#the country not state

[tikitania]

Balanchine's Serenade...

Last weekend I got to see the State Ballet of Georgia perform two ballets by Balanchine: Serenade and Concerto Barocco during their US Tour. They were in New Orleans. WOW! This company, though small, is very impressive and the the performances were extremely vivid. I had never seen Serenade live and it's really beautiful. There's so much detail in there that I missed, I would love to see it again.

[metamatar]

the biggest barrier to democratising medical access is the patent regime. intellectual property kills.

[the-lady-maddy]

[kaydub80]

When those in power constantly lied about the little things, it isn't hard to see why people have tuned out--and even questioned whether masks were even effective against the virus.

[folklorespring]

Georgians are stronger than me, because if protests in my country were constantly confused with the state in USA, I would throw hands

[shadowed-yet-vibrant]

It’s fascinating how little the US at large knew about Walz before this week, but at the same time… it makes sense. He wasn’t their governor. They haven’t seen the incredible work he’s done first-hand, and they haven’t had years to appreciate his authentic charm.

He’s never been a politician who sought out the limelight - everything Minnesota has done in this historic year of progressive legislation and policy has been relatively quiet. He’s not on the road jockeying for the latest sound byte on CNN or some podcast - he’s working to implement the policies people want. He’s tweeting about Mountain Dew. He’s at the state fair eating fried food and talking to his constituents. This is the governor we know. A man who cares deeply about the work he does and the people he represents, not the fame, not the clicks.

He’s genuine. Minnesotans know that. Now it’s time to sell that to the rest of the country.

[the-catboy-minyan]

would you tell a Native American person you know their history better than them?

would you tell an African American person you know their history better than them?

would you tell any minority group you know their history better than them?

no?

then why the fuck are you doing that with Jews?

[idolomantises]

In all honesty, I kind of predicted this outcome a few weeks ago, so it’s hard to really feel that disappointment and despair I felt in 2016.

I just think “wow that sucks. But I’ll live. I know I’ll survive. I know my family and friends will survive. I’m not going to succumb to despair. It’s not worth it.”

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Haddon Hall near Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK. It is the former seat of the Dukes of Rutland.

cr: Hans uit Heudsen

[thesixthduke]

[wilwheaton]

This infuriates me as much as those “5th grade classroom rallies to sell pencils so their teacher can have life-saving surgery.”

Fuck you, America.

[wetsocksinbed]

being a non-American waking up to see everyone talking about baby executions and illegal transgender alien surgery, and how maybe perchance there might be a concept of a plan

[magicalgirlmindcrank]

Watching the GOP trying to pivot and find targeting on Kamala that the Average Voter™ would agree with is hilarious. It's largely been clips of out of context moments where she laughs awkwardly about bad jokes she made. A few mentions that she never won a primary and are their best hits. They have nothing else outside of dog whistles, and those guys were always voting Trump. Like we hate her here for her being a cop, but the GOP can't fucking angle 'cops bad' to their base. As awful as 'tough on crime' rhetoric is, it's immensely popular with the exact kind of people who are swing voters. Even the attention from the attempted assassination was basically lost as all the focus shifted to Biden's decision. Theres suddenly a momentum around the DEM candidate we haven't seen since Obama. It feels like it went from an uphill fight to keep Trump out to a layup.

[portraitoflestatonfire]

In no universe should Louis de Pointe du Lac be lighting his own cigarettes❗️

[will80sbyers]

any type of censorship over LGBTQIA+ age appropriate themes / movies / books in schools is outright discrimination and should be called out as such