Catherine
@cathmcg.bsky.social
Teacher, musician, gardener, senior, citizen for social justice
I teach tiny humans to play violin. Also large humans.
Art, science, nature, hiking, Space, birds, wolves, whales
Two cats
Advocate for women and children
I teach tiny humans to play violin. Also large humans.
Art, science, nature, hiking, Space, birds, wolves, whales
Two cats
Advocate for women and children
Pinned
Catherine
@cathmcg.bsky.social
· Aug 10
Clearwing moth and tiger swallowtail near my house. Plant abelia bushes if you want to see lots of butterflies, moths, bees, many other insects and pollinators. The first time I saw the clearwing moth, I thought it was a tiny hummingbird hovering and drinking nectar from a blossom. East TN
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They didn’t get a chance to agree or disagree after Weasel Johnson refused to bring the matter to a vote. Pathetic headline, Forbes.
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
They didn’t get a chance to agree or disagree after Weasel Johnson refused to bring the matter to a vote. Pathetic headline, Forbes.
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Just a reminder that renewables like wind and solar are not dominating new energy investment due to subsidies or regulations. They are dominating because they are cheaper and more reliable.
Trump wants Americans to pay more, and fall behind in technology, in order to feed his ego. Nothing more.
Trump wants Americans to pay more, and fall behind in technology, in order to feed his ego. Nothing more.
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Just a reminder that renewables like wind and solar are not dominating new energy investment due to subsidies or regulations. They are dominating because they are cheaper and more reliable.
Trump wants Americans to pay more, and fall behind in technology, in order to feed his ego. Nothing more.
Trump wants Americans to pay more, and fall behind in technology, in order to feed his ego. Nothing more.
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If Russia does not plan to attack Ukraine again, then Article 5 should be completely irrelevant to Russia.
The fact that Article 5 is perceived as a threat therefore says more about Russia's future plans than about NATO.
This is not a gray area of geopolitics.
It is pure logic.
#fckptn
The fact that Article 5 is perceived as a threat therefore says more about Russia's future plans than about NATO.
This is not a gray area of geopolitics.
It is pure logic.
#fckptn
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If Russia does not plan to attack Ukraine again, then Article 5 should be completely irrelevant to Russia.
The fact that Article 5 is perceived as a threat therefore says more about Russia's future plans than about NATO.
This is not a gray area of geopolitics.
It is pure logic.
#fckptn
The fact that Article 5 is perceived as a threat therefore says more about Russia's future plans than about NATO.
This is not a gray area of geopolitics.
It is pure logic.
#fckptn
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1) get rid of the Electoral College
2) increase SCOTUS to 13 seats
3) institute term limits for all federal judges
4) institute term limits for all federally elected officials
5) buff up our Constitution to prevent future attacks
6) No Citizen United
7) federally funded elections, spending limits
2) increase SCOTUS to 13 seats
3) institute term limits for all federal judges
4) institute term limits for all federally elected officials
5) buff up our Constitution to prevent future attacks
6) No Citizen United
7) federally funded elections, spending limits
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
1) get rid of the Electoral College
2) increase SCOTUS to 13 seats
3) institute term limits for all federal judges
4) institute term limits for all federally elected officials
5) buff up our Constitution to prevent future attacks
6) No Citizen United
7) federally funded elections, spending limits
2) increase SCOTUS to 13 seats
3) institute term limits for all federal judges
4) institute term limits for all federally elected officials
5) buff up our Constitution to prevent future attacks
6) No Citizen United
7) federally funded elections, spending limits
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Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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The guardsman who was killed in DC wasn’t from DC
The person who killed her wasn’t from DC
Trump brought them together
The person who killed her wasn’t from DC
Trump brought them together
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The guardsman who was killed in DC wasn’t from DC
The person who killed her wasn’t from DC
Trump brought them together
The person who killed her wasn’t from DC
Trump brought them together
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Netanyahu has officially asked Israel’s president for a pardon on corruption charges. Funny how the people Trump always fawns over are always, without fail, corrupt and greed-driven criminals. But sure, it’s definitely a working immigrant with no record who is a horrific criminal
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Netanyahu has officially asked Israel’s president for a pardon on corruption charges. Funny how the people Trump always fawns over are always, without fail, corrupt and greed-driven criminals. But sure, it’s definitely a working immigrant with no record who is a horrific criminal
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"'History’s eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"'History’s eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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So far, Trump has pardoned:
Changpeng Zhao (founder, Binance) - pled guilty to money laundering. Facilitated millions in transactions for terrorist organizations such as Hamas.
Ross Ulbricht (founder of the Silk Road) - the dark web Costco of illegal drugs.
1/3
Changpeng Zhao (founder, Binance) - pled guilty to money laundering. Facilitated millions in transactions for terrorist organizations such as Hamas.
Ross Ulbricht (founder of the Silk Road) - the dark web Costco of illegal drugs.
1/3
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
So far, Trump has pardoned:
Changpeng Zhao (founder, Binance) - pled guilty to money laundering. Facilitated millions in transactions for terrorist organizations such as Hamas.
Ross Ulbricht (founder of the Silk Road) - the dark web Costco of illegal drugs.
1/3
Changpeng Zhao (founder, Binance) - pled guilty to money laundering. Facilitated millions in transactions for terrorist organizations such as Hamas.
Ross Ulbricht (founder of the Silk Road) - the dark web Costco of illegal drugs.
1/3
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"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
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She’s such a disgrace.
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
She’s such a disgrace.
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Thanksgiving Is Cheaper This Year ... If You Just Eat Less - Rolling Stone
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thanksgiving Is Cheaper This Year ... If You Just Eat Less - Rolling Stone
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Some of the best views on the Flying Mountain Trail #flyingmountaintrail #flyingmountain #acadia #acadianationalpark #somessound #mountdesertisland #maine #mainecoast #newengland #landscapephotography
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Some of the best views on the Flying Mountain Trail #flyingmountaintrail #flyingmountain #acadia #acadianationalpark #somessound #mountdesertisland #maine #mainecoast #newengland #landscapephotography
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Some waterfall Zen.
Mt Rainier National Park, Washington
Mt Rainier National Park, Washington
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Some waterfall Zen.
Mt Rainier National Park, Washington
Mt Rainier National Park, Washington
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If you want a sense of how far the surveillance state has expanded inside the United States, look at what federal authorities are doing on our highways.
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
If you want a sense of how far the surveillance state has expanded inside the United States, look at what federal authorities are doing on our highways.
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"Trees indeed have hearts."
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Trees indeed have hearts."
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze