#sports #regatta #BlackWomen

Really. The best way for Canadians to avoid getting the American lettuce parasite is avoid buying anything made in USA. Its never a great idea to buy your food from pirates anyway. www.cnn.com/2026/07/15/h...

Congresswoman AOC has introduced a bill that would ban Supreme Court Justices from accepting lavish gifts from the ultra wealthy. Love that, but what I find insane is that this isn’t already illegal.

I went to the shelter to get a cat, but I left with a pair of best friends. This was their first night home... 😭

“Declined”? What is this, an NFL penalty?

Morning Kitten Orange Edition

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle

Cartoonist: Bill Bramhall

NEW: After ProPublica and @texastribune.org revealed Ken Paxton repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live, Democrats called for an investigation into whether the Texas attorney general committed election fraud.

hopelikesplants Hope’s garden🌿🌱🪴 "IT HAS HAPPENED!!!! A black swallowtail butterfly laid her eggs on my dill plants in my garden!! The caterpillars quickly ate the dill down to nothing so I took them inside to finish their caterpillar phase! 🐛 STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT PHASE!!!"

He Should Be Fired Immediately and Investigated…..

A field of colourful Larkspur (Delphinium), July's flower of the month, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK #Wildflowers #FlowersOnFriday #Floralfriday #BloomScrolling

Saw something driving Elissa to work this morning. Had to stop and take a picture.

Deborah Sandidge Photography "This young Roseate Spoonbill preens her beautiful pink feathers in the heart of the wetlands. Juvenile Roseate Spoonbills are pale pink compared to the adults, gaining their vibrant feathers at around three years." Nikon Z9/600mm f/4 TC lens, slow motion video.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙌 Scots Gaelic "Gum biodh sìth nan cnoc taitneach leatsa. Gum biodh sìth na talmhainn chiùin leatsa. Gum biodh sìth nan reultan deàlrach leatsa. Gum biodh sìth Mhic na Sìthe leatsa." 😔🕯🪨

Unfortunately this will keep happening. It’s too late to reverse this in the short term. But keep shitting on clean energy and supporting Big Oil who doesn’t give a damn about you Texans. apple.news/A448Z9Jt_TAS...

This is Oreo, the only black bear we've ever seen with any white on her coat. She has visited us every summer since 2019. More than anything else, Oreo is really good at enjoying life. #mammals #nature #bear #love #trailcam #Seattle #wildanimals #goodmorning #PNW #love #nokings #bears #outdoors

Welcome to the most important job you'll ever have @andyburnham.bsky.social Cartoon brilliance by @bjennings90.bsky.social for @theguardian.com

Have a fantastic Friday and a wonderful weekend! #fridayvibes #weekendvibes

Green pigeons eating palm fruit live in the warm, tropical, and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. They spend almost all of their time high up in the treetops of lush forests, mangroves, parks, and city gardens where fruit-bearing trees and palms grow.

Investigative journalist Ida B. Wells was one of the most courageous & effective anti-lynching crusaders in US history. Wells’ fearless use of facts, data & moral clarity against systemic violence remains a model for activists & journalists. Co-founder, NAACP. She was born #OTD in 1862. #journalism

I used to work in Barnes and Noble. Here I am at my local B&N. When I told a bookseller it was mine, she got on the loud speaker and said, “There is an author in the building!” Another staff member came over and they asked me to sign my books and congratulated me. Thanks, B&N!

Apple bottom jeans... boots without the fur. The whole club was lookin' at her. 🐈‍⬛ #Cat #Caturday #Catsofbluesky #LifuX

28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.

The only president ever impeached for voter fraud is planning a prime time address to warn the country about voter fraud. My head hurts.

One of the smartest bird families, known for copying sounds and voices they hear. Original post

Haberman: "Last year the administration signed a critical minerals mining deal with Kazakhstan for a U.S. company...Six days before the deal was signed...the president's older sons with other partners took a 20% investment in a company related. What did the president know?" Leavitt: "Nothing."

Talarico: "It's funny because I'm the eighth-generation Texan in the race. I think California transplants like Ken Paxton can become Texans. That's what great about our state."

#Books #Booksky 📚 #ThursdayThoughts #Inspiration #MentalHealth ☀️

Today is Thursday July 16. In 1882, Violette Neatley Anderson was born. She was the first Black female law school graduate in the state of Illinois, and the first Black woman to practice law at the United States Supreme Court. #Herstory

"Gathering" by artist Michele Poirier-Mozzone

Marco Rubio is currently delivering a very boring speech railing against "communism." These guys really think they're cooking by trying to revive the Red Scare. Ain't gonna work with people under 60 years old.

He was a young dad, working to give his daughter a stable life, before he was shot and killed by ICE after an attempted traffic stop. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Sen. Alsobrooks tells Vought "I have been waiting for the opportunity to come face to face with you" and repeatedly calls his actions "depraved" and "evil"

Dog’s reaction when he realizes his sister was adopted into the same home. Original post

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He`s hell bent on eliminating the Constitution.

Happy Heavenly Birthday to iconic journalist and activist Ida B. Wells ⚖️🕊️🕊️ #idabwells #inremembrance #civilrights #journalism

`Rain falling across weathered sandstone formations, storm clouds gathering` #synthart #landscape

I like bee butts and I cannot lie... . . I don't know who took this picture butt it rules.

This is Winnie. He got so excited that he briefly forgot how to be a dog. You can laugh, but he'd like to point out you look this ridiculous all the time. 13/10 (TT: brisbreaks)

My painting DARK STORM

OSSOFF: I expect tonight's speech to be equal parts pathetic and dangerous. I think we will hear from the world's most famous sore loser, a prime time presidential sour grapes address reheating, debunked conspiracy theories about an election in which he was soundly defeated.

They know they did it and they are responsible. Which is why they will continue to stonewall this. Good for the reporter to keep asking about it and not let this go, because they are counting on people just moving on.

tanka weekly #poetry challenge June 4, 2026 this week’s prompt: twilight write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #tanka resources to develop your practice: tankasocietyofamerica.org Tanka Society of America: www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

Running with flowers Around the cemetery I have lost the plot #haikufeels

rise & write, feelsfam 
today's #haikufeels #prompt is 

 plot

I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you