www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... The celebrated primatologist Jane Goodall died last week at the age of 91. In tribute, we’re re-sharing this interview from 2020, where she reflects on the years she spent living with the wild chimpanzees in Gombe in eastern Tanzania.

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79. people.com/diane-keaton...

Trump vs. US was the final straw imo. You cannot read that ruling and continue believing they have legitimacy. It is not only against the plain text of the constitution, it is anathema to the national ethos. It is offensively, insultingly un-American and they ceded legitimacy by committing that sin.

yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

the latest effort to try to find the switch to turn off liberalism (also these people hate the idea of a free society)

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

they can see the polling

did a read-aloud of my latest column, set to the backdrop of a drive through central virginia youtu.be/pq8TUlk4BxQ

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

A great blue heron portrait at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado. #FlyDay #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wildlife #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons

Happy #FlyDay to all who celebrate. I’d like to contribute this Great Egret taking off from its treetop perch. #birds 🪶 #BirdPhotography #photography #EastCoastKin

State terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, the defendant in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive last year, were dismissed on Tuesday, including one that had accused him of first-degree murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/n...

The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL. #HandsOff

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

AOC: “It should be our mission right now to make sure that all people have health care!"

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

135 years ago today, Vincent van Gogh died of a gunshot wound in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise. He was 37 and remains largely unknown. In the days that followed, his brother Theo wrote a quiet, prophetic sentence: "He will not be forgotten." He wasn't then, and he isn't now.

Today’s Moon Phase: October 7, 2025

In the UK we now have some of the highest prices in Europe. Just 10 years ago we were among the lowest, particularly for Food and Water. In Europe the prices are high because taxes are high. In the UK it is because billionaires profits are record.

“There is NO middle ground.”✊🏻🌹 #ResistFascism

This was fascinating and made me think differently about how the government is thinking and operating. I still think they're wrong - they need to stop thinking about voters and start thinking about values. But I have a more nuanced understanding/sympathy with them than I did.

🛑 My main Bluesky account, with over 9,000 followers, was banned a few days ago. I've lost access to DMs and can no longer upload photos or videos—punishment for reporting on Gaza. I won’t be silenced. Please follow this account in case my new main one gets banned too.

Israeli warplanes struck the upper floors of another residential tower in Al-Shati, in western Gaza.

During the night, Israeli occupation forces targeted vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, terrorizing those on board with powerful water cannons and kidnapping hundreds of activists.

Israel continues terrorizing and kidnapping participans of the Sumud Global Flottilla this morning.

The Sumud Global Flotilla announced that between 25 and 30 boats loaded with aid are still sailing and steadily advancing closer to Gaza.

In a school shelter for displaced families, children break down in panic and tears after smoke bombs are hurled inside.

Video footage captures Israeli quadcopter drones releasing smoke bombs above the Al-Daraj neighborhood in central Gaza City.

This morning, an Israeli airstrike on the Abu Gharaba family home in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza, claimed the lives of at least 11 civilians, including children.

The instant Israeli warplanes struck the Daban family’s home, located south of the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.

Israeli naval vessels moved in toward Gaza’s coast and opened fire on Palestinian fishermen.

Intense bombardment struck areas close to Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital.

Israeli occupation forces raided the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus, and abducted a Palestinian resident.

Israeli airstrikes targeted a community kitchen in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, where meals were being prepared for displaced families, killing 10 people — six of them from the same family.

This government shutdown crisis is entirely about the extremists within the House Republican Party kidnapping the entire country for political show.

People always used to ask, "How low will Republicans go to protect and pander to Donald Trump?" Thanks to Ted Cruz, we now have our answer.

Any individual with half a trillion dollars would be bad, but I'm not a fan of this being the one we've got either. An economic system that does this is insane. Tax wealth now.

“You shouldn’t believe anyone in politics who says they’re not ambitious about the top job because they’re basically lying.” Shabana Mahmood www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Israel is pressing ahead with an intense new ground offensive in Gaza City, defying international condemnation and sending hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing the devastated, famine-stricken area.

President Obama condemns the assassination of Charlie Kirk and political violence gripping the country — while rebuking President Trump and his allies' for politicizing the shooting and not doing more to unite the country.