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Midwesterner (U.S.), Husband, Parent Hope. Care. Try. Compassion #IDIC 🖖 #🟦 #DoctorWhoFan #DarkMatter I don't speak for my employer.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer known for 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' and other intimate hits, dies at 88.

Friedrich Merz, Germany's new chancellor, pledged support for Ukraine will be a top priority for his government and that it must "win the war". "Victory means restoring territorial integrity" and "we are not neutral, we are not standing aside. We are on the side of Ukraine.” #GermanElection #CDU

Somebody somewhere Needs and endless old road Filled with flowers tonight

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

Excellent

WATCH: Hegseth accidentally admits they fired all the military attorneys so they won’t be “roadblocks to anything” — then tries to clean it up and quickly move on

1975 Weetabix Doctor Who Quark

The Gestapo have arrived. Republicans appear to have engaged the secret (not) police to remove dissenters from town hall meetings. No insignia Nobody willing to say who hired these clowns Yet here we are. Lear Asset Management 707-489-9663 · [email protected].

Today's cat pic. Narvik is spread out by the door, while Green Eyed Lady lurks on the porch.

Which one is Emperor? I don't want to see either with no clothes

Sleepy Triscuit 😴

#TodayILearned: Aquaman can communicate with and control sea creatures on other planets. (Super Friends #17 - E. Nelson Bridwell, Ramona Fradon, Bob Smith, Jerry Serpe, and Ben Oda) #Aquaman #Superman #WonderTwins #SuperFriends #dccomics

Last October, we took a trip to the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon, for a daylong exploration of lichen—the fuzzy growths often found on trees, roofs, and gravestones. Two experts joined us to discuss the fascinating world of lichen and their role in a changing climate.

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.  Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.  Trickle down economics was always a hoax.

All of them.

2 word answer: Citizens United.

Tom Baker during "The Masque of Mandragora". #TomBaker #DoctorWho #FourthDoctor

Truly never ceases to amaze that the first (!) Trump impeachment has fallen down a memory hole so deep that we can watch a bigger shakedown of *the same Ukrainian president* in real time without it coming up (guilty of this as I didn't mention in my own post yesterday).

'Merit'

Could be talking about a couple people here

gentle reminder: you are not asking for too much by asking for more than bare minimums, for more than things that only meet low expectations

Hermes and Mowgli on a winter's morning

Layla says ELLO

I think we are getting back to the point where facts matter (somewhat at least).

Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

This is my new favorite headline

Yesterday domestic terrorists attempted to intimidate me and Michael Fanone (imagine that 🙄) Longer video coming soon. Heading back out to go inspire and get in good trouble. 🫶🏽✌🏽

Should be a bigger story.

A beautiful Barred Owl in Shenandoah National Park. #wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography #owl

What?????

Don't feel like going to bed yet

A red stereum peeking out from the hair moss. #iseemoss #fungifriends

Kettlebell swinging seems everywhere

Street Cat didn't fancy going out last night, so I left the radiator on. She hasn't moved apart from waking me up at 5 to feed her.

Baby moose are all legs.

This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed. Trickle up economics.

— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

Love to see it!

Please

Here’s my prediction for DOGE: Whatever minimal amount of money it may possibly save in the short term will be far exceeded by the ultimate cost of fixing all of the problems it creates. It’s already an epic failure.

The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice. The result is demagoguery and corruption.

This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

They continue to tell this debunked lie 🤥 for a reason: so when they cut social security to pave the way for their tax cuts for the rich you think they had an actual reason to do it.

I recognize that look

Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.