Continuing park life Wednesday. This is Weymouth Woods State park in NC, near Pinehurst. It contains one of the last remaining stands of old growth longleaf pines from the great Eastrn forest that once stretched from New Jersey to Texas.
This photo from Buchenwald is the most poignant reminder I can find on why it's important to resist fascism, even as the US government tries to criminalize the practice. These are not normal times.
Good morning. I'm at Raven Rock State Park in NC. It's right on the dividing line between the coastal plain and the piedmont. That's the Cape Fear River. Have a great Wednesday, Punch a Nazi if you get a chance.
Regnery Press is the Fox News of the publishing world. They publish nothing but right wing conservative thought, often rushing to print entire books written in just a couple of weeks to maximize engagement. They are trash.
I just SMDH at the “I hate the government" / Boogaloo /Right Wing Revolution types who think that things like flu vaccines are ripping their freedom away.
Interesting fact of the day from our family chat - In 1965, Rick James deserted from the US Naval Reserve and went to Toronto. There he joined a band called the MyNah Birds whose guitarist was none other than Neil Young.
Just to put the NC gerrymander in context - it is entirely possible that Democrats will get the majority of votes for the US House in the midterms and still end up with just 3 out of 13 seats. Democracy is kind of dead here. Politicians pick their voters instead of the other way around.
Minimize your billionaire interaction every chance you get, buy local, support the indie web, fuck Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple. Punch Nazis.
