The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. This number can connect you to both the House of Representatives and the Senate offices.

The administration’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed judicial activists, saying that “the real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

More of this please

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Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

Nest building continues at the Great Blue Heron rookery.

BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway… LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨

-Whispers Beneath the Mango Tree- —for the ones who shaped me @gillian_wray_poet ✍️ Day 11 #poetrychallenge

We heard the rumors. Maybe president panican will declare martial law, maybe he won’t. But do you think this clown car of incompetent sycophantic signal leakers can keep all 300 million of us down? Absolutely not. We will not comply. Here’s some advice from Oliver Kornetzke. Let’s get weird.

It is after midnight when I hear the #noise. A closing door. The cats wake up from their positions on the bed and rocket around with ears swiveling, freaked out. I sit up and hold my hand against my hammering heart. We're supposed to be alone. #vss365

Carl wheeled on her. "Just tell the kid what to do. Why are you giving me so much #grief about this, Mary? It's not a #life and #death decision." "Actually, it might be," she said levelly. She clutched a pistol in her shaking hand. It took a moment for him to realize what he was seeing. #vss365

She stopped mid-word. I asked, "Amy? Are you okay?" "I've lost the #thread," she said, and sighed. "It used to be if things didn't support my vision for life, I'd #bounce. But now I don't even know what the vision was, or if visions make any sense in this fucked up age. It just rolls on." #vss365

Shadows Over Sol is an award-winning #scifi #horror #ttrpg where you and your team venture into the hungry void of outer space. You'll explore derelict spaceships, make deals with shady corps and try to survive the horrors encroaching on your every move. Follow on KS: https://buff.ly/4dYdgi2

Cory Booker makes history, and I have been under a rock all day. My god, sir.

There was no warning, just the paranoid-seeming sensation of trouble crawling in the Pathfinder pilot's skull. Not that I wasn't grateful. Without him scooting us out of there so fast he left our #luggage behind, the Ariel would have been so much confetti scattered across two counties. #vss365

How Jane Goodall, who turns 91 today, turned her childhood dream into reality – a sweet illustrated story of purpose and perseverance

I watched in #euphoria as the moth - its #velveteen body lost in the whirl of its #gossamer wings - fluttered upward in the moonlit night. A bat took it on the wing, zipping past me in ermine darkness. It passed so close I could smell it skunky body odor. Shocked, I backed into safety. #vss365

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰 #VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍 This is super important.

Oh. Oh no.

She sprayed the perfume, a mignonette blend not made in thirty years, its scent swirling around her like a forgotten dream. It smelled just like the one he gave her long ago. But as it faded, so did his face. She reached for more, desperate—but the bottle was dry. #VSS365

MAGA: "George Soros is billionaire using his money to influence elections and buy votes!!!! THIS MUST BE STOPPED!!! George Soros is billionaire using his money to influence elections and buy votes!!!!" REPORTER: “What about what Elon Musk is doing?” MAGA: “Look! Immigrant caravan!”

It's nest building time 🤓 🪹🪶 #birdphotography #birds #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #photography #canon #sparrow #housesparrow #wildlifephotography

It might be fairly common and overlooked but you've got to love those colours. #ukbirds #ukwildlife #photography

Elyx and I lay in the grass. She was drunk on the narcotic scents of flowers. The dizzy yellow narcissus, the sweet, clustered anthers of #mignonette, the brash pepperiness of the nasturtiums flooded us. She stretched her long neck and trilled. "Blossoms, Stela." Oh, my heart - had I one. #vss365

It's hard to get up. Not just because I can't see where I'm going, but because I want to stay in our makeshift nest and #canoodle, not battle through an alien space station to go wrestle peace from the grasp of war-hawks both human and Hs'stek. I tell myself I was born to argue. I get up. #vss365

Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?

They sent you bloodstained to thieve for them. Now they raid your retirement, your pension, your veterans' fund. There's no point to it - they could afford anything they needed or wanted - they're just #insatiable to fatten themselves on the pain of others. We always sensed it. Now we know. #vss365

Cutest couple ever! 🪶 #ospreys #birds #bird #birdphotography #fortmonroe

Lazy bees doodle around the flowers. The weeds thrust up through the cracks in the pavement. The sparrow sings from the eaves, offering his nest. Inside, out of the garden heat, I take my blood pressure, wait five minutes, take it again. All I #desire is all any of us do. To thrive. #vss365

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

The slanted snow of white petals is romantic #inspiration. We laugh and race through. It might be a professional path at a wedding, though we are dashing out for fast food and they're randy-smelling Bradford pears. Who cares? Flurries of confetti spin in the blue day. I'd marry you again. #vss365

Securing your phone before entering the USA. 🧵 At CDC we travel around the globe to confront health threats and have never worried about returning home. Yet more researchers, including US Citizens, are having their phones searched at Customs. security.ucop.edu/resources/tr...

"Oh no, we have to get you to a vet." I cradled the baby. It cuddled, exhausted, waterlogged pinfeathers warming against my body heat. The rest of the flock rose up from the levee #indivisible, honking and battering. They didn't understand rescue, only defense. We all loved the gosling. #vss365

Wladimir paused to gather the tatters of his poise. His mouth was dry. Only a week ago it had looked like he would win the council's election, becoming CEO of the CCA as expected, but Deanna and his old pal Bryant had snared and humiliated him. He was suddenly politically #radioactive. #vss365

Don't use them for your book covers. Someone can steal and reuse and you have zero recourse. Even if you didn't otherwise care... petapixel.com/2025/03/19/u...

Capriciously chosen father figures carved into mountain rock obscuring Six Grandfathers' sacred features with four DWMs The #sempiternal patriotic, at the cost of a boot on a neck or two, as per usual we honestly don't give a toot about those guys anymore, though (especially Roosevelt) oops #vss365

Remember what I said about how Twitter is useless for self-promotion even if you have a big following there? There's data showing BlueSky, even with smaller user numbers, generates way more referrals than Twitter purely because it doesn't suppress links. Stop saying you need Twitter for promotion.

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 [email protected]

Ostara. Froggy green carpet of wild grass and clover, freckled with lupines and mustard, dotted with poppies. Sky as blue as your eyes. White cotton cumulus far as the eye can see, and below, the black-boled trees bloom white in lines both orderly and rambunctious. Tom turkeys bloom too, dancing.

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