I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them
Anjali Dayal
Man with his dog flees from bombs in Tehran.
(Photo by Pooria Hatami)
Leah McElrath
Someone needs to mass-produce stamps that say, "raped children," to accompany this
Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi.
The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.
Socialism for All ☭ Intensify Class Struggle
Yonah Freemark
Orientation call with @videogameworkers.bsky.social tonight, feeling a little nervous. 😳
It's bothersome to me how so many successful storytellers don't even know how stories work in the human brain. He is a former game programmer, though, so
everything alive is being murdered to maintain a civilization where everyone is constantly miserable
Came across a big sakura tree branch that had either broken off or been cut so I couldn't resist bringing home a few blossoms for a photo shoot.
something like over 80% of professional athletes are men for a reason and it sure as shit isn’t because “women just don’t wanna play sports.”
Washington DC wildlife:
Dark-eyed junco eating the buds off a redbud tree this afternoon on Rodman Street. 🪶
