Amy Ruberg
@amyruberg.bsky.social
Pax et Bonum Cincinnati/Sarasota Bloom where you are planted
The Heritage Foundation is run by Opus Dei Catholics Kevin Roberts and Roger Severino. More than 50% of the 100 orgs behind Project 2025 were funded by Opus Dei affiliated Leonard Leo. Miss the faith driven politics and you miss the story. jesspiper.substack.com/p/give-them-...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
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One of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. A phenomenal script by Rod Serling & Michael Wilson, helmed by Franklin J. Schaffner & a superb score by Jerry Goldsmith. PLANET OF THE APES (1968) #CharltonHeston #MauriceEvans #KimHunter #RoddyMcDowall
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) Harmony in Yellow, 1927-28, Oil on canvas, 88 × 88 cm Private Collection
4 August 1877 - 7 July 1970 Laura Knight, British (1877-1970), Madonna of the Cotton Fields (Mighty Like a Rose), 1927, oil on canvas, 91.4 x 71.8 cm, private collection
This Leo season, And every season hereafter, I step out of the shadows And Let the Sun Shine on my Face. Every wrinkle, Once hidden scars, Every wound, now wisdom Old pain speaks new purpose. Pages written Meanings once obscured, I understand them now Hear me roar. Happy #Chooseday, friends. 🌱💚📚
Edwin Lopez Cornejo, a young man who was detained at Delaney Hall, died this weekend. He leaves behind a family and community who deserve answers.
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
"What else do we need? We're in an incredible adventure here with God." - Carolyn Forché, (b. 1950)
This got me choked up. Ohio, thank you for this. 🙏🏽 And God bless Viles Dorsainvil, Exec Director of the Haitian Support Center. Haitians aren’t criminals. They were here legally under TPS until Trump stripped those protections. Yet we’re humiliating them by forcing them to wear ankle monitors.
Tonight, peace is a gift for the soul, a gentle bridge between the day's labors and the mind's repose. It reminds us that, just as the ocean never ceases to reach for the land, hope is always moving toward us, ready to carry away our heavy thoughts.
Full Moon Over the Ocean
ALT: Full Moon Over the Ocean
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"It's clear that there's a rampant dumbing down in progress in which not knowing things is considered a virtue. I don't throw my hands up in despair, but I do try to indicate that it's a very serious problem." - Carl Sagan
Can't recommend this book enough! So relevant, so necessary for today.
Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies@palomarskies.bsky.social · 3d agoIt’s time to reread this wonderful book.
#Poetry #Painting #EverdayMagic Nature is not stingy with her miracles We simply forget to look - Sara Sarna 🎨 Lucy Grossmith
Just 10 days 1 hour until the Solar Eclipse begins. My view will start about 90 minutes later. 🔭 🧪 www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/sola...
Total Solar Eclipse on August 12, 2026
Total solar eclipse on Wednesday, August 12, 2026: Where and when is the Sun eclipse visible? Path map, animation, and local times.
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Sure!! 1/3 C oil 1/3 C water 1/3 C vinegar 1/3 C sugar 3 sliced cucumbers, 1 sliced onion, salt and pepper to taste. Chill in mixture in fridge for 3 hours before eating!
The people who falsely accused an Olympian of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are the same people telling you to trust them about the war with Iran
The reason to grow food at home is not really to be self sufficient or even to save a bit of money (I would fail on both counts I suspect), but to hear your five year old shout ‘oh lucky day’ because you’ve picked a bag of green beans, or have them cheer because it’s sweetcorn season.
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.” ~ Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) #Painting, ‘Bordighera’ by Claude Monet, 1884.
The Trump administration has begun removing signage from both Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments following its decision to shrink the monuments.
