Diane Cheklich

Today, October 19th, is the last day you can register to vote online or by mail! After today, in order to register you must go in person to your local city or township clerk's office. Check your registration status: abdulforsenate.com/vote

Oct. 14, 1926: A.A. Milne’s “Winnie-the-Pooh” is published in Britain and the U.S. The episodic book about the honey-loving “bear of very little brain,” his animal friends and Christopher Robin is a best-seller and quickly recognized as a classic of children literature.

Only 49 more days until the November Midterms! Are YOU registered to vote? Do you know where to go to vote?

I stand with Lake Ontario.

Get it Debbie

Great piece here by @brendonstuff.bsky.social on the need for widespread use of bird-safe glass to prevent window collisions theconversation.com/bird-safe-gl...

The idea that only nuclear or gas can provide "firm power" -- the last line of defense against the relentless advance of clean energy -- is going the way of the dodo. There are no arguments left. The only reason to fight progress now is corruption & raw political power.

Tailor Bird sews leaves together with plant fibre to form its nest!

* 2015-2025 was the hottest 11 years on record * Earth’s energy imbalance is the highest in 65-year record * The ocean has been absorbing about eighteen times the annual human energy use each year for the past two decades Probably fine.

Facts #standupforscience #impeachthequack

This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct. Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...

If you need to calm your nerves, here is a great hippo cam. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EZa...

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

Do you know what a group of frogs is called? AN ARMY

Will Vest is a way better fielding pitcher than Tarik Skubal. Whew. #GoTigers

Today on Volts: last year, the residents of Ann Arbor, MI, voted to create a "sustainable energy utility" that operates alongside the investor-owned utility & supplements it with clean energy. This is, AFAIK, the first arrangement of this kind in the world. I talk with its architect & champion.

UN warns 1.5°C global warming threshold likely to be breached by 2029

New FEMA Alert Notifies Public Whenever ‘Twister’ Airing On TNT theonion.com/new-fem...

Some good news (protection for Joshua tree)

Yesterday was Endangered Species Day— Today, we’re fighting for their future. The bad news is Trump’s budget threatens extinction. The good news is we can take action together to fight back. ➡️ (1/8)

Birdsong is vanishing. 83% of North American bird species are in decline. And Trump? He’s gutting the protections meant to save them. 140+ actions to dismantle environmental protections already. Birds are a warning siren. Sound the alarm. Fight back. Read more ⬇️ news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

Some good news.

SCIENCE IS REAL. We shouldn't have to say this, but here we are. Solidarity to all the #standupforscience protestors.

Some good news.

You can’t win. SO WIN.

I hate these people so much

Newborn elephant and its auntie

The Knick >>> The Pitt

Velázquez: Donald Trump did not care a bit about safer communities when he released those who were convicted of beating the shit out of police officers. So, don’t come to us and talk about security and safer communities when you do that

RIP David Lynch. The world will never be the same.

Adam McKay, director of ‘Don't Look Up’: “Make no mistake about it — the fires are directly attributable to climate warming… one party denies declaring a climate emergency, the other delays.”

Detroit Lions strike first!!

Don't destroy their home and wonder why they invade yours. 💚

In addition to being the hottest year, 2024 is also the first year in recorded history to have an average temperature of over 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. www.ipsnews.net/2024/12/2024...

A little humor always helps (my money is on the hippos).

Idiocracy has arrived.