Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launch saw a successful booster reuse but deployed a customer's satellite into the wrong orbit.

A little house finch says hello.

A resounding raspberry to aging and idleness in this moment of truth open.substack.com/pub/glendaba...

@enchantrasand.bsky.social Tjanks for the repost of “An Unfettered Woman.”

D oing the right thing: “The National Governors Association said it will no longer hold a formal meeting with Trump when governors are scheduled to convene in Washington later this month, after the White House planned to invite only Republican governors.” PennLive.com apple.news/AAiiDcFl6R0u...

"Walking faithfully means falling to my knees to confess and repent of my sin of believing that my own security is more urgent than my neighbor’s needs." sojo.net/magazine/may...

And just like that it became possible for them to do what they’ve spent weeks telling us they could not do. Politicians will not grow a spine until we make that the least unattractive alternative.

We can’t form a strategy until we understand what’s gone wrong, as well as our own roll in it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...

My warmest wishes this holiday season.

Amen and Halleleujah! Got over your fear of women in power, folks—it’s good for you!

What if we had a president who actually loved people, especially children?

The youngest player rated by the International Chess Federation is a three year old boy. That puts my inability to play chess beyond basic moves in a whole different perspective.

Once again, men making laws about women’s bodies. You’d think we had some power they’re afraid of.

THIS!

I have confounded the algorithms and I am happy. Apple says my top music for 2025 was Bendel playing Chopin, Beyoncé, Dire Straits, Ella Fitzgerald, Classics by Eric Chapman, Fleetwood Mac, The Cars, and Taylor Swift.

Wanna avoid responsibilities while appearing responsible? Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together? Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude? Try reading a book in public! 📖 #WritingCommunity #BookSky

Really, isn’t this the truth? Putting boundaries around greed is the work of the next decade or so. Greed is what got us here, more tan anything else, I think. You? Do I need to explain?

What a great idea!

Sometimes I am happy that my WWII hero father-in-law is not alive to see the mockery made of his patriotism and his sacrifice.

Truth. More coverage about this, please, all media.

Altext: An image of two children throwing snowballs, with a link to a short story from Glenda Bailey-Mershon at An Unfettered Woman on Substack.

Follow the bouncing lights: A deer running through the woods behind our house.

Fun!

IBM CEO Krishna, OpenAI Prez Brockman, Apple’s Tim Cook, the Dell CEO, Charles Schwab, Blackstone—and more—looked like pigs at the trough at the WH dinner to celebrate Mohammed Bin Salman, a cold blooded killer. Why should we believe or invest in your companies? #TechCoDeinvestment

The tech bros went to a party to fete a man who had a journalist, father of American citizens, hacked to death. #ForShameTimCook #MuskHasNoShame #TrumpTreason

Tierra Walker’s 14-year-old son yelled “I need you!” as he tried CPR to save her after she had suffered blood clots, diabetes, and other pregnancy complications. She had asked about abortion from doctors afraid of prosecution under Texas law. Abortion bans kill women. #AsIfWomenMatter

Exactly. I am trying to flush from my life any connection or support to the tech and media moguls in this audience. It’s hard. But what a collection of clowns.

Nothing has infuriated me as much as watching our president and media moguls (as attendees) blessing the murderer of Khasshogi, all for $1 trillion dollars. Putting our country up for sale. #sanewashing #TrumpTreason

If only

Hardly any words needed except: What if this were your daughter, sister, friend?

If the Supreme Court goes for this, they’re easily as corrupt as Trump—oh, wait!

American citizens and their kids traumatized and robbed for nothing by government employees—their boss, Noem, shouldn’t just resign—she should be in jail for this. www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...

Been saying this for a while now. Any other admin in history would have fired her by now, yet the Big Orange eggs her on.

With you, Charlotte.

If only the Repugnants understood how little I care if Democrats are exposed as part of the child sex trafficker’s circle. Let every chip fall where it may, and, for God’s sake, media editors, please center the victims and not the abusers. #EpsteinFiles #ChildAbusers #GOP #Reporters

Makes sense that those who want us all to have robots at home would start with puppies, right? #nicotherobotpuppy

Wow—beautiful #starryskies #astronomy #spacephotography

While so many are spending time here raving about a certain politician’s corruption and venality, some politicians, like Senator Chris Murphy, are throwing sand in the gears of the Senate by making GOP senators vote on every piece of the BBB, on the record. Let us praise them for doing good.

Gotta say, Cynthia Erivo is one boss woman on and off the stage and set. And she can sing like the sweetest bird.

Priorities.

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b... I don’t know whether to smile or cry about this. Hurray for the stores and volunteers, but they shouldn’t have to, you know?

This, added to news about China’s lower CO2 emissions, makes a very cold day in SC a little warmer.

I understand being pissed. But blaming all Dems for the betrayal of seven (plus King[I] is not the answer. All but the following (upper right), including Schumer, voted “no.” Hassan, Sheen, and King brokered the deal.