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For #ArtAdventCalendar day 10 evening...
It's starting to get quite cold here...not cold enough to make ice bubbles quite yet but here's some from 2017.
Music by @fiddlehead.earthskyart.ca
It's starting to get quite cold here...not cold enough to make ice bubbles quite yet but here's some from 2017.
Music by @fiddlehead.earthskyart.ca
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
For #ArtAdventCalendar day 10 evening...
It's starting to get quite cold here...not cold enough to make ice bubbles quite yet but here's some from 2017.
Music by @fiddlehead.earthskyart.ca
It's starting to get quite cold here...not cold enough to make ice bubbles quite yet but here's some from 2017.
Music by @fiddlehead.earthskyart.ca
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🚨Arresting US citizens who have not broken any laws is now acceptable practice in the United States of America. The only thing worse than being ICE is pretending that you don’t see what is happening to our neighbors. She isn’t a hero, she’s an American. 🇺🇸
December 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚨Arresting US citizens who have not broken any laws is now acceptable practice in the United States of America. The only thing worse than being ICE is pretending that you don’t see what is happening to our neighbors. She isn’t a hero, she’s an American. 🇺🇸
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I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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#OTD in 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a #Nobel Prize (#Physics).
AND
#OTD in 1935, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.
They're the only mother–daughter pair to have both won Nobel Prizes. #WomenInSTEM
AND
#OTD in 1935, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.
They're the only mother–daughter pair to have both won Nobel Prizes. #WomenInSTEM
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
#OTD in 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a #Nobel Prize (#Physics).
AND
#OTD in 1935, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.
They're the only mother–daughter pair to have both won Nobel Prizes. #WomenInSTEM
AND
#OTD in 1935, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.
They're the only mother–daughter pair to have both won Nobel Prizes. #WomenInSTEM
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The land of the free
And the home of the brave
Now need 5 years of social media posts to see if you said anything negative about the giant man child president?
Not a serious nation
Not a serious president
#fucktrump
And the home of the brave
Now need 5 years of social media posts to see if you said anything negative about the giant man child president?
Not a serious nation
Not a serious president
#fucktrump
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The land of the free
And the home of the brave
Now need 5 years of social media posts to see if you said anything negative about the giant man child president?
Not a serious nation
Not a serious president
#fucktrump
And the home of the brave
Now need 5 years of social media posts to see if you said anything negative about the giant man child president?
Not a serious nation
Not a serious president
#fucktrump
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In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross — theonion.com/white-house-...
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
theonion.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross — theonion.com/white-house-...
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Happy WInnie-the-Pooh Illustrator Birthday. I always loved these books and the drawings—as a child and as the parent of young children. It was quiet magic.
🎂 E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, he’s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. 🧸
The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
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The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Happy WInnie-the-Pooh Illustrator Birthday. I always loved these books and the drawings—as a child and as the parent of young children. It was quiet magic.
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Dear Google, please add an "AI Generated Images" tab to your search engine so I can turn it off to weed out the fake reference photos of toads, insects and other amazing critters that inspire me. Thank you. 🎨
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Dear Google, please add an "AI Generated Images" tab to your search engine so I can turn it off to weed out the fake reference photos of toads, insects and other amazing critters that inspire me. Thank you. 🎨
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🎉Ernest H. Shepard was born on this day back in 1879!
The celebrated, beloved illustrator contributed to Punch magazine for decades and illustrated many beloved books, including the Winnie-the-Pooh books as well as "The Secret Garden" and "The Wind in the Willows".
The celebrated, beloved illustrator contributed to Punch magazine for decades and illustrated many beloved books, including the Winnie-the-Pooh books as well as "The Secret Garden" and "The Wind in the Willows".
December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🎉Ernest H. Shepard was born on this day back in 1879!
The celebrated, beloved illustrator contributed to Punch magazine for decades and illustrated many beloved books, including the Winnie-the-Pooh books as well as "The Secret Garden" and "The Wind in the Willows".
The celebrated, beloved illustrator contributed to Punch magazine for decades and illustrated many beloved books, including the Winnie-the-Pooh books as well as "The Secret Garden" and "The Wind in the Willows".
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you know who else blamed a minority group for every problem in their nation instead of addressing the issue?
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
you know who else blamed a minority group for every problem in their nation instead of addressing the issue?
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This #HumanRightsDay I am proud to be supporting Amnesty International’s efforts to support asylum seekers, immigrants, and refugees, as well as stopping the spread of dangerous authoritarian practices. Join me! amnestyusa.org/act
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This #HumanRightsDay I am proud to be supporting Amnesty International’s efforts to support asylum seekers, immigrants, and refugees, as well as stopping the spread of dangerous authoritarian practices. Join me! amnestyusa.org/act
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Day 10 of #ArtAdventCalendar- a painting of a Purple-shot Copper #butterfly. Done by hand in #Procreate with an Apple Pencil.
🐡 #insects #art #digitalPainting #nature #illustration #HumanMadeArt #HumanNotAI
🐡 #insects #art #digitalPainting #nature #illustration #HumanMadeArt #HumanNotAI
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Day 10 of #ArtAdventCalendar- a painting of a Purple-shot Copper #butterfly. Done by hand in #Procreate with an Apple Pencil.
🐡 #insects #art #digitalPainting #nature #illustration #HumanMadeArt #HumanNotAI
🐡 #insects #art #digitalPainting #nature #illustration #HumanMadeArt #HumanNotAI
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Gov. Pritzker on redistricting in Indiana: “Members of the Indiana legislature are being threatened. Their lives are being threatened, and it's being egged on by the President…He's trying to cheat.”
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Gov. Pritzker on redistricting in Indiana: “Members of the Indiana legislature are being threatened. Their lives are being threatened, and it's being egged on by the President…He's trying to cheat.”
Another total moron, second only to President Moron.
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Another total moron, second only to President Moron.
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"Morning Light on a Carolina Wren" 5" x 7" Oil on panel
I just think they're neat
I just think they're neat
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Morning Light on a Carolina Wren" 5" x 7" Oil on panel
I just think they're neat
I just think they're neat
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"When 8 men have more money than 4 billion people combined, folks relying on food stamps or Medicaid aren't the problem."
December 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"When 8 men have more money than 4 billion people combined, folks relying on food stamps or Medicaid aren't the problem."
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When life gives you lemons, build a lemonade stand
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
When life gives you lemons, build a lemonade stand
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Good morning to everyone but especially Justice Sonia Sotomayor who 👏🏾has 👏🏾time 👏🏾today to eviscerate the argument that Trump has near unlimited power to fire agency heads for political reasons, given that neither English law at the time of the founding nor the US Constitution supports such nonsense
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially Justice Sonia Sotomayor who 👏🏾has 👏🏾time 👏🏾today to eviscerate the argument that Trump has near unlimited power to fire agency heads for political reasons, given that neither English law at the time of the founding nor the US Constitution supports such nonsense