How to understand American politics: 400 women have been arrested for having a miscarriage. No one on the Epstein list has been.

Congress must exert its constitutional authority to stop another disastrous forever war before it starts.

It’s the first time the US men’s and women’s hockey teams have won gold in the same Olympics 🥇🥇

Is there a national health reporter out there who can help amplify what’s happening in Eugene, Oregon? We are the 2nd largest city in Oregon (180K+), home of the state’s flagship university, and we have NO HOSPITAL or EMERGENCY ROOM. @muckrack.com bit.ly/4aqvvwg

A reminder: if you're a leader, it's vital that you're involved in something you're not in charge of and not naturally good at. It's a regular, valuable reminder that your gifts and skills don't reign supreme, that you have something to learn from others, and that we all need each other.

Heartbreaking is right. Waiting to see the impact on the Burhou colony off Alderney and Jersey's last 3? breeding pairs. @alderneywt.bsky.social 🇯🇪🇬🇬🧪🌎 #jersey #alderney #channelislands #seabirds #birds

Greatness.

The US Food and Drug Administration will now review Moderna’s new, messenger RNA–based flu vaccine after all, reversing course on a decision that rocked the biopharmaceutical industry last week. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪

HONK HONK! Happy birthday to nonagenarian activist Caroline Stevenson's happy horde of relentless agitators! arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Sometimes all you can do is laugh.

This is catching on. There’s nothing Trump hates more than being ignored.

Dear friends, Psy-ops are now underway here on Bluesky. There’s a flood of “both parties are the same” and “Dems are beholden to their donors alone” and “Dems are in Israel’s pocket” bots that have dramatically increased. Report, block, do NOT engage. It just amplifies their messaging.

Cluster munitions indiscriminately harm and kill civilians. Yet the Trump administration is planning to replenish the U.S. arsenal of these weapons with a major new purchase from Israel. We joined 35 partners urging Congress to oppose the purchase of these immoral weapons ⬇️

The school district said a student let the suspects in through a secure door. Nobody was hurt inside the school.

Doing the Good Lord’s work. God bless WCK and all who support this project.

This needs to be passed along.

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

The history of leaded gasoline, lead paint, and lead pipes is one of the great examples of how unadulterated greed and lack of necessary regulations to the public health have civilization altering effects. 🩺🧪 If a conservative is railing against regulations, ask them about leaded gasoline

Jamie Raskin's 10-minute annihilation of Pam Bondi today is one for the history books. The profound, targeted ferocity is breathtaking.

In honor of Black History Month, we're throwing back to last year's podcast episode about the book "Black Fire: African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights." quakerpodcast.com/black-fire-a...

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

What’s it like to have a mayor like this guy

One of my frustrations with our government's egregious behavior is our resistance takes energy & focus away from the truly more important issue: climate chaos. So here is welcome news: Canada’s biggest nickel mine could store carbon in its waste rock: thenarwhal.ca/crawford-nic...

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Oregonians (and others): We have a chance to improve our state's funding for wildlife preservation, INCLUDING OTTERS. Sea otters, most particularly. Please send a letter. Let's get some good news this year! actionnetwork.org/letters/2261...

“Don’t panic, thinking they’re deporting everyone,” he said in Portuguese. “There’s a news report showing ICE arresting [people], which even includes Brazilians, but they’re all criminals. All criminals. Don’t believe just any influencer.” #schadenfreude

Good news: EPA regulations dramatically reduced lead exposure in the US since the org was established by Nixon in 1970. Bad news: Trump's EPA is trying to roll back many of those regulations now. 🧪

I KNEW IT!! For years I've been telling my students "Never trust plants," & now @pbseons.bsky.social backs me up. Those photoautotroph baddies have been running roughshod with zero accountability since the Carboniferous. Watch, learn, & beware. 🧪🌿☠️

"In a world often governed by force, Quakers have stood apart for centuries with a radical commitment to peace." "But this isn’t just a political stance; it is a spiritual practice that challenges us to see the Divine in everyone—even our enemies." Featuring FCNL's @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social:

I have never loved Minneapolis more than I do in this moment.

I understand completely being specific about those killed, but I feel outrage for those blinded and maimed, scarred and damaged by “less-lethal” munitions.

What I didn’t expect was the corollary: “ I could send my people out to stand in the middle of fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters.“

Today is Sunday 25 January 2026 It is Burns' Night 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 also 💜 World Leprosy Day 🥴 Opposite Day ✝️ Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Welsh patron saint of lovers) 🛋️ A Room of One’s Own Day ☕ Irish Coffee Day French Republican Calendar: LAURUSTINUS #OTD 65 years ago, 101 Dalmatians was released in the USA.

This post, delightful in itself, sent me down a pleasant rabbit hole to answer my question, “How do they measure visual acuity in birds?” estebanfj.bio.purdue.edu/birdvision/m...

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A brief timeline cleanse to begin your Saturday morning. Or Saturday afternoon, depending on the time zone.

Well said. And if the federal laws won't do this, the states, which grant corporate status, can and should.

"I feel like there is God in me... like there is a candle in me. God is not 'there' but he is here." Sikhuphukile Nare, a Quaker from Zimbabwe, shares her inward experience of worship. You can watch it here, and if her words speak to you, please do help us share her message. youtu.be/6DvxC9N5tZI?...

I was stopped by the phrase “ warbler diet paper” because English does such weird things with adjective-noun-noun and, here, noun-noun-noun. But yes, someone has some great artwork in the scientific paper published. Check it out!

" I strived hard to be tough and hang in there the best I could, always doing things just right --- to set an example for other people who were coming behind me, especially women." --- Dr. Gladys West #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

Not surprised that it wasn’t the shell breaking that makes the “pop” but WAS SURPRISED by this: “During heating, the starch inside the kernel becomes molten, and when the kernel pops it quickly escapes, rapidly cooling and forming popcorn’s characteristic fluffy shape as it solidifies.”

If you want a break from all the political news, and enjoy reading about really interesting “Food as medicine“ news, research “ergotheonine”. I loved how this little mushroom found a spot in a tree trunk.

I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this

The message about not ceding my spiritual and emotional sovereignty is what I needed to hear.

“… because it has to stop. It just has to stop.”

“Another pleasant illusion is that the strongman will unite the nation. But …He will define one group after another as the enemy. This might feel good, so long as you feel that you are on the right side of the line. But now fear is the essence of life.”

‘We have to show up’: Outraged Portlanders gather in the hundreds to protest Border Patrol shootings, immigration enforcement https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026/01/we-have-to-show-up-outraged-portlanders-gather-in-the-hundreds-to-protest-border-patrol-shootings-immigration-enforcement.html