Going back longer than we care to count, @itspetergabriel.bsky.social has been one of our favourite artists, and he is still creating beautiful new music. Enjoy a solo classic on your Wednesday aft. #DiggingInTheDirt #LiveForLiveMusic
States with the lowest literacy rates shouldn’t be banning books, they should be reading them
Exploring the waterfalls in the Taylor Creek Canyon in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for #WaterfallWednesday! See this and other waterfall adventures on the Remote Workforce Keweenaw YouTube channel's U.P. Waterfalls playlist at youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Good morning! Start the day with a buzz. A bee's bum is the gift that keeps giving. 😉😂🐝
The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful
SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
#PA07 No wonder dozens of labor unions are rallying around retired firefighter Bob Brooks. He’s a blue-collar union guy who has won benefits & better healthcare for his members. His opponent Ryan McKenzie is one of the most anti-worker congressman in DC. #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
A former neo-Nazi selected by the Conservatives to fight a council election next year has pulled out after a backlash against his candidacy.
Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate
It follows a backlash against the party's decision to pick Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a council candidate in Somerset.
bbc.co.uk
One agency of government fining another, simply transferring our tax $ around hardly seems like an adequate & motivational penalty If you really wish to have any impact start locking up violators! That would be the appropriate dispensation.
ICYMI last night, DHS is currently being fined every day for contempt of court until it coughs up the cell phone records of officers involved in immigration stops in L.A. last year that looked like racial profiling rather than reasonable cause. short thread -->
ICYMI last night, DHS is currently being fined every day for contempt of court until it coughs up the cell phone records of officers involved in immigration stops in L.A. last year that looked like racial profiling rather than reasonable cause. short thread -->
Fed. judge holds DHS in civil contempt of court for refusing "intentionally and not in good faith" to provide plaintiffs with phone images they intend to use to prove DHS was racially profiling people arrested in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion. Order from July 28, unsealed today.
UFC Parent Company Lost $30M on White House Fight ground.news/article/trum...
UFC Parent Company Lost $30M on White House Fight
An executive from TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of the UFC, said Monday the firm lost roughly $30 million from its June event at the White House. “With regards to UFC Freedom 250, we incurred...
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It’s bad. Ukraine is still effectively hitting both inside Russia and occupied Crimea almost daily, but Putin (as usual) is targeting population centers instead of legitimate military targets.
The highest-resolution images ever captured of the sun are giving astronomers their clearest look yet at the forces shaping the closest star, revealing a phenomenon never before seen on its surface. www.courthousenews.com/a-sharper-lo...
A sharper look at the sun reveals a missing piece of the puzzle
The newly observed plasma swirls resemble patterns seen in Earth's clouds and oceans, and may improve computer models of solar activity.
courthousenews.com
Whales travel thousands of miles across the world's oceans every year, facing numerous dangers: ship strikes, ghost nets, underwater noise, plastic pollution, and climate change threaten many whale populations worldwide. Every whale counts—because healthy oceans need healthy whale populations.
Humpback Whale Breaching - Onthe12thfloor
ALT: Humpback Whale Breaching - Onthe12thfloor
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Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
A civilian medical plane went down after an experimental US military GPS jamming test reportedly disrupted its radar. Every person aboard lost their life. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
Morning Kitten and Friend (Noticing a lot of cat/deer friendships blossoming lately)
Indonesian teen slept in his fishing trap when it broke loose and swept him out to sea. He survived 49 days on raw fish and rainwater wrung from his soaked clothes until a cargo ship spotted him.
Polymarket has millions of dollars in wildfire-related bets & more than $1M in beds were placed on the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires! DESPICABLE! THE PREDICTION MARKET PROMOTES THE OBSTRUCTION FIREFIGHTERS OR FOLKS TO GO OUT AND COMMIT ARSON! It's absolutely nuts!
There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...