Civilians in Tehran are reporting toxic oily rain following US and Israeli airstrikes on oil storage facilities. An estimated 10 million people face exposure to hazardous chemicals, with risks including skin burns and lung damage.
This is what ecocide looks like.
Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago
www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
Birds disappearing as Trump approves new pesticide tsunami
Billions fewer birds flying through North American skies than decades ago and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to intensive agriculture and warming temperatures, a new study found
apnews.com/article/bird...
"A number of prominent basketball coaches, including NBA champions Steve Kerr and Doc Rivers, signed a public letter released Wednesday contending that political interference in universities threatens to undermine college athletics."
www.espn.com/espn/story/_...
![Colbert: Why even on that level do you think it’s important to keep the separation not just for the state but for the church?
Talarico: Well, because we are called to love all our neighbors, including our Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Seek, agnostic, atheist neighbors. And forcing our religion down their throats is not love. [Loud applause] It’s why I fought so hard for that sacred separation in our First Amendment.
Because my granddad, he raised me to believe that boundary between church and state doesn’t just benefit the state or our democracy, although it certainly does, but it also benefits the church.
Because when the church gets too cozy with political power, it loses its prophetic voice, its ability to speak truth to power, its ability to imagine a completely different world. And this separation between church and state is something we have to safeguard. It’s something we have to fight for.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ya7gfadgypyypiva5pboi6mi/bafkreidzgb2d3tm63dp4jyrwsjkoh6yuq7265rmf3z2my54sat3fsgqfzy)
Colbert: Why even on that level do you think it’s important to keep the separation not just for the state but for the church? Talarico: Well, because we are called to love all our neighbors, including our Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Seek, agnostic, atheist neighbors. And forcing our religion down their throats is not love. [Loud applause] It’s why I fought so hard for that sacred separation in our First Amendment. Because my granddad, he raised me to believe that boundary between church and state doesn’t just benefit the state or our democracy, although it certainly does, but it also benefits the church. Because when the church gets too cozy with political power, it loses its prophetic voice, its ability to speak truth to power, its ability to imagine a completely different world. And this separation between church and state is something we have to safeguard. It’s something we have to fight for.
I'm hoping the rise of progressive Christians in public life will push back on some of this monstrosity. And I really liked this from the Colbert-Talarico interview Bari Weiss didn't want people to see.
A northern pintail facing left, wading near the shore. Photo taken at Barr Lake State Park, Colorado, January 2026.
As a new study finds that billions fewer birds are flying through North America compared to a decade ago, a Republican-led House committee is holding a hearing as part of a plan to undermine the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
More here: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press... #birds
James Talarico: "The people of Texas gave this country a little bit of hope and a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing."
Our democracy is built on the power of everyday people like us.
This Admin is deeply out of touch. Instead of lowering costs for working families, Trump is plunging us into another war in the Middle East.
If families can’t afford rent or groceries, something is seriously wrong in this country.
Congress must reconvene and vote on our war powers resolution—now
Donald is now killing kids to distract from his raping them.
I guess we are just paying these people to fly around making workout videos and attending sporting events.
Paramount should enjoy its growing news monopoly while they have it because when Democrats win back power we are going to break up these anti-democratic information conglomerates. All of them.
my favorite part is when we talk about The Lion King (1994) and The Lion King (2019)
Imagine if HEALTHCARE WAS FREE in America, as it is in Greenland. Just imagine. 🇺🇸🇬🇱
A New Mexico lawmaker is glad her state banned local coordination with ICE, but wants Democrats to remain vigilant about ICE beyond the current administration. “These are issues that a lot of us organizers have been talking about for decades.”
Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of John Lewis—and his lifelong fight for civil rights, democracy, and human dignity.
May we all get into a little good trouble—today and every day.
JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
Aladdin episode out now!
“but shouldn’t it be Beauty and the Beast?”
Yes it should
“Why would @themorbidzoo.bsky.social edit the wrong episode?”
No idea but everyone should bully her to drive up our engagement metrics
“When is Beauty and the Beast coming?”
Next
open.spotify.com/episode/0jNY...
This Bruce anti-ICE anthem is gonna leave a mark:
Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”
Imagine what a tiny little man you would have to be to feel threatened by a dancing fox.
Rocket Frog, Damselfish, and Bandicoots: The Species Declared Extinct in 2025
Read more and share: https://therevelator.org/extinct-2025/
you need to see the solo breakdown https://youtu.be/lhfwmH6Q5yA?t=253
A group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
A national disgrace.
Doesn't it strike you as strange that the people who shout long and loud that America is a Christian nation founded on Christian principles are the very people who don't want Christ's teachings of tolerance, pacifism, and generosity codified in law?
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
The Snowy Owl has been declared Regionally Extinct in Sweden. For the first time in 20 years, the country has officially lost a bird species. - www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...
#BirdingScotland #UKBirding
Attributed to a combination of climate change and disruption to the lemming cycle. A tragedy.
