Pretty sad times we live in when it’s news that the government has agreed to follow a court order.

Trump's attempting to transform the US from a country that welcomes immigrants into a radically xenophobic nation that demonizes immigrants of color, and even their US born children. But Trump didn't campaign on this destructive/reactionary remaking of America and most Americans don't support it. 1/

Writing… It looks like I can figure out how to best do a scene while speeding along on a stationary bike.

Holkham Beach, North Norfolk

Are white people aware that Trump won twice BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF WHITE PEOPLE WHO VOTED PUT HIM IN OFFICE?????????? Why is this consistently elided???? Stop being ridiculous.

Morning

Cross: And I just find it laughable that the party of the self-proclaimed pro-life people are celebrating cutting off funding to children…

Okay sunset

Gift link for a fascinating & characteristically problematic NYTimes article: What's problematic is the wholesale importation (pun intended) of the empty-headed zero-sum Trumpian view of trade. China sells & finances African solar, which is bad because...Africa won't build solar factories? C'mon

for you, from a glorious moment with the ocean and sky 🤍🕊️ . #ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #Ocean #Clouds #Oregon

I love this painting. There's such a hidden story there. Is the painter being annoying? Is the painting meant to be put above the snack drawer her already chunky husband keeps raiding? Or is she judging us through the mists of time? Marco Basaiti - Portrait of a Lady early 1500

BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.

#ImpeachTrump #EpsteinFiles

🤔While we're on the subject of Elon Musk, let's not forget his business genius. Apparently "it's increasingly hard to claim that DOGE made any sizable dent in federal spending, which was its primary goal." "The bottom line is that government spending increased under DOGE..." Such integrity!

Red twig dogwood #coloraday #bluetue #photography #eastcoastkin

He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.

Enjoying the end-of-year rash of promotions and solicitations? Interesting how any text that begins with your first name is inevitably spam. And how texts that declare, “Don’t Delete This Text!” are definitely ones to delete.

More out of touch rhetoric coming out of the White House. My health insurance premium just went up over $1000 per month. A one time refund of $1K-$2K is not “gignatic”.

Politicians are now saying the way to fix democracy is to have less of it. Give all the power to one elected person who can do whatever they want until we try to remove them. Cool. That's not worrying at all.

😮 What a winner it would be for a candidate to run for the French presidency on the basis of justice and holding Musk to account! www.joe.co.uk/politics/fra...

"Greene sat by herself in the House chamber. Melanie Stansbury, the ranking Democratic member of Greene’s DOGE subcommittee, took notice. ... 'I think it was very brave for her to stand up to the president and to stand with the victims. ... {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...

Kennedy Center New Year's Eve concerts canceled after addition of Trump's name. Boo fucking hoo.

Humans are a careless species www.theguardian.com/environment/...

2025 Year in Review #ProudBlue #Pinks

Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025. www.cnn.com/2025/12/27/p...

When It Comes to Trump, Trust Women They have recognized the president’s toxicity from the jump. It’s time men start listening to them. www.thebulwark.com/p/when-it-co...

Without exception, we are all, at one time or another, shipwrecked in our own lives — Fred Forge | #Notulite | excerpt from “My 369 Notebook” Fine art photography source : Underground Darkness Group

Take a break from doomscrolling. #birds #art #timelinecleanse #painting #kingfisher #icon #peace

Good morning from mr Fox

It’s a deal! It’s a teal! It’s the sale of the century! #Birds

💙💛 People take pictures of a Christmas tree during its lightning in the central City of Odesa during a blackout #OTD December 30, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

My "almost" nightly photo of the Moon. #SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography Settings: Canon T5i Sigma 150mm x 600mm Focal length: 600mm F-stop: f/10 Exposure time: 1/1250 ISO: 800 #Moon phase: Waxing 77%

This is how you do it folks

Since when Putin's residence is not a valid military target?

Lowest ratings ever for a CBS broadcast. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Enjoying the end-of-year rash of promotions and solicitations? Interesting how any text that begins with your first name is inevitably spam. And how texts that declare, “Don’t Delete This Text!” are definitely ones to delete.

The President claims he knows exactly who blew up that Venezuelan dock but "doesn't want to say." It’s the classic Trump cliffhanger. He treats national security like an episode of The Masked Singer. "Who’s behind the drone? Is it the CIA? Is it Rudy in a jetpack? We’ll find out after the break!"

"New Year Resolutions." What a beautiful, empty term. It’s just a secular way of saying "I’m going to lie to myself for three weeks." I'm not "resolving" anything; I'm just rescheduling my failures for February. If I actually wanted to change, I would’ve done it on a Tuesday in October.

"The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin

South Carolina lawmakers are debating a bill that would ban the intentional release of chemicals into the sky to change the weather or block sunlight. They're afraid "contrails" — condensation from jets - are really dangerous chemicals for secret or harmful purposes. MAGA folks are terrified.

John, you did great!! Thank you for this wonderful starter pack!!

I asked a landscaper for plants suitable for a firebreak. Two of the were “highly flammable” but don’t worry, they grow back after exploding. I think the point of the house surviving, not the plant, might have been lost.

And the 25th!

“Two former executives of the company, which has since been renamed and reconfigured, are now defendants in the longest criminal trial in Swedish history…”

We suspect ICE commits crimes at a far higher rate than the people they are kidnapping.