Why were there so many homeschoolers in Costco today if the Rapture is supposed to be tomorrow?

Canceled Hulu. I won't give my $ to a company that supports dictatorship. #Disney

Exporting farm workers, increased tariffs, plus heavy metal runoff in the watershed. Great job voting against your best interests, Idaho. Someone's going to make $, but it isn't the average Idahoan.

I love a good cover song. So I'm starting a 🧵. Some of my favorites, in no particular order. I have fairly eclectic taste so you'll see some dark, some pop, some punk, but probably no country. 😁 "Sand" a cover of a Nancy Sinatra song by Einstürzende Neubauten youtu.be/Y-49hMmmd1k?...

💔 Fred Guttenberg whose daughter died in the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

Three teens were critically wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a high school in the foothills of suburban Denver, including the suspected shooter, authorities say.

Trump scrapped a Biden rule requiring airlines to compensate passengers for flight delays after the industry gave millions to Trump's inauguration and hired Trumpworld lobbyists. This isn't about policy anymore. It's about who can pay off Trump and get in his ear.

A lawyer for several workers detained at a Hyundai factory in Georgia says many of the South Koreans rounded up in the immigration raid are engineers and equipment installers brought in for the highly specialized work of getting an electric battery plant online. https://to.pbs.org/4m0dVTD

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

Ugh. Ever since my epilepsy diagnosis, I worry whenever I experience déjà vu. I did today, and it came with a feeling of foreboding. I'd been doing heavy physical activity in the yard, so now I'm resting and drinking electrolytes. 🤞

"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers

senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽

Yes. Vivek is a big fan of workers and unions, with quotes like these: - “Eliminate federal employee unions” - “I don’t have a lot of patience for union bosses.” - “I think we need to end teachers' unions.” Other than that, he’s a big labor guy….

This Labor Day, remember how important unions are for workers' rights. Thank a union member for working for those protections and support candidates who bolster unions instead of busting them!

Great idea!

Got my MMR vaccination yesterday because I'm in the age range when only one dose was given and I will be traveling internationally on a regular basis. It triggered a migraine, but my migraine med seems to be up to the challenge. It's a small price to pay anyway.

And it's time to invest in the death and dying sector.

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There was a DEA bust next door to us today. We had definitely noticed more police cars around recently, but never expected this. As far as we know, no one was injured, but there was an armored vehicle, battering ram, dogs, etc. (1/2)

We have three little frogs living in our small artificial pond and that makes me happy. 😊

So just to be clear - the “protect the kids” party is now shutting the government down to protect sexual predators? Do we have this right?

A classic coordination failure: everyone makes excuses for why they go along with authoritarianism rather than resisting. And democracy and the rule of law crumble. We thought our institutions and culture were stronger, but we are following Hungary's path.

This is wrong. The Trump Administration is morally bankrupt. There is no situation in which this makes America great.

I had to cancel a reservation with Quality Inn in Peterborough, Ontario today. I knew it was non-refundable, but thought I'd let the hotel know so that they could sell the room to someone else. There was no way to do this via the app, so I called the customer service number. The rep I talked to ...🧵

If you’re looking for what @npr.org and @pbs.org stations to donate to, this is the best website I have seen and it gives you the ability to choose how much federal funding is their total revenue if they are an HBCU if they are native, if they are rural the licensing type and the state it is amazing

As of July 17, the LGBTQ-specific branch of 988, the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, has been shut down. Advocates are ringing alarm bells about the elimination of the specialized service, warning that LGBTQ youth will suffer tragedy. Read here ⤵️

RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH. These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures. How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?

We're in the process of buying land in Belize. We just returned from visiting it and this little one was there. We'll do our best to disturb the lot as little as possible to maintain his habitat. A first for me: Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Sarteneja. #Birding #Birdwatching #birds #owl

"The (man) doth protest too much, me thinks."

Unprecedented coral bleaching, a relatively new illness called stony coral tissue loss disease and other threats to corals are negatively impacting reef health across Belize, according to local organizations and a recent reef health assessment.

Walk with us to honor the legacy of John Lewis this Thursday July 17 at the Rockford City Market Pavilion. The rally starts at 6pm. #GoodTrouble #Activism #CivilRights

A few day-late thoughts about the Declaration of Independence:

This is happening. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions.

"Shylock." I hope all of the Jews who voted for Trump understand what they have done to themselves. He is an antisemite.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas. So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget? The answer is: you.

1 in 4 nursing homes will close with Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. Better get a bedroom ready for grandma and grandpa because Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Musk need to buy a few more islands! 1/2

They are sending roving bands of masked thugs with the stated goal of kidnapping 20 million brown people to transport them to any country they can pay to take them. All this has been cleared by The Stolen Court. This is not deportation. This is ethnic cleansing.

I am at a point in this horror of horror where I dred making money. With every dollar I make, a percent goes to the shitshow. It is like putting a nickel in a slot machine and pulling the handle to see torture minorities, torture women, torture veterans roll up. And that's what they do!

This Atlantic writer is rightfully taking a beating for this white, male, privileged, authoritarian-apologist tripe. @uofmichigan.bsky.social , perhaps you should invest in people who understand the law.

Some tall, healthy mangrove in Belize! The sad reality is that development is destroying habitat like this for “beach front” properties. But what about the beauty of living, biodiverse mangroves? #conservation #wildlife #mangrove #marinelife #ecology #nature #wildlifebiology

Some people think this is an exaggeration but I will say that if I were HHS Secretary and my goal were to kill as many children as possible, it would be difficult to distinguish the actions I would take from those that Kennedy has taken.

"It's really hard to get politicians to care about protecting children because children do not vote" A political lobbyist told me this a while ago. As I watch the systematic assault on vaccines and other protections for children continue unfold, I think about this statement a lot.

"It is not too soon to know that the FDA is in crisis." This Viewpoint discusses the Trump administration's firing of nearly 20% of FDA employees and the ramifications of those actions. https://ja.ma/4nfFEBz

WATCH: “This is f*cking kidnapping! That’s not your badge… I do have a little bit of education… get the f*ck out of here, racial profiling is illegal…” A brave woman melts ice 🧊 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” ktla.com/news/local-n...