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I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
Pritzker: When did we become a country where it's okay for the president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
Photograph one: 9.20 AM Waterfront metro station, Washington DC
A reminder that, in a week (maybe two), these little furballs will be up for adoption to lucky winners in Ottawa. So stay tuned for the ongoing adventures of "Ginger Kitties Everywhere!".
Moving Space Command away from NORAD is stupid. Colorado already has the existing ecosystem to support both the command and the operations. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Last days of summer scenes, Kenai River Alaska.
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of August!
I’ve been thinking about Graham Greene since I saw the post that he passed away yesterday. I’m so sad and sorry for his passing. He charted the course for many to follow— when there was no (or very little) Indigenous representation on our screens, there was Graham. deadline.com/2025/09/grah...
Mountain trolls are the biggest creatures in Norwegian folklore. They dwell inside mountains in their own realms, where they hoard gold and gemstones. If they are exposed to sunlight they turn into rock, and legend has it that many mountains in Norway are former trolls. 🎨 Martina Ehrenborg
A calm good morning from this aquatic plant producing oxygen: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
. THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . . ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ .
A good boy getting a trim. #bluesky #dog #dogday
Urban walls, sidewalks, and even utility meters are the unlikely canvases behind this clever collection of genius street art. From an illusion of a zebra being striped to a sidewalk creature with a real rock for a head, these eight works turn... 👇
Moss absorbs 4x more COz than trees, grows without soil, and helps cool cities. Stop removing it. #moss #CO2 #trees #soil #cooling #leavealone
*Trump* may not be canny enough to be *planning* to weaponize the government in a methodical way, but "there are people behind the scenes...and they know what they're doing." @radiofreetom.bsky.social talks Trump's abuses of power and more with @timmiller.bsky.social:
California stepping up.
September is "We Females will be stealing Your hoodies and You will never get them back" Awareness Month.
The emergence of Nadine and her impending duel with El Pollo Morado:
The dog days of summer at the Charlestown Navy Yard. 💙 📹: @jastone_
Difference between a husky and border collie... 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
Somewhere in Iceland.
Lake Michigan Beauty #sunset #lakemichigan #photography
Stunning footage of a rare dark coloured deer, with estimates suggesting they make up less than 1% of all deer.
A federal judge in D.C. now says DOJ has missed its deadline -- by an hour-and-a-half -- for confirming that it has removed unaccompanied children it planned to deport from the aircraft that were to carry them to Guatemala. The judge also ordered DOJ to explain why it missed the deadline.
Yeah, ergo Reagan and his tricke down economy bullshit. Started it and will finish us all.
Love Scott Galloway. That he's kkeoong an eye on our young men is +++++
Wtf! Shouldn't be allowed!
What moving into your new apartment in the North End in the middle of an Italian festival looks like... 📹: @daniellemhare
Rudy Giuliani’s spokesman now trying to stop conspiracies from getting spread about the car accident he was involved in.
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
I'll believe it when I see it.
River Teign, Dartmoor. #riverteign #dartmoor #Stunday #Devon #devon #Dartmoor #nature
my bluesky
Sea turtle surfacing by a group of Cownose Rays near Clearwater, Florida: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
Workers are harvesting lettuce on CA's Central Coast. "Lupe" tells us that they work more than 8 hours this day. She tells us that you can see how the workers rotate breaks in this video. One crew is taking a break while the other two are working. #WeFeedYou
Kaoru Yamada #Art
Lily really wanted to come outside and be part of the party today and my daughter filmed it and added a soundtrack (volume on)
Jones: “This administration shows more outrage over a Cracker Barrel logo change than over the policies letting our kids be gunned down in school.”
🔴 Need a laugh , today ? 🤭🤣🙃🤭 #Dogsky #Dogs 🐥
I waited hours for this cloud to come near the lake #lightning strike reflection.
I’m so happy with how this turned out. It smells so good! #sourdoughsky
South Falls Silver Falls State Park Silverton, Oregon #Photography
thinking about the fast, efficient driverless cars we should’ve had decades ago
Somebody’s watching me.
"Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah"
There is still beauty in the world. (Monsanto, Portugal 📷 unknown.)
Seven Sister Provincial Park, BC
Trump has not made any public appearances in the last several days. His public schedule shows no public events or appearances scheduled on August 29 and 30. Makes you wonder…
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week. newatlas.com/energy/large...
"Hey look at what I can do!" 😉 #bluesky #nature #animals
Art depicting “Sandwich Guy” now at the scene of the alleged misdemeanor.
You can’t pack more joy into a 90-second clip than Coldplay’s 2020 “Tiny Desk” @npr.org #LetsGoLetsGoLetsGo 💕
"so he's got the reins of power, but he's lost the battle of ideas."
Omg 😳😂
A beautiful natural tree arch in the Olympic National Forest #ForestFriday #Trees #Forest #PNW #WestCoast #Olympics #Washington #Dendrophile #Moss #Lichen #Nature #Photography #Scape
Glad to hear the Northeast is attempting to be proactive in light of the CDC's crazy. Sorry to hear that NH was not part of it, once again it's live free AND die for them.
How awesome is it that most animals love chin scritches and belly rubs 😊
This is Thanos. He has figured out how to rest and babysit at the same time. Very impressive, very Montessori. 13/10 (TT: thanosthesaint)
"Rainy City Cars" - my oil painting, 12"x16"
So happy to hear Lisa Cook is suing the shit out of Trump for illegally firing her. This is how you handle fascism. You stand up and fight back. Can we tack on some hate crime damages too? This is obviously racism and misogyny! She’s the first Black woman economist to sit on the Board!
❤️ you
Cool lightning this morning 🌩️ #ocean #weathersky
My little tenants hard at work on the property. #BeaverLife #NatureConservation #WildlifeWonder
Smol... 🐹🥕😍 #bluesky #animals #nature
3 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 20 hours, 22 minutes, and 56 seconds ▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 15%
Good morning! #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
New research shows the human pelvis didn’t evolve gradually—it flipped its growth pattern 90° and rewired bone formation. These shifts let our ancestors walk upright and birth big-brained babies. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Bipedalism
This is Manchis. She's the dog of Alberto Mesías Zárate, a journalist in Peru. When her human was targeted this week by criminals who threw an explosive device at their home, she barked at the perpetrators and successfully extinguished the dynamite before it detonated. 14/10 good girl, Manchis
Some Cornish medicine to soothe your scrolling. Rest well, my friends. 😊 #Cornwall #sunset #sky #sea #ocean #beach #nature #summer #calm #photography
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
Minnesota is heartbroken. From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together. Hug your kids close.
Want @betseystevenson.bsky.social or me to give a talk to your intro econ class? My publisher is running a fun contest: If you win, one of us will fly in to give a guest lecture in your class. (No, 2nd prize isn't two lectures.) Enter here: go.macmillanlearning.com/SW3e.html #TeachEcon
GRAND JURY NULLIFICATION! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
It's so sad to look for information on U.S. government websites right now. Some is the same. Some is propaganda. And then so many links just go to deleted pages. :-(
Again, Hegseth is justifying all of his stupid firings because he wants our warriors focused on fighting. Instead he has them working as mall cops, picking up garbage, searching for drugs, stopping cars in cities… Weak! www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/n...
Good morning everyone multnomah falls #multnomahfalls
Then watch this clip of the two of them talking about it a couple weeks ago youtu.be/vSqj3n-b2is?...
If you haven't seen the clip that launched this whole thing, do yourself a favor and watch this goober youtube.com/shorts/Tchef...
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce their engagement on Instagram:
I would much rather see the American Flag burned in effigy than desecrated any other way because fire IS the only way to properly dispose our flag. I hate seeing tattered dirty flags, that is the worst. 🤔
The head of the Defense Innovation Unit — the Pentagon’s in-house tech incubator — has abruptly stepped down, severing a key link with Silicon Valley.
haruka_okinawa_sea Haruka 𓇼沖縄の海を毎日お届け
“They’re going to kill me here,” Neri Alvarado thought. Alvarado was allegedly targeted by the Trump administration because of his tattoo of an autism awareness ribbon. Now, free from El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison, Alvarado wants the world to know what they lived through.
Exmoor National Park. #exmoor #exmoornationalpark #devon #nature
Beautiful England 🏴
Korean Style Chicken Wings Recipe! This Air Fryer Version is The Best! #korean #koreanstyle #chickenwings #gochujang #koreanfood #fypシ゚ #toronto Follow Me on YouTube or Instagram For More Food Posts! www.youtube.com/@johnbrooker...
It's varnishing day 🎨💫 Adding the final protective layer to my orange masterpiece 🍊🖌️ This is the moment I've been waiting for - the final touch that brings everything together! 🌸 The colors are already vibrant, but this varnish is going to make it POP 🎉 Can't wait to see the finished piece.
Remember, to be kind to everyone big or small??! 😊 #bluesky #nature #animals
Brooklyn bound from the #zcavengerhunt on a Q. I don’t appreciate the view from the Manhattan Bridge as much since I’ve been taking this trip for nearly three decades now. But wow is it sunny and beautiful today. It’s nice to be reminded of things like that. Thanks for the reminder.
Crossing into Cambridge from Boston with CargoB on-demand Cargo Bike share. @ridecargob.bsky.social