Like dottir, like silence . . .

Thursday, July 24, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . More sun, more heat, more Southerlies.

You may think if you make yourself small enough, authoritarianism will pass you by. You are wrong. Shrinking your voice doesn’t stop the threat. It invites more of it. –Jon Stewart.

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William Irwin Thompson was born last week on July 16th in 1936 Chicago. The social philosopher, cultural critic, poet and founder of the contemporary Lindisfarne was a major influence on Yers Trooley with his book The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light.

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Novelist Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 Villers-Cotterêts, France. He authored The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo

And, English poet and novelist Robert Graves, was born on this date in 1895 Wimbledon. He authored I Claudius among many. His The White Goddess is a must read for the poet/myth inclined.

Trump's EPA acolyte is proposing to rescind the landmark 2009 legal opinion that greenhouse gas emissions put human health at risk, which underpins many of the government’s actions to combat climate change,

Everywhere you look today, there’s a confrontation between Trump and the courts brewing as he attempts to acquire still more power. Trump wants to be a king, or perhaps worse, some form of despot. We can’t say this enough. If you followed the news today, or any day, it’s impossible to avoid that conclusion. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, 7.24.25.

Like Dottir Like Sun Like Silence

Possessed by The Mother of

the ten-thousand things,

in the face of the moon

I see the sun.

I am daughter and son.

You are The Great Mystery.

– jab