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The full rotation of the Moon as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
It’s so beautiful and amazing that we live at a moment in time when we can see the entire moon, and not just the side that’s tidally-locked toward the Earth.
@netherworldpost Atty, my darling! A post featuring your beloved!
'The Horrible Snow Cat'. Albert Dumouchel. 1969.
Nikita Chan (Chinese/American), Rainbow Shower, 2025, Colored pencil on paper
A Pandemic of Privilege
Today I was honored to speak at the Together West Michigan Event.
This is what I said:
Today our nation is in the death grip of a massive and malignant pandemic, —it is not covid, not the measles. It is not a pandemic of the body, but of the soul — Today, we are dying of a pandemic of privilege.
This pandemic is the creeping blindness, the convenient deafness, the carefully cultivated ability to not see, not hear, and not care about people who are being crushed by the cruel, calculated, and craven White Christian Nationalism policies of the Trump administration.
--If you are not a person of color, you may not fear that your simple traffic stop will become a seizure and arrest. If you are not LGBTQIA+, you may not live with the constant threat of your dignity being debated and denied.
If you do not rely on food assistance, health care, or disability support,
you may never feel the terror of systems engineered to punish poverty.
And because these harms are not being shared equally by all peoples,
many of us have the profound privilege and the lazy luxury of choosing to not to pay attention.
We just turn off the bad news programs.
We scroll right past the stories.
We just change the channel of human suffering.
But while we are choosing to be cocooned and comfortable,
families are being fractured,
workers are being whisked away,
and children are losing their parents, their homes, and their hope.
And our silence becomes the only permission needed for this to continue.
Every religious and moral tradition warns us about this sickness —
about choosing our comfort over conscience, about the lure of
valuing order over justice, and stability over solidarity.
BUT today, we must all tell the truth about ourselves.
We are the lawyers and the legislators who write policies that wound.
We are the pious priests who pass by the broken and still call it faith.
We are the institutions that protect our own peace while allowing others to pay the price.
So hear this clearly:
TODAY we will no longer chase our own comforts while ignoring the cries of the crushed. We will no longer bow to the false gods of wealth, convenience, patriotism, and power while our neighbors are hunted, harmed, and held without warrants.
Because we will not be judged by what we claim that we believe;
We will be judged by what we are willing to risk!
By whom we are willing to stand beside.
And by what we are willing to give up so that others may live with dignity.
That means supporting all the families with detained breadwinners.
That means visiting and advocating for the people warehoused at North Lake Detention Center in Baldwin.
That means bringing food, coats, rides, legal help, and relentless solidarity with the oppressed.
That means refusing to sanction, sanitize and cooperate with the work of ICE.
And it means organizing until ALL of our communities become sanctuaries, and not surveillance zones.
Because if we do nothing, this pandemic of privilege will rot our moral core. Our candy-coated nostalgia churches will become the broken and hollowed-out shells of white steepled tombs — ignored in our sanctified silence, protecting no one, and empty of people, purpose and meaning.
So today, do not leave this place unchanged. Instead, join us and become bold:
--Disrupt the systems that depend on silence.
--Defy the policies that profit from pain.
--Demand dignity for every human being, for we are all made in the image of God.
Show up. Stand up. Speak out. TOGETHER.
For today we will choose NOT to continue to blaspheme our faith with silence.
Today, let us solemnly vow to become the people of action that our faith and these days require of us: Let us be bold, relentless, and unafraid. So be it. Amen.
Source: A Pandemic of Privilege
Little Dreamer - Tristan Unrau , 2025.
Canadian , b. 1989 -
Oil on linen , 57 x 45 in.
Alexander Bezumov (Soviet Russian 1926-82), Frosty Morning, ca. 1971, Oil on canvas
green is the fresh emblem of well founded hope. in blue the spirit can wander, but in green it can rest
Night Owls - Paloma Salgado Diaz , 2023.
Chilean , b. 1990s
Oil on canvas ,
Weird at last! Weird at last! God almighty, weird at last!
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Jellycat Blossom Cream Bunny (Girl With A Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer)
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not self diagnosed not professionally diagnosed but a secret third thing (peer reviewed autism)
I know “slut/slutet” just means “end” in swedish but I literally don’t know how I’m supposed to compose myself looking at these images
They help with debilitating and painful symptoms.
I need y'all to read that article and fully understand how absolutely fucked this is. RA is a progressive disease. There is no cure. The ONLY option is to slow it down as much as possible and hope for remission. Methotrexate is one of the most effective drugs in doing this. I currently take it.
And with it, I can function normally, most of the time. I can be symptom-free, most of the time. Pain-free, most of the time. But without it?
Without it, my fingers start to feel like they're broken in several places. My hands swell up and turn red and lose movement and dexterity. My shoulder joints swell up so much that they no longer fit into the sockets quite right and routinely slips out when I move it. Just...dislocate at random. My ankles double in size and lose freedom of movement. My jaw hinge and knees begin to ache and don't stop.
I am in agony. I can't work. I can't sleep. I can't exercise or take care of myself. Nothing helps except taking my meds--the methotrexate--and waiting for the flare up to end. And every single time, irreparable damage is done to my joints. My disease progresses just a little bit and I can't walk it back.
Withholding medications from RA patients like this is cruel and inhumane. It will lead to permanent disability, shortened lifespans, and agonizing deaths for RA sufferers. It is essentially telling all people with RA who could get pregnant: your actual life is worth less than the hypothetical babies you might have. It is unethical and downright fucking evil.
The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) said in a statement to SELF that a “task force” has been assembled to ensure patients can continue to access methotrexate. “The ACR is aware of the emerging concerns surrounding access to needed treatments such as methotrexate after the recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,” the statement says. “We are following this issue closely to determine if rheumatology providers and patients are experiencing any widespread difficulty accessing methotrexate, or if any initial disruptions are potentially temporary and due to the independent actions of pharmacists trying to figure out what is and isn’t allowed where they practice.”
Patients who have experienced difficulty accessing their medication need to reach out to [email protected], the statement says. The Arthritis Foundation also has a hotline for patients having trouble accessing methotrexate (1-800-283-7800)
Difficulty accessing methotrexate is only the latest in what is sure to be a slew of restrictions that will keep people who can, technically, get pregnant from the health care they need, in contexts far outside the realm of reproductive health.
By visual artist Staiche Shitanda
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