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The accuracy of the political cartoons recently is incredibly painful.

submitted 22 hours ago • 246 comments

Pay close attention to this one.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I'm enjoying the #BlueSkyArtShow on the theme of #Spring are you ? Rapeseed or Canola if you prefer, Near Hertford in Hertfordshire, UK. April 2006. Any similarities between the colours of this image and the Ukrainian flag are entirely deliberate. #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

Good morning.

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Today, in a meeting at the White House, the only person actually defending American interests was Zelenskyy. Let that sink in.

submitted 3 days ago • 544 comments

“A person familiar with the matter… said analysts were verbally informed that they were not to follow or report on Russian threats, even though this had previously been a main focus for the agency. “The person said work that was being done on something “Russia-related” was in effect “nixed””

submitted 3 days ago • 63 comments

A message from Zelensky through his actions. Honor and dignity. Some things can only be surrendered. They can't be taken away.

submitted 3 days ago • 100 comments

VP Henry Wallace said this in 1944: Fascists wouldn’t need violence if they could control the narrative. They’d convince you to hate workers, immigrants, and the poor while they rob the country blind. They’d use fear to keep you distracted while they dismantle democracy He gets an “I told you so”🤬🖕🏼

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

#lakesuperior #sunrise

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I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.

submitted 10 days ago • 1163 comments

If you enjoy a bit of history and like fungi, I hope you’ll check out my new piece on this pretty little mushroom and the journey to find its true identity. renaissancegardenguy.com/pleuroflammu...

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

The work of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is critical to those in the Great Lakes region for safety and monitoring weather, with a massive regional economy based around the lakes, including in Ohio. Now the NOAA is the crosshairs of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

beautiful day #lakesuperior #greatlakes

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Diderma sp slime mold. I love the colour of this developing specimen. Northwest Territories, Canada. #slimemold #myxo #fungifriends

submitted 16 days ago • 10 comments

Giant kingfisher for the second time in my life, only about 100km away from where I saw the first in 2022 😁🪶

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 16 days ago • 5653 comments

I wrote about the importance of "prebunking," in light of rumors that Elon Musk may have purchased $40 million in Super Bowl ads to spread misinformation about the "fraud" and "corruption" in this vital agency. I hope you will read and share asharangappa.substack.com/p/prebunking...

submitted 22 days ago • 113 comments

What Orwell understood, but the AI techno-futurists do not, is that to create is to think.

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Trump megadonor Steve Wynn has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which protects the media's ability to aggressively cover public officials. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

submitted 24 days ago • 253 comments

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

submitted 26 days ago • 2833 comments

I wrote for Slate about how a conservative think tank plans to "identify and target" Wikipedia editors who it claims are abusing their position—a dangerous escalation that shifts the fight from debating edits to going after the editors themselves. slate.com/technology/2...

submitted 26 days ago • 36 comments

Again, this isn't funny & it would have immediately ended any previous presidency in the post-WWII era. It's a direct violation of our NATO & UN obligations & obscene in a moment where 🇷🇺 is occupying 20% of 🇺🇦 & denying the sovereignty of another country. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 28 days ago • 99 comments

If only there was a word for when an unelected oligarch moves quickly to take over control of the government. The legacy media is failing us. Support independent media. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 28 days ago • 790 comments

Don't overlook what's happening in the states: A MN Republican has introduced a bill to apportion the state Senate by county (one senator per county), rather than population. It would effectively lock in GOP control of the chamber for decades. minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/03/g...

submitted 28 days ago • 17 comments

I suspect USAID is first because it's "foreign aid" and fewer Americans will object. But once the precedent is established, expect unilateral dismantling of domestic institutions too

submitted 28 days ago • 213 comments

Time to get your news from international sources if you weren’t already.

submitted 29 days ago • 5 comments

Take a short break from the dire political news by viewing a little snippet of today’s peaceful #snow with a favorite concolor/white fir #tree. Then get back in there and stay informed.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/

submitted 30 days ago • 91 comments

𝐴𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑚 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑚 - Growing on an old 𝑆𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑥 𝑠𝑝. vine (I think). NE Alabama, US. May 2023. #fungifriday #fungi #mushrooms #fungifriends #mycology #iNaturalist #naturalists #mushroomlove #nature #ILoveFungi

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Also - what a great headline...

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

my worry stone today a beautiful favosites, “Charlevoix Stone”, found on a southern Lake Huron beach #greatlakesfossils

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

"Striken" A lucky moment when late morning sun illuminated lifting fog and created this illusion of the tree being struck by light. #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #fog #tree

submitted 32 days ago • 9 comments

Trump unleashed chaos by freezing and unfreezing $3tn in federal grants and loans. Why? | Robert Reich

submitted 32 days ago • 40 comments

Please pay attention to this case being argued in the 4th Circuit tomorrow. It could determine whether the GOP succeeds in stealing a NC Supreme Court seat by disenfranchising 60,000 voters. Follow @democracydocket.com for full coverage of this critical case. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 35 days ago • 548 comments

“Tilly herself was beginning to feel a lack of commitment to longevity.” I thoroughly enjoyed this clever, engaging book. The line from it above must have struck a chord as it pops into mind frequently. 💙📚 #books #booksky #reading

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