We went to an apple orchard today for some fall fun!! Lots of people and animals were successfully cheeped at, including a gaggle of adorable puppies from a local rescue. I didn't get many pictures since I had to wrangle a bird, but a successful venture overall. #cockatiel
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Proud bird Momma. tiels: Fergie(RIP 6/20/23), Fosse,sith budges Mort (RIP 2/22/13), Alex P Keet (RIP 12/14/17), Jedi budgie Rollie 'bubbles' Toes (RIP 3/16/19)
I keep them where I need them the most. -Homer- The only Simpsons episode to still make me tear up.
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How am I supposed to work under these conditions?!? (there is a little birdie who wants to be petted)
When you’re having a tough day, cute birds are excellent medicine 🐥💗
This has to be an 8th Amendment violation. Don't forget that everyone in the US, even visitors, are protected by the Constitution.
Recently unearthed records show that, in one set of trials carried out by the US Army, the electric shock gloves caused “overwhelmingly immediate” pain to soldiers in a mock forced cell extraction scenario, who then reported that “just seeing the glove” frightened them into obedience.
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
Chester's telling spooky stories again. This one is about the millet stealing monster.
I first hand-embroidered 'Best'... Then I took out the stitches for the 'B' and hand-embroidered an 'N' because I thought it was a pun too good to pass up... #art #birds #oc #embroidery #watercolor #nature #funny #pigeons
This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.
My flock of Bantams this morning enjoying their morning treat tray. Dominques, Mille Fleurs, Buff Brahmas, a Rhode Island Red and a few Seabright x's. The 2 roosters are both Mille Fleurs.
In 1999, Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson brought a challenge to the Supreme Court, which ruled in their favor and agreed that people with disabilities have a right to live outside the walls of asylums, state hospitals and nursing homes. More than two decades later, that right is under threat.
The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise
Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat.
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Nebraska Democratic party: "No American president should talk about American cities being wiped out as a rally applause line, and no one who calls himself a patriot should stand next to him while he does it. Pete Ricketts and Jim Pillen did"
Trump is declining international election monitors in the United States for first time in over two decades, aligning the country with Russia. Trump will instead deploy his own election monitors to polling sites across the country. www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
Good news from the Badlands! Today, October 6, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a Lakota nonprofit based on the Pine Ridge Reservation, plans to return 50 bison to nearly 40,000 acres in the Stronghold area of Badlands National Park.
Lakota nonprofit returning bison to 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park to restore native prairie
Thunder Valley CDC will release 50 bison across 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park on Oct. 6, restoring native prairie ecology and Lakota stewardship.
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A link to a database of U.S. citizens who have been detained.
12/ We spent months compiling every case we could find of immigration agents detaining Americans. We did it because the government hasn't. And now, we're sharing every one of those cases with you. Explore our database: propub.li/4egbSK2
Abdul El-Sayed on Fox News: "I think about MLK. He said this thing I always think about -- 'If your coalition is not uncomfortable, it's not big enough.' A lot of people wonder why I'm having this conversation with you. It's because there are people out there who I want to have a conversation with."
If you have a few minutes today, please submit a comment opposing the elimination of the Roadless Rule. Tomorrow, October 6, is the deadline. Tell the Forest Service why protecting our forests matters to you. Submit your comment: www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-20...
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