Mask, mask, everywhere a mask – and they are making me lose my mind! Read more about this, here!

via The Masks — Autism in Our Nest

Director Ken Loach has dedicated his career to shining a spotlight on social injustice and lifting up working family. I was very much moved by his last effort, 2016’s I, Daniel Blake, which was one of my favourite movies that year. I knew going in that Sorry To Miss You was unlikely to be the […]

via Sorry To Miss You — ASSHOLES WATCHING MOVIES

I can’t wrap my mind around 100,000 American deaths (and over 350,000 worldwide), numbers we’ll see in the rearview mirror by the time I post this to the blog. I try to picture some of the victims: the teachers who died early on, because we didn’t want to close schools too soon; the doctors […]

via Streaming Movies During a Pandemic — rachelmankowitz

The Atlanta Falcons community peacefully protested in Buckhead to support Black Lives Matter.

via Falcons Players, Dan Quinn, Thomas Dimitroff Peacefully Protest in Buckhead — Heavy.com

A college professor shared his experience getting arrested for using a counterfeit $20 bill—and believes that while it was a “death sentence” for George Floyd, he’s still alive due to white privilege—in a tweet that was the most-liked and most-shared on Twitter this week, according to data from social media tracking firm NewsWhip. Archeology professor […]

via Like George Floyd, This Man Was Arrested For Using A Counterfeit Bill—But Says White Privilege Saved His Life — befarmed.wordpress.com

This will be a disoriented essay. These are disorienting times. Perhaps the reader should prepare himself with a double shot of Wild Turkey throat sanitizer, or a doob. I am still getting mail saying that Floyd’s death was due to underlying conditions. I see. By purest coincidence, he died of natural causes while hand-cuffed, face […]

via Her Name Is Breanna Taylor, by Fred Reed — Russia News Now

Craving compassion I seek the wisdom of the river – Her glimmering waters reflect sun’s warmth I am at once calmed and uplifted – seagull raises his wings emits an ungodly chuckle. (Image, my own, is not actually a Laughing Gull, but the title fits.)

via Laughing Gull — One Woman’s Quest

Countless birthday candles and shooting stars, I was raised to dream endlessly, Believe that nothing was beyond the realms of possibility. Perhaps that is what my love for stargazing was born of, Opportunities to make wishes; Stroll down the path of life without dismissals. Growing up with everything you wish for, Makes it mundane to […]

via The Privilege of Kindness — THE OBSESSIVE WRITER

With his debut novel, Faggots, the legendary AIDS activist, who died yesterday, demonstrated the profane morality that would define his career.

via Larry Kramer Knew That an Honest Debate Was a Rude One — nyob.news