This photo is heavily cropped, but I wanted to share because the little heart next to this Belted Kingfisher's beak is just so cute. 🤍
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Retired. Parront. 🦜 Bitter and sarcastic, sore, old, cranky AF. WBL Minnesota I create typography, covers, and beautifully formatted books for print and screens. NO AI I block a lot. I delete a lot, too.
Y'all think Kamala Harris would have signed an executive order to spread vaccine misinformation, make it harder & more expensive for parents to get kids vaccinated, and create more red tape at the doctor's office/insurance companies? Don't even get me started on the tainted ass food supply.
Raymond Everybody
ALT: Raymond Everybody
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#StayReadyCrew I'm not going to sugarcoat this. I never do. I've been saying for months that we're probably heading towards some rough times & this pretty much confirms it. There's NO WAY our economy can withstand 2.5 years of this & come out unscathed. Don't panic but damn sure prepare.
The tail end of a female red-shafted northern flicker. Typically the flickers don't get in the birdbath so it's always a treat to see them splashing around. #birds
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird sips nectar from Salvia at a local botanical garden.
These men and women signed up to serve their country. The least their country owes them is hot water, a working toilet, and a real meal. Hegseth cannot even manage that, and he has the nerve to look their families in the eye and call them liars.
It’s been a week since a dozen military families shared what their loved ones are enduring aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Moldy showers, broken toilets, laundry down for weeks, long stretches with no hot water, a meal that came down to half a cup of rice and two tortillas.
I am calling Roger Wicker and raising hell. This is ridiculous. I haven't heard of such shit in the modern Navy. NEVER. Its that damn illegal ass war.
Mike Levin@mikelevin.org · 9h agoIt’s been a week since a dozen military families shared what their loved ones are enduring aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Moldy showers, broken toilets, laundry down for weeks, long stretches with no hot water, a meal that came down to half a cup of rice and two tortillas.
If we have a midterm Election Day, we need ethnic diversity. If we can, it’s time for diverse eyes and diverse minds. Full stop.
A federal judge has dismissed on procedural grounds a Department of Justice lawsuit against Minneapolis Public Schools’ policy aimed at retaining teachers of color. By @bzosiad.bsky.social
Judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over MPS protections for teachers of color
A federal judge has dismissed on procedural grounds a Department of Justice lawsuit against Minneapolis Public Schools’ policy aimed at retaining teachers of color.
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It's CANDY HEART GRAPE season! oh boy!!! I wait all year for this. Candy Hearts are awesome
#Booksky This is your reminder that in person vending is a helluva lot of work. And that an event can be pleasant and still not cover all the costs associated w/ it. In other news: I hurt a fair amount & am quite tired. Buy a delightful/exciting/fun queer book from us today? queenofswordspress.com
That the minimum wage in every state is not $25 an hour, but corporations always have a reason to raise prices with excuses why the can’t pay you with record profits, lets you how powerful division and misinformation are. We should be united for fair and equal treatment every day!
🎨 Austin folks, August 17th, if you wanna get creative and go swimming w/Lilith Fund crew and your Birdy fren (me): RSVP here: secure.everyaction.com/Qn_aOrt_Uk6f... @amirtalai.bsky.social | #volunteer #humanrights
Avoid Taylor Farms (and not just bc they paid the Trump admin to stay quiet abt their tainted lettuce).
Miss Aja@brat2381.bsky.social · yesterday🚨Heads up #StayReadyCrew I swear to goodness I don't always go looking for stuff like this on purpose😭 I found this because I was trying to tell my friend about avocados. Sigh...at it to the list #StayReadyCrew. Are people still buying Taylor Farms anything? wmbdradio.com/2026/08/09/t...
Human rights groups warn these are not ordinary migrant workers: DPRK authorities reportedly confiscate their documents, restrict movement and communication, closely monitor them and take a portion of their earnings.
Brigades of North Korean female workers are arriving in Russia to work on assembly lines, in garment factories and kitchens, and on farms — with promised wages starting at 480 rubles ($6) an hour. 🧵
🚨Heads up #StayReadyCrew I swear to goodness I don't always go looking for stuff like this on purpose😭 I found this because I was trying to tell my friend about avocados. Sigh...at it to the list #StayReadyCrew. Are people still buying Taylor Farms anything? wmbdradio.com/2026/08/09/t...
Taylor Farms pulls salsa and guacamole over salmonella concerns, Bloomberg News reports
Aug 9 (Reuters) - Taylor Farms is pulling more than a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including salsas and guacamole, from retailers due to concerns over salmonella, Bloomb...
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🚨🧵 This article talks about the new and current list of tainted Taylor Farms products that are not lettuce. www.foodpoisonjournal.com/food-poisoni...
Taylor Farms Has Now Recalled Twenty Grocery Store Items Made with the Outbreak Jalapeños.
Yesterday I wrote here about the eighteen meat and poultry products USDA named in a public health alert, fourteen of which came out of four
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#StayReadyCrew 🧵🚨 Stop. Eating. & Buying. Taylor. Farms. Anything. Seriously...there's too much going on & it's not worth the risk. And please remember Taylor Farms sells their products under store brands and other name brands. Be vigilant or cook your produce. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk
Taylor Farms on Sunday said it was recalling more than a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including salsas and guacamole, from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella conta...
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Just happened to look out the living room window and there, investigating a fuschia we have hanging on a shepherd's hook--- A HUMMINGBIRD Don't know the details because I just saw the shape with the light in back of it but it def. was bird and not sphinx moth. Rare sighting here. Happy.
Republicans love socialism as long as it enriches them and the 1% that owns them...
Irreversible Binomial G@gpatrick.bsky.social · yesterdayFor those keeping score.
Funny how I can make some meat Sis really likes and it lasts a few days. And then I slice/bake 3 blocks of tofu with a spice rub or a spicy sauce and it can be GONE within a day before I've even had 3 or 4 pieces of it. Good thing we like tofu and it's relatively cheap compared to meat
And actually does the job she was elected to do…gets bills written, supported and PASSED! Meanwhile, show pony just steps to the cameras.
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it's Candy Love@candylovely.bsky.social · 2d agoLauren Underwood is a registered nurse and policy expert and U.S House of Representative and very accomplished. So why do the media keeps pushing unqualified ignorant fool like AOC as some" serious person to lead the Democratic Party?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a nationwide recall of certain lots of medications used to treat joint problems in dogs and horses after glass fibers were discovered in product samples. #HorsePeople #DogPeople #MedRecall #FDARecall #Dog #Horse
FDA issues nationwide recall of dog medications after glass fibers found
The affected products were distributed to veterinarians and wholesalers across the United States between May 2024 and January 2026.
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#earworm THE DREAM It's a great one. The great jazz fusion band The Yellowjackets, live, with Michael Franks singing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai-q...
Yellowjackets The Dream
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