OMG. What an ad!

Hey, everyone. I've found a great blogger, Mary Geddry, in Oregon, who writes a sharp and witty daily political blog. Please follow her at @magixarc.bsky.social and give her a read.

Momma and her fur baby…. No DNA test needed…. So freaking adorable… 🥰

I recommend that everyone follow @magixarc.bsky.social. She writes of current events with wit and hard truth, and pulls no punches.

I've started following @magixarc.bsky.social and recommend her political coverage posts.

Did anyone else notice the report that the GOP snuck in an amendment to the (stalled) House budget bill that allows the sale of National Forests? This has been keeping me up at night. Those forests belong to the people, not the government!

Just sharing with you all the beauty of our 150 year old apple orchard in full bloom. Yes, we pick the apples...the ones the bear leaves for us.

Spread the word.

This is the most alarming of all Trump's Executive Orders. Though it cannot possibly be legal, he obviously doesn't care. This would consolidate the whole government under his authority. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Who and what actually is DOGE? It's even worse than we thought. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

😭

Hope everyone is following @petebuttigieg.bsky.social. He is a voice of reason, and asking all the right questions.

Musk's DOGE, which is not a government entity, has taken over OMB, locking it's staff out of their computers. This is the agency that sends out Fed employee retirement benefits. My bank sent notice that my OMB $ for Feb is much less than it was in Jan. This is a coup! www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

@rickpetree.bsky.social @ridgecook.bsky.social Please pass this on. Tonight's halt on all gov't spending to orgs except for SS, Medicare & Medicaid. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/deb7af80-48b6-4b8a-8bfa-3d84fd7c3ec8.pdf

@rickpetree.bsky.social @ridgecook.bsky.social Anyone notice notice the change in gov address? They've changed it from DEI to DEIA, adding Accessibility as something to be dismissed. This means they don't want federal employees with disabilities or handicaps. This is discrimination and important!

At long last, Leonard Peltier had his sentence commuted to home confinement by Biden today. A ray of light on a very dark day.

Deleted previous post on the ERA because there’s some confusion over whether or not the Archivist will (or even can) publish it. Including statement again for clarity.

I'm no Berner, but he's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQyE...

A Government shutdown we can all get behind: In honor of President Carter. www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

Anyone still on X, go to your Settings and Privacy, choose Privacy and Safety, scroll through Data Sharing and choose Grok. Make sure you have the box un-checked. Otherwise anyone can see Grok's summary of your political posts. Hover over a name, click on the new Profile Summary, & see Grok box!!!!

Growing pains for Blue Sky: www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

Today is my birthday, and we have survived several earthquakes (including a 7.3), an atmospheric tornado, and now today, finally, the sun is out. I am determined to celebrate survival, and not focus, for once, on the gloom & doom. Here I am 50 years ago, carefree, with no idea of this future.

My cats, Shadow and Sasha, enjoying a break in the rain.

Okay, @docjanicel.bsky.social I found Rick's Place, followed everybody that I hadn't already found, and now I wait....

Just now joined and finding my way around. If anyone knows how to make groups (lists?) please advise. I would like to have the journalists all in one place to get the news, the cat people in another, and Twitter friends in still another. @roryflynn808.bsky.social, @ridgecook.bsky.social, any ideas?