This is the 300-year-old Yew Tree Tunnel at Gormanston Castle in County Meath, Ireland 🇮🇪
Donovan P. German
@dgerman.bsky.social
Professor, at a University in CA. Nutritional physiologist, anything having to do with guts, including the microbiome. Mostly in marine systems. Bassist. Rock+Funk. Gators fan. Posts are my own.
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social is simply 1 of the greatest, most inspirational candidates to emerge in years, running against Ken Paxton, one of the most disgracefully corrupt politicians of all-time. So the Texas GOP responds by doing what comes naturally to them, of course: CHEATING! 🤮
how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me
BREAKING: The House REJECTS a constitutional amendment to keep the Supreme Court locked at 9 justices. Mwuhahahaha www.cbsnews.com/news/house-s...
House rejects GOP constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court to 9 justices
A GOP-proposed constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices failed in the House, coming up well short of the two-thirds majority needed.
cbsnews.com
Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.
This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early. As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.
Elon Musk is planning to spend at least $100 million to help Republicans in this year’s midterms. That’s just 0.014 percent of his current $702 billion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.
The gut group after an amazing and stimulating Gut session at #ICBF2026 in Vancouver! @wilson-jm.bsky.social @dgerman.bsky.social
Moray eel, grouper, and grey reef shark cross paths on the same reef corner. Three apex predators, one tense standoff.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent a public letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell requesting a full update on his health, citing weeks of limited information since McConnell’s June 14 hospitalization. Beshear called for transparency about his ability to serve.
The Trump regime is ramping up its deportation agenda again. ICE quietly arrested 10,000 people in just 5 days last week. There are now 63,000 people in ICE detention, while deaths in detention are at a record high. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/politics/ice-immigrant-arrests-surge.html
BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.
I think JD and I are kind of saying the same thing
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoJD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
Manatee navigated gingerly through Coral City using only one flipper 🥹〰️🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #seapotato #seacow #coralcitycamera
Two of the most important biomedical breakthroughs came from science of the Gila lizard venom (GLP-1s) and yogurt (CRISPR genome editing). "The system that turned that lizard into a medicine is now being dismantled." gift link nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
turns out being deliberately antagonistic towards the people who elected you in order to court people who would under no circumstances ever vote for you is not smart
Blue lobsters are very rare: 1 in 2 million by some estimates. But SPLIT COLOR LOBSTERS are 1 in *50* million. This lobster is a chimera of two fertilized eggs that fused together, with two distinct genomes: male on one side, female on the other. (📷: Woods Hole Science Aquarium/NOAA Fisheries)
Scientists have identified RFK Jr.’s brain worm as Stephanus milleri, a parasitic larva from the Miller tapeworm family. Symptoms include fever dreams of authority, allergic reactions to compassion, and an uncontrollable urge to turn public health into a border-control experiment.
Where’s the uproar about waste, fraud, and abuse now?
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4mo agoNYT Exclusive: The contractor given a no-bid contract to repair the Reflecting Pool is being paid an inflated and excessive profit margin. The typical margin of federal construction contracts is 6-12%. But the firm fixing the pool submitted a bid that charged 20%.
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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The oxygen that keeps us alive comes from natural ecosystems: half on land, half at sea. It's not complicated: we are TOTALLY dependent on the living world. Yet it's still treated as nothing but 'resources', to exploit and destroy for profit.
No one in this regime will face federal criminal accountability unless we reform the Supreme Court first. That's what folks should be running on. That should be the lesson of the Jack Smith prosecutions: it doesn't matter who the AG is.
Truth! Happens all the time. Get something. Want to get it again, nope. They stopped carrying it. Especially with coffee.
Kalvin the Reindeer@kalvinmacleod.bsky.social · 4mo agoCOSTCO: here, try this ME: oh yummy COSTCO: so you like it? ME: yes, it's delicious COSTCO: well, we don’t sell it anymore and you'll never see it again.