visible sign of peace...

So lovely to see a visible sign of peace today...
right on my verandah...

Where 2 minds rest harmoniously as one spirit...

And the sun is shining brightly... pic.twitter.com/j8JMALv7VO

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) November 8, 2020

NAIDOC WEEK BEGINS...

Tyrown Waigana, a Perth-based artist + designer, has been named as this year's winner of the National NAIDOC Poster Competition. His winning entry - Shape of Land - was judged by the National NAIDOC Committee to best illustrate the 2020 NAIDOC theme: Always Was Always Will Be. https://t.co/n2VrDRdGjh pic.twitter.com/cyrGbj1stw

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) November 7, 2020

dancing in the streets...

Full on block party in Prospect Park. We are the Champions 😭 pic.twitter.com/MvbWAk6XfA

— Allison (@_allisonk) November 7, 2020

I’ve managed to keep my crying to a minimum, but walking home to the sounds of hundreds of people celebrating just to hear a neighbor blasting the Beatles was too much for me pic.twitter.com/3ir9s5q3to

— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) November 7, 2020

It’s like the night Obama was elected, only less hugging of strangers

— 🗽 Liz Gumbinner (@Mom101) November 7, 2020

Yep. I’ve been telling people that for 5 years. We knew he was a crook before he was elected. Cheering on my street woke me up from a nap and I sleep through street cleaners, ambulances, garbage trucks,.....

— Hannah C (@hcp56) November 7, 2020

I've managed not to cry till now...... it's such a relief for the rest of the world, but I can't begin to imagine how good it must feel to the more half of the US.

Lots of love & hugs from the UK🥰💕🥰💕🇬🇧

— 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 Gill Thornton,#HandsFaceSpace (@ThorntonGill) November 7, 2020

Today is like the opposite of doomscrolling. :)

— Carol Duncan (@carolduncan) November 8, 2020

I didn't know there was that response in '08 there. I attended Obama's 1st inauguration in a theater and found myself crying in a back seat from the accumulated stress of recession and everything - it just really tapped something.

— Nancy Garcia ✍️ (@GarciaNancy) November 7, 2020

Guess those covid super spreader rallies didn't do anything EXCEPT spread Covid!

— Speechgal 🌊🌊 (@speechgal2018) November 7, 2020

I wish I lived in a state that could celebrate like this. But unfortunately I live in a red state, so there’s more anger than there is relief.

— Miss Havisham (@beth_george44) November 7, 2020

Its going on everywhere. Literal dancing in the streets, honking and people just coming out (in masks) and being happy!

— PCR RitesGood (@pcrritesgood) November 7, 2020

What a lovely visual, what a special day. I hope hope hope the states can heal & people come back together again, sending congratulations from Ireland

— Sinead Smurf Murphy l (@smurf_sinead) November 7, 2020

They are ringing church bells for America. In Germany. Might want to sit with that for a few minutes.

— Over the Rhine (@overtherhine) November 8, 2020

I absolutely love this! 4 years ago I was in tears for what @realDonaldTrump would do TO this country. Today I am in tears for what @biden can do FOR this country.

— CCRocha (@rocha_cc) November 7, 2020

https://t.co/atTv9Ci5Y9

— Aliaèna (@aliaena) November 7, 2020

“Joe Biden’s declaration as President-elect has sparked enormous relief, hope & joy in the US, in Germany & around the globe! ... Congrats America!”@peteraltmaier, Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy.https://t.co/SJjqNyOwJp

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) November 7, 2020

They’re all cheering for Dominos Get any medium 2 topping pizza, salad, 8 piece boneless chicken, Specialty Chicken, Pasta in a Dish, Stuffed Cheesy Bread, Marble Cookie Brownie, or Bread Twists for $5.99 each coupon.

— TheUnholyEmpire (@UnholyNY) November 7, 2020

this rlly is a ding-dong the witch is dead! moment

— scottie (@aarxnculp) November 7, 2020

'All I Want for Christmas'...with a twist...+ notice it's young people...

I knew we’d be happy but I didn’t realize we’d be spontaneous dance parties in the street happy. What a moment pic.twitter.com/8NsGheybEU

— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) November 8, 2020

Replying to @JessicaValenti and @chrislhayes The irony is that Trump did this. His utter horribleness united us, against him.

With the country's highest youth voter turnout, Georgia's young people played a key role in the 2020 election https://t.co/neJYadHtAy

— TIME (@TIME) November 8, 2020

They’ll have a chance to do more soon. The Senate run-offs are scheduled for Jan. 5. The New Georgia Project is already posting memes that advise young people who turn 18 before Dec. 7 that they will be eligible to be part of the youth turnout for the first time. If they vote the same way other teens and twentysomethings voted in the general election, this generation of Georgians could offer the new President the missing key to his first term: Democratic power in the Senate.

Donald Trump’s final tweet before he was named the loser of the election:

“I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!”

Twitter has placed a warning label on it.

LOL.

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) November 7, 2020

To All The Trump Supporters Your “FORMER” President Just Tweeted “I Won This Election, By A lot”. He’s Lied To Y’all For 4 Years & Y’all Believed Him!!! So He Just Gave Y’all One More Lie For The Road!! At Least He Stayed Consistent! He Came In A Liar & Left One!!! 👏🏾

— Plies (@plies) November 7, 2020

I just exhaled 4 years of anger, rage, stress + anxiety in one huge blue breath!

I'm proud to be an American, again!

— Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) November 7, 2020

Trump rage tweeting right now feels like watching a movie villain drowning in a pool of lava

— Simone Giertz (@SimoneGiertz) November 7, 2020

Trump follows the legacy of Andrew Johnson, as only the second one-term and impeached POTUS.

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) November 7, 2020

Why do right wing demagogues always end their days in bunkers?

LOSER BY A LOT golfing pic.twitter.com/kIObwjZOqu

— European Unity #FBPE 🇪🇺💶⭐️ (@EuropeanUnity1) November 7, 2020

@FSPhiladelphia was having no part in this bullshit circus pic.twitter.com/XM7sIJ2Yvi

— ObamaStan #blacklivesmatter (@cbroderick4) November 7, 2020

I thought The Four Seasons was a fancy hotel. The Four Seasons Landscaping is a landscaping company. Trump's 11:30 press conference was going to be a mulch place! A mulch place! Is there a better ending to this shitshow? 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/crrjJ8lFy6

— Michael Accorsi (@michaelaccorsi) November 7, 2020

Looks like Four Seasons Total Landscaping are closed till Monday, so the press conference will be an act of trespassing? 🙄 pic.twitter.com/csFh2A0Ruh

— Yigit Kinalikaya (@YuKkaya) November 7, 2020

wait, you guys are not next to an adult book store with individual viewing booths 😱 https://t.co/vkazHtiZ37

— mini (@mini_007) November 7, 2020

Opposite the Total Landscaping head office in State Road is a cremation center and a venue that specialises in "memorial tribute gatherings"

Sounds about right.

— Peter Broks (@peterbroks) November 7, 2020

Seeing a lot of confusion about President Trump's whereabouts. He's not attending the press conference in Philadelphia with his legal team, which is not at the Four Seasons Hotel but Four Seasons Total Landscaping. The president meanwhile is at his golf course in Virginia.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 7, 2020

And wouldn't ya know? Total Landscaping has poor reviews on Google. Very very low ratings. Apparently they can't keep their shit straight. Can't think of a better fit for this really important meeting.

— Beth C. (@bethybugz) November 7, 2020

In case anyone is curious. 😂 It’s also close to a penitentiary. pic.twitter.com/gUFNGsc3xD

— 🐘MileHighGal🐘 (@mile_high_gal) November 7, 2020

Even more amazing...This Four Seasons debacle by Trump takes place about 3 blocks from the newer Philadelphia prison (Curran-Fromhold), only a few more blocks away from the old Holmesburg prison. Just a hop, skip + a jump from a prison opportunity...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) November 8, 2020

This Four Seasons Total Landscaping recap is so good.

Never stop laughing... https://t.co/NQgjaqmnhy

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) November 9, 2020

Not with a bang,
But a whimper. https://t.co/jklRO0CiYa

— Stuart Somerville (@Stuthefarmer) November 7, 2020

I have just received my fifteenth email since midnight from the Orange Man Delusion asking me for money to support challenging the election.

I realise someone put me on this mailing list to be an asshole, but I truly thank them for the many laughs it's given me.

— Van Badham (@vanbadham) November 8, 2020

Isn't it refreshing to read calm, dignified tweets from the next #POTUS ? Ahhhhhhhhh..... https://t.co/JLDB0yotCP

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 7, 2020

"It's easier to be a parent today. To tell your kids character matters... truth matters... being a good person matters." Van Jones on the visceral relief for "a lot of people who felt that they couldn't breathe" in America. https://t.co/WJIcG755Xr

— Julia Baird (@bairdjulia) November 7, 2020

Oh my gosh, Dr. Biden will be serving as First Lady while teaching at Northern Virginia Community College 💙💙💙

— Terry McGlynn (@hormiga) November 7, 2020

In the middle of this pandemic where schools have become battlegrounds and teachers are on the front lines, we’ve made a teacher First Lady.

And she’s going to keep teaching as First Lady. https://t.co/NdzbUAUKIg

— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) November 7, 2020

1/This is a moment in time, that as a black woman I have longed 4. What generations before us have fought 4. Kamala Harris, the first black female Vice Pres of the US.

Harris spoke @ length about the women whose shoulders she stands on incl Black women who paved the way 4 her pic.twitter.com/H55qJkFTap

— Dr Tracy Westerman (@TracyWesterman) November 8, 2020

"To all the little girls watching...never doubt that you are valuable and powerful & deserving of every chance & opportunity in the world."

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 9, 2016

Take a moment to listen to this... https://t.co/DGAggrXM6j

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) November 7, 2020

It has been 9 hours since @CNN called the race for @JoeBiden and the party in front the White House is still going strong. pic.twitter.com/uAgXGLOYJa

— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) November 8, 2020

And in Australia...Dave Milner of 'The Shot' speaks for all Melburnians who now no longer are restricted to 25km travel from midnight tonight...

Kicked a ball with a random two-year-old that wouldn't go away. I saw a golden retriever puppy! Trump's gone. What's going on.

— David Milner (@DaveMilbo) November 8, 2020

P.S. It is now 7:00pm...And it's 10 hours since Trump last tweeted. Some have noted that this is most unusual for the tweet addicted Trump... And now it is 9:30pm... 12 hours since Trump last tweeted...

And the award of the best headline of the year goes to... @ayrshirenews! #USElection2020 #USElectionResults2020 #DonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/7yCCyVcNmt

— Tristan Werkmeister (@TRWerkmeister) November 7, 2020

surreal Iceland...

The lighting is so surreal over the strange dark swirl of landscape patterns... And not a sign of life...Fascinating... https://t.co/TI4srjMMwj

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) November 7, 2020

lights in a storm...

Today's elevated election tensions day seems like a good day to share a photo of a storm...And point out that even in the darkest storm, there are pillars, pools and zigs and zags of light partying in the darkness... https://t.co/ttoWZzIVMa

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) November 7, 2020

people come into your life...

Yes... And sometimes events synchronise harmoniously, as a sign that perhaps you have chosen the quieter path for now... https://t.co/2Iw9vwUIGI

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) November 7, 2020

reactions to endless US election news...

Useful for future appearances on 'Pointless' or 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire!'

— Sarah Thompson (@SKingdonWard) November 7, 2020

Move on to Pennsylvania now, lots more counties!

— Don Thomson (@marlowdon) November 7, 2020

I recite them to help me sleep

— Ben Stephens (@stephens_ben) November 7, 2020

CNN adapting Samuel Beckett would be fun.

KEY RACE ALERT: sources on the ground say we are expecting Godot within the hour.

— Matt Haig (@matthaig1) November 6, 2020

Right now a vaccine against watching the election would be good🤣🤣

— Isannemdom (@AnnieMcAv) November 6, 2020

The way Trump fanatics behave seems to me to be very similar to how a cult operates.

— The moon is flat etc (@DontTrustThem7) November 6, 2020

Trump is in deep financial trouble,he owes one bank 340 million dollars,his hotels are tanking,he is in legal trouble,the only way out is to remain president,I mean who is going to take the president to court.

— Rob LFC (@humph1986) November 6, 2020

As we near the moment of knowing that this nightmare will be over, I’m not experiencing the giddy excitement I expected to feel. I feel more the shock of knowing how close we came to the demise of our democracy, and an almost tearful gratitude that we survived.

— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) November 6, 2020

They are a product of 25 years of exposure to media that exalts “real” people being terrible to each other (reality/talk shows), massive disinformation & fear-mongering of conservative “news” and the steady erosion of educational/structural supports. Nature aided by nurture.

— KDOrganizer (@KDOgGetPOd) November 6, 2020

Yep!

- Outrageous gerrymandering

- Voter suppression

- Closing polling booths

- making it harder for people to access mail voting ballots

- Closing post offices & post boxes

- Spreading misleading info & outright lies (like right now)

Oh & that whole Russia thing

— Olivia 🦋 💙 (@heardboutpluto) November 7, 2020

Alabama in 1956 by Gordon Parks. He said of his work
“I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty. I could have just as easily picked up a knife or a gun, like many of my childhood...” pic.twitter.com/eNqZ2KxjWO

— Davenant 📸 (@MarcDavenant) November 7, 2020

I might be a bit embarrassed to say I spent 4 days on my sofa, incessantly watching @JohnKingCNN and his magic wall 🤣🤣

— Millie Mouse🌈🙋🏻‍♀️❤️ (@MillieBooHoo) November 7, 2020

Joe Biden Addresses The People of The United States of America. He’s received more votes than any president in history—and flipped Arizona and Georgia blue. Georgia has only gone blue 3 times since 1964. #PresidentElect didn’t just win—he’s making history. pic.twitter.com/GHYCh6zWPq

— Chris (@namelessism) November 7, 2020

It's hilarious how many hardcore Trump supporters are turning on Fox News and blaming them for the current situation

— Guy Healy (@Guyhoneymoon) November 7, 2020

haha #TrumpIsLosing #Trump https://t.co/ZzfjwF1Ezl

— Relovution (@sniperkitty_009) November 7, 2020

Finally! #TrumpMeltdown #TrumpIsLosing pic.twitter.com/0P9NnAHZPK

— Whathefeu (@whathefeu) November 7, 2020

Happy to take your word re: CNN.

I watched 2 hours of ABC News24 today & I was ready to throw a brick through the tv &/or open a vein. Jeremy Fernández & a woman whose name I don’t know. So much bothsides-ism. Grim.

— Timmee Grinham (@TimmeeGrinham) November 7, 2020

One word for @JoeBiden’s address to the nation:

PRESIDENTIAL.🇺🇸💙#PresidentElect #BidenHarris2020 https://t.co/ooUCGRokmj

— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) November 7, 2020

NAIDOC WEEK - 8-15th November...

This is a beautiful, public celebration of NAIDOC WEEK by SBS...
Celebrating NAIDOC Week | 8 - 15 November https://t.co/4ytVr2SZQn via @FacebookWatch

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) November 7, 2020

art of energy...

Stunning, inspiring energy in this beautiful artwork... So fluid and so active... https://t.co/mTSauSL0fZ

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) November 6, 2020

go out and tell your story...

'Your sword can be a sermon or the power of a pen...'
Stunning performance... https://t.co/0JmYQJsJiP

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) November 6, 2020

Go out and tell our story. 

Let it echo far and wide. 

Make them hear you, 

Make them hear you. 

How justice was our battle 

And how justice was denied. 

Make them hear you, 

Make them hear you.