“And the government's staying on heavy foot And they try to keep us all down No they're never gonna keep us all down” I’ve had this on repeat all morning.
Mon Rovîa - Heavy Foot (Official Music Video)
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Veteran editorial cartoonist Christopher Shields. Never give up, never surrender. Into dogs, trees, democracy and wildlife gardening. Oxford-comma skeptical. Join our patriotic bucket brigade! @fightthefire.bsky.social https://fightthefire.substack.com
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
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MEDIA PSA: When you call it the $1.8 Billion “anti-weaponization fund” you’re helping Trump sane-wash it It’s an “insurrectionist slush fund” A “heist” or “theft” from taxpayers A “scheme” to enrich himself When you use his words you aren’t a journalist, you’re a stenographer
The CDC is right. Portals, people. Portals can resolve any plot hole.
TheSnarkTank@thesnarktank.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is not how science works AT ALL.
🗳️We won’t have democracy until we actually ENFORCE antitrust laws. Courts rationalize huge monopolies by using “consumer welfare standard” - they’re illegal only when creating higher prices. Other nasty effects aside, what about a CITIZEN welfare standard? Monopolies control OUR politics and media.
Some good news for the most endangered wolf species on the planet. (Corrupt Republicans and greedy billionaires keep trying to gut the Endangered Species Act. Unlike wolves, those carnivores are invasive, kill for sport and destroy communities.)
Endangered red wolves rebound in NC with four litters of pups born this year • NC Newsline
North Carolina is home to the only wild population of red wolves in the world. It got a little larger this spring.
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I respect the desire to comment on our crisis, and I don’t mean to be a dick, but I’m going to start unfollowing people who use AI to create fake “editorial cartoons.” It’s a slap to a noble art, on life-support since newspapers started collapsing. Support and share the work of actual cartoonists.
“Hard to believe Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA” is one of the best descriptions I’ve heard of the GOP’s vision for America.
Jenn@jennburrill.bsky.social · 3w agoTaco Bell identified the source before the FDA & pulled the lettuce from its stores The FDA didn’t name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves & the FDA still hasn’t issued a recall Hard to believe Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA
Some people think it’s funny, but it’s really orange and runny.
“Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called Social Security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.” — President Harry Truman, 1952
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For all of its bravado, Trump’s rally on the National Mall last week turned out to be the fireworks equivalent of a Magic Snake that won’t light. The only turd-shaped pile of ash on display was Trump himself. Free links and subscriptions.
Trump's 'rally to end all rallies' really should end his rallies
Even the pigeons and panhandlers fell asleep
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Remember, we weren’t always this way. American kings will go the way of bell bottoms and pet rocks. #america250
Federal climate scientists, fired by Trump, saved U.S. climate data and launched their own website, www.climate.us, to provide actual critical data after their NOAA programs were DOGEd. This is why they’re called public servants. www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...
Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump
Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.
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Three-quarters of researchers responding to a “Nature” poll said they were considering taking their big brains to countries that don’t hate science. And Canada is putting out $1B in bait to lure scientists north. Stupid kinda spirals, don’t it, MAGA? www.yahoo.com/news/science...
U.S. scientists are being lured abroad—and they aren't looking back
The organization launched it last April, a few months after the Trump administration began cutting scientific programs in the U.S. The initiative aims to lure foreign researchers to Europe with stable...
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My latest: In the great oval room There was a useless Trump phone And a red-capped buffoon And an AI picture of — Melania jumping over a ballroom And there were three big fools sitting on chairs And two little bottles of Kash’s booze And a pair of too-big shoes... Free links and subscriptions
Goodnight buffoon
*With apologies to Margaret Wise Brown (although she'd despise him too)
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When the Tao is lost, there is goodness. When goodness is lost, there is morality. When morality is lost, there is ritual. Ritual is the husk of true faith, the beginning of chaos. ~ Lao Tzu, from Tao te Ching, Chapter 38
‘Maybe, just maybe, we shouldn’t have let Elon Musk and the cargo-shorts militia cut USAID funding in the first place.’ www.esquire.com/news-politic...
This Deadly Ebola Outbreak Is Almost Entirely Our Fault
Maybe, just maybe, we shouldn’t have let Elon Musk and the cargo-shorts militia cut USAID funding in the first place.
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Which came first, the MAGA or the dumb? 🐓🥚 www.psypost.org/high-iq-men-...
High IQ men tend to be less conservative than their average peers, study finds
Do gifted individuals see the world differently? Research tracking adults over 35 years finds their political orientations are remarkably average, with one specific exception regarding male conservati...
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