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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis): This North American bird is found in southern Canada, eastern USA and Mexico. The 23cm (9.1in) bird is mainly granivorous but also feeds on insects and fruit. Remarkable shot taken by Lanny Thompson in Arkansas, USA.
August 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis): This North American bird is found in southern Canada, eastern USA and Mexico. The 23cm (9.1in) bird is mainly granivorous but also feeds on insects and fruit. Remarkable shot taken by Lanny Thompson in Arkansas, USA.
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"once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up"
-Leonardo da Vinci
-Leonardo da Vinci
August 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up"
-Leonardo da Vinci
-Leonardo da Vinci
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It's International Bat Appreciation Day which is every day for us bat fans. I've made quite a few paintings inspired by them over the years. I combined watercolor with soft pastel to create "Walking with Bats and Fireflies."
#art by Robin Street-Morris
#InternationalBatAppreciationDay
#art by Robin Street-Morris
#InternationalBatAppreciationDay
April 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's International Bat Appreciation Day which is every day for us bat fans. I've made quite a few paintings inspired by them over the years. I combined watercolor with soft pastel to create "Walking with Bats and Fireflies."
#art by Robin Street-Morris
#InternationalBatAppreciationDay
#art by Robin Street-Morris
#InternationalBatAppreciationDay
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There it is: Speaker of the House says Elon has already started running your Social Security through his AI.
Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."
March 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There it is: Speaker of the House says Elon has already started running your Social Security through his AI.
Maybe if we could generate enough noise about this, we could throw a spanner in the works. It doesn’t seem to be a done deal yet.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk's Starlink
After Trump and Musk gutted the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal.
www.rollingstone.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Maybe if we could generate enough noise about this, we could throw a spanner in the works. It doesn’t seem to be a done deal yet.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Maybe I should have named him Pharaoh.
March 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Maybe I should have named him Pharaoh.
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Trump and Elon just began firing hundreds of NOAA workers serving “mission-critical and life-saving roles.”
These climate experts and forecasters are crucial to tracking natural disasters like hurricanes.
Make no mistake, their terminations will cause preventable deaths.
These climate experts and forecasters are crucial to tracking natural disasters like hurricanes.
Make no mistake, their terminations will cause preventable deaths.
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts
Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump and Elon just began firing hundreds of NOAA workers serving “mission-critical and life-saving roles.”
These climate experts and forecasters are crucial to tracking natural disasters like hurricanes.
Make no mistake, their terminations will cause preventable deaths.
These climate experts and forecasters are crucial to tracking natural disasters like hurricanes.
Make no mistake, their terminations will cause preventable deaths.
Talk about a waste of money, because a waste of time for everyone concerned.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Feds to start getting weekly emails asking what they did. Bosses will see if it fits Trump goals.
A new strategy might compel employees to respond with bulleted lists of what they did in the past week.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Talk about a waste of money, because a waste of time for everyone concerned.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
From Anne Lamott’s column yesterday. Something struck me about it, so sharing here:
“Someone at my church once said that peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet.”
“Someone at my church once said that peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet.”
February 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
From Anne Lamott’s column yesterday. Something struck me about it, so sharing here:
“Someone at my church once said that peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet.”
“Someone at my church once said that peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet.”
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The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
February 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.
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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
February 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
Here’s to NASA! (And Jupiter😊).
February 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Here’s to NASA! (And Jupiter😊).
Read carefully and do as you’re told😌.
(The juxtaposition was, I’m sure, unintentional, but it tickled my funny bone when I saw it. In fact, dressing rooms in this particular store are unisex, but I’m old enough to remember when there was no such thing.)
(The juxtaposition was, I’m sure, unintentional, but it tickled my funny bone when I saw it. In fact, dressing rooms in this particular store are unisex, but I’m old enough to remember when there was no such thing.)
February 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Read carefully and do as you’re told😌.
(The juxtaposition was, I’m sure, unintentional, but it tickled my funny bone when I saw it. In fact, dressing rooms in this particular store are unisex, but I’m old enough to remember when there was no such thing.)
(The juxtaposition was, I’m sure, unintentional, but it tickled my funny bone when I saw it. In fact, dressing rooms in this particular store are unisex, but I’m old enough to remember when there was no such thing.)
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Knowledge is power…
February 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Knowledge is power…
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What he looks like to me is seriously stoned. Makes me wonder.
February 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
What he looks like to me is seriously stoned. Makes me wonder.
February 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM