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Cats, bats, corvids, coffee
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Happy Thursday free thinkers in the sky that's blue. As a bad birder, one of the things I love about trying to follow Rob and Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme is it forces me to learn. Today's is #Songbirds and I now know cardinals fit the ... bill ... and the beak 🐦🦉

#Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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US Congress voted 285–98 to condemn "socialism." 88 Democrats joined Republicans, including Hakeem Jeffries.

What they mean by socialism is your access to healthcare, housing, safety regulations, and anything that benefits you instead of the oligarchy. There has been no vote to condemn fascism. #3E
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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This is what cowardice and complying in advance looks like. Notice members from both parties are on this list. If you aren't actively fighting Trump whose side are you actually on?
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Though it has been a full summer of herons, this one is my favorite
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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I count 49 news headlines on the NYT mobile app home page right now, not including opinion, sports or cooking. None of them are about the massive protests yesterday.
June 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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We see what they’re doing. They’re baiting us, trying to provoke violence to justify a crackdown. Don’t give them the footage they want. Every broken window becomes propaganda in their hands. Stay sharp. Stay united. We’re here to fight for justice, not feed their narrative.
June 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My Happy Hour crew
May 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
So many greens out in Patterson Park today
May 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10
May 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A good reminder to check out @thamesstreetnightherons in person, soon
May 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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1) USPS did not lose $3.3b. It provided a service that cost $3.3b. *The Pentagon* loses you money, however, every time it accidentally yeets a fighter jet off the deck of a carrier
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service posted a net loss of $3.3 billion in this fiscal year’s second quarter mainly due to “significant challenges out of our control,” including workers’ compensation costs, Luke Grossmann, USPS chief financial officer, said at the open session of the governing board meeting
May 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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A 98 year old World War 2 veteran, returned to his tank to destroy one last Nazi car. He has a message for Elon Musk, Tesla, Putin, Trump and the international regressive movement.

We crushed fascism before, and we'll crush it again, so let's go shall we? #3E #teslatakedown
May 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I wish I had a tiara to leave here
May 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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I don't see it on YouTube, but John Oliver did a segment about wackiness in minor league baseball, which included how one team rebranded as the Rocket City Trash Pandas. They were hesitant to put "trash" in the team name, but then they sold $2.3 million worth of merch before even playing a game.
May 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I just want to sit by the water, and watch the Kinetic Sculpture Race
Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race: 2025 Kinetic Spectator’s Guide
The Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race--an annual race of human-powered amphibious sculptures.
www.kineticbaltimore.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
President Trump posting an image of himself as Pope. We aren't a serious country, and he's not a mentally well man.
May 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
May 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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This is a gut punch. One of the very best of humanity and a person who was so important to me and so many others. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Jill Sobule, Singer-Songwriter of Groundbreaking 1995 Song ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Killed in House Fire
Jill Sobule, whose 1995 hit 'I Kissed a Girl' is considered the first openly gay-themed song to crack the Billboard Top 20, died in a fire Thursday.
variety.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
April 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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If you’re attending the White House Correspondents Association dinner tonight, be sure to come prepared with a joke about the toddler cancer patient they just disappeared despite her being a citizen.

Otherwise it’s going to be awkward when you’re mugging for photos with Stephen Miller.
April 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
jfc
Wearing a bright blue suit, texting, and then sleeping at Pope Francis’s funeral. What an embarrassing mess.
April 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Do not obey in advance to a wildly unpopular one term president who is currently fighting wars on multiple fronts for seemingly no reason
Let's wake up. He's REALLY unpopular for this early in a term or really ever. President's this unpopular are already losing. Power becomes harder to assert when your power is fading.
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM