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Married for 30+ years. Educator for ~20. Artist and musician. Author. Disabled and finding ways to live life. Website: franclynart.square.site Redbubble shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Franclynart/shop
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submitted 12 hours ago • 10 comments

Holy Fuck!!!! When Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa was confronted at a town hall by terrified constituents worried that Trump’s healthcare cuts will lead to death, she said “Well, we are all gonna die.” I hope Iowans vote her callous, cruel ass out of the Senate!!!!

submitted 19 hours ago • 275 comments

At least four of the studies cited in a flagship White House report on children's health do not exist, authors listed in the document told AFP Thursday, casting doubt on the paper outlining Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Pope Leo to hold massive live event in Chicago with global televised coverage ... on the SAME DAY at the SAME TIME as TRUMPS PARADE! #3E Pope = 1 Trump = 0

submitted 2 days ago • 43 comments

Canada welcomes the U.S. Court of International Trade’s decision on the United States’ tariffs. It confirmed what we’ve always held: that the American tariffs against Canadian goods are unlawful and unjustified.

submitted 2 days ago • 569 comments

Just a reminder that shouldn't need to be said. When you steal from artists, it's not like you are sticking it to the man or some big corporation. You are hurting individuals and their families. Hope it helps.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Another Trump casualty: A tiny office that keeps measurements of the world accurate The National Geodetic Survey is also the oldest scientific agency in the US.

submitted 4 days ago • 26 comments

Waiting for my therapy appt. so I’m trying to keep things in a healthy place. Some of my favorite creations from over the last few years.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

If you have to reject your own studies when they don’t fit your agenda, it’s time to reconsider your agenda.

submitted 3 days ago • 172 comments

Them: Autism is way overdiagnosed and everyone's saying they're autistic now because it's "in" 😒 Me: No. People are finally discovering their very real MISSED diagnoses because better information about autism is being shared in accessible ways.

submitted 4 days ago • 20 comments

Watched a parent explain messenger pigeons to a very young child and the kid's mind was BLOWN. Like...birds? Trained birds? Trained birds that delivered messages????? And these were pigeons...like PIGEON-pigeons???????! Like that pigeon right there? C'MERE PIGEON!!!!!!!

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

This is such a bizarre headline for something as simple as “Costco locations close for Memorial Day”

submitted 6 days ago • 399 comments

I don't want Canada, the Panama Canal, or Greenland. I want PBS, Social Security and the Smithsonian.

submitted 6 days ago • 43 comments

For the #smArtist prompt of Rose. 8x10 Stippled with dip pen and W&N drawing inks. #stippling #inkart #PenAndInk #ArtonBlueSky

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Musk’s team was caught using a customized version of the Grok chatbot, without approval, to sift through sensitive government data inside the Department of Homeland Security. They used a modified version in an attempt to hide the fact that they were doing it.

submitted 7 days ago • 196 comments

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

Utah legislators commissioned a study to go with their 2023 ban on gender-affirming pediatric care. Now they're trying to ignore the results.

submitted 6 days ago • 33 comments

I missed it? How on Earth did #WorldTurtleDay fly under MY radar?! Turtles?! #oceanart #artonbluesky

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Good thing these little ones are docile. No, you don’t need a sip of my coffee before going for another roll in the pollen.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The bees have discovered the Echinopsis on my porch. I guess I’m having coffee with a steady hum today. Those pollen pouches are so FULL!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 10 days ago • 30 comments

It’s #WorldBeeDay and the rosemary is, once again, humming. So is the lavender.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Did you know that when your local rural hospital shuts down because of the Medicaid cuts, the 75-mile drive to the nearest one that isn't shut down is still 75 miles no matter how good your insurance is?

submitted 12 days ago • 165 comments

“The government calls them all ‘illegal aliens.’ But of the 90 cases where the method of crossing is known, 50 men report that they came legally to the United States, with advanced US government permission, at an official border crossing point,” Cato said in its report.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Save PBS!

submitted 21 days ago • 7 comments

"The report in question was neither peer-reviewed nor published in a medical journal..." www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

submitted 12 days ago • 422 comments

in which president donald trump screws up social security for every single American because his top campaign donor may not be totally solid on the meaning of the words "forty percent": www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

submitted 12 days ago • 78 comments

Remember how I’ve been saying for years ABA has ties/was invented by fascists and Christian Nationalists??? “Ole Ivar Lovaas himself was an active participant in, and a local leader of, a fascist youth movement.”

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments