Today’s #BirdoftheDay from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #BlackandWhite, birds that are mostly or all black and white. Downy woodpecker, Chinstrap penguin, Black-necked stilt, Adélie penguin. #birds #photography #sonyalpha

From @alan678.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay is #Snowy. Canada geese, Blue Jay, Gentoo Penguin, male Northern cardinal. #birds #photography

I don’t understand how the first reaction from leadership isn’t “This is an impeachable offense. My colleagues must defund Hegseth and begin drafting articles immediately.” Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?

World ‘may not have time’ to prepare for AI safety risks, says leading researcher

A pro-voting group filed complaints against a federal election agency over potentially unlawful behavior and partisanship. One filing cited comments from a top official who accused Democrats of supporting “open borders,” because “they need the votes.”

ICYMI: DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. How those cases have crumbled. Of 100 people initially charged w/felony assaults on federal agents, 55 saw their charges reduced to misdemeanors, or dismissed. All five defendants who went to trial so far were acquitted.

🚨🚨🚨They need to go back to Fiona Hill's testimony from Trump's first impeachment. Look on page 58. It was Putin that suggested Trump gets Venezuela in exchange for Ukraine.👇 d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2019/...

as.ft.com/r/3f8ceb74-0... ‘We will not be anyone’s colony’: Venezuela’s government seeks to reassert control

If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.

Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice. Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.

Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated. This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

The #BirdOfTheDay today is #caughtinmotion birds captured in movement and the alternative is #BirdsofPrey set by @alan678.bsky.social. Yes I’m combining. Two bald eagles, a turkey vulture being chased, and a northern harrier. #birds #photography #sonyalpha #raptors #eagles

Mexico President "Claudia Sheinbaum calls on the United Nations to step in to stop Trump. She says Trump broke article 2 of the charter of the United Nations. I stand with Mexico!"

What are the odds the Trump Org already has six LLCs set up to use to enrich themselves through Venezuelan oil operations.

ruralradio.com/krvn/news/mi... A criminal war and outrageous military strikes on a soverign country will take American minds off of their soaring health care cost and a hidden economic crisis. Our criminal President and a criminal Republican party want the oil. American people be damned.

I'm losing track of how many countries a man livid he wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize has illegally bombed. Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria. Yemen. Not to mention threatening to annex Greenland and Canada and invade Panama.

'This Is State Terrorism': Global Outrage as Trump Launches Illegal Assault on Venezuela www.commondreams.org/news/global-...

Trump on demonstrators in DC: “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?”

You were saying?

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

So the US has just set a precedent that any person or company in the US is now a legitimate target for being bombed if another country determines that their product may be harmful to their citizens.

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This regime needs to be ousted by any means necessary.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #GoodLight. Autumn evening light can be the best light. #birds #photography

If you love hummingbirds like we do, these are two excellent documentaries. one from Los Angeles, and one from Victoria, BC. Both are available on YouTube here in Canada, I assume also in the USA. #birds #hummingbirds

Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.

Pretty much sums up where the USA is today. If Trump and his billionaire media tycoon buddies get their way, in 2026 we won't even be able to watch legitimate news from overseas. They are pushing for all alt-right propaganda all the time.

Pardoned by Trump. After the pardon, arrested for Sexual Assault and Kidnapping.

Trump has spent 88 days golfing in 2025 over a quarter of his presidency. As prices stay high and crises pile up, taxpayers foot the bill for flights, security, and motorcades so he can tee off. He thinks he’s entitled on the public dime! 😡 #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AfrwERHBNSEu...

This is why grassroots campaigns are the way forward! For too long power has concentrated in the hands of the few. For too long power has been taken away us, we prop this system up. Individual donors shouldn’t be able to influence legislation like this. This is what a broken system looks like!

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Hypocrite Trump. truthout.org/articles/tru...

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: 🇦🇺 0 🇨🇦 0 🇩🇰 0 🇫🇮 0 🇫🇷 0 🇩🇪 0 🇮🇸 0 🇮🇪 0 🇮🇹 0 🇯🇵 0 🇳🇱 0 🇳🇴 0 🇵🇹 0 🇪🇸 0 🇸🇪 0 🇬🇧 0 🇺🇸 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

Let’s be real people, no BS, just don’t go, it is now an authoritarian country and you are risking detention or worse going there. #BoycottUSA What are your rights as a Canadian if asked by a U.S. border agent to see your social media? #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

@maddow.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A little-noticed provision in the TRUMP AI Act would ban big tech platforms, including ostensibly Google, from distributing "sexual material harmful to minors" — a phrase routinely used by conservatives to ban not only porn, but sex ed, LGBTQ literature and repro rights resources.

The ailing president begged White House staff to give him “fewer, more important meetings” during his average workday.

Mary Sheffield was sworn in as Detroit’s 76th mayor, becoming the first woman to hold the office in the city's 324-year history

Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.” Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.

When Musk says he's going to build colonies on Mars, remember he also said, “I think we can [save] at least $2tn” by cutting gov't costs. He didn't know what he was talking about then. And about Mars, he doesn't now. tinyurl.com/73y7bdmv 🧪🔭📰

I'm sliding in hot to 2026! I spent the early hours of this morning moving into my new space at the Grant County Art Guild gallery. Lots more fine art prints on display now and a card rack full of goodies. Yay, 2026! 🎉 Happy new year! #ValWestonNM #LoveLocal #ShopSmall #PhotographicArt

The first #BirdOfTheDay theme for 2026, from @alan678.bsky.social is #b&w, bird captures in mono. Canada geese & Ruby-throated hummingbird. #birds #photography #sonyalpha

Oh dear dear me 🥴🍻. Good morning 2026, the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #b&w , bird captures in mono, it proved popular last time and the alt theme is #sparrows any sparrow. Good luck folks. Here’s a ballet dancing Egret. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin