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RIP Sly!

This hits hard.

Daniela Pes - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) youtu.be/BlnisQYWOHM?... via @YouTube

Protected bike lanes protect everyone:

Crazy how long this conversation has been going on

It is at the base of icebergs where the magic happens. The deep blues of a small iceberg reflect in wondrous pastel tones off the gently undulating waters of Greenland's magnificent Scoresby Sund. #photography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #landscapephotography #landscape #travel

The Cherry Creek Trail is the crown jewell of biking infrastructure in Denver. When you build high comfort safe places to ride, people will use them.

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development. Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system. Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.

Far above lies a world of majesty, beauty and splendor, a world where wilderness untamed, pristine and pure, reigns supreme, and reminds us of nature's infinite power. Patagonia, Chile. #bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #outdoors #mountains

I have a new album coming out Friday, May 17. #piano centric instrumental #music. Quiet music for a loud world telling stories in sound. Linked is a preview of the entire album running ad-free for the next two weeks. Enjoy #musicsky #musiciansky #newmusic #stunday #eastcoastkin #composer #ambient

House GOP just unveiled $4 Trillion in tax cuts - overwhelmingly for the wealthy - in a country that already leads the developed world in inequality. Look at where the US stands right now: Top 1%: 20% of income CEO pay: 354x workers Child poverty: 21% And they want to make it worse. On purpose.🧵⬇️

Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be available by prescription through a telehealth service. By @jenniferludden.bsky.social

Yes!

🚋 What happened to DC’s streetcars? Join us Thurs, May 15 at 6:30 PM at Cleveland Park Library for How ‘Progress’ Killed the Historic DC Streetcar System — a fascinating talk from local historian John DeFerrari, presented by CPHS.

When Trump and DOGE take a chainsaw to the IRS, remember that this is who they're really helping. https://itep.org/what-corporations-have-to-gain-from-the-gutting-of-the-irs/

Go Ted!

An outstanding documentary. Surviving Progress Directors : Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks Cast : Ronald Wright, Mark Levine, Robert Wright, Jane Goodall, Marina Silva Produced by Martin Scorcese youtu.be/6hjjkJPnmbM Free (public library/kanopy) stream. www.kanopy.com/product/surv...

Happy Thursday! We are almost through the week! We had no sunrise today but there were some stellar colors to the north as the sun provided some beautiful backlighting on our behalf. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Nice for people instead of nice for cars. I hope to see it in my lifetime.

I know Virgil Starkwell (Woody Allen) played Cello in a maching band in Take the Money and Run, but until this, I'd never seen it done. Just great. ❤️

The Plan To Beat Trump On Public Lands open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...

Page One must have been crowded. So NYT puts it on Page 13. 🤡 @schooley.bsky.social

House Republicans have completely rolled over for President Trump, abandoning their constitutional duty. They weren’t elected to serve one man—they were elected to serve the people. Their cowardice weakens our democracy and disgraces a co-equal branch.

Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.

Senator Sander's bill: www.congress.gov/bill/117th-c... .

Scanlon: The Gulf of Mexico was so named over 500 years ago. If we want to update that name to reflect our current culture, maybe we should call it the Sea of Emoluments—you know, the place where we can board the Ship of Fools and navigate from a State of Ignorance to the Confederacy of Dunces…

Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented. His argument fails even on its own terms.

Op-Ed: Lowering Ethical Standards to Allow Elected Officials’ Self-Dealing is a Terrible Idea www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/05/o...

Today, U.S. Department of Education will resume collecting on defaulted student loans. It sounds hard to believe, but college used to be free. This is the real story behind skyrocketing student debt. (Spoiler: It has a lot to do with Ronald Reagan)