A quick study of Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV I took some shrimperties 🦐

i keep telling you all that this guy doesnt get it

More Military personnel are calling legal military non-profit agencies seeking advice for orders they received. The DOJ has issues a order that all orders are legal & the personnel are immune from prosecution. Right there is the red flag, the prosecution immunity. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Clouds are one of my favorite things to paint, but they can be tricky! Here’s a few tips I’ve learned along the way. Questions welcomed!

Happy Friday 🌞

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: The State Department quietly changed its passport policy. It now says passports are valid until expiration or until “we invalidate it.” This follows a Supreme Court ruling letting trump target trans Americans. He is openly plotting to strip our citizenship rights.

A pro-voting group sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) Tuesday, accusing him of launching a retaliation campaign meant to intimidate and suppress Latino voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike. Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year. Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.

Manifesting they all retire from this.

There is currently, and there is going to be, a whole lot of screenshots of snippets from the Epstein files. If you’re going to share it, try (for the love of all things Gaga) put the alt-text in. Just copy + paste the section you are screen posting. It’s like five clicks. Dont be lazy.

Hopefully she gets on BSky soon so it’s easier to fundraise www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Texas censorship news.

Hey look! Good news. In an early, small, trial, a new gene-editing drug reduced cholesterol and triglycerides in high-risk heart-disease patients. Early. Small. But still. www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...

This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both

This is no shade to Karen, but a lot depends on how primaries are held in your state. If you're a progressive in a closed primary state like NY, congrats registering as an independent blocked you from voting from Mamdani in the primary. If you're in an open primary state, you do you.

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

People are just now finding out that Chuck Schumer, whose closest advisor on major issues is an imaginary family he made up in his childhood (yes, really), might not be the best choice to lead in times like these

Ask your senators: “Will you vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader?” We only need 23 Democratic or Independent senators. Let’s start counting. reps.fyi

Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao

If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.

@democrats.org How to get younger democrats to not show up for election day: when they remember you re-opened the government to use their healthcare as leverage to win your midterm seats. All this motivates are people demanding a new party.

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Please help The disabled will lose care if Congress doesn’t stop taking away their rights and funding Pleas sign and share c.org/PS8qyhFVTY

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Live now on twitch.tv/bird_beech raising money for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Playing music without words if you'd like to work and lurk c:

How to unite the Democratic party @democrats.org @schumer.senate.gov

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LunchTime this one is kind of traditional - but still a favorite. really love Puffins. #photography #EastCoastKin #Puffin #Birds

Absolutely hilarious. This is an all-timer.

Page One. @theguardian.com #ICE

Moms For Liberty, the MAGA cult of white bitches who went for youth libraries, lost EVERY SINGLE RACE with candidates they endorsed. 31, looks like. Happy Thursday.

Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats! 💙💙💙 www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

Erica Deuso: She's bisexual, she's trans, and she's the mayor-elect of Downington, Pennsylvania!

We interrupt the rare cheerful political news to bring you some rare cheerful health news. Researchers have developed a nanoparticle-based vaccine that prevented several kinds of cancers in mice, apparently very effectively. www.umass.edu/news/article...

From almost exactly four years ago, in case you were interested in whether any lessons at all were learned by management:

This is chilling. "Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact, Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime. Rather, the Trump administration is alleging he’s 'glorifying terrorism' via social media posts."