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George Will today in Washington Post: "Americans should not trust ICE. Kristi Noem isn’t the only reason." Assume this loutocracy’s statements on its deportation mania are lies until proven otherwise. (Gift article, though you must have an account to access.)
wapo.st/3M7Tk41
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Alt theme for
#BirdOfTheDay
is robin. Here's an American Robin at Putah Creek Riparian Reserve, Davis, California. It fascinates me how members of the same species are present but so different on different continents.
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Greg Olear
4 days ago
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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A favorite photo from 2 days at Mae Wong National Park, Tak province, Thailand. It's a Streaked Spiderhunter taken at the Chong Yen campground.
23 days ago
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme from
@fraggenstein.bsky.social
is
#FoodFinds
any bird with food in its mouth. Here's a Black-crested Bulbul at Mae Wong National Park in Thailand, taken Wednesday afternoon.B
23 days ago
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One of the delights at year's end: Dave Barry's "Year in Review."
davebarry.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
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The Year in Review
I am so sorry.
https://davebarry.substack.com/p/the-year-in-review
about 1 month ago
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Today's
#BirdOfTheDay
theme from
@alan678.bsky.social
is
#SideProfiles
any 'Birds Side Profile'. This is Mr. Kookeroo, a white ringneck dove that I found lost on the streets of Berkeley, California. He lived with us for 23 years.
about 1 month ago
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#BirdOfTheDay
theme from
@alan678.bsky.social
–
#QuietObservers
– single birds observing their surroundings. Alt theme –
#OpenWings
– bird not flying, open wing(s). I have to do both: a very young hummer outside our window; plus our rescue dove – Mr. Kookeroo – pretending to bathe.
about 1 month ago
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@robcronk.bsky.social
has announced today's
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#Groups
, groups of 4 or more birds. Sometimes you just happen to be in the right place at the right time. This was in Ang Thong province, Thailand on the road to Nakhon Sawan back in 2018.
about 1 month ago
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme from
@alan678.bsky.social
is
#NaturesPantry
birds interacting with berries, seeds, or flowers. One of the best things about autumn has to be all the little lesser goldfinches coming to eat the seeds out of the flowers in our backyard in Oakland, California.
about 1 month ago
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@peterking1.bsky.social
I still think of you most Monday mornings. I'd love to see you post your book recommendations. I always found something interesting.
about 2 months ago
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Rob
@robcrank68.bsky.social
has said today's
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#ScratchersAndPruners
(any bird Scratching or Pruning itself), . . I'm going with an Anna's Hummingbird preening in our backyard in Oakland, California.
about 2 months ago
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Egret on rocks at Fang Hot Springs, Doi Pa Hom Pok National Park, Fang, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#HeronsandEgrets
with the alternative being
#birdsandrocks
any bird with a rock in the frame. Extra points for a double theme combo set by
@alan678.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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An American Kestrel taken at Merced National Wildlife Refuge last week.
#kestrel
3 months ago
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Jamie Lynn, fucking bitch
10 months ago
I am incredibly sick of living through a time in this country that is both historically evil and historically stupid.
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Robin Williams on Donald Trump from 2012
YouTube video by SiriusXM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupZj_TN_XI
4 months ago
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Michael Babcock
This quote from Heather Cox Richardson in her post today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
4 months ago
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Sigh. The latest Republican selective outrage/enforcement. What percentage of shootings are done by young, white males? 90%? 95%? I've got an idea: let's have a ban on young white males owning firearms.
5 months ago
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Cassandra
5 months ago
National Guardeners.
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Great article from
@borowitzreport.bsky.social
(Andy Borowitz). It should have been called "Things you CAN do to stop Trump."
www.borowitzreport.com/p/how-not-to...
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How NOT to Stop Trump
WARNING: This post contains useful information.
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/how-not-to-help-democrats-win
5 months ago
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David Roberts
5 months ago
"I spent weeks researching this question, desperately looking for counter-examples ... Here's what I found: Once fascists win power democratically, they have never been removed democratically. Not once. Ever." 😔
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I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.
Once they win elections, it's already too late.
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-researched-every-attempt-to-stop?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true
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Sam Wang
5 months ago
Maybe they could review this list of indicia, from Rick Perlstein:
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Don't forget who made all this possible: Mitch McConnell.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America
The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/21/justice-john-roberts-supreme-court
5 months ago
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5 months ago
I threw the sandwich but I did not kill the deputy
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Washington Post weighs in: there's nothing wrong with rigging elections and locking up elected representatives who don't agree with you. Apparently authoritarian tactics aren't a threat to democracy. Who knew?
5 months ago
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NY Times has a pretty sanitized way to talk about a racist.
5 months ago
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@mcuban.bsky.social
Any thoughts on this?
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-is-powe...
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AI Is Power-Hungry
And consumers are paying the price
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-is-power-hungry?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=277517&post_id=171208359&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=4ljeu&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
5 months ago
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Now for something completely wonderful: a life-affirming break from the madness of the world. If you're not following
@nycjayjay.bsky.social
(Jay Kuo) and subscribed to his substack, why not?
statuskuo.substack.com/p/no-politic...
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No Politics, Just Babies!
It’s been a bit since I published a baby update, so in lieu of more tumultuous and often distressing political content, I bring you the Riley and Ronan show!
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/no-politics-just-babies
6 months ago
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Man confesses to felony "Assault with a deadly sandwich."
6 months ago
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This is a freebie from Status - calls the meeting with Putin truthfully. Amazing also how the right-wings commentators (hello Sen Hannity) don't really have any principles, how their opinion about something changes like the wind. Such a double standard.
www.status.news/p/trump-puti...
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The Russia Ruse
MAGA Media’s praise for Trump’s disastrous meeting with Putin shows it’s about propping up Trump and spinning his failures—no matter what.
https://www.status.news/p/trump-putin-hannity-interview-fox-news?utm_source=www.status.news&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-russia-ruse&_bhlid=123a940d39edc1f909183bcbe12497c2f21f08aa
6 months ago
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TACO's Art of the Deal.
6 months ago
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LiberalPatriot @bsky.social
6 months ago
Another major FIRST EVER for a US President! The accomplishments just keep pouring in...
time.com/7266334/us-h...
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U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist
The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.
https://time.com/7266334/us-human-rights-watchlist-civil-liberties/
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Imagine Republican reaction if it were Biden doing this.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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OOPS! Trump Calls Top Official By Wrong Name, While She's Standing Right There
The president made the gold medal-worthy blunder while introducing officials at a press briefing on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-name-gaffe_n_68931c9ae4b07e7958a13994
6 months ago
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Article in The Hill: "Trump’s mental decline is undeniable — so what now?"
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6 months ago
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
6 months ago
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Article in The Hill: "Trump’s mental decline is undeniable — so what now?"
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Trump’s mental decline is undeniable — so what now?
hemselves, that there is a problem, just as Biden’s supporters did for him. Donald Trump is showing all the signs of suffering from dementia. If this were a neighbor, a parent, or a family frien…
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5429516-trump-confabulation-dementia-signs/
6 months ago
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Dave
7 months ago
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide-palestinians.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk8.e5Nn.jBi7rFqJaSK2&smid=url-share
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Have you viewed today's Just for Skeets and Giggles
statuskuo.substack.com/p/just-for-s...
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Just for Skeets and Giggles (7.12.25)
After the trauma of watching the “Big Beautiful Bill” pass and get signed into law…
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/just-for-skeets-and-giggles-71225?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=283462&post_id=168143637&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=4ljeu&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
7 months ago
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I read this article on The Bangkok Post. I couldn't find it on The NY Times or The Washington Post. I guess it's not considered fit to print. Bangkok Post - 'Stuck in limbo': Over 90% of X's Community Notes unpublished, study says
www.bangkokpost.com/world/306666...
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'Stuck in limbo': Over 90% of X's Community Notes unpublished, study says
WASHINGTON — More than 90% of X's Community Notes -- a crowd-sourced verification system popularised by Elon Musk's platform -- are never published, a study said Wednesday, highlighting major li...
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3066660/stuck-in-limbo-over-90-of-xs-community-notes-unpublished-study-says?tbref=hp
7 months ago
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After reading this article on The Bangkok Post, I tried to find this article on the NY Times and the Washington Post. I was unable to. Sad decline to those newspapers. Bangkok Post - Trump’s pick for Singapore envoy chided for lack of knowledge
www.bangkokpost.com/world/306680...
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Trump’s pick for Singapore envoy chided for lack of knowledge
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as US ambassador to Singapore had a contentious Senate confirmation hearing in which he struggled to answer inquiries about the city-state ...
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3066805/trumps-pick-for-singapore-envoy-chided-for-lack-of-knowledge
7 months ago
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This July 2024 article by
@nycjayjay.bsky.social
(Jay Kuo) makes scary reading: "Breaking Down Project 2025 – We took on Project 2025 issue by issue so you don't have to." Talk about a template for the Trump agenda.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/project-20...
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Breaking Down Project 2025
We took on Project 2025 issue by issue so you don't have to.
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/project-2025-heritage-foundation-trump
8 months ago
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8 months ago
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We need another category: Failed Governments. It continues to astound me that he bankrupted a casino.
8 months ago
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Michael Babcock
Jason Karsh
8 months ago
If this were Joe Biden, Jake Tapper would be doing an entire week on ‘Who is actually running the country when many people are speculating that the president is senile.’ Only this is Trump so it’s yet another day of ‘Oh, that’s just ol’ racist strongman grandpa, you know how he gets.’
add a skeleton here at some point
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"Undocumented workers compose about 40% of the agricultural workforce, according to the US Department of Agriculture." But, sure! Let's deport them all. MAHA: Making Americans Hungry Again.
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Trump has no plan for who will grow US food: ‘There is just flat out nobody to work’
Farms rely on seasonal workers and undocumented immigrants, but the Republican’s plans to fill the gap would ‘legalize oppression’, advocates say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/farmworkers-h-2a-trump-agriculture
8 months ago
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Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again. This order would require the parents of every baby to verify their citizenship creating a huge, new bureaucracy. (Not sure if this is behind a paywall, hopefully not.)
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/24/o...
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Opinion: Ending birthright citizenship will mostly affect U.S. citizens
Contrary to conventional wisdom, this is not settled federal law. This is a massive blind spot states are sleep-walking into.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/24/opinion-ending-birthright-citizenship-will-mostly-affect-u-s-citizens/
8 months ago
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Heather Cox Richardson is always worth a read.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-23-2025
8 months ago
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