#common dreams

[progressivemillennial]

I would call Blinken's assertion lacking in credibility.

[curatorofthisdigitalmorass]

In 'Toothless PR Stunt,' Supreme Court Publishes Ethics Code With No Enforcement Mechanisms

In the wake of a series of high-profile scandals surrounding the relationship between right-wing justices and billionaires, the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday that it had formally adopted a new Code of Conduct.

The 14-page code is based on requirements for lower court judges, and most of the rules it outlines are not new, the court said. Watchdog groups have been widely critical of the new document, which does not stipulate how the conduct it promotes will be enforced, with the Revolving Door Project labeling it a "toothless PR stunt."

"This unenforceable public relations document serves absolutely no purpose other than to permit the media to revert to pretending that our unaccountable and unethical Supreme Court retains legitimacy," the project's executive director Jeff Hauser said in a statement.

[notrobinsomethingworse]

Dick (Nightwing) and Jason (Robin) stare at Bruce. One sports pleading eyes, the other a shit eating grin. There’s a child between them with black hair and blue eyes.

Bruce, he doesn’t know what’s happening but he doesn’t like it: No.

Dick, grinning: He’s our younger brother now.

Jason, nodding seriously: You’re not gonna take him from us.

Tim, got kidnapped while taking photos of patrol, just happy to be there: Where’s the Batcave?

Bruce: what.

Dick, grinning wider: He’s ours now.

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

Solar Power vs. The Darkness of Trump - Bill McKibben in #CommonDreams

"All this is the premise for understanding why the fossil fuel industry is so freaked out about this year’s election. They can read these charts as easily as anyone, and they know what’s coming…. They have to lock in customers right now, or else watch their whole business start to slowly, and then quickly, fade. And with that fade will come, inevitably, reduced political power."

[z34l0t]

[plethoraworldatlas]

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Common Dreams does tons of great work, and is honestly a big rarity; A independent news outlet, which was founded specifically to stay corporate influence free as a news source and report on underreported topics during a time when other outlets like them were shuttered in mass, reporting on things like worker's rights topics, protests, dire situations in countries most major news sources would take months to talk about if ever, and more. It has covered "leftist topics" with fairness, while being on of the few outlets to cover what it does without also randomly praising murderous dictators in the misused name of "anti-imperialism" unlike some others.

They are apparently behind in their funding campaign.

[zenosanalytic]

Common Deer Dreams

Weird Fucked Up Human encountered on the road

You show up to the communal grazespot and everyone has antlers. They stare at you with disapproval: You forgot mating season started today and didn't grow yours.

You're bounding through the forest trying to say hello to all your friends but they keep running away. You pass by a small pond and something feels off. You look at your reflection and a wolf stares back.

You're happily grazing in the woods when you hear a rustle. You try to bound away but you're stuck. You look down and your hooves have sunk into the ground. Your head starts to feel heavier and heavier and a shadow grows across the ground but you can't see above you. You look back down and the world seems... smaller you look to your legs -oh no they've grown together you're... you're turning into a tree!

Exploring, you suddenly find yourself outside of the woods, in a field of oddly low grass. You look around and see two Cars in the misty distance. You freeze. Suddenly, three small cars drive out around the back wheel of one of the big cars, which bends down and snuggles them. You've found the fabled Automotive Breeding-grounds!

You're munching some leaves from a bush when it suddenly yelps and a rifle drops out of it. You just begin to see blood pooling out from beneath its lowest branches as you leap away.

You're running and something's chasing you you dont dare look back but you know it's getting closer and you're getting tired

Oh Shit look at all these berries!

You encounter a human in the woods and, rather than stopping and staring at you, it approaches you casually, talking. You cant understand the noises it's making but you CAN understand what it means. It thinks you're being silly. It tells you to get out of that nonsense and it'll take you to town. Hell no it's not taking you anywhere least of all TOWN you back away preparing to run but the human keeps coming and talking. You're about to leap when it reaches out, quicker than natural, and grabs your hooves. They pop right off. You look down and see hands.

You're nibbling on some lichen on a tree root and it's the best thing you've ever tasted.

common bird dreams

you meet a deer and somehow they chirp perfectly but the things they tell you are incomprehensible

you're flying as hard as you can but you stay stuck in the same spot

every time you've nearly caught a tasty bug a cooler bird swoops in and steals it and it Keeps Happening

you're back in your parents nest except it looks different but you can tell it's supposed to be your parents nest

it's time to do a sexy dance for your crush but you forgot all the moves and also you have no feet

walking like a human (symbolizes freedom)

you're back in bird high school and you can't remember your seed locker combination

Huge Cat

[fairy-of-divorce]

Me listening to my friends vent about their relationship drama:

[tringstarruuu]

just finished the book HUALIAN HUALIAN HUALIAN IM GOING INSANEEEEEEE

[rodgermalcolmmitchell]

Four reasons why federal deficits are absolutely necessary for economic growth

Every day, U.S. dollars are created by federal government spending and by private sector lending. And every day, dollars are destroyed by federal taxing and by private sector loan repayment. Because private sector loans eventually are repaid, they do not permanently add dollars to the economy. By contrast, federal spending seldom is balanced by federal taxes — the government runs deficits almost…

[curatorofthisdigitalmorass]

State Officials Told to 'Carry Out Their Duty' by Keeping Trump Off 2024 Ballot

[arthropooda]

Workers who wish to vote on forming a bargaining unit will no longer be held up by rules that were put in place in 2019 by Republican members of the National Labor Relations Board under the Trump administration, as the panel passed a regulation on Thursday that the board chair said represented a return to a "basic principle" of labor protections.

The NLRB's new regulation restores protections put in place in 2014, which ensured union elections would be held swiftly.

Under the new rule, the board said it "will meaningfully reduce the time it takes to get from petition to [union] election in contested elections and will expedite the resolution of any post-election litigation."

The changes include:

Allowing pre-election hearings to begin more quickly and making them more efficient;

Distributing election information to employees more quickly; and

Requiring NLRB regional directors to hold elections at "the earliest date practicable," eliminating a 20-day waiting period.

[o-the-mts]

It’s really that simple.