Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
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Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
if dem leadership doesn’t flood his campaign against Susan Collins with money like they did with Sara Gideon i’ll never forgive them. FINALLY we have someone who will connect with district 2 mainers in a way a neolib from freeport never could
The Sound Of Silence... Breathe, breathe in the air... A magical Sunrise over Found Lake, courtesy of the greatest artist that we will ever know - Mother Nature. I can feel her pulse. So beautiful and peaceful. ☀️😎📸🇨🇦 #AlgonquinPark #Sunrise #FoundLake #Landscape #Photography #OntarioParks #Canada
What have you got against granola?
True Statement! Anyone else? #Pinks #ProudBlue
Today me and mum went for a bimble. It rained a bit, I found a cool stick, then we spotted a big cat! 🦁 what a great day! 💛🤎🧡
For #BlueSkyMonday, a female western bluebird #photography #birds #bluebird #nature 📷🦉
30 cases of voter fraud annually, and the GOP passes 104 voter suppression laws. 47,000 gun deaths a year, and the GOP does absolutely NOTHING.
I'm getting "no, I don't really want to learn how to do dishes, I'm a cat" vibes though.
@betsycooley.bsky.social .. as requested 😘 medium.com/@suzette.som...
It was the season for molting. My guess is they get a bit irritable at this time. This photo would make for a good "caption this" thread. 😄 My Portfolio: portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #birdphotography #birds #photography #taiwan
I wish we'd stop saying "mixed race" and such. We're all the same race, we just have different ethnicities. I can't imagine looking at someone with a different skin color and thinking that person is somehow inferior. I do know fascists are inferior though.
It's true. Look at this absolute laundry list of serious side effects associated with birth control pills! Oh, wait, my mistake. This is the list of side effects for sildenafil, the ED drug in Viagra and Cialis. We better ban it!
I was watching Fonda/Cliff Robertson called “The Best Man” (1964) setting of a contested primary convention, and one of the candidates talked about repealing 19th amendment, so it’s not exactly a new idea in conservative politics. (Interesting flic, esp nowadays when bigotry & misogyny is on rise)
BTW, here’s the movie, worth a watch for anyone interested in seeing how politics was depicted in film in 1964 (same period when LBJ passed Civil/Voting Rights Act, so US was divided over integration). Robertson plays McCarthy archetype vs Fonda’s paralysis of analysis archive.org/details/the-...
Good morning with good news: Japan, world's 4th largest economy, cut its fossil fuel generated electricity from 73.1% in June 2018 to 54.8% in June 2025. That's 18.3 points drop or 2.6 points/year! It could be near zero FF by 2045. Gas fell from 38.1% to 27.4% Coal fell from 30% to 20% #energysky
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
BOSTON
Has anyone asked Jake Tapper about this?
Trump family amasses $6 billion fortune fter World Liberty crypto trading launch - at least on paper The Trump family's inflated crypto assets now surpass the value of their inflated portfolio assets The grift is astronomical www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
#birds #robin #ukwildlife #photography Robin ready to sing.
You only have until September 19th, to contact the US Forest Service and object to the rollback of protections on 45 million acres of wild land and forests. Go to: Regulations.gov and voice your objection! Otherwise these lands are subject to being sold, & forests being cut down.
Anyway Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein because she was deeply annoyed about being trapped in a castle with Lord Byron because her silly poet husband who had a big nerd crush on him wanted to hang out with him.
I've never seen this species, I've photographed other cormorants though. Lovely photo!
Great cormorant this afternoon on the Mousterlin Marsh in Brittany. 🪶
Great photography🥰😍😍
Imagine that. fortune.com/2025/08/30/r...
![https://fortune.com/2025/08/30/rural-america-economic-crisis-farmers-agriculture-exports-trump-trade-war-china By Jason Ma Weekend Editor August 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM EDT [The] American Soybean Association sent a letter to Trump, warning that “U.S. soybean farmers are standing at a trade and financial precipice.” The group asked that Trump prioritize soybeans in trade talks with China, seeking major purchase commitments as well as the removal of Beijing’s duties on the U.S. “Historically, the U.S. was the provider of choice for Chinese customers,” the letter said. “However, due to ongoing tariff retaliation, our longstanding customers in China have and will continue to turn to our competitors in South America to meet their demand, a demand Brazil can meet due to significantly increased production since the previous trade war with China.” With harvest season fast approaching, the association added that China hasn’t purchased any U.S. soybeans for the months ahead.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fjd2nhh5sklpzjcg3el3i7pe/bafkreieooacvoro4rv4xdky3zjnb3w5pazh2nxzy2btajejqg2hdtqul2e@jpeg "Click to view full size")
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A Welcome Swallow taking a break on a rusty gate #brucebirdlife #birds
If he hasn't had that stroke yet, this might help ...
So many of my sports heroes turned out to be right-wingers that I've stopped following just about everything except the wnba these days.
They've learned from the Nazis that record keeping crimes against humanity might not be the best way to go. The only laws they believe in are ones they can use against we the people. I'm already so tired.
Hey! Good for you! 😍
I opened my own Little Free Library today ♥️ Pittsburgh friends...message me for the address!
Bad sign, you say? Uh.
Well... there's certainly one way it happens before the midterms, unless we get a very long Weekend at Donny's scenario. (Beltway "press" won't push back.) JD thinks he can lead the fascists, but afaict no one likes JD except JD.
No words. Of course, the tariffs have also brought in trillions! And we're all so happy and proud ... to have made Canada our enemy & Russia & Israel our overlords.
Lies are all they got. It works for their voters, but they're still working on the rest of us.
What alternative facts is she looking at? Do they really believe this? I'm all out...
The “Pull it out of your ass” database. Good grief. 😵💫
Little wonder they fired so much of our federal govt, it allows them to lie more easily than ever! I wish I believed journalists would push back against this crap.
Thank you!
So, what you're telling me is that repubs hate this country and are doing their damnedest to destroy it. That tracks.
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.
NEW: Judge Sooknanan gets all 76 children trump tried to send to Guatemala back home, trump has been MIA for almost a week, the Epstein estate is going to hand over some actual Epstein files, and a discussion with @rweingarten.bsky.social about her new book. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
His hair, yes, and the back of his neck looks odd also. I sure hope he hasn't been cloned, we've suffered enough.
It's more likely he's upset his ass wasn't kissed more thoroughly. Both planks of his presidency - operation Nobel Peace Prize & operation Concentration Camps 'r' Cool - are flailing, bummer.
He put chalk on his shoes then walked on the Pulse Memorial crosswalk. Police arrested him. But the court said they had no cause and he was released. The man arrested is now considering suing the state of Florida citing first amendment right violations.
When you put it that way, I'm left no choice. I'll stick with the abnormal people to preserve my sanity.
Relatedly, I can’t remember the last time I thought about Nate Silver
His whole cabinet is trying to get him that Nobel Peace Prize.
How did it get as high as 33 cents?!
A closer look at the same great cormorant. #birds
She looks like good folks! Thank you for sharing. 🩵
It’s my Gran’s birthday today (84!) Here’s an oil painting I did of her a few years back during lockdown #oilpainting #artist
A sea turtle surfacing by a MASSIVE school of rays near Clearwater, Florida a couple days ago. Another post into the BluSky void. Maybe 2 or 3 people will see this one and my time won't have been wasted. I'll keep trying a little longer. #nature #animals #amazing #wildlife #awesome #ocean
Anyone who still believes this wasn’t a setup should think twice. Not a single thing adds up. Police were notified of a shooter on the roof & took no action. FatHitler was NOT hit by a bullet. There was NO follow-up, no investigation. Swept under the carpet like last week’s lint. Total BS.
"Art that portrays original unique style with in-depth understanding of our world is recognized in due time." ~Ana Tzarev~ Mending the Nets in Summer, 97 x 130 cm, oil on linen, 1996 #fisherman #fishingnet #Summer #oilpainting #painting #artwork
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
As summer is sadly winding down, catching up with summer reading. Beginning to prep Fall's reading list with historical non-fiction and classic novels. Wishing you a productive and fulfilling week. Happy Labor Day Monday to all celebrating. Art: Jennifer Diehl #5amwritersclub #WritingCommunity
I thought it was the 3rd?
This is 100% true, but it’s not that RFK Jr is unqualified (although he is that too), it’s that he’s *actively and intentionally sabotaging* our public health infrastructure
Michelle Obama: “Eat more veggies and exercise!” RFK Jr: **bans vaccines** Tom Bartlett: “These are the same thing.”
The #PedoRapist, RFK Jr, Stephen Miller, and John Roberts are the 4 most dangerous men in the USA today. Those nasty creeps should be the primary reason to vote against them and the entire GOP. It's time to take out the garbage because the place has quite a terrible stink right now! #EpsteinFiles
Give RFK Jr time, he’s working on it.
Thanks!
#roses #photography
One thing I think is overlooked far too often is, right-wing voters are convinced that the USA is the leader of the world, despite the regressive policies they vote for. You either look ahead or you get left behind. We're getting left behind.
In 7 months, Trump has taken the world's most powerful nation and turned it into a train wreck, inviting both our allies and our adversaries to reshape the world based on our irrelevance.
Mainstream media has been conditioned to protect right-wing entities. Full stop. Started decades ago with incessant whining about unfairness.
Trump's foreign policy consists of whatever he can think of to try to get a Nobel Peace Prize, which involves his usual lies, lies, more lies. But that doesn't work outside his cult. We all pay the price, of course.
If you are in or near Baltimore you should know that the Walters Art Museum (which is free!) has a small but wonderful exhibit about cats in medieval manuscripts
Politics today is less driven by ideological conviction and more by parties chasing votes based on a distorted picture of public opinion, one filtered through algorithms that amplify emotionally engaging content. This incentivises performance over substance and erodes democratic deliberation.
An explosive writeup this month, as the August @bellingcat.com challenge was focused on the identification of explosive ordinance. You can read my solutions to Hidden Hazards here ediscoverychannel.com/2025/09/01/bellingcat-challenge-august-2025hidden-hazards/ #CTF #Bellingcat #OSINT #ExplosiveStuff
The problem with figures like RFK Jr. isn’t just that they spread bad information. It’s that they sustain disordered counterpublics, spaces where falsehoods are reinforced through imitation of legitimate democratic processes.
Isn't Q a Russian op?
#roses #photography
I posted a bee yesterday! Please take a look if you can, tremendous pollen purses!
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
What’s wild to me: NOW, media outlets & medical organizations are “stunned” by the damage RFK Jr. is doing to CDC, other health agencies, & public health. Me & my colleagues have been screaming about him for years. Years. Even more so in the last year. We were called hyperbolic. 1/
Meanwhile, did you see? A federal judge on Friday allowed the Trump admin and the Oklahoma AG to use his court to subvert democracy through a sham lawsuit manufactured to get rid of a pro-immigrant state law they don’t like without needing to go through the trouble of actually repealing the law.
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Hello pals, love Bob 💛🧡🤎
Juvenile jay linktr.ee/vickyouten... 🪶🦉 #birds #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #photography #ThePhotoHour #vickyoutenphoto #jay
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Brilliant
As a retired former DHS U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Supervisory federal officer, my advice to other federal officers is this... "A badge is not a license to dehumanize."
Strike A Pose... Late evening. Hugo The Black Crowned Night Heron, displaying his incredible balance and athletic prowess. He was slowly preparing for his nightly hunt. Very handsome. 📸🇨🇦 #BlackCrownedNightHeron #Photography #Wildlife #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #OntarioParks #Canada
