Notices by Laloofah (laloofah@mstdn.social)

@madeindex @danmccullough This is just how I like my turkey… wild & free. 😍

“They appear to be deeply damaged people and they have come to damage everything else, including the climate; human rights, especially women’s rights, trans rights and immigrants’ rights; and the US economy. The rest of us and the rest of the world will be the cleanup crew because men like this never clean up after themselves.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/07/us-progressive-election-trump-maga

@tillybridges 🎯 This is a helpful resource from the Southern Poverty Law Center: https://www.splcenter.org/20150125/speak-responding-everyday-bigotry

Susan B. Anthony is the suffragist who gets the attention, but I most admire Dr. Alice Stokes Paul, Sojourner Truth, & Lucretia Coffin Mott. They have my gratitude when I vote.
I encourage learning about these remarkable women; this post focuses on Alice Paul, who died in 1977 (when I was in high school!) Learn about her at these websites:

https://www.alicepaul.org/about-alice-paul/

https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/alice-paul

#WomensSuffrage #EqualRights #VotingRights #AlicePaul #SojournerTruth #LucretiaMott #Vote #KamalaHarris

“No, people cannot see who you voted for after an election.

It’s a common misconception that because your voting record is publicly available, people can find out who you voted for in an election. But that’s false.”
#VotingRights #Privacy
https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/elections-verify/can-people-see-who-you-voted-for-after-an-election-fact-check/536-bb02fa30-b09a-44d9-8c8d-7678cbcaa986

@bmacDonald94
This makes me think of this brilliant video by Steve Cutts, titled simply, “MAN.” 🔊
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGMYdalClU

Hmmm… what to give Kamala Harris for her birthday today? She already has brains, beauty, warmth, integrity, self-assurance, wit, a loving family, an impressive résumé, & big enthusiastic crowds at her rallies… 🤔
I know! Today I will give her this…
#KamalaHarris2024 #VoteBlue #VoteEarly #HappyBirthdayKamala

“When we vote, we 🗳️ for wildlife that will live or die depending on the outcome of this election. We 🗳️ for women & girls whose fundamental rights are at stake. We 🗳️ for poor communities & communities of color that will suffer more pollution, loss of healthcare, education equality & even loss of voting rights if the wrong candidate wins….
Our work…[is] to promote Kamala Harris, whom we wholeheartedly endorse… & to educate those who may be inclined to sit out the election.”
https://centeractionfund.org/

@wdlindsy @nutmeg William, your reply made me recall this story, “The Divided Blanket,” which I copied when I was 14 from my grandmother’s collection of her favorite poems, quotes, & short stories. (Her version identified its origin as Russian, but I’ve seen more modern versions identified as French). I can’t find it online, so typed it up as an email and took this screenshot…

@ChanceyFleet I *have* wondered, and really appreciate your sharing this! (And I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s now going to have you in mind when composing ALT image descriptions! 😊)

1/2 At times my #genealogy research wanders from my 🌳 a bit & is rewarded. Edward Foote Waite (1860-1958), the Minneapolis 👨⚖️ who presided over my grandmother’s adoption hearings in 1915, could travel to 2024 & get back to work where he left off:
“a tenacious fraud spotter”… committed “to juvenile justice & children’s rights”… He was awarded a🏅for outstanding civic service by The Inter-Racial Council in 1934 & the B’nai B’rith award for interracial public service in ‘46…
https://www.mnopedia.org/person/waite-edward-foote-1860-1958

2/2 And in 1949, Waite wrote, “Jefferson’s Wall of Separation: What and Where?” in support of the separation of church & state (the screenshot below is its final paragraph):
https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/1210/

If you haven’t watched Amanpour’s interview with historian #HeatherCoxRichardson yet, please do. She starts by discussing the SCOTUS rulings, then at about the 4:00 mark she talks about the debate, and at the 5:00 minute mark she talks about what would happen if Biden were replaced as the candidate…
https://youtu.be/Wnw6JmXOzpk?si=7h0XiWqvsar1010i&t=298

“History is a vast early warning system.”
~Norman Cousins, editor & author (1915-1990)
A vast early warning system that works only if we know & understand it, but that we seem to consistently choose to ignore at our peril.
I recommend paying serious attention to historians #HeatherCoxRichardson (https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/) & #RuthBenGhiat (https://ruthbenghiat.com/) if you don’t already. Both have newsletters & are on various social media channels.
#history #histodons #quote

Two germane #quotes from #GeorgeWashington’s Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 19 Sep 1796 (he warned us)…

"However [political parties] may now & then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time & things to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, & unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people & to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion."

Happy #canadaday2024 to our friendly neighbors to the north! 🇨🇦

(And while this post should not in any way be construed as sucking up, we do hope you have a REALLY big guest room 😬).

@birdpoof @StillIRise1963 And our enmity isn’t confined to our own species, which so often seems dedicated to proving itself unworthy of the self-bestowed name Homo sapiens (“wise humans”).

@StillIRise1963 Yup.

@StillIRise1963 Can’t believe it didn’t occur to me to include this… it’s a longtime favorite.

Had to run some errands this morning & on our way home we passed this magnificent pink & white “raspberry swirl” dogwood. It inspired such a sudden outburst of exuberance from me that my husband (safely) executed a near bat-turn so I could hop out & get these photos. 😍
“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”
~”Lady Bird” Johnson

#quote #flowers #trees #Bloomscrolling #FlowersOfMastodon #TreesOfFediverse