Wouldn't it be great to see the last of her! When I see Portland without a state identitier, I automatically think Oregon until the context clues me in.
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Wouldn't it be great to see the last of her! When I see Portland without a state identitier, I automatically think Oregon until the context clues me in.
Sigh. I wanna be in Mexico. I miss the tranquilo mindset.
Happy birthday!
I named my new artificial knee Matilda, as in the song Waltzing Matilda (tells you I'm really old). I will be thrilled if she is not ready to dance yet when it happens. 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃
The algorithm somehow brought this to me. I am going to have to read about rays, because I have seen just one ray at a time. One highlight of my life was grabbing a photo of mating sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean south of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.
“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
Happening Now — Washington DC: Pretty massive rally is forming at 14th and U NW.
Good one!
And just to be clear, his work is not unionized (nor well paid).
Everything makes sense now.
Good morning BlueSky Enjoy the day if you can Consider what it took for us to get here for a moment
Flowing into this ocean, right?
My son doesn't get holidays off, but he enjoys the extra pay. Thanks, unions!
And with the payment to Ashli Babbitt's family, they have more ammunition. It's SICKENING that they want to be COMPENSATED for their crimes.
CHICAGO…
Wow! Outstanding offer!
I love it that he has to know a bunch of people will be celebrating his death.
This is part of what enables predators.
Petty, cruel, SMALL ... this administration fits all of those
They’re traumatizing kids.
NEW: 11 whistleblowers from ICE just dropped a truth bomb, saying they are being DIRECTED to arrest those with "no criminal record, long-term green card holders, and even U.S. citizens." Noem, Miller, Bondi and Trump should be in prison NOW.
That's crazy to have to wait two weeks for garbage service. In some supposedly backward countries where I have lived, trash is collected daily or at least most days. What a concept! We have alternating yard debris and recycling pickup, but at least garbage is collected weekly.
Un-fucking-believable
I have permanent residency in another country, but for now I need to live in the U.S. for health care and other reasons. It sucks. I want to be there, and I especially want to be not here in the U.S.
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.
I used to read a lot of book descriptions for work I did. I noticed a few years ago that a particular category of romances was now about falling in love with billionaires instead of millionaires. That was a real sign of the times to me.
As Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
I am so sick of living in a society that accepts gun violence against children.
It's time for you to learn how to use the word nevertheless. You're going to need it. 🤣
Jerks.
They are sending soldiers into cities to prepare to intimidate people at the polls next year. They gerrymander because they can’t win on policy. They intimidate because even gerrymandering won’t work at this point.
Post-surgical insomnia is a bitch.
Not having an answer to that question has caused me to shut down in a certain way. I feel like I am in Germany in 1933.
I wonder how he would feel about being a slave.
The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios. At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024. Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570. That’s a ratio of 632 to 1. How can anyone defend this?
This hurts my heart.
I would have glanced and said "heron."
Thank you for fostering. There's such a huge need.
Why do my holds all come in at once? I'll commit to that book when I finish this dozen books.
I had no idea the juveniles were white!
When you have to vote in person, especially on a certain day only, so many things can go wrong to keep you from the ballot box, especially for working parents and disabled people. I live in Oregon, which has been strictly vote by mail/dropbox with a paper ballot for decades. The system works.
A very good person in my very red district. Joy Metzler
If you walk into a classroom and see a bright, organized, interesting space, it's likely that a teacher and a wish list supplied everything beyond basic desks or chairs and tables. Also, that teacher likely spent her own time creating that space.
I have had vandals also who threw books on the ground when it was raining and scattered pages of a book all over the street. It really pisses me off.
Now tell her about party lines.
WTF!
It sounded like he pronounced Shreveport correctly. I'm impressed.
Steve kept you safe from all those squirrels, but do you appreciate it? I think not. (I love how serious our two Chihuahuas are about their security job, their little legs just a-churning as they chase squirrels.)
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Senator Smith asking the right question
There is nothing more joyful than a lab chasing an object in water.
That is a fantastic compliment, given how kids always have a long list of things they want to buy with their limited money.
That is so cool. It makes me think of royal crests.
I am so sorry you had to struggle through the aftermath without adequate support and time off. Thank you for being a helper and for sharing how this event impacted you.
LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member. RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
As a #spoonie, I relied on Amazon, but I boycotted them for months, while also not shopping at Walmart or Target. Then I needed a cold therapy machine for recent total knee replacement; that broke my boycott. Now, after surgery, I am sucked back in because life is so hard.
BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE for denying people access to lawyers and subjecting them to inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in New York. ICE is illegally holding people here for weeks, often without adequate access to medical care, food, or legal counsel.
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Is this near Fairbanks? It's gorgeous.
Yup.
People over Money.
Amazing. I was happy when I got a t-shirt for 420.
Wait. Explain. How did you win marijuana?
Yes, it does.
I remember when this happened.
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼 keep up the fight brothers and sisters!
Yes, this IS absolute madness.
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He seems like a prime candidate for ALL the problems related to clogged arteries, including cognitive issues. The statins he takes will help some, but will it be enough to overcome his lifestyle? Is there conjecture about which type of heart failure he might be experiencing?
I'm not sure of that. There are valves in the legs that can become inefficient over time at returning blood. I had poor blood return in my legs after my first heart attack. Eight years after that, I was diagnosed with heart failure. I imagine all those flights aren't helping DJT.
Ditto
I definitely don't think Epstein killed himself, but I don't know about her.
Is Trump in heart failure? I'm in heart failure and spent January in Mexico. The drug Jardiance is not just for diabetes. I've been on it for a year, and it has made a huge difference. Life expectancy is higher than it used to be.
True, but would Trump stay in Florida all the time?
* Guiffre, I mean.
He would still face state charges, though.
I was talking about Virginia Guthrie. Do you think she didn't kill herself? Epstein definitely was not a victim.
It wouldn't be surprising to me that victims kill themselves.
People my age remember that some missing minutes on an audio tape took down a president.
Pretty good Saturday Night Live actors
Wow! I'm glad he's finally getting out, but he lost so much.
The most enlightening assignment I had in high school was to debate pro AND con on a topic, and my topic happened to be the death penalty. Since then, DNA testing & dedicated attorneys have freed people after years on death row. I learned about our woeful ability to identify people of another race.
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Libby is one of my best friends. When I got a notice that my library card was expiring, I rushed to renew it yesterday before I have surgery this week. I'm reading/rereading Ken Follett atm and feel grateful I don't have to hold a hefty physical book with small print.
True. Any way we connect with nature, whether watching a hummingbird at a hanging basket or taking a long hike, is good for us.
Earlier this week, I camped in the woods for several days without internet or cell coverage. I didn't access news or get on social media. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
#Bluesky has arrived. A clue in the NYT mini-crossword today: Left-leaning social media site.
Call me crazy, but my idea of making America great involves a lot fewer kidnappings and concentration camps.
Here is a lead for I.C.E.
Covid killed about 1.2 million people in the U.S. in the first year, or an average of about 3,300 a day.
Anyone else feel like screaming?
“I represent 67,000 pediatricians across the country. … Let's be perfectly clear, this bill will cause devastating impacts to children. And while children only represent 22% of our population, they represent 100% of the future”. - @AmerAcadPeds President Dr. Susan Kressly
go.bsky.app/BkmMQSL Don't forget about this one. This is the final revision all accounts are vetted
Here are the kindest words I know: livelovesimple.com/wild-geese-m... I hope your day turns around and your weekend is happy.
We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law. A new generation that gives meaning to the “we” in “we the people.” Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as the future.
I already have donated to one Democrat, but not an incumbent. I have no trouble finding info or coming up with my own thoughts ... and my own anger. My "issue" is democracy. You dismissed my lived experience. Do you truly think that is going to help Democrats get elected?