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four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better

One of my former students just witnessed this on Orange Line in the DC Metro - ICE/HSI abducting someone from the platform of Stadium-Armory. She was scared. She didn’t know what to do. She shouted “ICE is here!” to warn others. I’m proud she did that. And she bore witness.

Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...

I'm kinda sad the Dungeon Crawler Carl didn't do it for me. Most people I know love it and it seems like they have a lot of fun with it. I'm glad they do… Though I occasionally feel slightly left out 😅

"Perhaps more concerningly, the TVs were capable of recording microphone audio when in standby; this continued even after the TV was disconnected from the internet, with audio files stored offline and uploaded once a connection was restored."

Someone on Nextdoor reported not just the post but my ENTIRE ACCOUNT because I posted a link to a list of police surveillance devices in my town. Pulled from a public website, I might add. WTF is wrong with people? Come on, I need ND to get rid of my excess cat food and paper bags 😆

` 60+ Cherry Trees were cut down in DC to make way for a golf course for Trump. This act violated a court order. They did it anyway because the law doesn’t apply to this administration. These trees were gifted to the American people by Japan in 1912. More destruction by a criminal government.

NEW: A Florida grand jury finds the DeSantis Administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer funds when it diverted the money to the Casey DeSantis’-related nonprofit, Hope Florida Foundation. I track the money flow in this outrageous corruption and grift! youtu.be/JDOh1GUZrfs?...

“How will we ever replace them?” FUND. THE. ARTS.

Another hard hit to take. Yes, the music was wonderful and I loved her in movies as a kid. But the older I got, the more I appreciated what a smart, frank, no-nonsense advocate she was for women's rights, self-determination in any form, and plain old kindness to others. What a legend.

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

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I really loathe the trope of hating you spouse. I grew up with it in a lot of media (80s-90s), and I think that trope has done damage to our relationship expectations 🤨

Certified Jewish person here, this is Nazi shit. It’s unambiguous.

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Don’t trust “the cloud”. They are not clouds! They are corporations! gizmodo.com/pbs-station-...

Oh FFS 🤦‍♀️

If moopsy was in your car, it's already too late.

this is why we cant have nice things pay your artists, pay your craftsmen

There will be Hell Toupée.

If they're not reading them, how do they know they don't like the themes? 🤔🤣 It surely has nothing to do with a woman's name on the front 🤔 That would be silly.

The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades. (Published Oct. 2024)

Don't threaten me with a good time 😂

I hadn't considered that 🤔

This grifting POS has no shame and, apparently, our country has no appetite to show we have a spine or any morals. WTF America, is there no limit to what we will accept from this fuckwad?! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump wants to put tariffs on Canada for… having wildfires. WTF is wrong with you? You know what, don't answer that. Just put this fucking guy in a playroom White House and let him scream into the void like no one has ever seen before, and put an actual reasonable adult behind the desk. 🖕🖕🖕

"Justa" harvests carrot in Tehachapi CA. "We work in teams. We're paid $3.05/box. If the team harvests 100 boxes it's divided between the team. It's very hard work. We work on our knees. With the recent high temps it is unbearable, but it is how I support my family." #WeFeedYou

That episode of Game Changer made me feel insane. Man, I wish I had taken a edible before that 🤣

I'm more of an en dash girl, but AI can take our dashes away over my cold, dead – death by paper cut – body.

This summer's record-setting heat wave is making wildfires in states like Colorado and Utah even worse. And to top it off, private equity investors are even price-gouging firefighters.

Re that last skeet: Vote! Vote in every single election at every single level. It's not the only way to change things, but it's one we can all do ❤️

Elon Musk’s DOGE cut the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program, which cost $15 million. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1 billion to combat the screwworm outbreak. Never forget how destructive and downright stupid DOGE was.

Trump is so fucking shitty and stupid that he can't even pick a paint color right. His idiotic "American flag blue" paint has turned the reflecting pool green with algae. Good thing we only spent $14M on it.

Everyone complains about how inefficient California is, and then acts shocked when the state is inefficient 🤣

There are so, so many things wrong with him and this is by no means even the worst thing about him, but… How are they okay with his arrogance? It's just so bad, fucking Disney villain shit. And the base… what, LIKES it?

Why are there so many hot people in these books??? 😭