Notices by Laloofah (laloofah@mstdn.social), page 2

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

@GottaLaff I imagine copious & highly justified & necessary lawsuits have already been filed. May they prevail.

“There [are] bills to mandate the Ten Commandments…in every classroom,…Christian chaplains…to replace counselors & therapists, the Bible…as part of the social studies curriculum…
…all over 🇺🇸, coalitions of progressive & moderate conservative parents [are]…forming their own [PACs], running their own…candidates.
Moms 4 Liberty isn't winning in a lot of places. Their ideas aren’t…popular, even among a lot of conservatives & so we’ve seen…a 🌊 of victories for the other side.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/they-came-for-the-schools-details-how-gop-targeted-race-and-identity-in-classrooms

@rbreich When I saw the headline this morning, I thought “good” — but it also made me think of this #quote …
“When one has been threatened with a great injustice,
one accepts a smaller as a favour.”
~Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866)

“‘The guilty verdict was…a victory for our democratic processes, but [that] we [have] to have…all [these Trump] trials means we’ve gotten into a bad place as a nation & our institutions have been compromised.’
I thought of [SCOTUS]…&…why I wrote Strongmen, a study of what happens to societies & their institutions when deeply damaged & amoral individuals get to power, supported by myriad enablers & cheered by crowds living in alternate realities created by years of lying.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/a-fateful-time-in-our-nations-history

May all victims of war and violence rest in peace,
and may we all learn at long last to live in peace.

“You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home & pray you'll never know
The hell where youth & laughter go.”
~ Siegfried Sassoon
from his poem, "Suicide in the Trenches," 1918
Written during his decorated military service in WWI.
#MemorialDay #poem

@TheRealKat What a wonderful, thoughtful post. In a world that often seems increasingly desensitized, it’s heartening to see people intentionally become more sensitized & responsive. I especially ❤️ this observation:

“If I am choosing consciously & compassionately when selecting a product, I am more likely to keep that same open mind the next time I stumble across an issue I don’t know enough about.”

We found that to be very true, & it immediately reminded me of this (sadly unattributed) quote:

@MediaActivist Guess we’ll have to call milkweed “milkalternativeweed,” by your colleague’s, um, logic.🙄

I think most people are unaware of the very long, global history of plant milks…
https://viva.org.uk/health/why-animal-products-harm/dairy-products-health/history-of-plant-milks/

@ruthbenghiat:
“When one autocrat gets away with imperialist & genocidal actions, others are emboldened. Every day Putin’s war on Ukraine continues is a day of victory for all autocrats who are invested in crushing democracy & solidifying a new world order based on repression, plunder, & chaos.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/biden-is-the-democracy-defender-we?r=1k4nht&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

The massive domestic and international damage that a default on U.S. debt would bring might lead some to think that the GOP can't possibly be so vindictive or irresponsible. That would underestimate the Republican party's appetite for chaos and destruction. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/republicans-have-crashed-a-national?r=1k4nht&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post