Insta Science (@instascience.bsky.social) reposted
Stunning footage of a rare dark coloured deer, with estimates suggesting they make up less than 1% of all deer.
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Stunning footage of a rare dark coloured deer, with estimates suggesting they make up less than 1% of all deer.
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Who's this guy? He looks like a talking dead...
Flesh Banana (@notimeforpoopin.bsky.social) reposted
I waited hours for this cloud to come near the lake #lightning strike reflection.
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Extraordinary! Bravo ๐ ๐ ๐!
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Thanks for this! Made my day! ๐
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WTF! ๐ฑ
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Waw! Beautiful!
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
This is just sad. Weโve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down. The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
The REAL photo below. It IS a golf cap. And it IS Trump.
Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) reposted
Message from an Alberta teacher: "I've been told that kids aren't allowed to bring books from home. No free choice reading. No silent reading time or listening to reading. No library time until books are catalogued and deemed appropriate. Please contact your MLA." @daniellesmithab.bsky.social
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Pardon me? What?
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๐ฌ
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Macron likes intelligent women... ๐คทโโ๏ธ
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WAW! YES!!!!! ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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24Hours Ukraine (@24hoursukraine.bsky.social) reposted
๐ฏ๏ธ๐ฏ๏ธ๐งธ Kyiv said goodbye to 2-year-old Angelina and her 24-year-old mother Nadiya, ki//ed in russiaโs brutal attack on August 28. Russia is a terrorist state!
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
Breaking news: The Trump administration grounded planes carrying migrant children that the White House intended to deport to Guatemala after a federal judge issued an emergency order temporarily blocking any removal of about 600 unaccompanied minors.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Make America WHAT again? ๐ค
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
"De mรชme que sโhabiller ou voyager, lire est une activitรฉ qui, au bout du compte, pt รชtre au service dโune ambition. Il sโagit de se rรฉinventer, de sโimaginer + fort, + authentique, capable de sโรฉlever au-dessus ds circonstances et de prendre un nouvel รฉlan pr affronter le monde." (Th. Ch. Williams)
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social)
Le fait mรชme de lire #Proust mโa donnรฉ de la confiance en moi: je ss devenu qqn qui lit Proust, cร d 1 homme nouveau. Dโailleurs, je me considรจre tjs comme qqn qui, 1 jour, aura lu Proust (je vs donne rdv lโรฉtรฉ prochain ou le suivant!). Ls bibliophiles avertis se reconnaรฎtront aisรฉment ds cs lignes."
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Faire taire les critiques, inventer un monde parallรจle oรน tout va bien.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social)
Pour qui s'intรฉresse au #Maroc: Bilan de Mohammed VI : TGV unique en Afrique, Tanger Med, autoroutes, รฉlectrification rurale & bonne gestion du Covid. Mais aussi pauvretรฉ rurale, chรดmage des jeunes, inรฉgalitรฉs croissantes et rรฉpression accrue des voix dissidentes. Excellent article de @lemonde.fr
The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) reposted
An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., โin its current incarnation, simply isnโt all itโs been cracked up to be,โ johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
๐จBREAKING: A leading election conspiracy theorist has been named to a new โelection integrityโ post at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Take to the streets! โ๏ธ Fight! There are precedents: Tunisian ๐น๐ณ + Egyptian Revolutions ๐ช๐ฌ, Algerian Hirak ๐ฉ๐ฟ, American Revolution ๐บ๐ธ, Portuguese Carnation ๐ต๐น, Haitian Revolution ๐ญ๐น, Eastern Europe '89 Revolutions ๐ = historic, modern popular movements that led to regime change via mass street protests!๐บ๐ธ
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Why not? โน๏ธ๐ฅด
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
A total failure of intelligence! America is regressing into the Dark Ages. Even the Middle Ages were more sensible than 21st Century Trumpian America!
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
NOW!
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly! Nerve-racking and distressing seen from abroad!! Powerless Americans.... who used to be so arrogant about their country being the freest and best in the world! ๐ฆ But there is no tradition of revolt or rebellion over there! โ๏ธ Oh, wait! ... ๐ค โ๏ธ
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Are you?
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
WHAT? ๐ฎ
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@crockett.house.gov) reposted
Letโs be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no senseโitโs not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
With iceberg in the background! ๐คฉ I love Newfoundland (all the Maritimes) where I spent 5 years back in... the 80's. While hitchhiking with a friend, we got picked up by the Wonderful Grand band. Have you heard of them ? We had... well, a wonderful grand time touring the island with them! ๐ธ๐ต
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Another madman with way too much power! And no-one to stop him! ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Dorit Reiss (@doritreiss.bsky.social) reposted
Her father died of COVID-19, before a vaccine was available. Now RFK Jr. is taking those vaccines from people, undermining public health and risking lives unnecessarily. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
My law firm is currently litigating 52 voting and election cases in 23 states. This includes the Ohio case we filed on Friday night and the redistricting case challenging Texas' new congressional map. I am thankful for our clients willing to wage these fights. They, not the lawyers, are the heroes.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
The outrage is infinite ! The shame! The shame ! ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
What a sad sad life! Men with indefinite powers destroyed her. And continue to do so.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Who defines "normal" at this stage... with absolutely NO counterpowers to do so?
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
I love it! An image worth a thousand words...
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
The weakest... with the greatest power? ๐ ๐ก
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup! It's called the rule of law in a democracy. All along, we thought the US respected that minimum. No balance of power at all! An insurrectionist ex-president was able to be a candidate to an other election. Something rotten in the States...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Must be nice to have no oligarchs on your supreme court.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Not done yet? ๐ค
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
The stupidest president ever driven to authoritarianism!?!? What could go wrong? Hey?
Guardian US (@us.theguardian.com) reposted
The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say heโs emboldening Trumpโs drive toward authoritarianism.
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What? ๐ฎ
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Unbearably inhuman fascists south of the border ! Beware!
PEIPolitical ๐จ๐ฆ (@peipolitical.bsky.social) reposted
Statement by Heather McPherson, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic, on reports that 150 Canadians have been held by ICE this year. #cdnpoli heathermcpherson.ndp.ca/news/stateme...
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๐คฎ
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
How many more "Kilmars" in American jails? So much suffering caused by this regime !
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
"Trump wrote something astonishing, even for him. He asserted that the narrative presented by the Smithsonian is overly focused on โhow horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been.โ ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
More destruction of great projects in America...
Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) reposted
"The developers behind the project had said it was on track to produce enough electricity for more than 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut by next spring."
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
France is a good example !
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Coal provided about 27% of Germanyโs electricity in early 2025โproduction actually rose 15% compared to last year, as renewables output dropped. Despite the โcoal exitโ law, coal remains a major energy source alongside high bills and grid stability.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reposted
"Vance Recounts telling Zelensky to โbehaveโ in Trump meeting"!!! "It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraineโs leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state." ๐คฆโโ๏ธ๐ ๐ก Imagine that! He should try his admonition to Trump, the toddler-in-chief!
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Germanyโs renewables cover just over half of its powerโpeaked at 67% in Q2 2025, but less in other months. Coal is still significant, bills are among worldโs highest, but no major blackouts. The full story is more complex than headlines suggest.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social)
Practicing science in America? A political trap!
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
"The greatest country in the world"?!?! (We think NOT).
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๐คข๐คฎ
The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) reposted
With Ukraine drained by more than three years of fighting, time is on the side of Vladimir Putin. Joshua Yaffa reports on what it would actually take to end the war.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social)
"Vance Recounts telling Zelensky to โbehaveโ in Trump meeting"!!! "It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraineโs leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state." ๐คฆโโ๏ธ๐ ๐ก Imagine that! He should try his admonition to Trump, the toddler-in-chief!
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social)
F.B.I. Searches Home and Office of John Bolton!!
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Who's the bimbo ?
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly !
Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted
President Zelenskyy: When Russia raises the issue of security guarantees,I honestly don't know who is threatening them yet.They attacked us, theyโre on our land.I don't quite understand what guarantees the aggressor needs.Guarantees of what?
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Bravo ! What a voice!! ๐
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Jesus!
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Check this shit! Earlier today, ICE tried to break into private property in Lynwood, California โ no judicial warrant, no authority. Acting like thugs, not federal agents. Spoiler alert: Lynwood does not play. This trio of goons got sent packing.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Hard work to keep a straight face, guys? ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
F*cking hell!
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Horrendous!
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. ๐งต
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social)
โLa Poste (French postal service) suspends parcel shipments to the United States. Goods entering the US will be subject to customs duties from the very first euro starting on August 29. The French postal operator is therefore suspending all shipments.โ
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social)
"In 2025, the A.I. doomers are tilting closer and closer to a sort of fatalism. โWeโve run out of timeโ to implement sufficient technological safeguards, the industry is simply moving too fast." โWeโre two years away from something we could lose control over." ๐ฑ What have they done!?!?
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๐คฎ
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Evidently!
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course, it does!! But Europeans do not care at this point. We know Putin wants the war to go on. So whatever Lap Dog Lavrov!
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social)
US owned, hmmm... ๐ค A reaction from Trumpo?
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
These trending news on America are only about destruction! ๐งจ๐ฅ Health care & vaccines, NASA, mental health for farmers, education & English teaching foreign kids... It goes on and on! ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Outrage fatigue is setting inโat least for those watching from afar. #ResistAmericans #Courage ๐ช๐บ๐ธ
WIRED (@wired.com) reposted
As NASA grapples with major proposed budget cuts and losing some of its most brilliant minds, Americaโs willingness to look outward is also at risk. www.wired.com/story/the-de...
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted reply parent
When the Trump administration refused to reveal how many workers had left federal health agencies, ProPublica turned to a federal employee directory to quantify the impact. Hereโs how reporters @pratheekrebala.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org did it.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump's Admin Kills Americans.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Good for Brazil ! IF ONLY the US had had THAT type of courageous justice system ! ๐ #TrumpBelongsInJail
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
Canadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% decline over the same month in 2024, according to Statistics Canada. n.pr/4lFdvCe
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course, there are fewer Canadians visiting the US. What did anyone think? That Canadians are masochists? Supporting a government that humilates and treats them like vassals? ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ช
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
MAKE AMERICA SICK AGAIN ! ๐คข
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
NEW: More than โ20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks.
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๐คฆโโ๏ธ๐ฑ
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RFK Jr. is a killer... Full stop!
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โ๏ธ๐บ๐ธ
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The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) reposted
Sally Carsonโs recently reissued novel,โCrooked Cross,โ observed from up close the dawning of the Nazi era. For modern-day readers, the novel is more than merely a historical curiosity.
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
And old people !! ๐ Come on, America, protect your own! Do away with propaganda in health and sciences !
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
U.S. law doesnโt bar felons or indicted individuals from runningโunless convicted of insurrection! Hard to comprehend how Trump escaped that! Even after Jan. 6 (& serious charges), the constitutional requirements for president remained shockingly minimalโleaving accountability to voters or Congress
Anne-M. Picard ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท (@ampicard.bsky.social) reply parent
Not a reason to give him THAT job ! ๐