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"Trees still live who, in their youth, were shaken by a living wind. But a decade hence only the oldest oaks will remember, and at long last only the hills will know." -Aldo Leopold. My grandfather told me what he heard from his father about how they darkened the sky. And how many of them he shot.
The last passenger pigeon died 111 years ago today and not a day goes by that I don't think about how their flocks numbered in the *billions*, that their roosts covered 100+ square miles, that they collapsed trees with their nests. America is incomplete without them
A brilliant talent, well beyond Dances With Wolves. RIP.
🚨 Racism in Oyster Bay, New York 🚨 An incident of racism involving an identified Nassau County Police Department officer, JT, has come to light in Oyster Bay.
Rats. He's back. Invading Venezuela or invading Chicago or Baltimore top my list of potential "So much for your holiday" announcements.
Warfighters demonstrating leafality.
Beautiful thread profiling a diverse and, I'd say, delightful weekend in Chicago. 💙
Tomorrow, 11:00 AM. Capitol steps, Harrisburg. 201,701 steps. 105 miles. One message: Fund Mass Transit. Bring a friend, a sign, and your voice. Let’s finish strong. #WalkForTransit
BREAKING Belgium to recognise Palestine at UN General Assembly, says foreign minister
@50501movement.bsky.social #WorkersOverBillionaires #LaborDay #AFSCMEStrong #Resist Thousands march across the Burnside and Morrison bridges in Portland.
Los Angeles, CA Music Festival 9/1/25
There is no way on Earth he wrote this.
Also why he's giving the Medal of Freedom to Giuliani. That's a "rage bait" move if I ever saw one.
EPA Fires ‘Dissent’ Statement Signers The EPA fired agency employees who signed a June declaration decrying moves that contradict science and undermine public health www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-... as Labor Day weekend started.
A reminder as this Labor Day Weekend draws to a close: Congress returns to DC tomorrow.
Congressman Jerry Nadler would more than likely have been reelected to an 18th full term in Congress. He's long had the support and confidence of NYC voters. Instead, he's passing the torch and doing his part to center and strengthen the next generation of Democratic leadership. (thread)
Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutni...
Um....
👏👏👏👏👏 Way to go, Malcolm Kenyatta! Philly salutes you! 💙
WE DID IT!!! 82 hours. 201,701 steps. Countless stories and supporters along the way. I’m proud, I’m sore, and I’m more certain than ever: Pennsylvanians won’t stop until we #FundTransit.
I'm sure they have old Epstein memories to revisit.
They couldn't be more obvious about what scares them in DC, could they?
An Oneida legend from Six Nations— RIP to an incredible Indigenous talent.
What a terrific actor he was. So sorry to hear this.
“But our march had done its work. We had drawn the attention of the nation to the crime of child labor…The Pennsylvania legislature passed a child labor law that sent children home from the mills, and kept others from entering the factory until they were fourteen.” www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
Sums up the book-banning and revisionist right in a nutshell: "If I'm uncomfortable, it shouldn't exist." Hoping they all get hemorrhoids.
Has anyone checked to see if his bronzer and base makeup availability has been delayed by ... tariffs?
I don't care if he's sitting upright in a casket at the door of the funeral home. He gets my full-throated opposition and resistance until he's returned to dust.
I admit it, I do. 😀
$1,000,000 a day.
You remember, then! (I was too.)
"Obedience" and ostracism definitely were strong Republican themes during the Gulf War ("If you're not for it, you're not American"), and I think that merged with the evangelical movement. Obedience to certain "religious" leaders (Oral Roberts, e.g.) also picked up in the 1980s.
Anyone seen JD Vance since that interview?
So glad I never laid out money on that magazine.
No, but the White House Rose Garden may have been repaved.... 😉
*have taken (I want my Edit button so badly....)
The media are discrediting themselves more and more by the day with refusing to ask questions about this and other issues, not to mention their refusal to press for facts and follow up. Mainstream media has taken solid aim at their own feet.
The country at least has the right to have the media asking loud questions about it! That's what really gets me.
The more I read geriatric speculations on Bluesky, the more fervently I pray these people's parents have set themselves up with good elder care, because their kids might drive them to an early grave.
They're going to need blackout shades on that window. (And up goes electricity usage as you need lights at all times ... )
Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside. Big Brother is watching.
J.B. Pritzker is 100% right. Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
This tops all, as far as I'm concerned. The writer needs to be taken to the woodshed.
The Civil Rights Movement would disagree too. Many protest songs were hymns, many leaders were ministers, and churches were gathering sites for planning civil disobedience. Churches remain sites of civil disobedience and community planning, and yes, worship, and these are not compartmentalized.
I respectfully disagree with Bouie on this. In the attached post, I endeavor to explain why. @jamellebouie.net @joshtpm.bsky.social @evanbernick.bsky.social
Every step has been powered by YOU. 💪🏾 From Philly to West Chester to Lancaster to Harrisburg—thank you for remembering your power and walking this road with me. We’re still walking. 🚶🏾♂️ #WalkForTransit
Reflecting that, amid the initially fun and always intense speculation and rumor spreading, it's really been quite nice not to hear that voice or see that face all over. Not normality, but a lull, and a welcome one. I could do with a month of it. Happy Labor Day.
Norway's Equinor backs Orsted's plans to raise capital following US offshore wind setbacks reut.rs/3JI5wXC
At a time when Trump & Vance are trying to roll back environmental progress, tomorrow is World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation in the Catholic Church. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Or this man: youtu.be/XpeogOlhli4?...
Day 3. 27 miles. 56,243 steps. 9 1/2 hours. Still moving. Still fighting. Every step is for working families who rely on transit—and for a government that shows up for us. #WalkForTransit
I always thought he was the most likely bet besides Trump.
Thank you @adamkinzinger.substack.com Trump cares so much for our National Guard....NOT!! Puts them on orders for 29 days only so they are not paid housing allowance or health insurance Adam Kinzinger on X ⬇️⬇️
If they're going with just "Stalin," they need to go with just "Trump."
Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.
Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay. Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas. Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
I love Chicago. It's been a while; I need to pay the Windy City a visit again!
Limiting it to two short sentences and signing it "President DJT"? Oh, hell no.
This is definitely Trump tweeting.
Looks like a gorgeous day in Chicago!
At least 50 National Guard with long guns around Audi field and Navy Yard metro station as I leave the Washington Spirit soccer game. Free DC.
"What is happening now with Donald Trump is a fetishization of violence, a celebration of violence." Sen. Chris Murphy argues the Trump administration resorts to harmful responses for issues ranging from election loss to immigration crackdowns.
Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on. Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
I suspect Trump's absence from public view is about the court's tariff decision. Tariffs are his particular joy; deportations are Stephen Miller's. I can hear Miller saying, "Sir, just deport some Guatemalan kids, you'll feel better." It just wouldn't be the same as slamming a 35% tariff on someone.
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
And what exactly is his condition, that his eyesight and judgment are so terrible?
⚠️ US suspends visas for ALL Palestinian passport holders “The new measures affect visas for medical treatment, university studies, visits to friends or relatives and business travel, at least temporarily.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
"Insane" is the word.
If he can walk 105 miles to protest Republican Party ineptitude, then we can find a way to vote this November 4th, Pennsylvania. @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social
Anna has had excellent coverage of this developing case in which the Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children.
when a judge gets woken up at two in the morning to deal with your bullshit it is generally advisable to stop producing new bullshit such that they can get some sleep at some point the next day
No shock here. The unreliability of the US under Trump will hinder the willingness of other countries to purchase American products, affecting hundreds of thousands of highly-paid US jobs.
On the other hand ... has anyone seen Vance since? 😉 (And I hear they relaid stone in the Rose Garden ... )
(During today’s hearing, the judge said that her clerks have also been up since around 2:30 a.m., when she called them about the emergency motion for a temporary restraining order.) bsky.app/profile/anna...
DEVELOPING: Advocates are seeking a court order to block the Trump administration’s effort to deport hundreds of unaccompanied minor children to Guatemala. Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.
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."
Pure fucking evil. Everyone involved in this shit needs to be held accountable.
So MAGA.
The pool added that little detail, eh? 😂
Vance really kicked it off with his "God forbid, I'm in charge" interview. If it was all a cult plan to show the president how much he'd be missed if anything happened - hoo-boy....
Beyond the octagon tower - got it. It would probably have helped if I'd had the map the right way around. 😉
That is most likely it; I'm going by a map of the layout and looking at your photograph. Thank you!
Neither did I! Though I should have, because I knew Philadelphia has one; not that I could have described it for you. 😄
Video shows a blanket knitted by Irish activists as a tribute to Palestinian children killed in Gaza. Each square of the blanket represents 10 of the nearly 19,000 children killed by Israeli forces in the besieged enclave.
It's been well over 10 years since I was at Ely. Do you happen to know what it is they're repairing/restoring (I think, or building) down to the left of the Lady Chapel? Just curious!
DHS and DC Police detaining a peaceful, unarmed man sitting on a bench at DC's Malcolm X Park.
Please share‼️ find your Labor Day September 1 protest here. Search the map for your local protest. www.mobilize.us
Just a reminder that when it was convenient to pile on former Pres Biden’s health, a few of us didn’t choose the easy path and we calmly stated what we saw, while others scored political points. With the current President clearly aging, remember to trust those who call it as they see it.
Sketching out the contours of this Venezuela activity: www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Martial law, anyone?
I got arrested yesterday! (real drop off from being a corporate law firm associate five months ago. or upgrade.) I was blocking vehicles leaving from ICE’s Broadview, IL, staging ground and de facto detention center at 1930 Beach St. full statement (for now) below.
Autumn leaves are fascinating things - some of my favorite things to photograph.
Senility and death.
He has no constitutional authority to do this and it's not remotely a close call.
FYI www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Dictator for four years" - what makes him think they're elected?
These are my patients. Kids dying of brain cancer. Kids and families desperate for treatment and hoping to find a cure through experimental therapies. Trump is dismantling science and children with brain tumor are the victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Since we're talking RFK Jr., maybe both!
I'll take the (you'd think they were) unlikely one: wind turbines.