amtrak dynamic pricing is just ... well it's not highway robbery because trains but good LORD
I am on the way back to DC and Amtrak canceled my train. They have crammed us onto buses; but since I follow @musicologyduck.bsky.social I am freaking out!!
This is random, but I wanted to extend my gratitude to Democratic Congresswoman Joyce Beatty for her tireless effort in protecting the Kennedy Center from being fully destroyed by a vindictive jealous petty classless criminal. 💙👊
The Imani 5 Imani turned 5 this year! Your consideration of a $5 donation to the Chicago Piping Plover Fund in his honor is appreciated. Your charitable contribution supports the human and other resources needed for monitor management and education outreach. 📸: Denise Poloyac
This is a wildly random internet flare, but, do I have any connections in Iowa City? And if so, do any of you have someone local you trust for odd jobs? Looking to hire someone quickly for some easy tasks on behalf of my mother. Thanks in advance.
Be the first among thousands to say it loud: Our remaining forests in the Amazon & Congo MUST be protected. This is not charity. This is survival. Like, comment & repost if you stand for forests, for climate, for future.
Voted! Minnesota: You can vote now or cast your ballot by August 11.
The little exhibit for 250 in the Smithsonian Castle is breathtaking
If this administration can find a tarp large enough to cover Iran they will be unstoppable 🙄
DJ Andy Chanley dedicated today's 93XRT Freeform at Four to the naming of the city's piping plover chicks! 93XRT Chicago Piping Plovers Playlist Worthy ~ Mavis Staples Rain Falls ~ Frankie Knuckles featuring Lisa Michaelis Enough ~ Jeff Tweedy Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues ~ Buddy Guy
I know people like them but these fighter jet flyovers need to get f***ed. 2 panic attacks triggered.
Jollly Good Ginger @jollygoodginger.bsky.social linktr.ee/jolly_good_g... 1/2 Major Jason P. Watson
I thought my patio tomatoes were a failure because they split (uneven watering), but the mockingbirds seem to love them anyway. Happy summer, little guys.
one Congresscritter sighting but I’m not actually sure which one it is off the top of my head which is rare for me but maybe it’s the cool shades
Meet Buddy, Frankie, Mavis, and Tweedy! Today, each of your 2026 Chicago Piping Plover chicks received their unique leg bands and along with them their name. Here are the names and leg band combinations. 1/3
Entomologist heaven . Out of all the things humanity has invented . Nature still has us beat by far . 😍
Still thinking about this Octavia Butler interview and why I believe more engagement from artists, journalists etc would be so important in helping people understand what’s happening and how to emotionally handle it all.
One of the more disturbing parts of living in America through climate breakdown is how little I hear people talk about what this means for children and what they’re likely to experience in their lifetime.
Mr Cardinal gets a few last bites of natural grape jelly before calling it a day. #birds
Two fighter jets just flew fast fast directly north over DC. WTF?
The saddest casualty in what is shaping up to be a very slowly unfolding, completely unnecessary and unsatisfying US civil war.
Hopefully not suspicious activity at the Kennedy Center. But I will be completely unsurprised if valuable art is being looted as we speak.
Just heard Rahm Emanuel’s stump pitch. Please USA just don’t.
🌈 Yes, the rumors are true. Your favorite library will be making a fabulously loud, unapologetically colorful appearance at the Pride Parade this Saturday.
The people inside the Adelanto concentration camp are asking for help.
i guess i have to delete this now
become ungovernable