Good Sunday morning from Albie - definitely a music lover, sometimes w/ lyrics adjustments, such as, "put a lime in the coconut and have a belly rub." His top 2 are "Good Morning Starshine" & "Happy Together" 🎶 He's Benjie's littermate brother. #Tonkinese #Caturday #catsofbluesky

My #DuolingoFrench lessons are often all too true. " Le criminel a attaqué la juge qui l'avait jugé ! "😉

Good Saturday morning from Benjie His "feed me now" stare. One of my two #Tonkinese boys. #catsofbluesky #Caturday

What's even funnier, is the guy might not understand the shade 🕶️😂

8 Books About the Transformative Power of Live Music: The best nights of my misspent youth were spent at rock and roll shows. I’d been addicted to the radio since early in my childhood, and as soon as I had a learner’s permit and a job that gave me permission to drive after hours, I went to every…

Aceto... whatever?

Fear, Grievance & the Other How Authoritarian Populist Politics Thrive in Contemporary Democracies Key concepts to understand politics beyond the left-right paradigm Hybrid style of politics - authoritarian populism. Pdf: belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/defaul...

Enjoying Dave Matthews' performance at Farm Aid 40. Next up tonight: John Mellencamp, followed by Bob Dylan (9:22 central time) then Neil Young, with wrap up by Willie Nelson www.youtube.com/live/CJbXWbd...

Farm Aid 40 - live-streaming on YT now! Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and more www.youtube.com/live/CJbXWbd...

In clothing mfg, it's standard practice to sew care & content tags into the inside left-hand seam of a garment. This placement is easy way to determine the front from the back of a t-shirt or sweater. Can be especially helpful for people with visual impairments. 💡 #GoodToKnow #LifeTips

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

"Why I learned to love audiobooks" - flashback from my long commutes to work in So Calif - from 2013. 😊 #RetirementHasBenefits #Audiobooks

Pretty amazing young people www.thebrighterside.news/post/high-sc...

Among the best first lines of a film: "He even took the gramophone on safari, three rifles, supplies for a month, and Mozart." spoken by Meryl Streep as Karen Blixen, about Denys (Robert Redford) in Out of Africa.✨💫

Grateful for who Robert Redford was as a human being who cared, and for all the cinematic memories across so many years. This is just one of many favorites...watching Denys fall in love with Karin's mind in Out of Africa ✨ 💫 youtu.be/jfVeOF6_cLg?...

There it is! 👇

Another conversation definitely worth a listen and/or watch! Food for thought and action, and hope.✨💙 #TheBestPeople #NicolleWallace #StaceyAbrams #SmartWomen

A friend passed away yesterday. We marched for #Women'sRights in January 2017. We enjoyed sharing NYC memories. Perhaps she might hang out w/ this group in spirit. 🕊️✨💙 “We don’t need to be in Birkenstocks and T-shirts to make a change,” Ms. Carrica Haley joked. *Gift www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/s...

This might be my next listen. Love the description. #Audiobooks #History #Booksky📚

Fox is the poison that’s killing democracy. Kilmeade is one of the syringes they use to inject the toxin

From the 10th anniversary memorial #WeRemember ✨😔 youtu.be/LNvaX6VpLMs?...

62 years ago today, on her deathbed, Rachel Carson composed her extraordinary letter about the monarchs and the meaning of life – one of the most beautiful and moving things I have ever read www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/13/r...

🚨Weeks after UF unveiled a ‘universal’ mRNA cancer vaccine that eliminated tumors in some mouse models and entered early trials, HHS Sec. RFK Jr., in the Trump administration, cut $500M from respiratory mRNA projects, alarming experts. open.substack.com/pub/theintel...

Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard". youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."

Happy Star Trek Day! The premiere of the original series began on September 8, 1966 in USA. Star Trek aimed to portray a brighter future where humanity has overcome racism, nationalism, and works together for a common goal. That sounds like what we need today! 🖖 Live Long and Prosper 🖖

Un peu de sarcasme de la part de mon groupe français... ...peut-être une bonne idée 😂 #DuolingoFrenchGroup

Maria’s postings are always soul-soothers. Thank you @mariapopova.bsky.social ✨💙

GOP is using tax payer funds for buying votes

If you could use a poem today, or perspective: www.themarginalian.org/2024/04/06/b...

Thinking of you @gaelamadan.bsky.social and that you might enjoy this 🎶🍃

Good job, Judge Breyer! #LawMatters ⚖️✨ ..with gratitude from an American who is also a Californian.💙

Judge Cullen torched Trump. The administration thought it could sue every federal judge in Maryland. Bold move. Stupid move. In a 39-page takedown, Cullen didn’t just dismiss it, he called it what it was: “novel and potentially calamitous.” Read here. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Raising a glass of sparkling 🥂 Good job, Judge Sooknanan!⚖️ Enjoyed learning more about her 👇 #LawMatters www.dcd.uscourts.gov/content/dist...

This times a million‼️👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

When there are just "too many rocks" I turn up the music 🎶 & cook 🥘. Am seeing #HatchChiles in the So Calif grocery stores but have never cooked w/ them. Do you have a favorite recipe for a first-timer? @mjdowntheshore.bsky.social am thinking you might? www.hatch-green-chile.com/pages/recipe...

Jeezlouise! What new hell can they put people through? 😳Pilot program to take effect next year in 6 states,govt plans to use AI for pre-authorization to determine eligibility for certain procedures. #Medicare This administration does NOT care abt people! *Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

🧵 1/3 NYT has 2 articles on this topic today - this is the latest one. Looks like I might be cleared to get my October jab if it is available. 🤞 *Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/w...

Love the song...says it all! 🎶💙✨ and Happy Birthday to you, my friend @mitch.social ! 🎂🎉 #DemocracyMatters #StrongerTogether

Just spent 30 minutes watching sweet videos of Golden Retrievers...missing my Golden, my sweetest good boy for over 13 years, who crossed the bridge in 2003. #AlwaysInMyHeart ✨🐾💕 & it's another very sad news day in the USA #Minneapolis

Thank you @annabower.bsky.social for your timely reporting on these proceedings. ⚖️ Really helpful! Thank you for your consistent efforts to keep us informed! #LawMatters

1/2 In California: Have already received mailers urging me to vote against Newsom's bill in the November special election The mailers look like they support Democracy. NOPE! Definitely crafted to mislead!! Sent by "ProtectFairElections" group, paid for by "Right Path California" (that's a clue)

Must-read important 🧵 Thank you @judgeluttig.bsky.social very much appreciated! And Thank You to Federal Judge Thomas Cullen !! ⚖️ #LawMatters #NationOfLaws #StrongerTogether

Can't stand to *listen to him *watch him *read about his latest activities 🤯🤢😵‍💫 and don't even need to tell you who.. bcuz you already know am disgusted beyond any relatively sane person's imagination

A little happiness boost 🫶🎶✨💙 #smiles #sounds youtu.be/9HZZVE4KJPI?...

I'm not interested in anything she has to say. open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...

If you are not already following @mitch.social please do, you won't regret it! Also, there is always great content on Mitch's Substack (link in his bio) . #StrongerTogether #LawMatters #DemocracyMatters 💙✨

May this temporary ruling become permanent!!! 🤞 ✨ #ShutItDown 💙 *Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...

BREAKING: A federal court temporarily blocked our clients’ school districts from complying with a new Texas law that mandates displays of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. The Constitution is clear: Public schools are not Sunday schools.

Russia murdered an entire family in Kharkiv yesterday: a grandmother, both parents, a 15-year-old boy, and a 1.5-year-old baby girl.