Cassandra Rabbit

@cassandrarabbit.bsky.social

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Painter. Closet poet. Possibly wise, but definitely on my way to wizened.

If nations would like to display their power and achievements, why do they only do that with military parades, as though the invention of destruction was our only accomplishment. Instead of soldiers, why not ranks of doctors who are working on cures for cancer? Why not scores of farm machinery that are feeding the poor? Why not show off the scientists that are working on climate change? There are so many things to celebrate, why do we only display the ones embodying death?—Bishop Steven Charleston
iPhone notification reading “Your J.Jill order has shipped. Thank you - your shipping information is enclosed. View in Browser Hell”
A grassy expanse nearly empty of people, bordered by a wall of what appear to be entrances to mausoleums
"The advanced nanobubbler technology very effectively killed the algae that has plagued every Lincoln Reflecting Pool reopening — most infamously Obama's reopening — since 1922," Interior posted on X. "The Reflecting Pool water is crystal clear, and our National Park Service team is now vacuuming up the dead algae resting on the bottom of some parts of the Reflecting Pool — just like the destroyed Iranian Navy resting on the bottom of the Persian Gulf."
Poster showing actress Gale Storm and cruise ship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gale_Storm_Show
From a commenter on a NYT exercise article: Crikey Virginia • May 13 For those of us over 60 - this is a great exercise regimen - for you younger out there (under 60), just keep it in mind until you reach that magic 60 number ! Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room on each side. With a 5-lb potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides. Hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato bags. Then try 50-lb potato bags, and then eventually, try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm currently at this level) After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag. ...
Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind (Electronic Format) More Info More Info Borrow By Gad Saad. From Broadside Books. *i* (38 reviews) Goog Prev In Electronic Format The bestselling author of The Parasitic Mindshows why empathy in politics leads to civilizational collapse. What happens when a society elevates victimhood to a virtue and decides that punishment is cruel? You get the disease Dr. Gad Saad calls suicidal empathy. And West may be terminally infected. In his new book, Suicidal Empathy, Saad unleashes a blistering critique of maladaptively irrational altruism that has gripped our culture. This mind parasite hijacked the empathy module of our progressive elite, leading to a catastrophic miscalibration of moral priorities.
Photo taken and posted by James Comey of seashells arranged to read 8647. I have heard the phrase “86 it” and never once associated it with murder. To me it was always synonymous with “ixnay.”
Still from The Fifth Element in which a seaman wonders where Korben Dallas learned his unusual “negotiating” technique
Photo of a red 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Seville with what appears to be tailfins embellished with their own mini tailfins
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com If you don't stop in mid-sentence to check a thing and then three hours later you've learned the entire history of canned food but not finished the sentence, why even be a writer?! Lucy Fishwife @lucyfishwife... • 2h If you don't hit up Wikipedia for the exact date Constantinople stopped being called Constantinople and emerge blinking after having learned something random about neolithic footwear, who even ARE you
Photo of Mike Johnson at a conference with the following caption: Q: "Are you worried this Iran War may hurt Republicans politically?" Spineless Speaker Johnson: "We don't make political decisions" "We're not at War"
Edgar the Bug from Men in Black doing his spot on impression of RFK Jr
• FBI Director Kash Patel gutted a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran days before the US strikes began. The reason: Each staff member was involved in the investigation of Trump's retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Child in mail carrier bag
8 hours ago Robert Jimison Reporting from Washington The Constitution grants Congress alone the power to formally declare war, something that even Republicans on Capitol Hill sought to remind Trump of this week. In his video remarks, the president indicated that he understood this operation to be a war, citing the possibility of American casualties because "that often happens in war." His declaration that "no president was willing to do what I am willing to tonight" speaks to the likely unilateral decision-making from the White House.
Photo of package bigger than my hand with the warning “WARNMG: To avoid the danger of suffocation, please keep this small object away from babies and children.be careful of swallowing it! This little thing is not a toy!”
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salisbury_Cathedral,_cloister,_from_top_of_tower.jpg
Cover art for the album The Velvet Underground & Nico
Somewhere, if you look hard enough at this photo of balls of fur bedecked with ribbons, you will see a descendant of wolves, ready to reclaim her ancient heritage and devour human flesh
Public domain photo of metal coffee pot hand decorated in tole painting style
Phot of VP Vance with caption: Vance says Minneapolis will be 'less chaotic' if local officials cooperate more with ICE
Stop the paper, stop the mail, Break my baby out of corporate jail Leave behind the cold and ice On our way to paradise I'll wear a flower in my hair When we get there I'll be your mai-tai mama, You'll be my geek Tarzan And we'll make sweet sweet love In the promised land Stop the paper, stop the mail, Break my baby out of corporate jail Leave behind the cold and ice On our way to paradise I'll wear a flower in my hair When we get there I'll wear a flower in my hair When we get there
John Ganz @lionel_trolling • 22h "I have the impression that the persons directing the policy of the Hitler Government are not normal. Many of us, indeed, have a feeling that we are living in a country where fantastic hooligans and eccentrics have got the upper hand." —Sir Horace Rumbold to London, 1933
Screen grab of headline and lede from NBC News: Europe may have reached its breaking point with Trump over Greenland tariffs Europe's strategy of "buttering up" Trump in the hopes of trade and foreign policy concessions has failed, analysts tell NBC News. What comes next is less clear.
An assortment of colorful folk-art pins and buttons expressing the beautiful and inspiring Spanish proverb “Chinga la Migra”
FBI Portland changes messaging from investigating shooting to assault on agents Joe Kottke and Phil Helsel The FBI in Portland initially said on X that it was investigating an "agent involved shooting" that injured two people and involved federal agents - but then deleted the post and focused on an alleged assault on agents. FBI Portland initially said on X that "FBI Portland is investigating an agent involved shooting that happened at approximately 2:15pm near the 10000 block of Main St. in Portland involving Customs and Border Patrol Agents in which 2 individuals were wounded." Asked about the deleted post, the FBI in Portland sent a revised statement on the incident. The new statement focused on "an assault on federal officers."
"We live in a world, in the real world, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world that have existed since the beginning of time." Stephen Miller
Trump himself has said oil companies were told before military action in Venezuela. Not Congress. Now Trump is threatening Cuba and Greenland. We don't have money for healthcare but we have money to send our young men and women to wars we started? Is this the platform you ran on? Endless war? Get back to Washington and do your job!
Tony Robinson as Baldrick in the first season of the inimitable and glorious “Blackadder.” https://alexmarchantblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/the-black-adder-or-on-richard-iii-in-alternative-history/
View in browser The New Hork Eimes Jan. 3, 2026, 12:19 p.m. ET BREAKING NEWS Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times Trump Says U.S. Will Run' Venezuela After Capture of Maduro President Trump announced that U.S. forces had carried out "a large scale strike against Venezuela" and were bringing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife to New York.
Racial groups in the United States (2020 census) including racial identification of Hispanic 159] • White Americans (61.6%)| • Black Americans (12.4%) Two or more races (10.2%) • Some other race (8.40%) • Asian Americans (6.00%) • Native Americans (1.10%) • Pacific Islander Americans (0.20%) wikipedia.org
Engraving from the painting The Expulsion From The Garden by Gustave Dore showing an angel with a sword casting out Adam and a weeping Eve
A lame attempt to render “The Twelve Days of Christmas” in emojis
Katie Rogers White House reporter: That was an 18-minute speech that will keep fact checkers busy for hours.
Frontotemporal dementia affects the part of the brain that regulates comportment, insight and reasoning. “Comportment” is a term that refers to social behavior, insight, and “appropriateness” in different social contexts. Normal comportment involves having insight and the ability to recognize what behavior is appropriate in a particular social situation and to adapt one’s behavior to the situation. For example, a funeral is a solemn event requiring certain types of behavior and decorum., yet not the place to laugh out loud. Similarly, while it may be perfectly natural and acceptable to take one’s shoes and socks off at home, it is probably not the thing to do while in a restaurant. Comportment also refers to the style and content of a person’s language. Like, it’s natural for most us to keep true feelings about disliking a person to ourselves, but not to say it publicly during a toast to the bride and groom at a wedding!
Still from the “frozen house” scene in Dr. Zhivago
Monument to Lenin at the time of the fall. Khmelnytsky, Chekman Park of Culture and Recreation. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Falling_of_Lenin_in_Khmelnytskyi_park.jpg
T-shirt design spoofing the Morton Salt girl with the legend “CARTHAGO DELENDA EST.”
Drop down form with language options including: English, Middle (1100-1500) English, Old (ca.450-1100) Esperanto
For the cover of the December 8, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Klaas Verplancke wanted to capture how, as he put it, "shiny gold pales in comparison to the charm of Christmas lights." The image also highlights the dissonance between the seemingly endless demands and executive orders coming from the White House, and the spirit of care and generosity that traditionally accompany the holiday season.
Boston Brown Bread This bread is traditionally served with baked beans. Use a 1-pound coffee tin if you do not have a pudding mold, and cover it with aluminum foil tied tight with string. (10 OR MORE SLICES) ½ cup (70 g) rye flour ½ cup (1 dL) cornmeal ½ cup (70 g) whole-wheat flour 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup (¾ dL) molasses 1 cup (¼ L) sour milk (p. 11)
is 2026 next year • Al Overview No, 2026 is not next year; it is the year after next. Since the current year is 2025, the next year is 2026, and 2026 is the year that follows next. • This year: 2025 • Next year: 2026 • The year after next: 2027
Joan Crawford frowns intently while at the keyboard of a tall contraption that seems to be a version of the Remington Line-a-time typewriter
Cover of book titled “Betty Grable and the House with the Iron Shutters”
New York Magazine’s cover from 2018 showing Trump with a pig nose to accompany its article on his self-dealing
Colbert bandleader Louis Cato wears an expression that falls somewhere between alarm and “I can’t unsee that”