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a good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC.

coming this holiday season

fyi

we lost our way when cellphones stopped having built-in loops to thread a phone charm or wristlet through

Happy tenth birthday to a real one

“Speak softly and carry a big stick.” Curve-billed Thrasher 🪶☀️🌵

Seriously cold weather setting in but am I glad I went outside? Heck yes! Bohemian waxwings made it all worthwhile #birds 🌿

First step is to finally and at last bar all members of insurrection parties from holding office as the constitution demands.

it's a good thing the brain geniuses running the show at main Justice the last few years made their lodestar "don't look political, even if it means rampant law breaking and outright insurrection go unpunished," it sure did protect the independence and integrity of the DOJ.

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate Kendrick: actually

The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

if i text you this just know you’re cooked

do you think the dems would know how to stop sephiroth

you can’t build your politics around being anti-cringe. like 30 years ago every corny Republican dipshit started saying “DEMONcrats” and now they rule the nation with an iron fist

yes it is asking a lot. also trump is filling a concentration camp, ordered a review to lay the legal groundwork for deploying the military domestically, is dismantling the federal government, and shredding the constitution. if you don’t want to work hard in this situation don’t run for office

it really is appropriate to view this as potentially the biggest privacy and cybersecurity scandal in American history

Elon may be too rich and powerful to face consequences for his nazi salute but most of the people who imitate him are not and it is in everyone’s best interest to make it as painful as possible for them

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

it was less than 6 months ago a lady threw away her entire career to have an emotional affair with a man that looks like Krang from the ninja turtles

LIVE 👏 TO 👏 SEE 👏 THEM 👏 DIE

Have you ever heard a Roadrunner coo? 🔊 🪶☀️🌵

Like most people, I have been paying attention to the news and it's making me anxious and upset. I plan on continuing to post beautiful birds, interesting insects, and fun science facts. It's a nice mental health break for me and I figure it might be for you too. Red-banded Hairstreak #inverts

That last part is the most important. These are not proclamations from on high, they are flimsy pieces of paper.

Sometimes when I’m low I remember that there are birds and then I feel a little better #birds

there is a very specific name for the type of person who’d think holocaust remembrance day is “woke”. i wish i could recall what that is.

Science is not truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.

Hearing from federal employees tonight who are getting messages via their agency’s emergency notification system, which is usually reserved for snow-related office closures, that’s like DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HAVE NO IDEA IF ANY OF THOSE PROMISES ARE REAL

children deserve access to all forms of healthcare for free without judgement and no matter what their fucking parents want. that includes transition, abortion and vaccines

I don't think I need to clarify my stance on the topic but these soccer folks summed it up

I don't normally repost my text posts but idk maybe this might help somebody this week. I love you all

they want all trans people to detransition or die and everyone who led us to this point has every last bit of that blood on their hands

I’m not trans but I am genderqueer and it’s irritating to see right-wing losers obsess over “binaries” re: sex and gender. You can bake a cake using the same ingredient measurements every time but you can’t make the same cake twice. It’s impossible. Same with hormone distribution. Always different.

useless

We have been in this bizarre spiral my entire life: 1. Democrats ignore right-wing radicalization to focus on economic issues. 2. Right-wing media accuses Democrats of being out-of-touch leftist elites. 3. Centrist media repeats right-wing framing. 4. Democrats double down on economic issues.

It's #MothMonday! (rummages around hard drive) Here are some nice moths for you. Tiger Moth (Amaxia sp.), Geometer Moth (Pityeja histrionaria), Tiger Moth (Hyperthaema sp.), Tiger Moth (Praeamastus minerva) #inverts Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador

Yawn. Don't mind me. Monday mornings in January are rough. Have a good week everyone (Mourning Dove) #birds 🌿

Thousands of people are going to fucking die so that these ghouls can take wite-out to every US contract and aid grant to ensure that the words abortion, gender, and equality are excised. It's illegal, and, more to the point, unspeakably immoral. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

Please watermark your work. Please make it easy to trace your work back to you. The easier it is to share your work the more people will do it. Even if it is a little doodle, if you share it online, watermark it with your name/handle/website whatever will point back to you. 🌱

Before environmental regulations we had polluted rivers catching on fire and cities turning on streetlights in the afternoon because the smog was so thick

Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH. I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Mr. House Finch would like to have a word with the person in charge of his placement in the Finch Witness "Protection" Program! #FromTheArchives #birds #becurious

In yet another “Christ, we’re bad at announcing our wins” a big desert habitat victory as Chuckwalla National Monument was designated last week! ca.audubon.org/conservation...

the reason gen z doesn’t care at all about “china having their data” is because gen z knows that the US government has collected their online activity data since they were born

Slender-billed Gull, silently flying across the lake, before the sun came out this morning. #birds