IT'S HAPPENING: House Democrats are introducing articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr for slashing research funding and spreading medical misinformation.

And today in f-tons of white faced ibises (at Yolo Bypass) #birds

We've provided abortion and travel assistance funding for 263 people forced to leave the state for care. 263 is more than a number. It's a commitment to love a person enough to support their decision to live their lives the way they see fit.

It’s not a best case scenario but as we fight to restore abortion to Alabamians we’re so grateful that we won our lawsuit earlier this year and could resume funding at all.

The alliance between South Africa and Palestine is beautiful and everywhere

We are a decent group of folks to work with, and there's a lot of 5 year reviews to write. As usual, the application process is a complete pain in the ass, so give yourself plenty of time

we were told about the 30-50 feral hogs but we’re not forewarned of the raccoon hog jockeys

Survivors of domestic violence who went to prison for crimes related to their abuse have for years asked California lawmakers to make courts take that abuse into consideration. For the third year, California killed such a reform.

Working for the state has its ups and downs, but it is a permanent position, with a lot of job security (if the future looks like the past).

Des Moines has you all beat

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

CA Biology job alert My unit at the CA Dep of Fish and Wildlife is hiring a permanent position to write 5 year reviews for species listed under the CA Endangered Species Act. Based in West Sacramento, currently 2x week in office. I am happy to answer questions calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

anyway here’s @vivmccall.bsky.social with some extremely good and extremely fucking sobering reporting on the recent surge in random hate crimes directed at trans women in Seattle. Please be careful, everyone. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Turkey vulture sketch 🪶

#OtD 22 Sep 1960 bailiffs and 800 police attacked two blocks of council flats in London, UK to evict two communists who had been withholding payment of a rent increase for months. Other tenants rushed to fight the police and 300 workers went on strike stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9525...

With the unlawful Caribbean strikes, Trump officials are claiming the right to kill anyone merely by saying the targets are drug dealers—no real evidence needed—and by saying drug dealers are terrorists. The same week, they're claiming that criticism of Charlie Kirk is promoting political violence.

Serious question: is there a single other government on the planet that can murder American children as frequently as Israel does without our politicians & media raising hell about it?!

What movie do you consider “perfect”?

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

The idea that if you make Dems a little more Republican, Republicans will vote Dem is what’s breaking us. And it doesn’t even work!

We are so unbelievably close to this goal - please donate if you can, and share widely!

🎨 Huang Yongyu (1992)

I'm very fond of Bactrian camels. Detail from a drawing from 2022. Brown and graphite pencils on Fabriano Medioevalis, 95 × 64 mm.

A tiny Desert Tortoise I found crossing a road! This is genuinely one of the coolest animals I’ve road cruised so far out west, it’s pretty tough to come across Tortoises this size class. So adorable! #herps 🐢

Zeteo with an exclusive: The Block The Bombs Act, which would suspend offensive military assistance to the State of Israel, has been officially endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

For those keeping track: Last week I had a close encounter with a pair of bears. This weekend was this. So now I can *empirically* say that in the random creepy guy vs the bear, I would in fact prefer the bear.

The loss of Ob/Gyn care around the country in the last decade is horrifying. It wasn't great to begin with, and it continues to get worse every year.

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

Thanks for posting, Senator. It's hard to do. Too bad you have no power to do anything. Maybe next time.

Amongst the many, many other faults and follies of the party, perhaps the single most dangerous problem with the Democratic Party today is their incessant habit of reinforcing the idea that there is absolutely *no* principle that matters, no policy that is sacrosanct that they will stand behind.

NEW: Ayman Soliman, whose detention sparked a community uproar and became a test of counterterrorism powers in immigration court, was released from an Ohio jail Friday as DHS abruptly withdrew its deportation case against the children's hospital chaplain. By @hannahallam.bsky.social

I got called paranoid and hyperbolic when I said this would happen because one of the long-term goals is to push cis girls out of sports and it would happen because ppl only see the transphobia so they get in board, but they don't realize how they're hurting cis girls too.

every time we talk about parental permission in terms of book banning I'm like fuck man. kids have rights too. a 17-year-old should be able to check out books at the library without Mom and Dad stepping in. so should a 10-year-old or 7 or whatever. kids deserve SOME goddamn freedom and privacy

"The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it, and that is the real trick of the imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind forty atrocities than a single incident."

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

I’m thrilled to be joining Washington State Ferries as artist-in-residence next week, September 22nd–28th! I’ll be on board the Port Townsend–Coupeville ferry to explore, paint, and record experiences on this unique route. Learn more on my blog and stay tuned for updates!

The problem with "We can't change Senate norms because then Republicans can get away with so much when they control the Senate" is that Republicans will just abolish the norms anyway and have more empty seats to fill. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Some smart publication should reach out to every single person who signed the Harper’s letter and get their comment / explicit no-comment

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

I want everyone to take a step back for a second, remember why she was fired from New York and juxtapose this w/ all the high profile media folks that have recently lost *their* jobs. *Some* people are allowed to fail upwards. It's mesmerizing.

Also folks, WGA elections are happening right now and SAG elections concluded last week. This is why it’s deeply important for members to participate in our elections for moments like this. I know people are too cool for school but vote for strong leaders of your union.

California lawmakers passed a bill that could blunt impact of the Texas abortion pill bounty hunter law: AB 260 would remove prescriber and patient names from Rx labels. Majority of telehealth services use CA pharmacies Gavin Newsom still needs to sign. TX law doesn't take effect until December 4

Signal boost.

It’s astonishing and scary to watch because generally when Trump meets resistance he eventually moves on — he doesn’t want to be seen taking the L. He tests the fences and goes away. Instead here, he tests the fences and they just… take the fences down for him.

A mainstream outlet finally does more than repeat the official BS statement from ICE about the shooting of Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez. This man's death should be a national scandal. Grateful for indy journalists who questioned the official narrative that corporate outlets mindlessly echoed last week.

Our graduate student Steven found this unusual two-eyed spider last night out in hill country. If you spend any time staring at spider faces, you’ll know most have 8 or 6 eyes, or maybe none at all for cave dwellers. But two? Almost humanoid. Weird. (Orthonops lapanus)

Good morning! 🪶

These little chalcid wasps are my fave! And the color combo with the grass leaf goldenrod is just stunning! #insects

As the wheel turns, we arrive at Sandhill Crane migration season. Few nature experiences match the thrill of seeing the mass migration of these characters #birds