Your high school can earn the Eliza Pickrell Routt Award from the Colorado Secretary of State’s office by having at least 85% of eligible seniors registered to vote. Learn more and receive a How-To Guide at GoVoteColorado.gov.

Watch him unlock the door!

18 critically endangered Right Whales have been counted off the coast of Florida and Georgia. www.popsci.com/environment/...

The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states. The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor. One collision and the whale is dead. We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

You can sign up to get alerts about effective boycott campaigns resisting Trumps regime here: choosedemocracy.us/boycott-cent...

its linda belcher for real

“organized gangs of wine moms”

Engaging in fun activities (yay), rather than *droning voice* 150 minutes of exercise a week (snore).

BREAKING: In a major win for voters, a federal court blocked key parts of Trump’s anti-voting executive order. The judge ruled Trump had no authority to rewrite election rules, target mail-in ballots or force new barriers to voter registration.

Integral in Project 2025

Love “You can’t kill us all, Nazis. You can’t kill us all.”

New standards will include "...the principles of teaching people with PEM how to pace and will emphasize not prescribing them graded exercise as first- or even second-line therapy. “We need people to do some basic things. And the first thing is do no harm.” www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Jake Tapper (on CNN) let Stephen Miller get carried away enough to cite the main goal of the Trump administration; The Iron Law of Oligarchy, described by Robert Michels in 1911, that democratic systems will descend into oligarchies through force and power of small, privileged groups. Miller...

It’s the full #WolfMoon tomorrow at 10:03 UTC on January 3. And it’s a #supermoon. You might see a large-looking #moon low in the sky. It’s the moon illusion that makes the moon look so big. Your brain is playing a trick on you. Has it happened to you? 🌕🔭 buff.ly/Mq4Qu8j 📸 Cecille Kennedy.

This practice calms fear, self-pity and shame. We are all connected.

You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:

This. They’re advertising strength because they don’t have it. Take their message seriously. It’s who they are. But don’t buy their product.

big party at my house for introverts tonight bring your own noise cancelling headphones and kindles

I didnt take, "wasnt optimistic it could be done" for an answer

Another gift for Colorado, courtesy of Energy Secretary Wright, whom both Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper voted to confirm.

Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution: If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow. If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious. By making these choices, you will literally save lives.

Flu is roaring in. Time to be diligent about wearing a mask, social distancing and ffs get vacinated. apnews.com/article/flu-...

Can't have enough pufferfish

This is my tribe. "Great fun...with a very jolly crowd..." watching birds do bird things.

Never ask why someone is wearing a mask! (Or using a cane or a wheelchair...)

Here are my Top 5 Favorite Dog Stories of the Year!

I’m grateful to French founder Sophie Nahum for creating this important resource. thelastones.org is an independent global project that honors the last survivors of the Holocaust—from the camps to hidden children—documenting their stories to make #NeverAgain true. 1/4 thelastones.org

The FDA approved the oral version of Novo Nordisk’s injectable weight loss drug Wegovy, making it the first GLP-1 pill to be cleared by regulators for obesity and possibly allowing many more Americans to access a highly effective treatment. www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/w...

A painting!

Rosemary Mosco makes me guffaw!

Who thinks Republicans will suffer in the 2026 midterms? Republican members of Congress

You’ve been blessed by the magical puffer of Christmas Eve!! 🥹🙏🎄🐡💨✨ #porcupinepuffer #pufferfish #pufferfishofcoralcity #christmaseve #blessed #cutiepie #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

My takeaway from this nice read: seems you could build a semester-long course about misinformation tactics by just using Peter McCollough and Andrew Wakefield's report on vaccines and autism. Bad scientific claims, misleading graphs/data, many bad citations, bad science advocacy into policy, etc. 🛟😷

Phang is a good journalist. She highlighted that Weiser stands up to bullies and won't be intimidated.

Emergency requests to help a struggling family have a Christmas come to A Precious Child from 70+ partners across Colorado. They run an amazing 10,000+ kid gift drive. Parents/caregivers are given wrapping paper so they can join in the joy. Even $5 helps: apreciouschild.org/word-of-than...

The shutting down of power this week, often with little notice and for days, is unprecedented and unacceptable. We can do better, and I will lead the conversation about how we build greater resilience, better support our communities and businesses, and protect health and safety.

Suffering and chronic pain are not thinking errors or moral failures, to be "fixed' with cognitive behavior therapy (cbt). CBT is an excellent practice for coping with stress and anxiety, not a way to correct "false beliefs" or a subsitute for pain meds. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conf...

Yes, we are asking Xcel to bury all high voltage power lines throughout all of Colorado. And for that cost to be first paid for with Xcel’s annual >$1 billion net income that it has taken in over the past 10 consecutive years. www.macrotrends.net/stocks/chart...

I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism

We don't need answers, we need every Democrat in congress to proclaim in a unified voice that ICE is a corrupt institution that needs to be abolished. Democrats need to get on the right side of immigration yesterday.

Lately, the bad weather has kept us from getting out to look for whales, so we’ve been looking back at some of our favorite summer encounters. One encounter that really stands out for us was on July 1, 2023. Here’s a short highlight clip from the longer video available on our YouTube channel!

Nice summary of the 36% of people who didn't vote last November. 9 million eligible voters! More than the number who voted for either presidential candidate. Important to consider, coming up to mid-terms, rather than overgeneralizing that voters are "stupid". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

At the center of Drew’s World are Bo, a misunderstood Choctaw boy, & Drew, a kind and imaginative girl with Down syndrome. When the two become lost in the woods, they are forced to rely on one another, learning how to communicate, build trust & move forward together. redpopnews.com/drews-world-...

A very merry Jokmas to all!

After three days of hearings and a late-night vote, officials gave the green light to rules that will protect Colorado’s waters even as the EPA pulls back.

Instacart is working with chains such as Safeway and Target to charge different customers different prices. www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...

I just noticed that squirrels behave much like White Breasted Nuthatches when climbing down a tree. Their funny 180 degree ankles, the downward dog pose with head lifted up, the way they move down/stop/look around/move down.

The Kingdom of Jordan supports feeding families of Gaza. WCK really knows how to build coalition support!

Good, another challenger to finally rid ourselves of Colorado Senator Hickenlooper. The votes for Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent "...disqualify him..." coloradosun.com/2025/12/08/j...