Banking on Tomorrow

  Where do we go from here?

  posted on Universeodon.com by @MarieVC@social.coop

Today is the 6th day of the 45th week, the 8th day of the 11th month, the 313th day of 2024, and:  Abet and Aid Punsters Day Cook Something Bold Day HBO Day International Day of Remembrance Intersex Day of Solidarity National Ample Time Day National Cappuccino Day National Dance Day National Harvey Wallbanger Day National Parents as Teachers Day National STEAM Day Shakespeare Authorship Mystery Day World Pianist Day World Town Planning Day World Urbanism Day X-ray Day and Voyager 1 is ~22h 59m 32s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day :  “ Grownups! Everyone remembers them. How strange and even sad it is that we never become what they were: beings noble, infallible, and free. We never become them. One of the things we discover as we live is that we never become anything different from what we are. We are no less ourselves at forty than we were at four, and because of this we know grownups as Grownups only once in life: during our own childhood. We never meet them in our live

photo posted by Warner Crocker  I am not okay My family is not okay My friends are not okay My country is not okay The world is not okay On Tuesday, November 5th, 52.4% of American voters [ 50.9% who voted directly plus 1.5% who threw their votes away ] chose a narcissist I find morally repugnant, spiritually aberrant, physically ailing, a pathological liar who is exhibiting all the traits of dementia, and his creepy running mate.    Many of the same people threatened violence, rejecting the outcome if their side didn't win.  The GOP started filing law suits claiming fraud even before Election Day.  The only election they would deem "fair" is one that they won.  Well they got it.   I don't want to hear the excuses - don't whine about messaging or the economy or qualifications. You had a clear choice between a government for all and a government for only for the wealthy, between democracy and fascism, between hope and dystopia.    And you chose Now own it.    Beca

  Stonedown Lane October 31st, 2024

Today is the 3rd day of the 44nd week, the 29th day of the 10th month, the 303rd day of 2024, and: International Internet Day - the anniversary of the first "node-to-node" communication between two computers in 1989 via ARPANET.  Just stop and think about all the changes we have seen in the past 35 years!    National Cat Day National Hermit Day National Oatmeal Day Snowmobile Day UNESCO World Coding Day  Vote Early Day World Psoriasis Day World Stroke Day Voyager 1 is ~22h 58m 04s of light travel time from Earth (2024:303:120000:1L) Quote of the day: " Try not to turn away from those whose appearance is disturbing, from the ragged and unwell. Try never to think of them as inferior to yourself. If you can, try not even to think of yourself as better than the humblest beggar. You will look the same in your grave ." ~  The Dalai Lama, “ Consider Yourself a Tourist ” There has been an awful lot in the news about homeless people and immigrants and some very unkind thing