Michael Craig
@mykahllc.bsky.social
I try and post daily; mostly orchids, but occasionally birds or pets or food too. Californian, love living in Sacramento
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The evangelicals have been picking and choosing which bible verses to obey for so long that they think that's how laws work .
September 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The evangelicals have been picking and choosing which bible verses to obey for so long that they think that's how laws work .
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November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Just hear me out: maybe the Democratic Party’s problem is that the party leadership is full of people incapable of realizing that Matt Yglesias has terrible political instincts.
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just hear me out: maybe the Democratic Party’s problem is that the party leadership is full of people incapable of realizing that Matt Yglesias has terrible political instincts.
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Cymbidium Orchid.
Macro Photography.
Prints available on Etsy.
#macro #photography #nikon
beckytylerart.etsy.com/listing/4414...
Macro Photography.
Prints available on Etsy.
#macro #photography #nikon
beckytylerart.etsy.com/listing/4414...
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Cymbidium Orchid.
Macro Photography.
Prints available on Etsy.
#macro #photography #nikon
beckytylerart.etsy.com/listing/4414...
Macro Photography.
Prints available on Etsy.
#macro #photography #nikon
beckytylerart.etsy.com/listing/4414...
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Epidendrum and other orchids
#art #photo #photography #flowers #orchids #Tainan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin
#art #photo #photography #flowers #orchids #Tainan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Epidendrum and other orchids
#art #photo #photography #flowers #orchids #Tainan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin
#art #photo #photography #flowers #orchids #Tainan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin
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A neighbor had this orchid in their front yard for a while. The flowers look spotted from the rains we had.
Phalaenopsis hybrid (NoID)
#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
Phalaenopsis hybrid (NoID)
#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
November 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A neighbor had this orchid in their front yard for a while. The flowers look spotted from the rains we had.
Phalaenopsis hybrid (NoID)
#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
Phalaenopsis hybrid (NoID)
#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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About two weeks ago, I shared the first #orchid bloom on a flowerless plant that was marked down at the nursery. Here’s the first orchid on the second plant purchased that day.
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
About two weeks ago, I shared the first #orchid bloom on a flowerless plant that was marked down at the nursery. Here’s the first orchid on the second plant purchased that day.
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I see a face. Longwood Gardens, PA
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I see a face. Longwood Gardens, PA
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These flowers got a little more color since they first opened few days ago.
Cattleya maxima var. coerulea
#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
Cattleya maxima var. coerulea
#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
These flowers got a little more color since they first opened few days ago.
Cattleya maxima var. coerulea
#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
Cattleya maxima var. coerulea
#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
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“For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war … to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not.”
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war … to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not.”
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov
I think Samuel Delaney wrote about this phenomenon; he called it 'cultural fugue'? In 'Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand' if I'm remembering correctly.
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I think Samuel Delaney wrote about this phenomenon; he called it 'cultural fugue'? In 'Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand' if I'm remembering correctly.
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Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
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Every era celebrates its conservation heroes. Far fewer remember the destroyers.
My new piece, The Hall of Infamy, traces a century of leaders, industries, and institutions that liquidated the living world — and left us the bill.
From Hetch Hetchy to the Amazon…
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
My new piece, The Hall of Infamy, traces a century of leaders, industries, and institutions that liquidated the living world — and left us the bill.
From Hetch Hetchy to the Amazon…
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
THE HALL OF INFAMY: A Global Century of Environmental Supervillains
A century of leaders who liquidated the living world--and left us the bill.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Every era celebrates its conservation heroes. Far fewer remember the destroyers.
My new piece, The Hall of Infamy, traces a century of leaders, industries, and institutions that liquidated the living world — and left us the bill.
From Hetch Hetchy to the Amazon…
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
My new piece, The Hall of Infamy, traces a century of leaders, industries, and institutions that liquidated the living world — and left us the bill.
From Hetch Hetchy to the Amazon…
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
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Money…
How much he charged for 🇭🇳 former president pardon?
It’s not about drugs.
It’s all about the money.
How much he charged for 🇭🇳 former president pardon?
It’s not about drugs.
It’s all about the money.
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Money…
How much he charged for 🇭🇳 former president pardon?
It’s not about drugs.
It’s all about the money.
How much he charged for 🇭🇳 former president pardon?
It’s not about drugs.
It’s all about the money.
Phalaenopsis Younghome Little Spirit, on a cloudy morning here in NorCal...
#orchids #bloomscrolling #flowers #blooms #mini-phal
#orchids #bloomscrolling #flowers #blooms #mini-phal
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Phalaenopsis Younghome Little Spirit, on a cloudy morning here in NorCal...
#orchids #bloomscrolling #flowers #blooms #mini-phal
#orchids #bloomscrolling #flowers #blooms #mini-phal
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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The same big corporations that fund the Republicans who cut SNAP underpay their workers so much that they depend on it to survive.
We need higher corporate taxes and a higher minimum wage.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
We need higher corporate taxes and a higher minimum wage.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The same big corporations that fund the Republicans who cut SNAP underpay their workers so much that they depend on it to survive.
We need higher corporate taxes and a higher minimum wage.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
We need higher corporate taxes and a higher minimum wage.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...