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Big Steve Nolan spotting! 💙

#toffeesontour

Kevin Sheedy talking footie at the Denbigh Castle

A smiling Everton supporter standing in front of Prince Rupert's tower

Two Everton supporters assembling large flags for folks to wave at the upcoming match

View of stand at Hill Dickinson, full of flag-waving supporters

Lovely time in Liverpool with our @n-americantoffees.bsky.social - heritage tour, pre-match set up with the 1878s, stadium tour, pints at the Denbigh with Kevin Sheedy, and watching our Blues at Hill Dickinson. I'm sure next year's trip we'll grab a win! #utft #evertonfc

Hell yeah, arancini and gumballs, let's goooooooo

BIG W. UP THE TOFFEES! 🙌

Because young people have historically and consistently accepted it when older people try to prevent them from doing something.

We got 2 bags of free white cheddar popcorn and $40 worth of coupons after getting our COVID boosters a couple months ago; this definitely needs to be more of a thing

You're welcome, and thank you! The Pasha of Cuisine is on my list now 😄

The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden; retelling of various Russian folklore (Frost King, Vasilisa the wise, house spirits, Baba Yaga, Koschei the Deathless, etc) as a young girl realizes her magical gifts in 14th century Rus and travels between the human and spirit worlds to save humanity.

Spear, a Nicola Griffith short novel that reimagines the Arthurian legend of Percival as a woman. Very magical in the traditional sense and more gorgeous writing (I love Griffith's works)

Nicola Griffith's Hild series (Hild and Menewood), 600s Britain at the cusp of Christianity, imagining the early life of Hilda of Whitby. Amazing writing, not "magic" in the traditional sense but magical in Hild's relationship with the natural world and how she uses it to "see" where others cannot.

Carrie Vaughn's The Naturalist Society, where Arcane Taxonomists unlock magical powers in the Victorian age of discovery, with queer love and a widowed woman realizing her talent in a world of men. There is a sequel, The Glass Slide World, that I haven't started yet but plan to.

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

An image of a spineless Vichy jellyfish, a common species in our current US Senate. (A screenshot of a Bluesky post by US Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, where he says "The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting unite, the better off we are - the likelier our victory next November." The post has over 1.4k replies, 520 quotes, and only 370 likes.)

Hey folks is this a ratio

With Ohio crapping the bed politically the past few years at least I don't have any Dem senators to be furious with this morning

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

View from about midfield and close to the pitch (nice seats!) at an Olimpico Ljubljana vs Bravo "Big Bang" match; hot Prva Liga action on a beautiful Slovenian evening. Olimpico has possession and is driving the ball into Bravo's goal end.

A view of the Bravo goal net about 34 minutes into the match. The net is absolutely covered in what appears to be toilet paper thrown by the ultra Olimpico supporters from the stands behind it; the rolls gracefully unfurling as they arc softly over the net. The Bravo goalkeeper can barely be seen behind a curtain of white loo roll.

We crab sometimes about flares but have you ever had your goal end covered in loo roll? Hilarious ultra action at today's Olimpico Ljubljana match

Please everyone take a break from *gestures around* and enjoy this cute-ass fish

PBS News is not going anywhere.

We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.

We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.

I've met so many of these people in public neighborhood meetings.

100,000 Dead: What We Know About Gaza's True Death Toll The death toll in Gaza, as reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry, understates the true scale of the crisis, researchers say. Hunger, disease, and Israeli gunfire at food distribution centers have made the war in the Strip one of the bloodiest of the 21st century

This story from @nirhasson.bsky.social demonstrates not only the scale of the carnage (at least 4% of Gaza's population) but the truly unprecedented targeting of civilians. Women and children account for 56% of those killed - more than twice their share in Sudan, Syria and Iraq.
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Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

Lilium canadense (Canada lily), a tall stem with whorls of green leaves and three gracefully drooping six-petaled red and orange flowers, their petals curling upwards to show their speckled interior.

Coreopsis verticillata (threadleaf coreopsis), a jauntily thick mound of feathery green leaves with soft yellow flowers sprinkled on top.

Penstemon digitalis (foxglove beardtongue), tall stalks emerging from mounded leaf rosettes with sprays of white trumpet-shaped flowers.

Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance leaf coreopsis), clusters of long lanceolate green leaves with jumbles of broad yellow flowers.

A small backyard garden surrounded by a tan wood privacy fence, with a stone and gravel path winding through the center of several large beds of native Ohio plants, some of which are blooming or preparing to bloom.

Liatris spicata (prairie blazing star), with stalks covered in small feathery purple flowers.

Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed), with clusters of small brilliant orange flowers.

Phlox divaricata (woodland phlox), with delicate five-petaled pink flowers peeking out from under a fern frond.

My native garden is riding out the heat wave so far!

"We are devastated and heartbroken at the loss of our parents, Melissa and Mark. They were the bright lights at the center of our lives, and we can't believe they are gone. Their love for us was boundless. We miss them so much. "We want everyone to know that we are both safe and with loved ones. We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support we have received, and we appreciate your respect for our family's privacy as we grieve. "Our family would like to thank law enforcement for their swift action that saved others and for the coordination across communities that led to the arrest of the man who murdered our parents. We especially would like to thank the officers who were first on the scene to our parents' home and their heroic attempts to rescue our mom and dad. "Our parents touched so many lives, and they leave behind an incredible legacy of dedication to their community that will live on in us, their friends, their colleagues and co-workers, and every single person who knew and loved them. "If you would like to honor the memory of Mark and Melissa, please consider the following: • Plant a tree. • Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail. • Pet a dog. A golden retriever is ideal, but any will do. • Tell your loved ones a cheesy dad joke and laugh about it. • Bake something — bread for Mark or a cake for Melissa, and share it with someone. • Try a new hobby and enjoy learning something. • Stand up for what you believe in, especially if that thing is justice and peace. "Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together. Hold your loved ones a little closer. Love your neighbors. Treat each other with kindness and respect. The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.

(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

Mike Was In The Amazon With My Mom When She Was Researching Toilets Right Before She Died

They’ve bombed abortion clinics, killed doctors, sentenced women to death over unwanted pregnancies, killed trans and queer people for asking for rights. There’s literally no kind of political violence that I’ve not seen come from the right in this country, and it’s never engaged with seriously.

Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.

That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

“If this was done by another country, we absolutely would call this corruption,” said Kristofer Harrison, a former high-level State Department official in the George W. Bush administration. “Because it is corruption.”