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radicalleftcatlady.bsky.social
Just a person, working to find real news on science, weather, health, politics, tech and anything else that catches my interest. Trying to find sanity in an insane world. And a lot of cat photos.
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We are not invisible. This kind person from the UK sees us and is proud of us. You might need a tissue when you watch this 👇👇👇👇👇

Defence Ministry: Shoreline defence force Gentoo’s prepare mortars. Our Navy Seals conduct clandestine training, and teach tactical camouflage and concealment to juveniles. We stand ready. Flippers Up.

NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s main contract for its websites was not approved for renewal, so I’m told we should expect some of them to start to go down. “Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”

I wish I were even a little bit as relaxed as my cat.

yeah yeah yeah so he declared a national emergency, but did he do it over international waters, where his powers are at their strongest??

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: living through historic times fucking sucks.

List of countries not subjected to tariffs: Russia Belarus North Korea Cuba They apparently took the time to impose tariffs on several uninhabited islands, so the omissions are extra noteworthy. If you spot others please flag!

Strom Thurmond and Elon both taking an L on the same day is a hell of a white supremacy bankshot

My god, a second health bar has appeared over Cory Booker’s head

On YouTube right now, there are 150k watching via AP's channel, 113k watching via Cory Booker's channel, 64k via PBS NewsHour, 23k via Brian Tyler Cohen, 21k via MSNBC, 6k via CBS News, 5k via 11Alive, 2.2k via USA Today, 1.2k via Face The Nation

@booker.senate.gov has broken the record! 🔥🔥🔥 We can - we must - respond in kind by standing up to this dictatorship for as long as it takes.

Yes, you heard right a few minutes ago—when Cory Booker took office, he was the only Black Democrat in the Senate. In 2013.

I’m filled with humility to be able to witness this historic moment. We are minutes away.

Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits

I want a jet ready to rush Cory Booker to South Carolina once he has broken the record so he can drop a microphone on Strom Thurmond's grave.

Here's a link for a livestream of Booker on the Senate floor. www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...

Even my cat is watching @booker.senate.gov right now.

Yes. What's good about the Booker grandstand isn't the immediate procedural impact, it's that it is breaking the seal on an obstructionist tactic they should have been using from the start. These guys are little babies and this is a first little wobble practice step

This. Is. Human. Trafficking.

Cory Booker will break the record for longest Senate floor speech at 7:19 PM EDT. Fewer than 2 hours from now. The record is held by Strom Thurmond, who was arguing for segregation. GO CORY, GO!

Can we just not do April Fool's tomorrow? We're already dealing with enough. Reality is the joke at this point. 😩

NEW: Attorneys general representing 27 states (every state with a Republican AG except for NH) tell SCOTUS to reverse Judge Boasberg's TRO protecting Venezuelans in the US from being deported to a nightmarish Salvadoran prison without due process www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Day of Visibility I am in awe of the courage it takes to live authentically when transgender, nongender-conforming, and nonbinary people's rights are being threatened. Join me in fighting for a world where everyone can live with dignity and without fear.

NEW: Thanks very much to @itstygrey.bsky.social for getting me started down this path, but apparently nearly all of these tattoos are NOT from members of Tren de Aragua. Instead, they're stolen from random places on the internet, some nearly a decade old, and from tattoo artists around the world. 🧵

NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.

Love will always be more resplendent than the darkness of hate can conquer.

These guys Excel at accidental leaks.

Her why aren’t you petting me look. It’s a good caturday today.

Awkward moments caturday pic. New collar.

If only there were a hierarchical arrangement with one court given supervisory authority over the other courts that could deal with this problem.

Cat break. 🎶 Private eyes They're watching you watching You watching you watching you 🎶

We’ve GOT to work on a thorough list of the DOJ lawyers who have done evil and dishonest things for this administration.

Weird. So very, very weird.

If anything close to this happens, we're solidly in "red alert" territory with the National Weather Service's ability to function.

For those of us that need to take a minute and prioritize mental health, here’s another timeline cleanse, with cats.

Yo Feds - Need some love? Read the replies to this awesome post by @mcuban.bsky.social. Legions of Americans need you, appreciate you, and value the work you do. Don’t let anyone diminish your dignity or your spirit. Hold the line. #resist