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A paper towel with broken glass and stones on it, and zebra mussel shells. One piece is fluorescing green.

A paper towel with broken glass and stones on it, and zebra mussel shells. One piece is fluorescing green.

I am hyped because I found a bag of old beach glass and discovered one piece is Vaseline glass 🙌

14.03.2026 21:58 👍 269 🔁 11 💬 10 📌 1
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✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

Hydrodoggie!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #dog #funny #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

15.03.2026 00:00 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.

A truly extraordinary moment.

We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

Act like it.

14.03.2026 21:52 👍 19030 🔁 8737 💬 1703 📌 784
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A few flowers for today. 😊

14.03.2026 20:43 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0
Illustration of a cluster of North American wildflowers with trumpet-shaped, lavender to light purple blooms. The flowers grow in dense groups on slender green stems, accompanied by narrow, lance-shaped leaves. The detailed botanical drawing highlights the delicate, tubular petals with subtle shading, characteristic of the bear-related Penstemon species. The artwork is set against a plain, off-white background, emphasizing the natural form and color of the plant. The image originates from a 1925 Smithsonian Institution publication.

Illustration of a cluster of North American wildflowers with trumpet-shaped, lavender to light purple blooms. The flowers grow in dense groups on slender green stems, accompanied by narrow, lance-shaped leaves. The detailed botanical drawing highlights the delicate, tubular petals with subtle shading, characteristic of the bear-related Penstemon species. The artwork is set against a plain, off-white background, emphasizing the natural form and color of the plant. The image originates from a 1925 Smithsonian Institution publication.

🐻 North American wild flowers.
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1925..

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14.03.2026 18:23 👍 29 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

Do people watching Fox actually believe this? I’d ask the Fox viewers I know but I don’t speak to them anymore.

14.03.2026 18:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You don’t burn bridges with friends and allies and then expect them to come help you when you need it. USA wanted to be alone and now it is. FAFO just keeps coming.

14.03.2026 17:32 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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The national debt isn’t $39 trillion. One economist says it’s actually $100 trillion (Fortune) The U.S. national debt is nearly $39 trillion. One of the country’s top fiscal economists says the real number is closer to $100 trillion — and that...

Read "The national debt isn’t $39 trillion. One economist says it’s actually $100 trillion" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-7kSd6WiI/q...

14.03.2026 02:54 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
Glass sculpture of a cat curled up on its back balancing a flower on its paws, all on a white surface

Glass sculpture of a cat curled up on its back balancing a flower on its paws, all on a white surface

Glass cat with flower by contemporary US artist Kiki Smith #WomensArt

14.03.2026 03:54 👍 306 🔁 55 💬 1 📌 5
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If you think he cares about gas prices, housing costs, home electricity costs, inflation, no jobs, troops getting killed, grocery prices, health care costs, or anything else that would improve the lives of most Americans, you are wrong.

13.03.2026 23:34 👍 9913 🔁 3174 💬 860 📌 212
A vibrant Golden-browed Chlorophonia with its beak wide open, showing off brilliant green, yellow, and blue plumage against a soft green background.

A vibrant Golden-browed Chlorophonia with its beak wide open, showing off brilliant green, yellow, and blue plumage against a soft green background.

An opinionated Golden-browed Chlorophonia at Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica

#birds #nature

14.03.2026 01:04 👍 729 🔁 114 💬 15 📌 8
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Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s. Now, 158 juvenile giant tortoises have been reintroduced to the island.

Occasionally, we humans get something right ❤️

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

13.03.2026 18:12 👍 1068 🔁 207 💬 4 📌 12
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Another huge hypocrisy of those that advocate individuals' rights and freedoms.

13.03.2026 19:28 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Cat on Bamboo Branch by Ohara Koson
This evocative woodblock print by Ohara Koson, created around 1930, captures a quiet moment between a feline and the night sky. The composition features a sleek, white-and-grey spotted cat balanced precariously on a slender, arching bamboo branch that enters the frame from the lower right. The cat is shown in profile, its body tensed as it peers downward, perhaps stalking something out of view.

A large, perfectly circular full moon hangs in the upper center of the image, casting a soft glow over the scene. The background is a moody, graduated wash of dark grey and charcoal, with subtle horizontal lines that suggest a misty or cloud-streaked atmosphere. The bamboo leaves are rendered in fine, sharp strokes, appearing as dark silhouettes against the lower, lighter half of the print. This work exemplifies Koson’s ability to blend the traditional kacho-ga style with the atmospheric realism of the shin-hanga movement, creating a sense of focused stillness and natural mystery.

Cat on Bamboo Branch by Ohara Koson This evocative woodblock print by Ohara Koson, created around 1930, captures a quiet moment between a feline and the night sky. The composition features a sleek, white-and-grey spotted cat balanced precariously on a slender, arching bamboo branch that enters the frame from the lower right. The cat is shown in profile, its body tensed as it peers downward, perhaps stalking something out of view. A large, perfectly circular full moon hangs in the upper center of the image, casting a soft glow over the scene. The background is a moody, graduated wash of dark grey and charcoal, with subtle horizontal lines that suggest a misty or cloud-streaked atmosphere. The bamboo leaves are rendered in fine, sharp strokes, appearing as dark silhouettes against the lower, lighter half of the print. This work exemplifies Koson’s ability to blend the traditional kacho-ga style with the atmospheric realism of the shin-hanga movement, creating a sense of focused stillness and natural mystery.

"Cat on Bamboo Branch" (also referred to as "Cat and Full Moon") and is attributed to the Japanese artist Ohara Koson (1877–1945), and was created about 1930

13.03.2026 19:29 👍 62 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 1

Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.

Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.

But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.

13.03.2026 16:45 👍 19607 🔁 8135 💬 511 📌 268
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He is just making things up, and the whole world knows the truth. The United States has never looked weaker because of these lies and his complete lack of a plan or strategy. Wars cannot be won with gaslighting and Truth Social posts.

13.03.2026 11:10 👍 10003 🔁 3275 💬 702 📌 219

I’m almost envious of trump supporters who lack the self awareness and intelligence to be embarrassed by all of this. It’s so humiliating. Every day is a new low.

13.03.2026 18:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We would eat the tomatoes right off the vine as kids too! I loved how they would be warm from the sun. Such good memories! 😊

13.03.2026 18:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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"A Few Seconds Before Happiness,"1955 (some sources also cite 1956). 👦🏼🐶

It is a poignant photograph by the French humanist photographer Édouard Boubat.

While the original photo was taken in black-and-white, it is shared today in various colorized versions.

#art #photography #puppy #happiness

12.03.2026 11:24 👍 65 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah he’s a smarmy little asshole but I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s too stupid to actually know what it means either. Being stupid and an arrogant asshole are prereqs for these wannabe bros.

13.03.2026 04:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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DOGE employee Justin Fox, during a deposition in a lawsuit “What’s DEI?” It’s exactly what was written in the EO.

12.03.2026 23:51 👍 1229 🔁 419 💬 243 📌 63

Yes we have so many flowers starting to come in! I love it but next week will be getting into the upper 80s here so we’re jumping right into the heat. I haven’t even planted my potatos yet! 😅

13.03.2026 04:33 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Multicolored abstractpainting

Multicolored abstractpainting

"Sometimes we have to do more than we really want to do!" #abstractpainting #blueskyartist

13.03.2026 02:30 👍 85 🔁 31 💬 5 📌 1

Wait what? I can’t believe someone suggested that let alone it actually being done. Terrible and stupid idea.

13.03.2026 02:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Neither one can come soon enough!🙏🤞

13.03.2026 01:55 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A lizard on a wall. Pretty sure it’s a common western fence lizard.

A lizard on a wall. Pretty sure it’s a common western fence lizard.

Been seeing a lot of these guys around lately. Their markings are pretty neat up close.🦎

13.03.2026 00:16 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year.

Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants.

They are good for society and the economy.

12.03.2026 20:45 👍 8053 🔁 3124 💬 201 📌 111
Santa Monica Pier at dusk with the illuminated Ferris wheel rising above the pier structure. The sky shifts from deep blue overhead to orange along the horizon. Silhouettes of people line the pier railing while wet sand in the foreground reflects the pier lights and colors from the Ferris wheel.

Santa Monica Pier at dusk with the illuminated Ferris wheel rising above the pier structure. The sky shifts from deep blue overhead to orange along the horizon. Silhouettes of people line the pier railing while wet sand in the foreground reflects the pier lights and colors from the Ferris wheel.

Santa Monica Pier. Santa Monica, California

#sunset #SantaMonicaPier #SantaMonica #LosAngeles

12.03.2026 17:37 👍 1681 🔁 141 💬 37 📌 13
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If you need a calm, peaceful lunch date just play this on a loop. 🌾

12.03.2026 17:40 👍 386 🔁 58 💬 8 📌 5

But Trump is a hero to magas so there’s that.

12.03.2026 18:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0