Today's Poem brought to you by the great and wise Octavia Butler:

#FishFriday 🐠: Four Continental silver articulated #fish, 19th c. Length of longest 15.5 cm/ 6 1/8 in. www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...

Trump is proof that the moral economy of neoliberalism has outlived its political economy. Everyone is out for only themselves and convinced that any attempt to address things collectively or politically is a scam or ripoff...

It’s great to work somewhere that actually creating food security globally & not just talking about it (what I used to do!) www.global-agriculture.com/ag-tech-rese...

Acoustic aircraft detector.

The dam is breaking. It takes millions of raindrops to make a deluge, and every drop matters. The power of the people will never be defeated! youtu.be/LH0-WXUFY2k?...

Happy birthday Bob! This great ape is 20 today 🦧 Bob is known throughout the Oregon Zoo for his unique bond with 3-year-old Jolene. Though male orangutans typically don't play much of a role in parenting, Bob is an active father who can often be seen playing with and caring for his daughter 💕

On this day in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell received her medical degree from the Medical College of Geneva, New York, making her the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree. Her Feb. 3 birthday now celebrated each year as National Women Physicians Day. Image: Harvard University.

I’m this kind of scientist, and no. bsky.app/profile/brid...

Now THERE'S a concrete proposal. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has stated that if Ukraine is allowed into NATO, it will happily sink all Russian navy ships operating near Greenland, just as they have sunk the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. Sounds like a great deal to me, and Ukraine can deliver.

Any recommendations for going to Costa Rica for dental work?

The Trump-Vance admin has admitted that DOGE may have shared Social Security data with a group set on "exposing" voter fraud to overturn elections. We need to know the truth, especially ahead of the midterms. If the gov is really done hiding info, there should be no issue answering our demands.

A special emissary of the Netherlands presents Donald Trump with an award #TrumpAwards

On the House floor tonight, @neguse.house.gov made the case to #EndCitizensUnited. He knows the importance of putting power back in the hands of everyday people and we’re thankful for his leadership on one of the most pressing issues of our time.

Police Officer Domestic Violence Is A Crisis. It’s Time for States to Take Action. msmagazine.com/2025/12/11/p...

Air pollution—a major killer and cause of chronic illnesses—is once again on the rise in America. By rejoining the global clean energy revolution (solar, wind & geothermal plus storage), we can make this scourge a thing of the past and make America healthy again. @docsforclimate.bsky.social

I’ve grown to think football is a stupid game. Let’s beat each other’s heads in! Let’s pay for billionaires stadiums while the average person can’t afford to buy tickets! Let’s teach our kids that they might have a chance at making it big!

Serious question, how/where does one begin to get into Star Trek? Saw some as a kid on TV, saw a movie I don’t remember many years ago.

Frederick Cuming (British, 1930 - 2022). Winter Sun (oil painting).

In Louisiana, an ICE officer named David Courvelle has pleaded guilty on charges related to his monthslong sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan woman held in a detention center. www.wbrz.com/news/contrac...

The lineup of film on TCM today in honor of MLK Jr is great. Goes all the way through tomorrow morning.

Rachel Moore meets Sweet Girl, a beloved young #whale known for her gentle nature; who tragically lost her life after being hit & killed by a vessel. She suffered for hours. Her death shows the need to slow down ferries during whale season. #photo: Sina Ritter #UnderwaterPhotography #photography

When ICE fires multiple chemical rounds directly at the head of a praying, priest, DOJ concludes it is completely justified. When protestors make noise during a sermon by a right-wing ICE pastor, DOJ announces a major investigation. It's not about immigration; it's about control.

Long ago a friend put it to me this way: "back in the 40's America got a taste of fascism, and some of 'em liked it."

Northern Lights over Greenland 🇬🇱

A lot of why I escape to nature is described right here. I stand in a forest or a marsh or a beach and am reminded of how very small we humans are, how very brief our tenure on this planet is. And that thought brings me some peace. 🌿

Eartha Kitt sings *I Want to Be Evil* (1962)

Joint Statement by President von der Leyen and President Costa on Greenland ⬇️

Good Afternoon❄️ Angel of the Waters (Bethesda Fountain - Central Park)

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Remembering today the late 🇺🇸American theatre, film and television actress, singer and songwriter #EarthaKitt (17 January 1927 – 25 December 2008) born #OnThisDay in North, South Carolina

Just a wee tiny anole chilling out with me.

America allowed race-obsessed Apartheid era South Africans like Musk and German libertarian nihilists like Thiel to destroy relationships with its closest allies in a year. That’s how resilient to foreign interference ‘the greatest democracy in the world’ is. www.advocate.com/news/tech-br...

Powerful forces are lining up to undermine global cooperation, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned at a landmark event in London on Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the General Assembly, but he urged that “humanity is strongest when we stand as one”.

ICE kidnapped 4 members of Oglala Sioux Tribe released 1 and now can’t "locate" the other 3. America is at a state where native Americans aren't even considered Americans anymore.

Vanity, Jacob Hoefnagel, 1634 (British Museum)

Dark times

Pres. can invoke the Insurrection Act -- at the request of a governor (as Bush Sr. did at the request of Gov. Wilson in 1992 for Rodney King riots in LA) -- to enforce federal court orders (Eisenhower and Kennedy: desegregation orders) Walz won't request, and courts won't order

SOLIDARITY: Brass Solidarity is a community band that has been meeting weekly to spread music since 2021. They typically play Mondays at 5:30 p.m. at George Floyd Square, but on Jan. 12 they performed at the memorial where Renee Good was killed by ICE goon Jonathan Ross.

Not only has Rand Paul increased this cost by a factor of 10,000, there was actually useful science behind the research as I explained in 2021. wapo.st/4pKScAV

Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person. Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured. BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.

Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) is a poet for this moment

Landscape with five cows | Piet Mondrian

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us. WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️

Trump and Republicans raised taxes on clean energy last year, destroying our best opportunity to hold down people's energy bills as data centers gobble up electricity. Anything he says he's doing on energy costs now is a fraud.

🚨 Jack Smith testimony set for Jan. 22 at 10 AM

Today is Alice Paul’s birthday! Alice was instrumental in getting women the right to vote in 1920 & then went on to introduce and lobby for the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923! She’s quoted as saying: “There will never be a new world order unless women are a part of it.” — Alice Paul, 1885-1977

John Ashbery