This man is a danger to us all.

Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.

Ghislaine Maxwell was granted limited IMMUNITY to speak to Trump's private attorney and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. The cover-up here is astounding.

This marks the 30th anniversary of the unprecedented genetic experiment that saved the #Florida panther from extinction and boosted the population from 20 in 1995 to about 200 today. youtube.com/shorts/XbQX3...

“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page Project 2025. Nature examines science-related policies from Project 2025 that have already come to pass, and which ones might be on the horizon. 🧪

The F-47 Bonespur

We lost an American original today. RIP Jesse Colin Young, 83. Jesse was a pioneer of folk rock. With his great voice and a band modestly named after him, he recorded wonderful tunes from the folk repertoire in smart arrangements, immortalizing Dino Valenti’s “Get Together,”anthem of the 60s.

Oh, nothing big, just J.D. Vance on Friday, spewing common explicitly Christian nationalist, white supremacist talking points to Laura Ingraham. I don't think people appreciate how much to the right even of Trump Vance is. Trump breezily embraces this garbage; Vance meditates on it.

Murphy: "The president is continuing to act unconstitutionally. He shut down some of our most important programs that protect us abroad, like Radio Free Europe, that were funded & authorized in that spending bill. So it doesn't seem like we have restrained any of the president's lawlessness."

Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field. By @arthurallen202.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

"FAA officials told me that many jobs with critical safety functions are indeed being sacrificed, with any possible replacements uncertain because of the government-wide hiring freeze" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The most blatant Presidential corruption I have ever seen—and I was born when Truman was President.

This afternoon, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social got to do a little history report, and that always makes him happy.

“It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to see that these cast aside federal workers with a wealth of institutional knowledge represent staggeringly attractive targets to the intelligence services of our competitors and adversaries,” a third source told CNN. www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

The name was chosen with care. Pyotr Krasnov was a Nazi Collaborator en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_K...

Curators at the Fowler Museum—and other Los Angeles cultural leaders—are looking to centuries-old Native American fire-tending practices to help address an urgent crisis www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/19/c...

BOB DYLAN + DYLAN IN 🇬🇧 RECORD MIRROR MAY 1978 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu5_...

If you’re ever in public while high on ketamine, this DEA pamphlet suggests you might want want to wear sunglasses, even indoors. www.dea.gov/sites/defaul...

I have solved Bird Flu. Give the chickens ivermectin. Have the chickens practice Earthing. The problem with their immune systems is they are not touching the soil enough. Coffee enemas for all chickens. Also we must stop reading them Ibram X. Kendi. Eggs will be back and most importantly not gay.

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified" This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.

the level of corruption unfolding right now will stagger future generations. it will stagger people a month from now.

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

1/This may truly blowup #KashPatel nomination On left: Patel Testimony: "I'm not aware" of purge inside DOJ/FBI and "don't know what's going on." On right: Whistleblowers tell Senate that Patel was directing the purge! Contemporaneous note: “KP wants movement at FBI, reciprocal actions for DOJ”

Just gonna leave this here.

This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!

The Latin Quarter. Galway, Ireland. www.xiomaro.com . #photography #ireland #xiomaro

Now that we're in a trade war with one of the Five Eyes, who we've threatened to annex, I'm reminded of Xenophon's description of Menon. "...if he said he was a friend to anyone, it was plain that he was plotting against them. He would never ridicule an enemy, but always ridiculed his associates."

Article I says Congress makes laws and has power of the purse. Article II requires POTUS to faithfully execute laws. Refusing to execute laws so he can usurp Congress’s budgetary authority is unconstitutional. A self-respecting Congress would do a veto-proof resolution, and if necessary, impeach.

Nature is beautiful. 😂

United States Supreme Court rules 5-4 that South Korean authorities cannot arrest President Yoon

As problematic as Chinese influence is, yes, this 100%. The real problem is internal, not external.

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A Supreme Court justice called the president elect and asked him for a favor. Sam Alito needs to recuse from any and all cases to which Donald Trump is a party.

In case you were in any doubt, Trump's ranting about Panama is ABSOLUTE INSANITY. And bottomless ignorance. (Canal transfer negotiations started *under Nixon*, completed under Carter. The main proponent was the US military.) More to come, but background: fallows.substack.com/p/panama-is-...

Baby Rainbow Lorikeet! #birds

The @washingtonpost.com finally released the editorial cartoon they're using in place of the spiked @anntelnaes.bsky.social one. I don't think this is reassuring.

Love this photo of John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Muhammad Ali at Jimmy Carter’s inaugural gala.

Seems wistful, salutary, and ironic in equal measure that US flags will be at half-staff during Trump's inauguration.

It's the anniversary of Thomas Becket's assassination. So here's a bit of eel history to go with your Becket! After his death, the church at Wymondham Abbey was rededicated to include Becket's name. And it was sustained by an annual rent of 2,000 eels from the village of Hilgay. 🗃️🧪

I am so very heartbroken to hear of Olivia’s death. We did a TV movie together & she was the sweetest, kindest lady! And every woman of my generation loved her as Juliet! Such a huge loss! Condolences to David and her family. Hold your loved ones close #RIPOliviaHussey Beautiful lady, beautiful soul