Thursday, June 19, 2025

Happy Juneteenth

I read that Opal Lee won't be in the annual walk this year, but her granddaughter Dione Sims will take the reins from her. Good wishes to both.

Israel has expanded its wars and now wants to rope the US into bombing Iran too. I have no idea what the mad king will do. Fuck Netanyahu. Fuck Ted Cruz. Fuck all these fascists and warmongers. Fuck the Supreme Court for ruling against transgender children. Fuck Trump for canceling funding for an LGBT+ suicide hotline. He just had to be extra cruel during Pride month.

It's very hard to keep up hope in this world. I watched Attenborough's latest documentary on oceans, and it starts out very grim and depressing, but then he reveals that oceans are so resilient that they recover swiftly if you just protect a small area for even a few years. Just designating one area as a no-fishing zone can lead to miraculous renewal and the effects expand far outside the boundaries of the zone.

It's a hopeful note. And so were all the No Kings protests on Saturday. So live for hope and celebrate freedom.

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