Spain hits back: Masks are mandatory again Spain’s Health Ministry warns of rising flu and COVID this winter and mandates masks in hospitals, primary care, long term care, and elderly facilities in high-risk areas to protect at risk people, prioritizing nursing homes and immunocompromised patients.

Marian Kamenský (Vienna)

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The case for a stock trading ban

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

Bernie Moreno was born in Columbia to a powerful political family there www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The defense secretary isn't just tweeting offensive garbage all day. Check out our report detailing how Hegseth is doing everything he can to avoid blame for the Sept. 2 boat strike.

Crypto is for scammers, grifters, gangsters, and money launderers. Crypto is also for the Trumpstein family. Ah, but I repeat myself.

Some background! I wrote about Tennessee in 2023, asking whether it's still a democracy www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Would this be eligible for the #artAdventCalendar.

COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.

Costco says that Trump has illegally raised and assessed tariffs and most refund everything it wrongfully took. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Sure sounds like someone is getting ready to issue some illegal orders. www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

Just finished this painting of a branch, incidentally featuring a great spotted woodpecker! 😂 Watercolor on 30x40cm paper, 425g/m2 - but learned my lesson about trying to use anything but Arches. 🙃 #BirdArt #SciArt #ArtAdventCalendar

Grady Judd was appointed by Trump to a federal council meant to help exploited kids. But in Judd’s own department back home, a child victim was made out to be a liar, leaving her abuser free to assault her again.

Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.

#BoycottAmazon ?

Impeach and remove. Indict and convict.

An Amazing playwright has left our world.... May Angels sing thee to they rest.... farewell #TomStoppard ""I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity." Tom Stoppard a quote on my email template

The DC shooter is a man whose work *for the United States* drove him crazy from guilt. That work, conducted at the direction of *our* CIA, allegedly involved murdering civilians. So for Trump to now say that the DC shooting confirms that *Afghans* categorically have shitty values is.... beyond vile.

Meant to post this last week when I actually saw them... but life and Thanksgiving pushed my puny plans aside... so enjoy on my old You Tube channel... #Music #DakhaBrakha youtu.be/oncmAY_HYXQ

A new mural has appeared in Ternopil, dedicated to children killed in Russia’s attack. The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”

He wants the money, he wants the glory and praise, and he wants Ukraine to shut up and sacrifice themselves so he can have said money and glory, and win a big prize that proves he's the best ever.

Remains of the day... 7 jars of turkey stock... some to play starring role in a gumbo tomorrow...

Escapee? Spotted in the backyard this am

this new print will be at the Merry Makerfair in #BiddefordMaine ... 25 Adams St, the old courthouse... on Dec 5th, Friday, 4 to 8 pm... will have other prints and small art there... come say Howdy...

Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season! Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas! #WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving

This is not and has never been about protecting Israel it always been about genocide and taking the land. What they are doing there is what DJT wants to do here.

Sunset behind Telegraph Hill in San Francisco last night. #sunset #sky #eastcoastkin

Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind? It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP. It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

Such a funny show ... was on the air when I was the 1st female voice on KTLK Denver back in 1977... now I'm just an artist and a writer... but damn the turkey soup I've got cooking m on the stove smells wonderous...

Any other president, when threatening to acquire/conquer the territory of our NATO allies & legitimizing territorial conquest in continental Europe by <checks notes> 🇷🇺, would have been immediately removed from office. But alas, Trump is One Special Boy & we don't have a functioning Congress anymore.

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Introduce yourself with 3 plays you've seen this year and the name of the theatre company that produced them... Madeleines . Portland Stage One acts at congregation Bet Ha'am . Acorn Productions Treasure of Dixie Bull & The Kidnapping of Andrew Wakefield. . Portland Fringe Fest...

If only we could be as great as Canada.... sigh...

If you see right wing accounts today talking about how Christian pilgrims ended the practice of "child sacrifice" when they colonized the West remind them that the leading cause of death TODAY in the US is from guns due to their own policies preventing anything being done about it

#ThanksgivingEve #Moon #WaxingCrescent #Twilight Wednesday evening, bedroom window view. Tomorrow we gather, but tonight the moon has my full attention. 17:02 EST. #HappyThanksgiving (early) 📷 11/26/25 #EastCoastKin Annapolis, Maryland (US) #MobilePhotography

Just say no

An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention. Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “We ask a lot of those who put their lives on the line defending our nation. The least we can do is respect their free speech rights once they’ve retired,” David Cole writes.

I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

Tree #tree #woodland #forest #sketch #graphite #art #drawing #graphiteOnPaper #yew #OakOakOakOakOak

'Winter Hedgerow' Bitumen : Paint 'Time of the Season' Exhibition at Two Doors Studio. Alsager. alsager.nub.news/whats-on/art...

Susanna Bauer is a British fiber, textile artist, sculptor. There is a fine balance in her work between fragility and strength. Her focus is intense particularly when she is working with threads and leaves. ❤️

washington navel oranges, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1906

This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

He makes a pretty valid argument.

This was a gift to a family member who was dying. She only enjoyed it a little while but I hope it brought her joy. #paint #painting #blossoms #artsky #oranges #blossom #sky #canvas #create #creative #cherryblossoms #art #artist #vangogh #painter #acrylic #artistic #branches #contemporaryart

This is smart from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...