Guy who got famous for carrying his corgi in a dog backpack is now helping rescue dogs get adopted by carrying them in a dog backpack. This is Walter. [📹 madmax_fluffyroad] Original post
Galen Colwell
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Outspoken and opinionated. Mother, grandmother and crazy cat lady. A long time Southern California, Laguna Beach Realtor, painter and writer. I enjoy responding to your remarks.
Thanks for speaking up! Tomorrow, there will be even more of us!
David Milarch works to preserve ancient tree genetics through cloning. His team reproduces millennia-old redwoods and distributes clones in different locations to preserve resilient genes and establish populations that can withstand climate change.
I will be signing copies of my new book, The Fix, for online orders at Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor on Saturday. If you’d like a personalized, signed copy, you can use the link below and enter your request in order comments. literatibookstore.com/search
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NEW: North Carolina’s GOP-controlled election board has again denied an on-campus early voting site at the nation’s largest HBCU. The decision came despite student pleas and follows other moves to restrict access for Black and young voters.
North Carolina election board denies voting site at nation’s largest HBCU for second time
With student activists in the front row, the GOP-controlled board rejected student pleas for an on-campus polling place in November’s general election during a Thursday vote.
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"The decision by Trump to dissolve USAID — once the world’s largest humanitarian donor — gutted maternal and neonatal care, decimated nutrition programs for millions of pregnant women and children, and left scores of birthing centers devoid of equipment and medicine..." apnews.com/article/usai...
USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.
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Limeade is a shy 3 y/o boy who’s terrified of the shelter, seeking exit and too fearful to interact. He needs someone who understands his fear, who has the time, patience and love to heal him! Can you be his hero? 🆘 NE Coast Free2foster Vet care covered Queens ACC 261298 🙏SAVE🐶LIMEADE! 🙏Share🙏
💋SassyAss💋Sister🔥🔱ValkyrieQueen🔱❤️🔥🥷Resistance Fighter👊 📎@sassysister27.bsky.social · last wk.❤️ Meet the New Pup! Lieutenant Limeade is intensely fearful, paces and seeks an exit & avoids interaction w/handlers. Underneath the fear is a sweet & affectionate boy searching for someone who understands him 🙏Can you be his hero? NE Coast Shy boy! Free2foster Vet care covered Queens ACC 261298
If you wanted to hear an old-school Republican in Florida Tuesday night, you had to go to a Democratic victory party. David Jolly talked about free markets, lean government and individual liberty. Big tent. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Why David Jolly’s Win Matters Regardless of What Happens In November
Florida remains a steep climb, but his nomination has already shown how a broader pro-democracy coalition can work.
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An elderly woman makes cat accessories and uses her black cat as a model to sell them.
The scaffolding announcement, for instance. Little annoyance but people identified with it instantly: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Mayor Mamdani unveils new rules to remove unnecessary scaffolding across New York City
The 1,400 residents of Highbridge Gardens in the Bronx have been living in the shadows for years. Their day-to-day lives, eclipsed by a network of steel frames and wooden planks.
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In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
When ICE shows up in our neighborhoods, it's crucial that we have a grounded system to channel information, resources, and people to power the local response. We hope you can join tomorrow’s call to learn how to get your community trained up to respond if an ICE surge hits.
Immigrant Justice Summer Call # 4: How to Funnel Support for Immigrant Justice in Your Community · Indivisible
When an ICE surge hits, community support floods in from every direction. Without a system to direct it, that energy scatters. This call trains you on how to build a link tree that functions as your c...
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Please join me and legendary Michigan attorney Marissa Pollick for a conversation about my book, The Fix, at Schuler Books in West Bloomfield on Wednesday, Aug 26. Details here 👇 events.humanitix.com/the-fix-with...
The Fix with Barbara McQuade
Join us in West Bloomfield to celebrate and learn from legal scholar and author of Attack from Within, Barbara McQuade!
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10 ft high ‘Custodia de Enrique de Arfe’ was designed and crafted by the silversmith Enrique de Arfe, it was completed in 1524 and is made of gilded silver and gold (reportedly including some of the first gold brought from the Americas by Christopher Columbus) IG: ars_aedificia ~ Spain
The Blues Brothers Band 😎😎 w/ 'Joliet' Jake Blues and Elwood Blues, aka (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd), Live at SNL in 1978 #blues #harmonica #bluesharp #bluesmusic 🎶'Soul Man'
One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934. MGM loved it, took him on and in 1949 he won an Oscar for ‘Battleground’.
Sen. Darline Graham's performance at a debate brought a fresh round of questioning in South Carolina when she whiffed on a question about Taiwan and acknowledged that she doesn’t know much about national security.
Sen. Darline Graham faces more questions about her qualifications after debate blunder
President Trump is heading to Myrtle Beach on Friday to rally support for Darline Graham, just days before Tuesday’s special GOP primary runoff.
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Does it ever feel like you're in a cage being watched? Well, you are. By Flock cameras, thanks to Mike Rogers.
I woke up this morning thinking about "The Missing" in Argentina. Thousands of people disappeared, abducted, tortured, and killed by their own government. The regime used secret detention centers and "death flights" to erase citizens. Who is keeping track here of the missing? Do they have a list? 😕
Hakeem Jeffries doesn't support Medicare for all. I don't agree with him in the slightest on that score, but I'll sure as hell vote for him and any other Democratic candidate this November. We can sort out policy later. Right now, we have to save the republic before we can do anything else.
Leaf cutter ants do not eat the leaves they harvest. Instead, they carry the pieces down into their underground nests and chew them into a wet mulch. They use this plant compost to grow a special kind of fungus, which serves as the primary food source for the entire colony. IG: @amandolabiologia
A win! A federal judge blocked a land exchange that would have cleared the way for a controversial road through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, protecting one of the country’s vast and ecologically important wild areas. Thank you, Judge Sharon L. Gleason!
This is the 20th hunger strike of this year. 140 people detained in Tacoma’s ICE detention center are protesting inhumane conditions, inadequate medical care, and meals unfit to eat. People shouldn’t have to starve themselves just to be treated with basic human dignity. Shut it down.
Raw beef, late meals spark hunger strike by 140 at Tacoma ICE center
The hunger strike marks the 20th time this year that detainees have used the tool to advocate for better food and medical care, advocates say.
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Huge news for the Seattle community! Beginning this fall, every Seattle Public School student will have access to FREE meals! When students have access to nutritious food, they’re better equipped to learn, grow and thrive!
