This is heartbreaking Dolphins and many other animals have a level of emotional complexity, consciousness and self-awareness equal to or surpassing humans www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/s...
Video: Dolphin Carries Dead Calf in What Experts Call Mourning (Gift Article)
Footage posted by a conservancy group offers an unusual glimpse of a common behavior by dolphins that often goes unobserved.
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A sweet little girl with autism brought her stuffed puppy to the dog show. One of the judges noticed her, came over, and asked if she’d like to show her dog too. What followed was pure magic. Original post
Today in 1944, 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank was arrested with her sister, parents and four others by the Gestapo after hiding for two years inside a building in Amsterdam. (Anne and her sister, Margot, died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.) #EndGenocide #FreePalestine
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You really have to feel for these poor dogs! 😹
The service is happening at St Patrick’s Cathedral at 1.30 pm and can be streamed below. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Glen Hansard's funeral taking place in Dublin
The singer was killed in a motorcycle crash on the outskirts of Dublin, hours after taking part in a trad session at The Wren’s Nest pub
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And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic
Such a great interview....I wish I was a TX voter, he'd get my vote! @jamestalarico.bsky.social
MaddowBlog@maddowblog.bsky.social · 2d ago"Politicians like Ken Paxton, they use those difficult issues to rile people up, to divide us, to distract us in order to win power for themselves." -James Talarico on not taking the bait on trans panic.
This guy is totally classy! A good one! @jamestalarico.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
@symonedsanders.bsky.social @michaelsteele.bsky.social Would she make them a dinner and a play date at the park??? 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
Dreaming Outloud@danastar78.bsky.social · 3d agoAbsolutely! Victims are masters at smoothing things over, hoping to avoid the next incident…especially when children are involved…it is the cycle of violence…escalating with every incident and attempt at peace, especially when there is no accountability for the abuser.
CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)
"Maria" is working in Coachella CA doing maintenance on the lemon trees. She wears thick gloves and sleeves to protect herself against the lemon thorns. She shares, "I will work any job to feed my children." Today Coachella temps are predicted to reach a high of 118°. #WeFeedYou
This was my week of totally moving books! 📚 Both will make you cry and lighten your soul!
Jeanne Gibson, one of the last surviving Rosie the Riveters, died on July 29, 2026. She was 100 Years old. Born in Minneapolis in 1926, she was only 18 when she moved to Seattle to weld U.S. Navy destroyers at Todd Pacific Shipyards. Rest in peace, Jeanne
ROCK 🤘 ON! @michaelsteele.bsky.social @theweeknightmsnbc.bsky.social If it’s 🍊 and smells like 💩 IT’S A tRUMP!! And yes, you can laugh 😂 @symonedsanders.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov
Watch as a little puffer fish makes a beautiful work of art 📽️: BBC documentary
Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
So, let me get this right @maddow.bsky.social tRump petitions SCOTUS to limit or abolish mail-in voting, but didn’t that lazy fat-a$$ 🍊🐖 vote by mail not just weeks ago?!? Am I right??!! Give.Me. A. Break.
Betty White as Rose Nylund: Cringe Oh My
ALT: Betty White as Rose Nylund: Cringe Oh My
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An Alpine ibex perched on the roof of a chalet in the Parc de Merlet near Chamonix, France. They are famous for their extraordinary balance and often climb onto the stone chimneys of chalets in this area to lick minerals or soak up the sun. The background offers a view of the Mont Blanc massif.
I'm happy for him. abc7ny.com/post/former-...
Biden rings the bell after completing course of radiation therapy at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia
Former President Joe Biden has completed his current course of radiation therapy at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, a spokesperson told ABC News on Monday.
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Robert Reich: Trump has another two and a half years, but he’s on his way out. He’ll soon be a cringeworthy irrelevance, a fat lame duck, excrement on the sidewalk of history. There must be a historic repudiation of Trump and his entire disgusting regime. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteBlue2026
7/24/1866 — b. Mary Margaret Bartelme, American lawyer, judge, suffragist. First wmn elected judge of a high court in Illinois, CookCounty Circuit(1923-33). Co-founder,Chicago juvenile court system; heard cases caused by #gov failure to protect girls #womenshistory #womensrights #law #LawSky #PolSky
Bingo 🎯 @maddow.bsky.social has been the beacon of truth for years…spot on with her observations and reporting! We need you, hang in there Ms. Maddow!!
Emma Jayne@bluesky-advocate.bsky.social · 2w agoWatch the Rachel Maddow show, she is brilliant. She tells it how it is and she keeps it real. The Rachel Maddow show airs: Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW Find her on Bluesky @maddow.bsky.social We love you, Rachel. 💙
Dr. Sally Ride passed away on this date in 2012 at the age of 61 of pancreatic cancer. She was the first American woman & the youngest American in space (STS-7 1983) She was on both the Challenger & Columbia committees investigating the crash causes.
