This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that? The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.

Meanwhile in Infectious Diseases Clinic…

A pink aurora over Fairbanks, Alaska #Nature #Wednesdayvibe

Leave the galaxy frogs alone. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I think all of the tech bros should be first to the Mars colony.

In a world where fewer and fewer people concern themselves with the plight of others, the loss of Rob Reiner, who cared deeply about humanitarian causes, feels that much more devastating. RIP: 1947-1925. [Selfie: July 2022, NYC]

The average amount ACA plan enrollees pay annually for premiums is estimated to more than double, from an average of $888 this year to $1,904 in 2026, according to a KFF analysis. #ACA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the democracy lover in your life? newsletters.democracydocket.com/gift-a-membe...

Lichenomphalia hudsoniana, a #mushroom producing #lichen. The green discs are the thallus/body of the lichen. It produces these beautiful, tiny mushrooms that are typically an inch or less high. #fungi #fungifriends Newfoundland, Canada

🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.” *THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*

Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.

Those tree hugging hippies in Hungary now lead the world in the share of electricity generated from solar with almost 25% of their electricity coming from solar in 2024. A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.

A mind-blowing photo from Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 on Feb. 1-2, 2010: the Mystic Mountain, located in the Carina Nebula, 7,500 light-years away. #Hubble #astrophotography Link for more info and photos: go.nasa.gov/44n4DLG

HAHAHA! Just seen a video of a Tesla robot grabbing its head and collapsing! It turns out it was mimicking its human operator removing their VR headset!!! Anyone need more proof that Tesla is built on smoke and mirrors and is a stock pumping scam....?

If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control: Paramount Studios CBS CNN MTV HBO Comedy Central Nickelodeon Cartoon Network Warner Bros. DC Studios Fandango New Line Cinema TNT Sports TBS Oracle And more.

An Aurora Framed I planned for this shot to have a nice wee shape, with dark skies across the top. The trouble with Aurora though, they don't listen! So much bigger and more intense than expected! - #Twizel, #NewZealand - #Aurora #Night #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Scape #BucketList #Travel #Epic

René Magritte, Pandora's Box - 1951

Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…

Apple is anti-union. Tesla is anti-union. Amazon is anti-union. McDonald's is anti-union. Starbucks is anti-union. Google is anti-union. Walmart is anti-union. These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.

Like so many members of our military, serving this country changed my life. The Navy gave me opportunities I wouldn't dream of and taught me lessons I'll never forget. I'm grateful for everything our nation has given me, and I'll always do everything I can to give back to it.

The Shard from Southwark Bridge, London #photogtaphy #photo

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

Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.

The sky is showing off tonight

It was me. I ruined the workplace.

Good morning to these future governors!

Earth, 13 minutes ago as seen from Space 🌍 This must have been taken over Washington DC

We should have punished the Confederates.

Powerful and moving interview with Virginia Giuffre's brother Sky and sister-in-law Amanda: "He's just Andrew. He's no longer a prince... This normal girl, from a normal family, has taken down a prince. We are so proud of her." "She was extraordinary. She did the extraordinary."

The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.” “While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”

ROLLING STONE: “The current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogether… Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.” @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I have a very bad feeling about this...

it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

This was a really cool way to highlight the images of the moon taken by the Apollo astronauts. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... And I learned a few unexpected facts: "During their camera training, it became evident that Armstrong had a better eye than Buzz Aldrin." #planetsci

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.

Trump’s America: Thousands of furloughed federal workers in Hyattsville, Maryland waiting in line for food.

The question of "why do people vote against their self-interest" is pretty self-explanatory when you look up the literacy rate in local schools. We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%. Thirty-two percent...

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year. In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

"1984" and "Animal Farm" were apparently instruction manuals.

future grandchild: like shit, from an ass? me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence. If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today! observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

Pentagon loses it's sh*t over Netflix show featuring closeted gay teen who joins Marines in 1990s. "Boots" is based on Greg Cope White’s 2015 memoir "The Pink Marine." SecDef earlier took Harvey Milk name off Naval vessel. Maybe they aren't aware the Spartans often fostered male-male relationships

Crazy #Aurora dancing over #Sutherland #Scotland tonight, complete with a "Steve" #NorthernLights #MerrieDancers

🇺🇸 🔥 That. Was. Impressive. We are watching America reassert itself and its values from the grassroots up. The world saw you and we have huge hope invested in you.

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

The Milky Way was ‘milking’ it last night. #Photography #Minnesota