Dammit now volcano...read the room!

Now is not the time😭😂

Pair of doors with studded brass edging and decorative flourishes against a peach background and, in the transom window above, a fan of golden arrows

Enjoying the decorative artistry in this doorway in Prague, from round 1900 (Arnim Schulz) www.flickr.com/photos/arnim...

I'm really over politely acting like descriptions of Chuck Schumer as an evil puppet master giving orders, or declaring every random Democrat a "Zionist" and particularly "a Zionist taking orders from Schumer!" is anything other then people just screaming about "The Joooz!" in the streets

O. M. G. This is such privileged and entitled nonsense.😒

The poor people are the ones living in the real world.

He's the one living in an alternate universe.

Still one of my favourite cartoons from Bob Clampett

While I'm on this rant about Dem messaging, it seems that Bluesky has forgotten that Democrats are overperforming with messages about affordability. Understand the electorate as a whole folks.

That IS connected to this unauthorized war.

Perhaps because petulance, purity, and misogyny gave him the presidency in 2016, with the three SCOTUS appointments some of warned about and were derided?

Then those same people doubled down in 2024 and gave him a lickspittle Republican majority in both chambers?

Just a guess. 😡

"Weeks later, millions of Americans would lose their SNAP benefits... More still stand to lose eligibility to the food assistance program thanks to a Republican crusade that added stricter work requirements to the program, piling on paperwork and documentation mandates."

This has 100% happened. The DOGE boys have an unmonitored, unsecured Signal chat where they make their plans and openly exchange data that are completely illegal for them to have viewed, let alone exfiltrated.

I talked to dozens of experts in government, academia, cybersecurity, and industry about exactly this scenario last year and not only did not one of them think I was being alarmist, many brought it up unprompted and many said there was zero chance it hadn’t already happened

Dear Latino & Hispanic voters,

The Republican Party believes that masked federal thugs lawlessly roaming our streets, racially profiling brown & black people, and terrorizing immigrants & citizens is just a “little hiccup.” I thought you should know.

Best,

A Former Republican

Anyone who doesn't think the entire GOP is licking their lips at the prospect of running against this dude is a fucking moron.

This situation with the Strait of Hormuz is going to get ugly fast. I truly hate this man, that fucking party, the media that allowed this to happen & every bitter ass white person that decide to plunge us into this nightmare. I fucking hate all of you with a passion.

Blue jay with blue, white and black feathers perched on a branch.

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae any bird of the Corvid family. Here is my contribution.

#bluejay
#birds
#photography
#birdsofbluesky

Wintergreen has a strong "minty" odor and flavor; however, the Gaultheria-genus plants are not true mints, which belong to the genus Mentha. Wintergreen also is used in some perfumery applications and as a flavoring agent for toothpaste, chewing gum, soft drinks, confectionery, Listerine, and mint flavorings. Wintergreen is used for rust removal and degreasing of machinery and is particularly effective for breaking through sea water corrosion. 'citation needed]

I just found out that “wintergreen” is an actual family of plants that’s used as a flavoring agent, and is not, as I had falsely presumed, a thing that gum companies made up for marketing purposes.

What have you learned this week?

This is Summit. He is a friend to pretty much everyone he meets. But has a special soft spot for the little critters who stop long enough for him to say hello. 13/10 (IG: bakerbarnes)

‪"The Ladder"
acrylic on canvas

An original abstract acrylic painting featuring white, orange, yellow, blue, green colors on a 8" x 8" canvas.

A tree made of a tangle of branches with a small stream flowing beneath dropping down to a small puddle surrounded by colourful leafy foliage in a forest

Colourful nature

A Red-winged Blackbird singing his heart out along Central Park's Harlem Meer this morning. If you look closely (and use a little imagination) you can see his breath in the cool air! 🎶🎶🎶 #Blackbirds #CentralPark #birdcpp

I especially don’t care if JB uses his own money.

I need these folks to pick a lane. Either they want him to spend his own money & not be beholden to corporations or they want him to take money from corporations.

Whispers…the 3rd option is they want him to be beholden to them & their bs.

Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

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"A former U.S. DOGE Service employee claimed he had access to two highly sensitive agency databases and planned to share the information with his private employer...an unprecedented breach of security protocols."

An Art Nouveau seahorse-shaped staircase banister in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

An Art Nouveau seahorse-shaped staircase banister in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Lemme get this straight…

Republicans have control of Congress.

Democrats introduce a clean bill to fully fund TSA.

Republicans block it.

Then they blame Democrats for long wait times at airports?

This is on them.

'Waterloo Bridge' (1918) by Emile Claus

(Private collection)

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99 The White House aide who revealed that Richard Nixon had secretly recorded his conversations as president has died. Alexander Butterfield was 99.

BREAKING: Alexander Butterfield, the Richard Nixon aide who disclosed the Watergate tapes, dies at 99.

This is Twig. She never learned how to sneeze. Has sneefing and snorfing down, just can’t quite get the real thing. 13/10 (TT: twiginout)

Watercolour painting of an ocelot! #cats #catsofbluesky #petportraits #ocelot

Happy New Week! 🐈‍⬛🛶🐈‍⬛ It was in the 60s today so our pawrents drove us south to the Peshtigo River Wildlife Area! It was such a beautiful trip that we have several videos that we will share over the next day or so! 🖤 Ledges, Coal, and Pike

#catsofbluesky #blackcats #cats