“His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings,” wrote Ernest Hemingway of his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald, born OTD in 1896. Eighty-five years after his death at age 44, Fitzgerald stands as arguably the quintessential American writer. loa.org/writers/210

Amazing the number of social media influencers I’ve unfollowed today.

Yes, please stop.

A Russian tank is advancing on Zaporizhia oblast under US flag. If you are not horrified, you're likely dead. 🟥

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Today is the day we honor those who died overseas stopping the same thing many of you are ignoring here at home--fascism.

The first Black woman to receive her pilot’s license was Ms. Willa Brown. She is the trailblazing woman who trained the Tuskegee Airmen. History books left her out but we will never forget her incredible accomplishments. Say her name and remember her. 💗 #MomSky #Voices4Victory

Notice the difference, Catholics?

a friend sent me this one

The silence speaks volumes. #fucktrump

Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.

In 72 days, Donold has taken 14 days off and spent $26 million of taxpayer money at his golf clubs.

I feel like this tweet did not get enough attention this week

#ProudBlue One of the web pages cut in Trump's purge of any reference to age, sex, ethnicity, etc. is the famous story of Pfc. Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian, one of the 6 Marines photographed hoisting a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in 1945. See the image of the page here.

Per @steveinskeep.bsky.social: “Here The NY Times identifies words the Trump administration erased or discouraged in federal websites and documents, along with many of the ideas that the words express.”

@drseanmullen.bsky.social made this statement on X but it so accurately reflected what I think that I wanted to share it here. This describes the fools running our world and especially here in the United States. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

Zelenskyy seeks support at emergency European summit after bruising Trump encounter - NBC News @nbcnews.com who was exactly bruised? Trump showed his true pathetic, petty little self.

Ending the night with this. *Get your hankies* A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.

www.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p... Our Country that has fought tyranny and fascism ALWAYS Our proud soldiers fought and died to fight against it Our Country voted WITH RUSSIA. . . LET THAT SINK IN BUT EUROPE prevailed Condemning RUSSIA THIS IS NOT ONLY HEARTBREAKING BUT INFURIATING

Qualified black man is fired. Unqualified white man is hired. The trump agenda is fundamentally about white supremacy. And anyone with integrity is targeted.

These stories are not discussed as widely in the Western press as they ought to be, so it's good to see The Telegraph giving this some attention. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

See the resemblance?

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A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.

NEW from Jennifer Schulze: Democrats should fight back with an aggressive, fact-based counternarrative every single day heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/17/o...

Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.

Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it. So we moved over to blue sky. Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-) Please do Follow Retweet & repeat

FFS! 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 are firing National Park Service EMTs There will be no one to attend to you if you get attacked by wildlife, fall while climbing/hiking, have a skiing incident, are drowning, break a leg/arm/your neck, etc Alex Wilds is one such federal employee. Read what he's saying

Run a correction @60minutes.bsky.social.

If you managed to accumulate a billion dollars and are not actively trying to help people that are struggling to survive, sit down and STFU

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

SEN. MURPHY: “There was a promise made to finance this tax cut with two trillion dollars of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. Medicaid: poor kids, poor families. Medicare: seniors in this country.”

So many people were leaving 1-star reviews for the “Gulf of America” on Google Maps that Google blocked reviews and deleted the 1-star reviews. 🤣💀🤣

The Drag and Trans community put on a street show of resistance in front of the Kennedy Center arts center in response to Trump’s Trans Community erasure policies and his takeover of the Kennedy Center Board. #TransRights #HumanRights dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/14/d...

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

Please sign and share: www.rei.com/action/netwo...

You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer? She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.

Showing more integrity than many, many members of Congress. www.wsj.com/us-news/top-...

A self taught mathematician, brilliant & free. His mathematical skills so great, he was hired to survey a new territory for the nation's capitol city. That territory would eventually become Washington D.C., and bc of him that our Capitol stands there today. Benjamin Bannecker #BlackHistoryMonth

Stores we are still supporting.

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A new bill in Ohio would make it a crime for men to ejaculate without intending to have a baby

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections. Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.