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Good morning! For day 2 of #Leptember here is one of natures finest, an Oleander Hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii). A home reared specimen, held by my daughter just before its release.
A federal court just ruled in favor of what we've been saying for months: Using the military on U.S. soil against Americans is needlessly provocative, authoritarian, and ILLEGAL. We must continue to stand up for our communities and the rule of law.
Political theater.
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
And I share it!
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
thedemocraticcoalition MAGA is mad at Gavin Newsome because he's showing them how stupid Trump has sounded for the last decade. We are having a blast watching Gavin Newsom hold up a mirror to MAGA and see them all meltdown.
The United States is the only place on earth where poor people shun unions, free healthcare, and free education because the rich tell them to.
#WomensRights ✊🏾 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
@margaretatwood.bsky.social is a goddamn national treasure.
Last thing I will post tonight about the HPV vaccine is this: It not only prevents cervical cancer, but also penile cancer and anal cancer. So boys should get it, too. (Also, statistical modelling clearly shows that is boys are vaccinated, cervical cancer is eliminated faster)
Thankfully not the entire world has lost its mind like 🇺🇸
Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.
I am 76 & I have had most of these vaccinations at one time or another. Also vaccinations against Covid, Tetanus, plus Cholera & Yellow Fever when travelling in foreign countries. These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!
True Statement! Anyone else? #Pinks #ProudBlue
One darned blanket! This is my most recent mending commission, and it’s always meaningful to be trusted with someone else’s treasure #visiblemending #darning #repair
So much stupid 🤦🏻
Case in point 😂🤦: #ableg #cdnpoli
Alberta continues to make international news for the profound stupidity of its MAGA premier Danielle Smith and her right wing religious cult. 🖕UCP
Canada here we all laugh when we see this bullshit we are legal and our country is just fine more chill and laugh easier get a grip America fix your fentanyl problem you got way more to worry about than someone smoking a little pot maybe give some to your lawmakers and the will perform better 😉
Or just live in Canada and grow your own. Simple. Mind you that would hurt your for-profit prison system 🤦🏻
From @non_toxic_masculinity_ on Instagram:
The 2025 Australian Museum @eurekaprizes.bsky.social will be announced tomorrow. Here’s my 30 sec video.... Proud to say I will be standing on the shoulders of giants, with fellow finalists @rockatscientist and @jodirowley! Live via lnkd.in/gTSDq5Vb
Graham Greene has died. A Canadian acting icon, he earned an Oscar nomination for his role as Kicking Bird in Dances With Wolves. He also won a Grammy, Gemini and Canadian Screen Award, along with the Governor General's Performing Arts Award. He also earned a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
Because of course she would: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍 #janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
They are heavy drinkers in this heat!
#ElbowsUp #RESIGNSMITH #NeverUCP #NeverSmith #DanielleSmithlsUnfitToLead #Ableg #Abpoli #Cdnpoli #ABResistance #UCPfail
Imagine if you will: A gathering of super-villains -- grifters who lie and sow hatred for money -- together under the same roof, for a blockbuster weekend of parting fools from their money! Well imagine no more... #cdnpoli #ableg #yyc
The #TrumpTariffs are pushing virtually every country in the world away from the U.S. It will take many years to recover. All for the privilege of Americans paying more taxes so the wealthiest 1% can get another tax cut.
ZERO EXCEPTIONS!! Some things are simply EXCEPTIONAL!
My quote of the day Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get. William Foege
When will people stop hanging on ANYTHING trump promises ffs?! He’s conning you all for the benefit of Russia.
Here in the US, “two weeks” actually means never.
Sounds like a very bad movie
Jealous!! 😊
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An excellent explainer of Danielle’s political ambitions. “Smith’s politics represent an ideological project to “create Alberta’s little bastion of freedom and free enterprise”” We are her experiment. I’m not at all sure we won’t succumb.
Former US Attorney, Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens, has been charged with misconduct by the DC Bar for concealing and altering evidence during the J20 trials. New info from that hearing has revealed collaboration between Project Veritas and law enforcement. unicornriot.ninja/2025/newly-r...
Consequences
Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge — ‘U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute’ flip.it/pj6RMC
Note: ICE revealed to be using Taylor Swift's FAA privacy loophole to obscure deportation flights. US agency ICE is reportedly using an FAA privacy program, also used by celebrities, to obscure deportation flights. tribune.com.pk/story/256328...
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
“Florida torched $218M on DeSantis’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’—a vanity project that collapsed in 2 months. Now the prison’s shut, the cash is gone, and Floridians are left holding the swamp bag.”
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
Of course they will. Just like all conservatives betraying the planet. 🤬
'I'm very, very angry': Mother sends her children to school with bulletproof shields Gun Nuts Matter more than kids lives in Child Sacrifice country America www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/u...
Man, watching folks have the cheese slide right off their Triscuit is quite sad. Sure, Chad, the moon landings were fake. Covid broke brains.
The undermining of science and the incalculable value of vaccines is scary to watch - effects will be global due to the huge influence of US 💉⚕️🧪 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So awesome to see young people showing their commitment to Canada by signing the #ForeverCanadian petition. Canada, our future is bright!!! #cdnpoli
Alberta is the epitome of Pope’s line, “A little learning is a dangerous thing.”
My grandmother was a nurse who came of age in the nightmare years of whooping cough, measles, polio. She understood the power of vaccines to save children's lives. Now the anti-vaxx right wing conspiracy mob have laid out the welcome mat to these killers. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
I would advise clearly stating “anti-union state” rather than using right-wing messaging. If you are an average voter who doesn’t know that “right to work” is inherently anti-union, this message might strike you as odd.
Science is real
This
Recipe for collapsing a nation alright. It’s working.
I have never seen a time like this. There is zero regard for truth and facts from the Far Right. Obvious lies are dispensed daily via loyal media to loyal followers who absorb falsehoods as gospel. They say what their worshippers want them to say, truth is irrelevant, fact-checkers are irrelevant.
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ABC News is still calling RFK Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.” The dude was one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists for decades. There’s video of him in 2023 saying that there’s no vaccine which is safe and effective. You can call him an anti-vaccine activist!
REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “People want to give thoughts and prayers after a shooting, but it’s a form of theological malpractice when you pray for something you have the power to change.”
Looking forward to the Canadian leg of #meidastouch #meidascanada This is the only network that has been covering current events with integrity and journalism. Main stream media is a joke. Congrats @charlieangus104.bsky.social for taking the lead with this important work-keeping Canadians informed
Russia confirms torture is state policy through withdrawal from vital European Convention. khpg.org/en/1608814930
Is that really possible? 😂😉
NEW: "Long the envy of the world…the CDC finds itself no longer able to advocate for what its scientists believe the best available research shows….The agency has since January shed literally centuries' worth of collective experience through a combination of firings, retirements, and resignations."
How Canada's buck-toothed national emblem could help fight wildfires #Canada 🍁🦫 Scientists study how beavers' dams create green firebreaks in wildfire-prone areas www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
SIGNS OF FASCISM 🪧
It’s a daunting task getting started but then nature takes over and does her magic. It turned out beyond our dreams. The reward for your efforts will blow you away. Do it! 😊
The company that makes Jack Daniels whiskey is moaning about the Canadian boycott resulting in a 62% sales drop. It should be 100%. Keep it up, Canada.
Way better than TV! 👍😊
I’ve heard from a couple of messaging strategists now that people shouldn’t post so much about COVID19 vaccines because it’s “divisive”. I am here to say that I do not give a damn what is popular. I will never ignore scientific evidence for the sake of expediency, and neither should anyone else.
Always pure joy when they are around. Our trees are big enough now that even the RB is showing up with the cousins 😉
Who's ready for September? Here's how much temperatures have changed (warmed) over the last 75 years. @alaskawx.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
They hate Fauci, a real doctor and immunologist, but worship RFK Jr., who’s never even been inside a lab. Make it make sense.
@LePapillonBlu2 Maya We are living in the dumbest timeline in human history. 😳
Our country is being destroyed. But hey, look at these eight Maine Coon kittens.
The 75-year trend of surface moisture (dew point) during the month of September is pretty dramatic. Hope you like sweating during the early Fall. @alaskawx.bsky.social 💦
you just know somebody’s being called by their full name right now
Thankfully we planted 1,000 + trees and shrubs 18 years ago when we had lots of moisture and no extreme heat/drought. The native stuff is doing ok other than birch that need more moisture.
I couldn’t agree more. So much more difficult growing things in the last five years in particular. Extreme drought in our spot. It’s depressing and the my only consolation (a sad one at that) is that we are near the end of our big garden years.
👍😃 joy!
Things are much more challenging than even 18 years ago when we planted the acreage. So many of our plants struggle with the new extremes. Young birch dying off in the drought and heat so never planting them again sadly. 😟
😂😂. Sounds normal 😊
Let's hope that they're daft enough to do this on Labour Day. Solidarity with labour and especially Alberta teachers right now. As s.o. said on CBC this morning "a teacher's teaching environment is your child's learning environment". We should all be invested in that. #ableg #abpoli
live your life in such a way that millions of people don’t joyfully await your demise
They are hardy indeed but they have their limits in extreme situations as we had maybe 4 years ago. Late winter mild then a -40 slam. Did a lot of damage but new root shoots come back as the parent. Wind protection matters too.
Yes just pick some nicely spaced shoots to save and nurture. Mine have thrived and bear good fruit in a few years. 🤞🍒
I also read that tree form is more vulnerable to winter kill than shrub form. Mine are now looking like a raspberry row almost. I take out old stems and leave preferred shoots to grow.
Interesting. Different from what I read and experienced about Saskatchewan cherry stock. Not grafted and shoots are true. I can vouch for that after 15 years. They all produce true to the parent.
If we all had the same skin colour, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and abilities, there would be people who would group us by finger length, eye colour, head shape, etc., because they just want to oppress and exploit. The categories don’t matter to them, it’s all about the oppression.