resist 🔥
Referencing all of the above only confirms my motto of my entire adulthood: "Survival is the best revenge". In practice it is speak out when *they* want you to be silent, live when *they* would rather you die. Susan
ReplyDelete"Society's Child"
ReplyDeleteby Janis Ian
Come to my door, baby
Face is clean and shining black as night
My mama went to answer
You know that you looked so fine
Now I could understand the tears and the shame
She called you "Boy", instead of your name
When she wouldn't let you inside
When she turned and said
"But honey, he's not our kind"
She says I can't see you any more, baby
Can't see you any more
Walk me down to school, baby
Everybody's acting deaf and blind
Until they turn and say
"Why don't you stick to your own kind?"
My teachers all laugh, their smirking stares
cutting deep down in our affairs
Preachers of equality
Think they believe it?
then why won't they just let us be?
They say I can't see you any more, baby
Can't see you any more
One of these days I'm gonna stop my listening
Gonna raise my head up high
One of these days I'm gonna raise up
my glistening wings and fly
But that day will have to wait for a while
Baby, I'm only society's child
When we're older, things may change
but for now this is the way they must remain
I say - I can't see you any more, baby
Can't see you any more
No, I don't want to see you any more, baby
In 2008, Janis Ian told NPR she wrote this song after seeing people glare at an interracial couple who were holding hands on a bus:
DeleteI started thinking about how hard that was going to be, and wondering whether their parents even knew that they were dating. And if their parents didn’t know, whether anyone on the bus was going to tell on them. And it sort of started evolving in this song where I wondered whether the girl would be able to the take the pressure. And in the end I thought she probably wouldn’t. It probably wouldn’t last. And it was too bad, but it made for a great song. To me the song had the ending that the conservatives or the people who didn’t believe in mixing races wanted. The girl and the boy didn’t ride off happily into the sunset at all. She copped out and she left and she says quite plainly: ‘I can’t see you anymore,’ and then the last line was ‘I don’t want to see you anymore.’ She shuts him off. So I didn’t understand why everybody was so bothered and making threats against me and threats against radio stations and whatnot … I didn’t understand what a button I’d pushed.
Ian also spoke about negative reactions she experienced soon after the song became a hit:
I had forgotten just how volatile it was — how at [Parent Teacher Association] meetings, they would be bringing up the song and opening up the subject for discussion. The amount of hate mail that I got, the amount of sheer being spit at in the street.
1964: Ian wrote the song,
Delete1965: Ian polished and recorded it.
1966: The single was released, but did not become a national hit until the following year.
1967: The song received national attention after Ian performed it on a television special with Leonard Bernstein, reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.