It’s never ok to use the R slur. It’s never ok to discriminate against and berate disabled people. It’s not an acceptable term to describe anyone, for any reason. He’s emboldening his base. They’re going to use it more often. Please speak out. Help protect disabled lives.

When the storm stops and the smoke clears, history will remember who stood strong from the beginning and who capitulated.

It’s been six years since the first reported case of SARSCov2. It’s never too late to wear a mask. It’s never too late to clean the air. Every infection avoided or delayed is a win for long term health. We can drastically reduce transmission if everyone does their part.

MSL - Sol 4522 - MAHLI - Decorrelated Color - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2r17rsn

Jupiter - Northern Circumpolar Cyclones - Nasa’s Juno PJ 41 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2ngBTRv

We are still not shopping at Starbucks, Home Depot, Target, Amazon, and Walmart.

The idea that Americans have to choose between paying for a doctor or paying their rent is unconscionable. The vote is simple: Vote to protect affordable health care!

Millions of seniors and people with disabilities are waiting on the phone for HOURS to get help from Trump's Social Security Administration.

This is a mother’s plea from Gaza. My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive. 👇👇👇 www.gofundme.com/f/join-us-in...

Close-up with the Rosette Nebula (RGB Colour) - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/UYaQwE

Tomorrow is our last chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box in 2025. We can flip a Tennessee district that Trump won by double digits, but only if we turn enough voters out — please make some calls to help us send @aftynbehn.bsky.social to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! We knocked 13,000 doors yesterday and learned that hasn’t happened since Harold Ford Jr.’s 2006 Senate campaign! We’ve got 48 hours left to get out the vote and MAKE HISTORY. Sign up to volunteer via the link in our BIO!

Kylie Cheung at Abortion, Every Day writes about the future anti-abortion extremists want: "One in which we’re not just stripped of our most basic rights, but also deemed crazy for fighting back—even just for pointing out what’s being done to us."

Wonderful night to watch stars. There are these new gadgets, Seestar astrophoto systems, that give amateurs a power tool to study the heavens.

It was six years ago today that a man in Wuhan, China began feeling ill. He would become the first known COVID case. Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling. Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters. Public health is a social justice issue.

Happy Birthday, Shirley. Thank you for the blueprint of unbought, unbossed, & unapologetic leadership.

My mother Sandy never read me fairy tales—she read me the speeches of Shirley Chisholm. She wasn't just an historic presidential candidate. She was the first Black woman duly elected to Congress who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself.

We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality. It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.

The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet. Run on *that*

Here is the current Sun. We have major flare players on the southeastern limb and a new AR cresing over the northeastern limb soon. The most reliable source of enhanced auroral activity is the transequatorial coronal hole which should start affecting us in 4-5 days.

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime. If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder. It’s that simple.

The occupant endorsing Matt Van Epps is a reminder to phonebank for @aftynbehn.bsky.social tomorrow!

Spiral galaxy NGC 2748, about 61 million light years away. #astrophotography #seestar #ngc2748

Celebrating the advancement of technology leadership through policy analysis & guidance news.mit.edu/2025/celebra... The MIT Tech & Policy Program marked 50 years with a symposium exploring its history of education, research & impact — while looking ahead to technology policy issues of the future

M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2m5ZwDr

No child should go hungry simply because their parents are immigrants. As mayor, I’ll join @newyorkstateag.bsky.social in using every lever of government for the families who fear if they can afford tomorrow’s meals.

Every time a health insurance claim is denied or a premium is increased, a billionaire CEO gets richer. They don’t have to worry about medical care. They get the best care money can buy while denying that right to everyone else. Universal healthcare now.

Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with hate. We will not succumb to the ravings of a venomous president who wants us to hate each other. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-bigot-in-the-oval

At this point, Medicare-for-all is the least we can do. We must start the conversation on a national health system like in Sweden or Norway. In US, many have no access to quality healthcare at all. And wait times are worse than in our government run healthcare system: the VA.

We are still not shopping at Starbucks. We are not shopping at Amazon.

Some in the Democratic Party want to you think we must choose between social justice and economic populism. Rubbish. The only path forward is embracing both.

Globular Cluster M15 Deep Field apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112... Stars, like bees, swarm around the center of bright globular cluster M15

🇺🇦President Zelenskyy:The Ukrainian delegation should already be in the United States by this evening, U.S. time. The dialogue based on the Geneva points will continue. Diplomacy remains active.

Saturday morning light show. #aurora #astronomy

Second target tonight is the California nebula. #astronomy #astrophotography #nebula

“I don’t want MY taxes supporting disabled people! Let them fend for themselves!” Many can’t. They can’t work, they can’t get out of bed, they’re completely dependent on caregivers for survival. Are you saying it’s ok to let them die? Rather than provide social supports?

Dem leaders should just call him a lying sack of shit. First, it’s memorable. Second, it’s true

Portrait of NGC 1055 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112... Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 1055 is a dominant member of a small galaxy group a mere 60 million light-years away toward the aquatically intimidating constellation Cetus

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So now I’m hearing Amazon is on strike! Add that to the list of companies we should not be shopping at.

Democrats in Congress need to be “yelling” about EVERY cut to healthcare the Republicans have passed not just the ACA!

The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes

5 dazzling #interstellar images to celebrate #Hubble’s 35th birthday (launched on April 24, 1990) #astrophotography #photography Link for more info & photos (although I take issue w/ how far Hubble has traveled - official website says 5 billion miles (8 billion km): www.popsci.com/science/hubb...

Do not capitulate Ukraine!!!

Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits

Striking workers aren't the only ones who've noticed... #NoContractNoCoffee

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor. Some changes that they can look forward to:

War took away our shelter and my aspirations. I’m Hamza from Gaza, caring for my elderly parents and dreaming of a new chapter. Any contribution, even a tiny one, supports our safety and my studies. 🤍