Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday How to live a joyful life: Go do something fun for yourself. And then go do something nice for someone else. Repeat as needed. ❤️

York was arrested Sunday at an Ohio trailer park after apparently attempting to meet with who he believed was a prostitute.

49ers Owner Jed York Used Fake Name When Contacting Prostitution Ad Before Trailer Park Arrest

York was arrested Sunday at an Ohio trailer park after apparently attempting to meet with who he believed was a prostitute.

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Edward Hopper (American, 1882-1967) The Dory, 1929 Opaque watercolor over graphite on paper, 35.24 x 50.96 cm. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, US

Donate here (took me a couple tries — seems a bit overloaded at the moment): imaginationlibrary.com

Yesterday I tested positive for COVID, after spending a couple of days thinking it was hay fever and then realizing it wasn't. Largely due to the expertise and decades of hard work by this man, I am at home, in decent shape and not going to end up dead or in the hospital. Thank you, Dr. Fauci.

Now you can boycott businesses that contract with ICE. theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...

Deportation Dollars: ICE Contracts With More Than 1,000 Businesses Across the U.S.

The Appeal’s investigation found contracts in nearly every state. Find out if your local businesses are working with ICE.

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Rest in Peace. The more you learn about what Dolly did, and stood for, her vocal LGBTQIA+ allyship, her philanthropy, the more you can't help but admire her. She's one of the examples of what you can do if you're influential and wealthy. And shames those who have far more than she did and don't.

People Magazine @people.com · 13h ago

🔗: bit.ly/4qC1fWV Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her nephew revealed the news in a Aug. 25 Instagram video. 📷: Getty

Dolly Parton has left us at age 80. 😓 Her Imagination Library gave away more than 300 Million free books to children — all funded by her lifetime of work. Live a life so that the children you educated mourn & remember you when you depart. Sending my love to her family.

Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.

Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)

The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”

nytimes.com

IRAN HAS TOLD NEGOTIATORS THAT THE U.S. MUST CORRECT ITS ERRORS AND RETURN TO ITS COMMITMENTS IF IT WANTS A REOPENING OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER GHARIBABADI TELLS STATE TV

Oh no. She was one of the best people. Just a truly wonderful light on this planet who did so much good.

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 12h ago

Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...

Then, we got action in DC. Democratic Party orgs sued earlier to challenge Trump's EO, but got knocked back at the district court and DC Circuit on the grounds that it wasn't ripe. The Dems now want to file an amended complaint re: the USPS rule (among other things) assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

Next, the judge in Boston entered an order on an issue that came up before SCOTUS ruled: whether USPS issuing the final rule violated her injunction. It did, she said, but she said she wouldn't order any penalty besides "identifying the violation" assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

Today, voting rights orgs that won the nationwide injunction filed papers opposing DOJ's request to vacate it. *And* they said they plan to file an amended complaint + temporary restraining order motion tomorrow aimed at the USPS final rule assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

The justices lifted an injunction blocking Trump's EO in 23 states + DC, but didn't directly address a nationwide injunction in a different case. Hours after the SCOTUS order came down, DOJ asked the Boston judge to toss that block, and said they'll appeal asap if not assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

Yesterday's SCOTUS order gave Trump a boost in his push to add hurdles to mail-in voting ahead of the midterms, but was by no means the last word. It immediately kicked off a bunch of new legal wrangling. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Here's what's happened in the last 24 hours (so far):

Trump’s Supreme Court Win on Mail Voting Leaves Legal Mess

The US Supreme Court delivered a jolt to the impending midterm elections by reviving President Donald Trump’s push to restrict mail-in voting while creating a tangle of new legal and logistical questi...

bloomberg.com

NEW: The US Supreme Court delivered a jolt to the impending midterm elections -- reviving (but not definitively ruling on) President Trump’s push to restrict mail-in voting while creating a tangle of new legal and logistical questions as many states prepare to start sending ballots buff.ly/CNHjYpG

A message from the family of Dolly Parton

WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumer confidence falls in August as ongoing conflict in Iran keeps gas prices steadily above $4 a gallon. @apnews.com #ConfBd

📸 Vincent van Gogh Calle de pueblo en Auvers(1890)

Up, then down go Northern California temperatures. Check to see how long this pleasant cooldown could last>>https://www.kcra.com/article/northern-california-evening-forecast-aug-24-2026/73515693 

Trump: "The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

Wassily Kandinsky Marrón Profundo (1924)

According to CBS News, CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow today for meetings with Russian officials, according to sources cited by the network.

Friends, I recently shared the story of 3 kids who lost their mum My son's fellow serviceman Volodymyr is raising them alone I want to buy them clothes before Sept. 1 My expenses are high (+4 cats, endless medical appointments for my son) If you could join in, it would be very helpful right now 🙏

Xenta@xenta.bsky.social · 2w ago

Slow down. Give yourself space to breathe & process. That pressure you're feeling, to "prove" that everything is "fine" & you can "handle" things by keeping up that pace, is Trauma Brain & hustle culture f*cking w/ you-- but they do not care about your quality of life.

CPTSD can sometimes come out in very specific anxieties, such as driving or even swallowing food. It's connected to how deeply unsafe we were made to feel over time-- & how we we had to "stuff" that feeling of unsafely to "function," so it ends up coming out sideways.

In trauma recovery we have to give up certain fantasies about what life was going to be or feel like, & that can be hard. But turning toward what we actually, realistically have to work w/ & what can sustainably create in our real life is truly more empowering than ANY fantasy.

You developing a recovery philosophy & identity is going to confuse people in your life who themselves feel yanked around by their moods & circumstances. They will try to convince you you have to feel as helpless & sh*tty as they do. Do not bite. You're done w/ that.

There will absolutely be people who feel abandoned by you as you work your recovery & level up in your life-- & that sucks, but you can't put your recovery on "pause" for their comfort. Your healing is going to activate wounds in them that only they-- not you-- can heal.