Mr. Trouble's world

Randomness from me...

[robertreich]

It's a choice.

[robertreich]

The system is rigged.

[amnhnyc]

Have you ever heard of the ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata)? This ornately-patterned marine mammal inhabits frigid waters in the Arctic. It can be found where the water is deep and the sea ice is more dispersed, making it easier to break through. The solitary animal can dive as far as 1,968 ft (600 m) in search of food such as crustaceans, fish, and cephalopods.  

Photo: Josh London, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, CC BY-SA 2.0, flickr

[nasa]

That's us, together.

While we're looking up at the Artemis II astronauts journeying to the Moon, they're looking back home at us. 

In this image, Earth peeks through the capsule window, reminding us that a view like this relies on the ingenuity and hard work of countless people back home.

In the second image, we see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere.

Follow the Artemis II astronauts on their journey to the Moon:

[robertreich]

Is a data center being built where you live? Let me know in the comments.

[scorp1]

[beauty-funny-trippy]

Imagine if politicians actually cared about the health and well-being of the people, instead of feeding corporate greed.

All our lives would be better.

[theglowsociety]

[wintercorrybriea2]

Female MC Hall of Fame

The Source Magazine (October, 1997)

scans by rap style archeology

[zamisriza-the-resurrection]

Reblog the 500,000 dollar written check from Seto Kaiba and money will come your way.

[sadakotetsuwan]

Damn right we do cause we a got Seto Kaiba’s routing and account numbers

[liberalsarecool]

The racism perpetuates the double standard.

[scorp1]

Amazing how it becomes acceptable when a white woman does it, but when a black woman did it, they completely lost their shit and, not wanting her to push for their children to eat healthier. The double standard & hypocrisy never surprises me in this country.

[theconcealedweapon]

[nudityandnerdery]

Also? A memo from the Department of Justice doesn't mean shit. That's not a law. That's not a legal precedent. It's just telling you how they're going to ignore your rights without any legal standing to do so. It's gonna get someone killed when ICE decides they're going to force their way into a house one day and the person inside decides to use their legal rights to defend themselves. And then the fascists will want to use that to further escalate.

[mysharona1987]

Universal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him 200 Times

Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other deadly species.

He is Florida Man enough to get MAGA to accept vaccines, though.

“I got depressed after 9/11 so let two cobras bite me.”

[cosmicvngel]

[liberalsarecool]

If this is not tax fraud, the laws need to be rewritten.

[robertreich]

Where are all the Republicans who for years have accused liberals of “cancelling” their views? Where are the conservatives who have claimed for even longer they only want to conserve traditional American values? If this assault on civil liberties stands, Trump could just as well arrest and expel permanent residents who voice support for, say, transgender people or DEI or “woke” or Ukraine, or anything else the regime finds “anti-American” and offensive. If it stands, what’s to stop the Trump regime from arresting American citizens who support any cause the regime doesn’t like — such as, say, replacing Republicans in Congress in 2026 and putting a Democrat in the White House in 2028? Does anyone remember Senator Joe McCarthy’s communist witch hunts? I do. They weren’t pretty. Careers were ruined; reputations, destroyed. They remain a stain on American democracy. American democracy. That’s what’s at stake. The Trump regime is out to trash it. The regime doesn’t believe in the First or any other amendments. It doesn’t believe in the Constitution.

[robertreich]

The choice right before us is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on. A handful of Democrats in the Senate today made the wrong choice.