Hugo Lowell told MSNOW that the Trump administration expects that the murder of Alex Pretti will "blow over and go away." They believe that Americans will forget about it in a week or so.

We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇

Gavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization. This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.

A beloved Utah national monument is under threat from Republicans

There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.

donated!

I found a sea slug relative that carries a shell 🫧 ͛.* Its white, translucent mantle is spilling out from the shell! And most of all, look at that face… those tiny round eyes are just too cute 👀✨

wistfully remembering traveling internationally in simpler times. for #ColorADay #BlueTue memories of Venice

Never forget that billionaires spend billions to convince you that voting doesn't matter. Don't help them. Voting isn't the ONLY thing we can do, but it is the most powerful check on the executive. "Don't bother voting because there'll be no free elections" is oligarch propaganda.

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

respect! Green Day and Bad Bunny! www.kqed.org/arts/1398554...

i meant to repost Heather Cox Richardson’s very graceful Jan 18th Letter which celebrates morality even in the darkest times. Accidentally posted an earlier Letter first. She is always worth listening to, but wanted to focus on positivety. Wish we could ‘un-repost’ sometimes!

January 18, 2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TwoOfAKind - i thought i would combine it with #Stunday for this picture of sparrows that i really loved the birds positions in. seed in the hollow trunk #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

Heads up, Portland, Maine 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Abigail Spanberger was told to throw trans youth under the bus during her campaign. She refused to do so. She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide. She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.

There's a young guy in England, a professional animator, who spent over 4 years sleeping in the woods in a hammock under a tarp - and I just wrote about him, if you need a distraction from <points to Everything Else Happening Right Now>: open.substack.com/pub/everythi...

If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.

The crisis is real, and this is part of our effort at new approaches to supporting scholars and advancing scholarship in the (vast!) early Americas. Sharing again and would appreciate your sharing, too. More info in the thread. 🧵⬇️

I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota. If you have places for me to add, please DM me.

The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025. https://bit.ly/4sEbdYv

its hard right now to step back from the horror and remember the gentle things, the beautiful things. so probably won't be posting too much. but today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsInFlight, and thats a favorite, so here is a skimmer in flight reflected in a pond #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

“Do not get lost in a sea of despair.” - John Lewis #RIP

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Feathers&Form - this duck is from a trip to the Falklands i've lost - only a few images saved in a random spot on my harddrive to torture me. being organized is not one of my skills. #Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin

The deadline to register & be Hugo-voting-eligible is January 31st!

This is exactly what I told someone yesterday. Even if I spot you the first shot (I shouldn’t, but let’s go with that), shots 2 and 3 were inexcusable and this officer will lose his case if it ever goes to court.

The New York Times described a harrassment campaign that helped drive a young trans woman to suicide as "online criticisms." Today on Assigned, @evanurquhart.bsky.social responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FoodFinds - 'any bird with food in it’s mouth'. a Gentoo penguin feeds its chick krill. chick head in mouth (along with the krill) counts for food in mouth, right? #photography #birds #Penguins #EastCoastKin #wildlife

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackAndWhite. - black capped chickadees are cuter in Alaska than our california chestnut back chickadees - maybe its being poofed up to stay warm? #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin - this one is lighted like a runway model...

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #speckles&spots -- if you think its hard to see the baby snipe in this picture you should see the other pics - the baby actually stands out in this one. <grin> 2nd hardest bird i've ever struggled to see. #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Wildlife

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay is #Snowy - here is a Snowy Sheathbill sitting in the snow #Birds #SouthGeorgia #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #Snow

rain is not common in my area - so to celebrate - january maple tree in the rain #Photography #EastCoastKin #Rain #Garden

196 #art #photo #photography #alley #nightphotography #streetsnap #LightAndShadow #Tainan #EastCoastKin #dream ©️skinskin

Fícus, Av, Paulistas, SP, Brasil

one more for fun, one very dirty rock shag coming in to land. @alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #caughtinmotion #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Seashore #Nature

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #caughtinmotion - here is a black-headed gull photographed in Holland, coming in to land. #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

a closeup of a smaller mazegill shelf fungi - showing its furry edges. its been raining on this one for a few days, log is saturated so fungi probably is too. #EastCoastKin #Mushrooms #Fungi #Photography

ROV pilots filmed this giant phantom jelly, or Stygiomedusa gigantea, at 253 meters during an ROV descent to explore the Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon wall. #ArgentinianDeepSeeps

Haunting Soviet animation set in the faraway future of 2026 From: There Will Come Soft Rains (1984), dir. Nazim Tulyakhodjaev, Uzbekfilm

I've never seen shelf fungi like these before - strong winds brought down some large branches near me and the ones under this oak had a lot of these. They are tight against the branch so this doesn't seem to be the underside #EastCoastKin #Mushrooms #Fungi #Photography possibly oak mazegill?

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #B&W - so double posting today - here is a chickadee from the yard #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #BW #BlackandWhite #ClassicMono

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay alternate theme is #sparrows and while i was out photographing raindrops on the maple tree in my backyard a golden crowned sparrow flew in and posed in the rain. #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin effective 1000mm with the 150-400 + 1.25tc

They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?! Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

@robcrank68.bsky.social and @alan678.bsky.social Thank you for everything you have done on your #BirdOfTheDay theme. I have had so much fun going through pictures to meet your challenges! Hope you have a good new year #Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections. #photography #Birds #EastCoastKin Wishes for a new world next year A spark of kindness made a light. The light made an opening in the darkness. Everyone worked together to make a ladder. A Wind Clan person climbed out first into the next world Joy Harjo