This is an important, eloquent piece by @aphyr - worth a boost I’d say: https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115515701418493830 Awwwwwwww. #caturday

All this pain and suffering because a loose affiliation of religious crazies, Nazi freaks, and wealthy creeps want to prevent an 80 year old sociopathic con artist from facing public retribution for raping some kids

#otd 11/08/14 #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #abirdaday (or more) Beautiful phoebe perched on the horizontal wire of a fence. https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/15746204005/in/album-72157648796401758/

#krasnov #TraitorTrump

"Feds Tell Faith Leaders ‘No More Prayer’ Outside Broadview Facility" "In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after faith leaders were […]

Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins just stripped 3 Republicans of their committee chairmanships and removed 2 more from vice chair roles, because they refused to sign his petition for a special session to redraw congressional maps targeting US Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids’ seat.

It's fucked up that SNAP is a political football and didn't phase anyone but 10% delayed flights are a "serious issue" that is bringing politicians to the table. #healthcare and #snap are way more important than flight delays. We will survive logistics inconveniences, unlike not having health […]

"Request to give Communion to detainees at Broadview facility denied again" "Mass organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass Saturday, but the request was denied with no reason given." #USpol […]

RE: https://sciences.social/@alfiekohn/115514004062226449 Must read, sigh. #politics

RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115514041849759807 Seth Meyers presented these concepts very well in a recent monologue. He also very clearly explained why it is possible to INCREASE a price by more than 100%. Sometimes it is important to state the obvious. Giving this lesson slowly but […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/115514179452473331 Must read, sigh. #politics

Mathematics is a language. But innumeracy is also a language and our president is fluent. It's not just that he exaggerates, lies, and says things that make no sense when talking about numbers "often" no this is something deeper. He is deeply committed to *never* speaking about any statistic […]

RE: https://social.anoxinon.de/@ninawillburger/115513102847901797 <3

RE: https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/115513022034905560 #newsUcanUse

Is it still #dydddefaidodon / #defaidodonday if it's still Nov. 7 where I am? Hope so. Next year, I will try to pull my sheep together earlier in the day. Anyway, here's a cute one doing a blep. https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/36496601225/in/album-72157684841145344

RFK Jr. fleeing the scene of a medical emergency is honestly the best outcome anyone could hope for.

Haven't posted puppies in a few days, so to make up for it:

#otd 11/07/17 #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #abirdaday (or more) Anna's hummingbird framed https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/26527432539/in/album-72157666138276139/

Mystery group lived in central Argentina for millennia, ancient DNA reveals https://www.science.org/content/article/mystery-group-lived-central-argentina-millennia-ancient-dna-reveals New study fills major gap in genetic map of ancient human migrations

RE: https://mastodon.world/@bobthetraveler/115508945940631064 #otd

Moose, Antelope Flats, Grand Teton National Park. November, 2025. 🔗 https://www.allencompassingtrip.com/5007/bull-moose 📷 Fujifilm X-T5 + XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR 🎞 339 mm – 1/500″ – f/7.1 – ISO 3200 #wildlife #nationalparks #moose #photography

RE: https://mastodon.social/@onthisday/115509012264917412 #otd

I'm going to point this out for all of the people who are still willing to state that there's no difference between our two major political parties. Kentucky's Democratic governor has deployed National Guard to work at food banks. Texas's Republican governor has deployed National Guard to […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@SteveThompson/115506568322895480 #nothingtoseeheremovealong

RE: https://ohai.social/@SecularJeffrey/115493672238455100 +1

#otd 11/6/20 #abirdaday #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon Loggerhead shrike on the prairie https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/50576037232/in/album-72157716786024261/

#otd 11/06/21 #abirdaday #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon Avocets in flight https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/54906638670/in/album-72177720330146456/

From a friend here, if you're wondering why what the GOP is really saying: "no food stamps until you agree to no insurance" "Yesterday we got a letter in the mail saying that our insurance in 2026 is going from $226/month to $2984/month. Let that sink in. More than our rent." #politics

She will be in all the history books as one of the greatest ever. Pelosi Plans to Retire in 2027 After 39 Years in Congress Representative Nancy Pelosi, the only female House speaker, said she will not run for re-election. She wielded immense power and became a Democratic icon, while she was […]

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LA County developed a publicly owned and open source voting system that supports 18 different languages. It's ADA compliant. (Though a second generation voting machine is coming out to make it easier for low vision and blind voters). No Diebold, etc. no proprietary black box software

RE: https://mastodon.online/@donray/115499531866394995 Awwwwwwww Beautiful composition, beautiful creature

RE: https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/115499372082618694 We were sure SCOTUS would do the right thing about presidential immunity. I remain very skeptical that they will do the right thing in regards to any other case where Trump is involved

LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.” What are we doing?

Emotional footage shows armed, masked ICE Agents drive off with a toddler in the back seat of a car after they detained her father - who is a U.S. citizen. The baby was later reunited with her family. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/masked-ice-agents-take-toddler_uk_690bcb52e4b0fbe8fbbd39d1

Justice Sonia Sotomayor voiced the same basic concern: “What we’re forgetting here is a very fundamental point, which is the Constitution is structured so that if I’m going to be asked to pay for something as a citizen, that it’s through a bill that is generated through Congress. And the […]

#otd 11/5/19 #abirdaday #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon Hermit thrush après bath https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/49559952326/in/album-72157713181791857

In a series of four 6-3 decisions, the Supreme Court applied the Major Questions Doctrine to strike down creative Biden regulatory moves. Now the tariff case has squarely presented the same MQD issue, and the Court needs to stay consistent, not search for some ad hoc escape hatch. [Adam Unikowsky]

#JDVance is now buying bankrupt #MAGA farms through #AGtrader & there is one of these youtube videos showing it happening in all the Red states #ALABAMA, #Louisiana, #Kansas, #Arkansas, #Oklahoma, #Idaho #Texas #Nebraska #Florida all the same thing just in different states youtu.be/GC7JOF0Vyb4?...

Mikie Sherrill, born in Virginia, is elected governor of New Jersey. Abigail Spanberger, born in New Jersey, is elected governor of Virginia. #election2025

Norman Rockwell did a series of four pictures of these four freedoms; I don't think there's one that Trump et all hasn't attacked. Four Freedoms - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms

In contrast to having the entire FDA at his disposal, the all-volunteer organization Defend Public Health had a draft report done within 72 hours showing how we know that children *have not* died from the COVID19 vaccine. It helps when the data support your thesis. You don’t have lie or anything.

cmon cmon cmon... you can do it...

Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The bureau urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and to […]

#otd 11/4/23 #abirdaday #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon Vesper sparrow in flight https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/53329962891/in/album-72177720312648190

In retrospect it was all over for us here in the U.S. when he shot his friend in the face and we all kinda shrugged.

#otd 11/03/16 #abirdaday #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon Sparkly male Anna's hummingbird https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/30479099450/in/album-72157676140832675/