Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized Moscow's military action in Ukraine and tried to challenge President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election, was convicted Friday of displaying "extremist symbols" — an action that will keep him out of this year's parliamentary race. https://to.pbs.org/4w5vwiZ

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Little mallard ducklings are so cute. I got this shot of them at the small lake next to the Barcelona Zoo. #Ducklings #Mallards #Parks #Ponds #Lakes #Barcelona #Photography

Ossoff: "We restore checks and balances by winning this election overwhelmingly"

Fokker was Dutch and famously designed fighter planes for the Germans in World War I. But with the decimation of the German aircraft industry by the Treaty of Versailles, he came to the U.S. and plied his craft here.

Oyer: "2 days after Blanche was confirmed as deputy AG, he fired me from my position as DOJ's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job. Mr Blanche's office had asked me to restore the gun rights of a convicted domestic abuser..."

Winter in Times Square (1936)

Hoatzins native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America chicks hatch with two functional claws on the bend of each wing. They use these to climb through branches to escape predators 📷: Milo Burcham #birds

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The European goldfinch is a small, colourful song bird. Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. People introduced Australia & N and S America. They love open, leafy areas, parks, woodlands, orchards, and farmlands. They also love living near cities and towns. They gather in large flocks.

Midsummer Mornings. #photography #fotografie #alps #bavaria #bluesky

To celebrate a rebellion is to know that, from a flawed world, we can make new things. We can hold on, we can find each other, and not just imagine but create a much better America. It is a special 250th – it is ours. Video in link: snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...

You know what doesn't cause apocalyptic skylines and wildfires? Solar panels. Can we stop burning fossil fuels and just start massively investing more in renewables and battery tech, please?

#antifa #antifascist #fightfascism #defenddemocracy

I am not a climate scientist but when I was a kid the number of times we couldn’t go outside because of Canadian wildfire smoke was zero times

I think this is what most of us want… So how do we make it happen… Vote Only Blue!! 🔵

"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met." — W.B. Yeats

“.. Strategy is the art of making power matter. The Iran war has shown, unfortunately, that an asymmetry of strategic competence can offset a profound asymmetry of strength.” @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...

fucking told you so

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Watching Trump's 1st few weeks of his 2nd term and the hundreds of Exec. Orders he swamped us with in order to create a loss of oversight via obfuscation, it was clear what his ultimate goal was. He will pursue that goal using war abroad or martial law/ civil war at home, or by defying the courts.

If Jared Kushner paid €110m to buy an island in Albania that has no fresh water from a guy who did not own it, it would help explain why his negotiations with Iran on behalf of the US have not been entirely successful

“Village from the Hill” (circa 1925) by Canadian artist Henrietta Mabel May.

Thank you! 😊

"We're gonna need a bigger boat!"🐋 Humpback Whale, Tacoma, Washington 📸Cherie StOurs

Another telling tweet: cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...

Always nice to see scammers get scammed. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Heather Today, Scottish Borders, Scotland!💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

In 1970, the 5th grade students at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills were assigned to write to someone they admired and ask what makes a good citizen. Joel Lipton, then 10 years old, wrote to Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. Schulz's response is relevant even today:

Good thing he isn't delusional

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Sargent in the Alps, 1910–11.

In 1810 Reverend Alexander Dobbin created a false cabinet with a sliding shelf to hide the crawl space he dug out, in his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania home, where he harbored runaway slaves

A parrotfish photographed in the Canary Islands became a finalist in the 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Its remarkable expression stood out among more than seven thousand images submitted to the international competition.

My take on the birthright citizenship decision www.ms.now/the-last-wor...

My holiday from hell: I wanted to go zipwiring and eat chips. But my mum insisted we find the ‘real’ Mallorca

Purple crested Turaco 42-46cm Native to sub-Saharan Africa primarily frugivores eat fruit flower buds, occasional insects they eat the seeds of the fruit as well. Male and female are monogamous sharing parenting duties equally both incubating the eggs and feeding the hatchlings

Bath of the Year - Elk Division... On a drizzly day in the Cascade foothills. #mammals #nature #deer #love #trailcam #Seattle #wildanimals #goodmorning #PNW #nokings #wildlife #mountains #elk

After losing in court, the Trump admin is now threatening election officials in Maryland and across the country to get access to voter rolls.   This is yet another outrageous attempt to sow doubt in our democracy & intimidate states.   We must hold the line. marylandmatters.org/2026/07/08/j...

"I have a very glad feeling about this... " #DitchMcConnell

Switzerland put solar panels in the unused space between train tracks. They are removeable, so you can still work on the tracks. And it's working!

"Starry Night Stroll" created by illustrator Jane Newland.

Rufous-necked Hornbill Himalayan foothills, and SE Asia large 90-122 cm Primarily Frugivores figs berries adding insects during the mating season Lifelong monogamous partners sharing parenting of their young can live 20 years in the wild

(Nürnberg) Nuremberg style tribunals must be empaneled to deal with the abuses of ICE/CBP & Concentration Camps. Criminal labilities must be established now & prosecuted so we NEVER AGAIN see this abuse of power on American soil.

Another ICE shooting by @deAdder Substack: open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

Cartoonists Are The Only Real Journalists Left In The USA.

Yep. Unfirmed reports say Iran is using psychologist to help them deal with him and his infantile ego, and waning mental functioning.

An early #caturday meme ...