Thanks. You're spot on.
Deleted all social media, turned off all news, retreated into a dark cave, refusing to think about or talk about what happened during or after the Nov '24 election. Came out of retreat the end of March '25. Gobsmacked.
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Thanks. You're spot on.
It's not Bluesky, per se. It's the world. BS just brings it into focus.
But it's quickly becoming focused on activity of [insert your favorite description of the guy]. So, I'm bailing out on Bluesky, selling the house, and moving far away. Best wishes to all for the brief interactions.
It's been a couple months now, with Bluesky my sole social media/news site. The experiment has made my personal outlook on life worse. There are many good, intelligent, thoughtful, articulate, kind, and compassionate people here.
A tale of over-ups, poison, sludge, and the last bipartisan environmental issue: PFAS. I interviewed investigative journalist @mariahblake.bsky.social about her new book: They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals. Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?
JFC. I made it to p30 of a 46 page top-level budget letter to the Chair of Appropriations, and scanned the rest in disbelief. I'm gobsmacked. Fuck this; all of it.
Phew; I shall.
We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the inevitable defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy.
House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it. I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
WARREN: Can POTUS legally tell the IRS to change someone's nonprofit status? BILLY LONG: I'm not able to answer WARREN: You can't read these words and tell me what those words say?! LONG: I can read the statute and I did WARREN: Then tell me what they mean!
My point is that funding may disappear from one source, but it appears elsewhere. Uncovering it is key.
I wasn't aware of the 10% fdn proposal you mention. Under that scenario I'd wager money will be moved from endowment to another line or vehicle.
EU to lift all remaining economic sanctions on Syria
We can assume every HHS agency will pull back. Grants.gov is not the only source of capital for research. Get Sponsored Projects and Endowment people involved and pivot. The money doesn't just evaporate.
That perception is prevalent.
There has never been a European final with finalists so low in the table But this is by design, as the removal of CL clubs from EL was an “insurance policy” for crisis seasons like United/Spurs The most desperate final ever throws up wider issues www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Ah yes, the “golden age.”
Incredibly sad to announce that we've had to cancel our #gencon show. Details below.
Mine are mostly from slender young Asian women with long straight hair. Discovered if one ignores them for a couple weeks, then the accts disappear. You win for numbers though; here a couple dozen in 3 months.
We'll get through it. Creative strategies will win the day, as they always do. Just not what we were trained on.
There needs to be a plaque in a pub, somewhere.
~ Pope Leo ~
Bah; #yawn -Gooner
Same.
All that and a bag of chips.
“You can’t make this stuff up” President Barack Obama 😅😂🤣 #Canada #USA
Napoli.
This woman was apparently trained at Dump U.
Abstracts are widely available. Peer-reviewed details are too esoteric for general public consumption.
Preprints.
You can also use the link below to sign a comment in opposition to the proposed change act.defenders.org/page/82866/a...
Urgent!!! The Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects both near extinct animals and their habitat. Trump administration is pushing to REMOVE habitat protection from the ESA to expand logging, mining, and drilling. Public comment ends May 19!!! Please RESIST by using the link below and repost!
And that's a wrap at the Emirates.. I love my team and I adore our Manager, I won't hear a bad word said about him. Remember it's just outside noise.. #AlwaysArsenal ❤️
Amen.
Irony is completely lost on Demented Donnie…
As fog blanketed Seattle, @knibbs.bsky.social's waited to meet @jay.bsky.team—CEO of Bluesky. Fittingly, just before she arrived, the skies cleared. It felt poetic. Her name, Lantian, means “blue sky” in Mandarin. And her mission? Clear the smog from social media.
Florida's Department of Environmental Protection is appealing a judge's ruling that it violated the Endangered Species Act due to wastewater discharges harming manatees in the Indian River Lagoon. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ManateeMonday
Antifa thugs strike the Dept of Agriculture building again last night.
Such a contrast.
It's 2025, and there'll be no news story this year—nor in any year to come—that requires a professional journalist to write a headline, lede, or even *sentence* that falsely implies Donald Trump has credibility to lose I'm serious when I say that that's a counterfactual claim that is out of bounds
Vaccines save lives: Dramatic dip in baby hospitalizations for RSV linked to vaccine and treatment. Hug a vaccinator today.
13 year olds today are having relationship stress. When I was 13 I closed the fridge slowly to see how the light went off
These thoughts and words came from someone else. They didn't come from the eejit.
It bothers me that we've had two more-than-capable, highly-qualified women recently run, who were each the far better choice, yet instead idiots vote for the male. Why is this, and how do we overcome the apparent bias?
"In this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference, and an economic paradigm that exploits the earth's resources and marginalizes the poorest (5-18-25)." #PopeLeoXIV
BICYCLES ARE GREAT
Massive wedge #tornado prompting emergencies in south-central Kansas. Post from X. #kswx #WxSky
Last year was the hottest year on record and we're not going to meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C. We have the scientific expertise and the technology. We don't have leadership with long term-vision. Instead, we have governments that advance the interests of corporations.
The eruption of Mount St. Helens, seen shortly after 8:32 am Sunday, 18 May 1980, probably along the forest roads of Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The photographer, Richard Lasher, survived the eruption that killed approximately 57 others. Imagine seeing this in person. Imagine *hearing* it.
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
For Over 3 FRIGGIN HOURS this Traitor did Nothing.......
#StandingStoneSunday Long Meg (& Her Daughters), Cumbria. This massive stone circle includes 69 stones which enclose an area c.100m wide. A short distance beyond the entrance is Long Meg, a 3.4m tall monolith, aligned from the centre of the circle on the mid-winter sunset. AncientBlueSky 🏺
After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget: -People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000 -People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700 -People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000 This is what class warfare looks like.
Newly released Army Corps work plans show Trump abandoning already-funded blue state infrastructure projects... #BlueCrew #BlueCircleFamily🌈🦋 #BluePetPatrol💙🐾 #ProudBlue #Thisiswhywefight #Resist #TruthWarriors #Don'tOBEY-InAdvance #StrongerTogether #antitrump #antimaga #ImpeachTrumpNOW
Some good news! www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/e...
When a four star general warns you about someone, you should listen 👇 Read more here: bit.ly/4eSSW2n #MangoMussolini
The very best of a team ending the season in 17th/20 places. He looks appropriately proud.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/p...
Lodgepole pine flower. County Donegal, Ireland.
Nah; it's just that there are so many impactful questions and problems to address. Take Alzheimer's. We want to prevent it, cure it. There are generations of scientists each working on the area of their expertise. Nobody is making money on the finite amount of funding available. Competitive.
Pickup any reputable scientific journal, and you'll see more than a few top-drawer publications coming out of many excellent labs in every continent.
A dozen awards out of 600 applications, each put together by experts in their field and hundreds of person-hours of support, is not unusual. Tell them about the review process.
Clearly this is an advanced alien species whose ship went off course and crashed into earth. They just want to go home to Andromeda.
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Time for repair kit revisit.
Par.
The primary language of the people in whom the outbreak centered was notenglish. It's under control now. Measles is ongoing and still growing among the unvaccinated. As for frump, if something doesn't affect his personal cashflow, then he doesn't give a shit.
Hard to swallow Ajax FC bottling it late. At least they're still in CL next year.
Everyone from that '08 squad will be watching. No pressure lads. - Gooner
Love these filtered images of the dynamic state of the sun. A hot mess.
A very large coronal hole is now facing Earth, and we are now feeling the effects of its high-speed solar wind. Enhanced geomagnetic conditions are possible over the next few days, especially over the next 24 hours as we see the compression region of the stream. #heliophysics
It's his overarching goal for the next few years. He wants his name on the Forbes list. Period. Staff can deal with all the other shit.
Oy; sounds like "std English breakfast" served at hotels in UK. I've had worse. The tea is good at least.
What are y'all eating?
The indoctrination of the youth lays the groundwork for every dictatorship, molding pliable minds into instruments of control. By manipulating education and media, regimes ensure loyalty and suppress dissent, perpetuating cycles of oppression. #3E
Trump’s EPA is planning to roll back rules that limit the amount of “forever chemicals” allowed in drinking water. This comes after chemical companies donated generously to his inauguration fund. See how this works?
Definitely leaning towards the 80's style.
BREAKING: There are multiple casualties and massive destruction after a bomb just exploded near a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California.
There is a genocide in Gaza that our government is funding. The time to speak up was in 2023. And in 2024. And now in 2025. It is not a war. It’s ethnic cleansing and genocide and two administrations have handed Israel’s government everything it wants to carry it out.
Same, but the delight was PG pacing nervously and his little hissy fit with Henderson after the game.
lol.
Keep on it. You give us a degree of hope.