Yes, it's an Evil Hydra of the Republican Party, Fox News/Newsmax, Citizens United, the Heritage Foundation,the Federalist Society and NRA. It's a formidable apparatus poisoning the minds of Americans much like the German Nazi Party once did.

Life goal

Das Video einer Frau, die im Gericht von einem ICE-Beamten auf den Boden geworfen wurde, schreckte viele in den USA auf. Doch die Geschichte war da nicht vorbei. Ich habe sie für @correctiv.org aufgeschrieben: correctiv.org/aktuelles/in...

Travelling across 29 countries without border controls instead of seven sounds like progress to me, especially when you consider what some of those borders used to be like.

"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs

slugs and fungi busy at work a booming metropolis in slow motion Happy #FungiFriday!

"Vor einigen Wochen wurde Trumps Gaza-Deal noch bejubelt. Inzwischen ist klar: Der Frieden kam nicht und der Plan nutzt vor allem Netanjahu."

I like everything about this clip: both their sense of rhythm, their attention to each other's playing, their joy, their zest for life, both stylish elegance, her shoes. Wonderful.

Had a bit of a “wild goose chase” the last couple of weeks so happy to finally catch up with the snow goose at @rspbscotland.bsky.social Udale Bay this afternoon. Also great to see a few whooper swans and a raft of scaup at Jemimaville. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Highlandbirds

Sorgenvolle Blicke in die Wolken. Denn gerade fliegen Tausende Wildgänse quer durch Deutschland und rasten in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. www.rbb24.de/panorama/bei...

"Fascism is an opportunistic predator—it tests boundaries, backs off if there’s blowback, then tries again." Highly recommended article from @Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social about the fascist manifestation of the Tory Party, full of differentiated arguments. @nialloconghaile.bsky.social

🎇🎇🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲 And now, with real live dung beetle action! @suzannacrampton.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-H-... With the warm approval of a local entomologist (spoiler alert: it's Miss Inca!)

“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.” -Zohran Mamdani

🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🇪🇺 🇨🇳 🇧🇷 🇻🇪 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 Canada, Panama, Greenland, Denmark, the EU, China, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, bsky.app/profile/robe...

This, from Suzanna in Ireland this morning, almost as good as the "maa-maa-maas" of her ewes, and her horses galloping, and her pack of helper dogs of all sizes, including a cat or two, not to forget her dung beetles.

Both newly elected governors of NJ and VA have visited Ukraine in the past New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill and Virginia’s Abigail Spanberger meeting Zelenskyy

Good morning to these future governors!

Rewatching Zohran's victory speech bit by bit and it's hard not to be emotional about it - it's an appeal to hope and courage but also to the fundamental idea of living in society, together. Feels like we've been starved, often deliberately, of that kind of thinking

Wie wärs mit "Shine" & "Dada Mut"? #Scherbenbringenglück #mixedmedia #upcycling #Art #Unikate #FromDenmarkWithLove

Listen to the New York City Gay Men's Chorus! Seeing and hearing the joy and relief over the election results for their city is moving. 🏙 🌆 🌇 🌃 Thanks @suzannacrampton.bsky.social and Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee on X: "New York you've set the tone for the rest of the country! Bravo NYC!"

Bei den Klimazielen in der EU zeigt sich, wie nationale Interessen einmal mehr alles kaputt machen, was sinnvoll ist. Greenwashing bei den Klimazielen, Absägen von Einzelmaßnahmen wie das Verbrenner-Aus oder die Zerpflückung des Emissionshandels – alles geopfert, um Merz & Co zu beruhigen.

Guten Morgen Europa. 🕊🧡☮️🪷🎨🖼💫 #LifeIsABeach #CleanUpTheBeach #Scherbenbringenglück #FokussiereWasGutTut #upcycling #mixedmedia #Unikat

We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!

Very telling that oligarchs want to be called aristocrats. On the donors who think they deserve to rule: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

The actual big tent that wins elections and motivates voters

What's that supposed to mean? @nialloconghaile.bsky.social

Learn to mend your knitwear with me in the new year, either in person or online: www.collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/visible-mend... I’m really excited to share my skills, and empower you to repair your clothes in style! #visiblemending #repair #darning #makedoandmend #reducewaste

I recommend everyone to check Rosalía’s new track for her upcoming new album, LUX called ‘Berghain’ (feat. Björk and Yves Tumor). It’s trending globally and looks to be a game changer in a for too long mundane music industry. youtu.be/htQBS2Ikz6c?...

"But how would Karl Marx explain Donald Trump's victory? Marx would have directed his attention to the economic foundation of society and sought to explain the actions of the actors, and particularly the ruling class, the bourgeoisie, based on their economic interests. bsky.app/profile/davi...

Somewhere over the rainbow.

We EU Europeans must understand that we are a Union of 27 very heterogeneous member states and in several countries, economic technological progress and value-conservative worldview and attitude go hand in hand. Emancipatory movements are the ones suffering: the human rights of women, PoC, LGBTQ+,

Cheers to local Repair Cafés, repair tailors, vegetable gardens, cooking classes, community kitchens, bakers, knitting, crochet, weaving, and sewing classes, and much more.

No one needs any of these things. 🙃

There must be good reasons why the Individual psychology by Alfred Adler found more widespread acceptance in the United States than in Europe. Adler's theory of psychosomatically underpinned inferiority, in conjunction with early childhood trauma, has gained new relevance. bsky.app/profile/rena...

I love Chef José Andrés; he's a true humanitarian. WCK is feeding hurricane victims in Jamaica, flood victims in Mexico, and furloughed US federal workers in DC. 💙💙💙 bsky.app/profile/wck....

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

USA Inc. ‼️

Holy cow! The Czechs! 🇪🇺🇨🇿 The next EU holy terror on the horizon!

"Contingency money for SNAP exists. Trump chose not to use it—at least, not until the courts made him."

Der Begriff Solastalgie bezeichnet in Zeiten der Klimakrise ein Gefühl der Trauer in einer radikal veränderten Umwelt. Eine Ausstellung im Museum Giersch in Frankfurt am Main findet nun Bilder für diesen Verlust

Die AfD Hessen (und die FDP) möchten das Portal "Hessen gegen Hetze" abschalten, das als Reaktion auf die Ermordung Walter Lübckes durch einen AfD-Wahlkampfhelfer eingerichtet wurde. Der Grund: Weil manche Meldungen eben auch zu Ermittlungen führen können. Kannst du dir nicht ausdenken.

A separate (brick) garden room home office, preferably near trees. Wonderful. "For example, I know of several situations where parents are using them as home offices by day while their children are using them as dens/ TV rooms in the evenings."

Gestures of kindness, but currently more valuable than ever. 🌬🌊🌪🌦🏝💪🏾🇺🇸🫱🏽‍🫲🏿🇯🇲🫱🏿‍🫲🏾🇨🇦💪🏿🏖 #Hurricane #Melissa

~weeeeeeeeeeen! 🌬👽🧟‍♀️👹👻💀🧟☠️🧟🧌 Hallo~ youtu.be/HlmfoV-RzIw?...

"Familiar", 2023. Watercolor By artist Maggie Vandewalle (American, b. 1963). maggievandewalle.com #art #painting #illustration #Halloween

"There was a time that US supply ships and the hospital ship USSN Comfort would be enroute now as well as supporting airlifts … but that was then … 10 months ago." (Ivo Knobloch @isailor56.bsky.social)‬

Das sind die letzten schönen Fleischtomaten dieser Saison. Ab morgen wird bei mir abgeräumt um die Vorarbeiten für die kommende Saison zu starten. Mein Boden braucht jetzt die wohl verdiente Ruhepause und Nährstoffrückführung, damit es 2026 wieder fantastische #Tomaten gibt. 🫶🏻

Long-eared Owl (Asio otus): This species of Owl breeds in North America, Asia & Europe. Beautiful photo taken by Vlad Mureşan in Romania. 🦉 #owl #owls #bird #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #romania

Höchst empfehlenswerter Artikel über indigene Frauen, die im ecuadorianischen Hochland Klimaschutzmaßnahmen zum Erhalt der Agrobiodiversität anführen.