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Enjoying watching bumblebees visit flowers. Contemplating "Rota Fortunae."
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Oakland! My favourite American city! #NoKings

I did! for more about the doomsday religion running the country check out Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America, in stores everywhere, a very informative $20 and i read the audiobook: bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

#NoKings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul ❤️

Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.

Stay classy, San Diego. #NoKings

NEW: Chicago right now. Every time, this city turns up. Thousands refusing to bow down to Trump authoritarianism. 👏👏 #NoKings #50501Movement

This hts hard today youtu.be/4Sje2VYw99A?...

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Was reminded by @iwriteok.bsky.social of this absolute banger protest song. GTFO MAGA soldiers

I'll always appreciate the beauty of the old Irish song "Go on Home British Soldiers". I played it in Syria to a friend who immediately vibed with it. I suspect many L.A. residents will too. Nothing more natural than seeing an armed stranger and asking, "have you got no fucking home of your own?"

When Los Angeles actually *was* burning down six months ago, these people didn't give a damn about us. Now they're spreading fake AI videos showing LA burning

Inking…

Palmer: Charges should be brought against each one of you AOC: Raising the prospect of charges against witnesses is a form of intimidation is it not? Palmer: I strike those words

Yes, definitely!!!

Simpler times… youtu.be/gsNaR6FRuO0?...

i think in a few decades we will view what being online has done to certain peoples brains the way we view the effects of lead poisoning on society

In 2019 I made a big Twitter thread defending one of my study species (Brown-headed Cowbirds) that ultimately spawned a seminar series. I just recorded an updated version, so if you need an interesting politics-free distraction, check it out! #birds www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l4p...

I told you we’d be back

Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research… Definitely worth a read projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

“she had asked a boss if he would let his children fly on a plane with the litany of flaws and non-conformances he was urging her to “pencil-whip”: “Cindy, none of these planes are staying in America, they’re all going overseas,” he retorted, much to her horror”

It’s not just Gaza. Attacking Iran is also meant to distract from annexing the West Bank.

Soon after Chonkosaurus, the city’s beloved celebrity snapping turtle, reemerged from the depths of the Chicago River last month, the giant reptile was seen snuggling with her long-term (and similarly proportioned) mate, Stagg. chicago.suntimes.com/parks-nature...

Thanks to @ReporterGoodman for this excellent piece. A team of us compiled data on controlled vaccine trials: 258 so far (~1/2 of which used inert placebo), covering 45 antigens and 2.5M participants. Claims that vaccines lack placebo trials are false. 1/2

Whilst the assault on the Senator has gained much attention, it is the claim of ‘liberation’ from the State’s elected governor that is truly disturbing. Trump’s flying monkey is effectively announcing she is running an occupation similar to the Green Zone in Iraq, defended by the US military.

i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Me: man, I’m sick of the troops being here The troops: we are also sick of this weird armed vacation we’re taking without funds for food or water

Dear US trans ppl, I’m a historian & interested in Queer, science & art history. As a result I’ve studied the rise of fascism & its impact on Queer ppl. One of the features that comes up is that so many people couldn’t believe it was happening, didnt believe it would happen to them or…

New It Could Happen Here 🇵🇸 @jamesstout.bsky.social talks with Charles McBryde about his recent trip to the West Bank, the disastrous Gaza Humanitarian Fund, and the ongoing Gaza blockade.  www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Sly Stone left us earlier this week, but the power, influence and resonance of his songs will endure | Read our special tribute to his musical legacy by @tenelson65.bsky.social here: album.ink/SlyStone

The "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" is an embarrassment and it makes perfect sense that it's the brain child of the US, Israel, and galaxy brains at BCG

Despite the lack of critical resources and continued bombardments, UNRWA teams are still providing services to people in #Gaza. That includes around 15,000 daily health consultations. No other health partner in Gaza can deliver primary healthcare at this scale. #UNRWAworks

We have lost all contact with our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza, communications have been cut off. This morning, for the first time in months, we did not receive their morning messages to say, "good morning" and "we are fine/alive". We anxiously await to hear from our colleagues.

Wow!

Trump is a fat messy hoe. And I keep saying it because that is what messy hoes do. Run their mouths. Nobody is arresting Gavin Newsom.

No thanks, I would like all my fridges to be stupid

A U.S. citizen who is nine months pregnant was hospitalized upon her release from immigration custody after she was detained by federal agents in Hawthorne on Sunday. www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/i...

Always an Onion article.

It is completely unlawful for ICE to turn away members of Congress like this. The law could not be more clear; no member of Congress may be denied access to a facility where ICE is detaining someone, and they cannot be required to schedule in advance. Surprise inspections must be surprise.

they never miss

I mean... it is pretty funny. Who knew you could get so many lawyers to agree on something! Trump allies go down in flames in attempted takeover of the Washington DC Bar www.rawstory.com/bar-associat...