Featuring 5 Lamiaceae and 4 Apiaceae. And Vicia sepium which doesn’t fit but is very pretty 😍 #wildflowerhour #thewinter10

“The Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago”

These are the men who hold our fate in their hands? Lord help us.

My god

As an avid viewer of DWH with Nicole Wallace I was disappointed that today there was no mention of the closing of USAID and the severe reduction of food distribution. The issue was discussed yesterday but not today, even tho' it is relevant to the "We're all going to die" comment and attitude.

One of the finest and bravest speeches you will see to GOP legislators. I could be wrong but I think this was in Texas. Today’s GOP as an entire party is as disgusting and vile of an organization that has ever existed in the US. That includes the NRA and KKK. Tony

“No, it isn’t.” — Chief Justice John Roberts

As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.

Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?

Trump lost the 2020 election, then tried to overturn the legal result by fomenting a coup. He's a proven liar, an adjudicated fraud, a constant bully and probable traitor. He's also an economic imbecile. I figure, we should say that for as long as we can until they take us away for doing so.

Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

Miss it? SEVEN years ago on EGD: "Even if it were a good move—and it wasn't—he did it the wrong way. I might want an omelet for breakfast, but that doesn't mean I want Mayor Daley to break into my house and prepare it while I sleep." www.everygoddamnday.com/2018/03/dest...

"Every infection is another opportunity for the virus, called H5N1, to evolve into a more virulent form. Geneticists have been tracking its mutations closely; so far, the virus has not developed the ability to spread among people."

Miss it? ELEVEN years ago on EGD: I was quoting this line of Seneca's — "A bad man makes everything bad." — just the other day. No need to say who I was referring to. www.everygoddamnday.com/2014/03/a-ba...

Has anyone yet pointed out that the reason Elon Musk is being permitted free rein to decimate the United States government is so that when the full toll of the disaster is known, Donald Trump can wash his hands of the fiasco, the way he always does, as if he weren't responsible, which he surely is.

If sometimes I seem weary of directing rhetorical fire at Donald Trump, remember: I've been at it a lot longer than you. I somehow overlooked the 25th anniversary of my pointing out how unfit Donald Trump is to be president: www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/07/trum...

I was doing my best to place my bets on optimism until yesterday. Today I'm sliding my chips over to the "We're Completely Fucked" part of the table.

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

Good job Elmo. He just ran $50 million in USAID grants to Kansas State University over the next five years through the woodchipper. #Maddow

"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)

2/ If you have watched a MAGA rally, you have heard this "inaugural address." Inaugs include: Lincoln I 'mystic chords of memory' FDR I: Only thing we have to fear... JFK: Ask not... Carter: I thank my precedessor for all he has done to heal our land ETC Vs ANOTHER STUMP SPEECH

An Inaugural address for the ages. Lord help us.

OK, the "President of all the People" part lasted about 90 seconds. Now we're back to a MAGA rally speech.

The “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a paean to truth and faith and self-sacrifice, seems out of place on this particular day.

It’s going to get worse than most people realize, in ways we can’t predict, faster than we expect. A lot of people are going to suffer. But it’s also not forever, and it’s more fragile than these people think.

Trump wants a disaster. He needs a disaster. He’s likely to declare formally that the economy is a disaster, never mind the facts. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/this-econo...

Top-notch photography is often about choosing the right angle and perspective.

This is the most amazing nomination statement in the history of nominations.

I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.

Regarding the Drone scare, I am surprised that no one has mentioned Orson Wells' 1938 radio dramatization of "War of the Worlds". As I recall there was a lot of panic about an alien invasion that was centered in New Jersey.

Well said John Bothwell from Durham. Well said indeed! 😆

Re-upping: As a long-time "believe it when I see it" agnostic on powers of AI, I was impressed by what ChatGPT instantly produced from @timothynoah.bsky.social prompt to "write the Runaway Bunny story, but with the the baby bunny being Trump and the mommy being Elon." Note the details.

Anyone who doesn't even realize that Venmo payments leave a "paper" trail is not qualified to be the nation's chief law enforcement officer.

How many of these do we have?

Octavia Butler being a time traveler or seer, will forever be a hill I'm willing to die on, because there's just no way. Parable of The Sower was published in 1993. Look at this date. #BlackBookSky #BookSky

The deed is done: I'm no longer on X. Probably no one else will notice, but I felt like Lady Macbeth.

In 2016 Russ Feingold lost his Senate race. He said, "Obviously something is happening in this country tonight. I don't understand it completely. I don't think anyone does. But we as Americans have to do the best we can to heal the pain in this country, and get people to come together." 1/2