Old Appalachian baby names from Appalachian cemeteries. (IG: appalachian_bluebird)

by @andertoon.bsky.social “Authoritarian movements survive partly by convincing people they are alone. They want citizens to believe that resistance is futile, that nobody else cares, that everyone has accepted the new reality. The No Kings protests shatter that illusion”

Thank you for making No Kings 3 the biggest day of mass protest that America has ever seen. #NoKings

#nokings Venice Beach, CA & downtown LA🩷

ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. (Published Nov. 2025)

h/t to @adammockler.com for pointing out this gem from 2016.

A 13-year-old girl tried to take her life by cutting her wrists with a plastic knife from the cafeteria after guards took away drawing materials, and was put into isolation without seeing a doctor. The teen was deported to Colombia after nearly two months in confinement

Georgia woman faces murder charge after taking abortion pill reut.rs/4rLEsHc

This is insane.

I’m taking this as a compliment- because it means some of the biggest anti groups are afraid of my work 💅

Nebraska battles largest-ever wildfire and other blazes as more than 600,000 acres burn reut.rs/3P9pr4w

Oliver Darcy comments on new mogul man David Ellison. "His well-rehearsed talking points are, really, meaningless platitudes. Every news organization wants to be in the 'trust business.' Every news organization wants to be in the 'truth business.'" There are reasons why the trust is gone.

A judge on Friday approved a $345 million verdict against Greenpeace in a Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit that could push the group to bankruptcy.

#Fury3 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

🧹💛💛💛💛 and a great album. #lolayoung

And join us, and our allies across the country in standing in solidarity with Minnesota tomorrow, 1/23. We need ICE Out for Good. iceoutforgood.org

"The Ice Memory Foundation ensures that future generations of researchers will be able to study past climate conditions using technologies that may not yet exist" — Prof Carlo Barbante, Ca' Foscari University of Venice ▶️ www.cbc.ca/news/science...

NEW: Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.

US greenhouse gas emissions rose an estimated 2.4% in 2025, reversing the downward trend of the previous two years.

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest over the Trump administration's handling of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer, according to three people briefed on the departures.

This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.

A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated. This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.

Spider Sitting On Shower Wall Can’t Wait To See Look On Man’s Face https://theonion.com/spider-sitting-on-shower-wall-can-t-wait-to-see-look-on-1819579557/

There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat. The claim collapsed because it’s a cover. Check my latest… open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...

LMAOOOOO

Three quarters of gulper shark species are threatened with extinction, targeted for liver oil, which is particularly rich in a chemical compound known as squalene that's commonly used in cosmetics. But new international trade protections could provide hope for the species. https://cnn.it/48qkvOB

Kris Jenner Celebrates 70th Face

Second-highest number of rabid bats ever recorded in L.A. County, officials say

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In a sea of renewable energy technology, wave power hasn’t yet made a splash. Reporter Jes Burns shares the latest on a massive wave energy testing site in Oregon, and an ocean engineer explains what’s going on with the tech elsewhere.

A lot of people get into law enforcement because they are emotionally incontinent and it’s a great opportunity to piss over everyone, violence-and-threatswise

Why a fast-shrinking Antarctic glacier has sparked fears of ‘catastrophic’ sea level rise: https://cnn.it/4opIyUG

Kamala got huge applause. A Dem who’s who turned out💕 #yeson50

Open the link. An informative read. You’ll want to share it.

Breaking news: The Trump administration announced it is moving forward with a controversial land deal to allow for the construction of a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a pristine stretch of coastal wildlands in southwest Alaska.

After a quiet summer, the bird flu virus H5N1 is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown. w/ @emilyanthes.bsky.social (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/h...

Oralè Resisters Why I March! No Kings Los Angeles 3pm #NoKings #NoKingsLA #USDemocracy #vivaUkraine #DiaDeLosMuertos

This afternoon 20/18/25. Dangerous protest (LOL), at Abbot Kinney & Lincoln Blvd. #nokings #nokingsla #venicebeach #resist

World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

English man raffles house to Americans seeking ‘safe haven’ from Trump

This rules - @raskin.house.gov straight up called out Roberts to his face. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

Scottish teenager’s petition on single-use plastics wins support in parliament

Bees, once buzzing in honey-producing Basra, hit by Iraq's water crisis reut.rs/4myL7lB

Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’

16,500 climate deaths is European cities – is comparable to the number of road traffic deaths across the entire EU for the whole of 2024 (around 19,800) "The actual death toll could be even higher." And this is only going to get worse if the EU and governments don't cut climate pollution