Alt: "I took one of those 'I side with' political tests and it said politically I align with those orcas that keep sinking yachts." Background picture of orca breaching almost fully above the waterline with a tree line in the background and sky above. Whole image is tinted aqua blue green.

ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖@rebelb1ue.bsky.social · yesterday

Orcas 2026

it costs us fish to leave

Modesty in the Bible wasn't about how much skin a woman was or wasn't showing on her body. It was about how people would flaunt their wealth and status against the poor, the very people they were exploiting to obtain that wealth. We need to think about that more as a people.

My brain just came up with the phrase "binary continuum" and got stuck there, so I think I'm done for a good while...

@sltrib.com it seems state leaders are uninterested in taking action. Maybe you can do something about that.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3d ago

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.

You know that image of the woman knitting while watching the guillotines work? Also just saw a comment on the incel techbros trying to steal women's power not being ready for gen x/xennial women in perimenopause when the *ready to watch it all burn* mood hits. Just sayin...

It's really something to see how much the world is being shaped by like ten extremely wealthy guys who all happen to be cartoonishly evil, dumb as hell, and complete fucking losers

In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available environmental resources from the web.

The EPA is quietly killing its web archive

Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump's climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.

motherjones.com

Idk who needs to hear this but you literally need to send in your mail ballot *now*

Med rationing has commenced. Consequences have commenced. Grumpiness at entire situation continues and climbs. Resistance (ptsd) to requirements necessary to correct problem starting to lean one direction but still stronger than currently able to overcome.

Katie@looktogod.bsky.social · 3d ago

My Dr, 2 moves ago, put me on a maintenance medicine that has been handling multiple issues. The current new Dr doesn't have time or interest to know about those issues but declared that medicine (and other things) use invalid. That medicine needs renewed and I feel trapped.

BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge has THROWN out the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit against Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson seeking Utah voters' personal info: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah

Judge throws out lawsuit against Lt. Gov. Henderson seeking Utah voters' personal information

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed against Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson seeking access to protected information about Utah voters.

fox13now.com

Oh I didn’t know he had already done ‘evidence gathering’ (ie harassment and intimidation) before. So they truly *truly* know nothing is there, they are absolutely 100% harassing and trying to intimidate for the elections.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 3d ago

fwiw back in 2019, the last time the Trump admin directed federal authorities to comb through Ilhan Omar’s immigration records, they found no evidence of wrongdoing but actual legal wrongdoing is very much not the point of this "investigation" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

I started with 3 small aloe plants maybe 10 years ago? I think one died. They've had babies since then. I keep trying to offer some to people, but I don't really know any fellow plant people. I had a vague idea they might be useful, but mostly they're just there. I enjoy watching the wildness, tho.

My Dr, 2 moves ago, put me on a maintenance medicine that has been handling multiple issues. The current new Dr doesn't have time or interest to know about those issues but declared that medicine (and other things) use invalid. That medicine needs renewed and I feel trapped.

Meet Oscar. 🐕 Oscar is not always a very good boy. On the internet, we have a lot of Oscars, and they are barking really loud this time of year. When you bark back, the people who made Oscar win.

How does one choose between 2 bad options?

I think it should be a larger mainstream story that every American should be aware of that abortion was only made an issue because it had become a political liability to be racist out loud.

Specifically, it arose when segregation failed in the courts. Doing a websearch on segregation and abortion will give you a great starting point. For instance, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There’s a straight line from US racial segregation to the anti-abortion movement | Randall Balmer

Leaders of the religious right would have us believe that Roe v Wade mobilized apolitical Christians. The real story is very different

theguardian.com

This is a famous Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) in its autumn colors, located in the Portland Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon (USA). The tree is a popular subject for landscape photographers. The photographer behind this particular shot is the American landscape photographer Mike Putnam.

It's always frustrating watching shows where different writers maintain distinctly different character profiles for the same characters. One writes her as feisty & intelligent, another writes her as diffident & dim. One writes a group as finally working out issues, another has them always at odds.

sociopaths have this skill innately.) So when I see reels like this one, after my eyes widen at how foolish folks are, my jaw drops at how masterfully their own ignorance has been exploited & *leveraged* to convince them that their only safety is in the arms of policy makers who will abuse them.

Psych🧵: I'm always fascinated by how well the GOP is able to take advantage of their constituents' ignorance about how things work to fuel paranoia & a victim/resentment mindset. In this clip from the Good Liars, a woman explains that hurricanes are deliberately... www.facebook.com/share/r/1YrN...

it's all patriarchy. patriarchy is about control, ownership, and subjugation of women. but it's also about control, ownership and subjugation of children.

Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 7d ago

the mechanism here is the same as with the trans moral panic. mainstream outlets cater to aging cishet adults who eagerly consume news about how they are the real victims threatened by the youngs.

It’s one reason incumbents have such advantages—over time, they can get real help for enough constituents that through word of mouth people decide to support them regardless of their politics.

Very notably, Democrats and Republicans have gotten the primary boot because of this exact stuff. Nothing to do with policy. Just horrible constituent services.

People think the job of a senator is to go on TV or post on Instagram all the time. But the easiest way to get re-elected is to do stuff like help farmers with their aid, help grandmas with their Social Security checks or a Marine with his VA complaint.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

"After weighing these factors, Paulk has decided for the first time in his life to cast a ballot for a Democrat -- Ossoff. He doesn't agree with him on all issues -- notably, abortion -- but it's Ossoff's help in getting federal aid after Helene wreaked havoc on Paulk's grape crop that won his vote"

Getting to an appointment rescheduled bc of rain (rain & motor chairs don't mix) and discovering the elevator is out of order. 🤦‍♀️

"... when politicians won't act, the people can." Phrase on a political ad regarding a ballot issue to inform the public. But this bit says so much in such a short phrase. I think we all need to remember it.

I’ve been humming this song all day.

Ironic isn't it, that the 2 elections trump allegedly won were held while a Democrat was in the White House, and the one he lost was while he was 'president' !