<p>“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...</p><p>The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”</p><p>-- Carl Sagan, "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" (1995)</p><p><a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#religion</a> <a href="/tags/carlsagan/" rel="tag">#CarlSagan</a> <a href="/tags/sagan/" rel="tag">#Sagan</a> <a href="/tags/prognostication/" rel="tag">#prognostication</a> <a href="/tags/foreboding/" rel="tag">#foreboding</a> <a href="/tags/ignorance/" rel="tag">#ignorance</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
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<p>‼️ <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/criminalizes/" rel="tag">#Criminalizes</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a> Use of Some Bathrooms in Private Businesses‼️</p><p>The bill passed Friday by the Idaho legislature would make it a <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a> punishable by up to a year in <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#prison</a> to use a <a href="/tags/gender/" rel="tag">#gender</a> designated bathroom that does not conform to a person’s sex at birth.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminallaw/" rel="tag">#CriminalLaw</a> <a href="/tags/ignorance/" rel="tag">#ignorance</a> <a href="/tags/bigotry/" rel="tag">#bigotry</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/idaho-transgender-bathroom-law.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/idaho-transgender-bathroom-law.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/</span><span class="invisible">idaho-transgender-bathroom-law.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/harveymilk/" rel="tag">#HarveyMilk</a> served in the <a href="/tags/navy/" rel="tag">#Navy</a>, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s Secy of the US Navy John Phelan didn’t.</p><p>During <a href="/tags/pride/" rel="tag">#Pride</a> month <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a> Orders Navy to Strip Name of <a href="/tags/gayrights/" rel="tag">#GayRights</a> Icon Harvey Milk from Ship</p><p>A defense official confirmed that the Navy was making preparations to strip the ship of its name…. The official also said that the timing of the announcement — occurring during <a href="/tags/pridemonth/" rel="tag">#PrideMonth</a> — was intentional.</p><p><a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/bigotry/" rel="tag">#bigotry</a> <a href="/tags/ignorance/" rel="tag">#ignorance</a> <a href="/tags/hate/" rel="tag">#hate</a> <a href="/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <br><a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/03/hegseth-orders-navy-strip-name-of-gay-rights-icon-harvey-milk-ship.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/03/hegseth-orders-navy-strip-name-of-gay-rights-icon-harvey-milk-ship.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.military.com/daily-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/03/hegseth-orders-navy-strip-name-of-gay-rights-icon-harvey-milk-ship.html</span></a></p>
<p>We don't care about <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a></p><p>We don't care about <a href="/tags/rightwing/" rel="tag">#rightWing</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a></p><p>But we are allowed to peek over the fence sometimes and see what's going on over in the cesspool of <a href="/tags/bigotry/" rel="tag">#bigotry</a>, <a href="/tags/ignorance/" rel="tag">#ignorance</a> and <a href="/tags/narcissism/" rel="tag">#narcissism</a></p><p>"MAGA Influencers Are Salivating Over Jailing Each Other"</p><p>{insert "oh no! anyway..." meme here}</p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-influencers-are-salivating-over-jailing-each-other" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-influencers-are-salivating-over-jailing-each-other"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-infl</span><span class="invisible">uencers-are-salivating-over-jailing-each-other</span></a></p>
<p>"Something that's struck me about the Trump Administration throughout its second term is its profound misunderstanding of power. Over and over again, Trump and his minions demonstrate that they think they have a monopoly on power and that history will unfold as their actions without any reactions, a literally inconsequential view as in 'there will no consequences other than the ones we impose.'"</p><p>~ Rebecca Solnit</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#power</a> <a href="/tags/stupidity/" rel="tag">#stupidity</a> <a href="/tags/ignorance/" rel="tag">#ignorance</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/flowers-bloom-on-soldiers-graves-lessons-in-power-and-consequence/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.meditationsinanemergency.com/flowers-bloom-on-soldiers-graves-lessons-in-power-and-consequence/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.meditationsinanemergency.c</span><span class="invisible">om/flowers-bloom-on-soldiers-graves-lessons-in-power-and-consequence/</span></a></p>
