This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight. But consider this... Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending. Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?

Work in progress. Subject inspired by a Pleione flower, underlying layers built over time through experimentation and, basically, existential crisis 🤷‍♀️ The lip has come out slightly lopsided. Not sure I’m going to correct that. Perfection is a myth, after all. #orchids #fineart #painting

Artist: Fermin Garcia Sevilla "Villanueva de los Infantes", oilpainting 40x40 cm #art #oilpainting #januarty #landscape

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Laelia purpurata, first bloom seedling Not quite a semi alba, the petals are actually pale pink. I don’t recall if this one had a forma attached to it, and I can’t seem to liberate the tag from the pot to find out. #laeliapurpurata #cattleya #orchids #bloomscrolling #orchidaceae

'Stoer Lighthouse' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #womensart

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said President Trump has the power to deploy the National Guard, but "none of the conditions exist" for the president to take over the city's police.

60 years after its passage, the promises of the Voting Rights Act are under attack across the country. The right to vote is at the core of our democracy and we won't stop fighting to protect it.

Vanda tessellata alba, smelling like a spiced mead. They are bright chartreuse, typical tessellata vein pattern barely visible, with a snowy white lip. This is from a population that was supposed to be semi alba, so with a pink lip. #vanda #vandatessellata #bloomscrolling #orchids #fragrantorchids

Pachypodium eburnum A young plant about 5 years old. I took these photos a week ago or so, I should take another. All flowers are open now, making for an impressive display. #caudex #succulentplant #bloomscrolling #pachypodium

Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice. Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.

#Bulbophyllum odoratissimum. Vaguely fragrant of some kind of melon soap substance. This plant is only loosely associated with the cedar shingle it was given as a mount. Some roots are attached, but the bulk of the plant exists as a hairball in front of the mount. #orchids #bloomscrolling

@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow

WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.

Vandachostylis Rainbow Stars (falcata x Charm), first bloom seedling. Very fragrant of cheap cake icing and birthday candles. #orchids #bloomscrolling #vanda #neofinetia #neofinetiafalcata #fragrantorchids

#HappyPride for the next 335 days, too.

Some #orchids blooming here now. Names in alt text. #phalaenopsis #oncidium #tolumnia #equitant #bulbophyllum #bloomscrolling

Kousa dogwood in full drama mode. #plants #gardening #bloomscrolling

Vanda (Neofinetia) falcata Ootakamaru Really pleased with the starburst presentation of the flowers. Neofinetia falcata tend to be most fragrant at dusk here, suddenly releasing a bolus of fragrance reminiscent of

Tomorrow at 7pm ET, Broadway history will be made — with an urgent message. George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” recounts journalist Edward R. Murrow confronting Senator Joseph McCarthy over rampant government censorship in the 1950s. This is the first broadcast of a live Broadway show.

#Paphiopedilum God’s Pearl (Deperle x godefroyae fma album). First bloom seedling with one flower and one bud over silver and green foliage. The flower has pale green tones right now but it will probably mellow to a pale butter yellow as it matures - the flower has only just opened. #orchids

Man he really hates being called a taco, doesn’t he? Might even say he’s got a thin shell.

Chilean artist Livia Marin, teapot from the ´Nomad Patterns´ series (2012) #womensart

Bc Spotted Clown (Brassavola nodosa x Cattleya Lulu) Each one is unique, but in general, spots, sometimes a pink lip, over a yellow-green background is common. As they are nodosa hybrids, they are most colorful when they first open. #cattleya #brassavolanodosa #orchids #bloomscrolling

Rlc Shin Shang Diamond, opening now. The lip will flatten out a bit more. #cattleya #orchids #bloomscrolling

Why the "big beautiful bill" is the single ugliest bill you can imagine... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-is

This photo sucks because it was taken under the cheap LED lights this seedling has been living under for the past few years, and the exposure and color balance are all out of whack. But. This is your sign that it is possible to bloom #Cattleya schilleriana under artificial lights. #orchids

The GOP budget bill is 1,116 pages long but it boils down to this one simple fact: Republicans are facilitating a massive transfer of wealth to the richest Americans while making cuts that would rip away healthcare and food from millions of people. It's Robin Hood in reverse.

#Paphiopedilum (hangianum x New Red Moon) first bloom seedling. This plant has a soft scent of freshly washed polyester. Why I think it smells like polyester I can’t explain. Until today it didn’t even occur to me that polyester had a specific smell. 🤷‍♀️ #orchids #bloomscrolling

Now is a great time to reach out to your member of Congress who promised not to cut Medicaid. Or to your conservative friends who don't think we should be exploding the debt. Because today, Donald Trump met with Republicans on Capitol Hill, trying to pass a bill that would do both.

Well it didn’t take as many days for this one to plump up. It’s a really large flower. Paphiopedilum Harold Koopowitz #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macro #macrophotopraphy #365photo 🌱🌴🪴sky

Another #Dendrobium primulinum I was sure this one bloomed for the first time last year. I don’t recall it being quite this nice. It might be a keeper. #orchids #bloomscrolling

Lepanthes calodictyon #Orchid update:3 new leaves in the cloud forest Elf grow module 1/

Coelogyne schilleriana This is a deciduous species. If you see one for sale in the early spring and I hasn’t got any leaves, don’t be freaked out. Flowers and new foliage will be along shortly. #coelogyne #coelogyneschilleriana #orchids #bloomscrolling

Surface sterilizing #orchid seeds today #orchidbreeding #plants #gardening

#Cattleya Summer Spot x Small World C. aclandiae is a grandparent on both sides. You can really see that in the form and heavy spotting on the flowers, and also the plants themselves - though you can’t really see those in this photo, with these amorphous masses of green here... #orchids

Platycerium SS Foong This one is semi-mature I suppose, old enough to produce spore, but not quite in its final form with super-abundant fingers on the fertile fronds. Plant is in an 8 inch basket and grown rather bright. #platycerium #ferns #plants #platyceriumssfoong #gardening

Juicy still life in wax pastel #neocolor #crayons #drawing #fruit #art #waxpastel #stilllife

"Enchanted Eve" acrylic & oil on canvas 36x48 inches Nicki Ault 2024 #sunlight #borealforest #CanadianShield #lake #bskyart #blueskyartist

meet Pleurothallis machupicchuensis ,a new #Orchid species from Peru

Paph haynaldianum first bloom seedling, just opening its first flower. This is a multifloral, but it stays nicely compact. This one is blooming size in just a three inch pot. Older ones can have higher flower count. #paphiopedilum #orchids #bloomscrolling #gardening #plants

He’s spending more on his ego parade than gets spent on public media.

These are maudiae type hybrid #paphiopedilum seedlings, recently germinated. Sometimes things like this have poor yield. Sometimes they go the opposite way. I won’t guess how many are in this plate. There were also two others like this. 👀 #orchids #plantbreeding #plants

Happy little crackweeds. Viola spp. #wildflowers #violets #wildviolets

Coelogyne Intermedia I keep these outside in the summer and cool to intermediate temperatures in the winter They’re in pots or baskets half full of packing peanuts, frosted on top with a layer of sphagnum. #orchids #Coelogyne #bloomscrolling

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New Bulbophyllum #IOrchid species found in Thailand