Argh! This would have given me my first streak of 150 in #Wordle .. oh well, 149 it is. And starting over :) Wordle 1,646 X/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

Shortest daylight of the year (over 6 hours shorter than in summer). After today, more daylight every day 🙂 Yes, I'm a nerd, and I wrote this program. No quite sure yet how I will spend the extra 2 seconds of daylight tomorrow, but I WILL find a way 🤣 #solstice #sunshine #LongerDays

Relative rotation speed and axial tilts of the planets. Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue

Sandra Victorino, Native American ceramic artist of the Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico #womensart

“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” -Albert Camus

Cating all day is exhausting. So happy it's Saturday. #Caturday #AnotherSaturday #cats

Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class. Gift Link. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...

Immigrants didn’t just build America, they are the backbone and their labor still helps it run and to continue on. They aren’t the threat, the far right fascist neo-Nazis who were given full power to destroy it all on the basis of racism, hate and greed are the real threat.

My cat doing silly cat things. #Caturday #YogaSaturday #SillyCats

It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

From the reddit fountain pen community, how fountain pens (Pilot in this case) are made. www.reddit.com/r/fountainpe...

This is Abir Alsahlani, a member of the European Parliament. @abiralsahlani.bsky.social

#Chicago Northern Lights! And I'm in a very light-polluted area. Just amazing.

Northern Lights over #Chicago right now! And I'm in a very light polluted place, I can't believe it. Just fantastic

You say possible snow in Chicago this weekend? Watch me care. #Caturday #Chicago #NoWorries #Beans

'Tea and Books' by Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt

Even the ordinary looks sometimes extraordinary. #Fall #Walls #Leaves

Monday morning beans #cat #beans #calm

2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world. That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today. So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based. Image by HEO (from above!) 🔭🧪

#Wordle 1,596 6/6 Phew! ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

100% true. #SNAP #GovernmentShutdown #Empathy

How things have changed. What was once recognized as a source of great strength now is being maligned.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

Gustav Klimt - Beech Grove I 1902 (Galerie Neue Meister)

Not surprising given the "quality of professionalism" exhibited by these cowardly thugs.

#Epstein #WhiteHouse

Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today. You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.

"It's a good thing Congress isn't alive to see this." 😆 Pics from the No Kings protests! Which one is your favorite?

Oak Park, IL #NoKings

Oak Park, IL #NoKings

Lucy endorses (and encourages all to attend) the NO KINGS rallies today. Regrets her legs are too short to participate herself. #NoKings #Chicago #Resist #StandUp #Caturday

Me too - and I hope you as well. No time to stand still, time to move forward.

If you're taking to the streets to protest today, know your rights.

#Solidarity #Bicycle #Community #noKings #Cyclists #Chicago blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...

WHO are these MONSTERS? youtube.com/shorts/h_2or...

Always favor public transit over private cars.

This sums it up nicely.

Yes! www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/c...

Careful there in Chicago. Those ICE terrorists are just looking for an excuse. #NOKings

Neighborhoods are organizing. Picked up some useful info last night along with a whistle and some stickers.

Know that Chicago is not a war zone. It is a peaceful city with some violence. But right now the only people who are causing the violence is ICE. Get out and protest on the 18th. Show them that we aren't afraid.

61 Leichen von Geflüchteten geborgen. 2025 ist das eine Randnotiz. Im reichen Europa geht man darüber weg, es geht einen nichts an; und man feiert, dass die sogenannte "illegale Migration" sinkt. Es stimmt, diese 61 werden nicht kommen... Aber wir werden das Sterben nie hinnehmen. search.app/CPQZh

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎 Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org #BeThere 👍

Treated myself to a new fountain Pen, an Asvine V200 Vac filler with a <M> nib. First fill this morning, so far I'm really impressed by the build quality and how well it writes right out of the box. Love the sleek design too (I have too many cigar shaped pens :)

Just as true in 2025 as it was then.

Germany especially needs to remember its history and look at US recent history. Anything we give to mostly benevolent governments will also be available to fascist governments and poking holes in crypto just endangers everyone.

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack. As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all. Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.