a dragon for your woes [ #art #creatureart ]

I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it

Hilton Hotels doubles-down on their support for the American Gestapo. When looking for a hotel, there are *plenty* of other choices.

Officers like @libradunn1.bsky.social saved my life and my colleagues’ lives on January 6th. I’m forever grateful to the law enforcement officials who courageously defended our Capitol and our democracy from the armed insurrectionists.

Reformed January 6th participant (who refused a pardon): “You can't gaslight me. I was there. I saw the officers being pepper sprayed. I watched one of them fall down and hit his head and his back. So don't be telling me it wasn't violent.”

This male Kingfisher delighting visitors at WWT Slimbridge today, forced into the Matrix to find open water #GlosBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds

Here's a thing that happened that I missed over the holidays arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

Walz: "If they have emails showing that I have committed fraud, you should get those! Why aren't they putting them out there? Why aren't they turning them over to prosecutors? Right now they're hiding behind a veil of innuendo. They're protecting the biggest fraudster in the White House."

Nothing more Trumpian than that—Trump has gone onstage when he was not part of a charity auction, and he infamously brought Ivanka to a European political event the first time around. Shocking, and disgusting, but not surprising.

Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th

A little peek-a-boo window at Bryce Canyon. #brycecanyonnationalpark #nature #landscapephotography #photography #travel #utah

rep. Duncan: "I stood up to Donald Trump, and make no mistake, it instantly put a target on my back. Our family had fully armed state patrol officers positioned outside my house because our family received death threats every time Trump went to Twitter and lied about me."

Useful.

Police defections are major breaking news in the fall of any regime! “🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: The Iranian Police in Ilam has now joined the revolution People are seen celebrating as police officers put down their weapons.” Tousi TV on X

There are only 218 Republicans left in the House. Make them produce a majority every day, every hour, for every thing.

Five years ago today, Donald Trump ignited a violent mob to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists. It's an assault on American democracy.

We failed to hold the right-wing oligarchs accountable for the coup on January 6th, Russian interference, the subprime housing crisis, the WMD lie, Iran Contra, Watergate, and the confederacy. Elect people who will.

#TuesdayBlue "Bali Star Wedding Ring" was created by Bobbi Whitlock who did both the piecing and the quilting. This was a 3 year plus project. She said the piecing went pretty fast, but it took 2 years to quilt and 1 year to bind. Proof positive that quilters can accomplish big things.

"The Tao is called the Great Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, it gives birth to infinite worlds. It is always present within you. You can use it any way you want." tao te ching, Stephen Mitchell translation

What a leader!

The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.

Walz: "We just attended a wedding which was a joyous day with two empty seats from someone who's murdered. But 'there's rumors out there.' That's frickin' evil. And everyone of you in this room knows it's evil ... what about Somali immigrants who are minding their own business?"

BREAKING: Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws, including the first U.S. ban on pill abortions.

Holy shit can nothing stop these gremlins from hell?

Just saw this yesterday. I regret not getting the book for the show. It was great but quite tiny—just twenty quilts. But truly magnificent!

🇺🇸 The January 6th insurrection as well as September 11th are the two most significant acts of domestic as well as foreign terrorism perpetrated on American people in modern history. 🗽

the first Jan6 with Trump back in office.... hm thats depressing

Well—not all of us re-elected him. But yes, I take your point. We literally voted to give the hangman the rope to strangle us.

With the retirement of Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the passing of LaMalfa, it looks like the GOP no longer holds a working majority until his seat is filled. It’s at 217. They need 218 for a majority.

Out of the 6 of her books that I read back-to-back, last summer, this was the passage that really struck me. All too relevant, even a few months ago. #Booksky #BlueskyBooks

Imagine looking at the period after WWII and especially after the Cold War as an era of American weakness. Unless, I suppose, if becoming the strongest, wealthiest country in history sounds bad to you because some brown people were a part oft, and you'd rather be weaker if it means being whiter.

#ColorfulMonday As seen in Paducah. This is "Alice's Sienna Burst" by Charles Cameron. He made 2 of these quilts for his daughters. Charles had quite a bit to say, so I'll attach his comments plus a close-up.

1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox Eversource Energy Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft

MacCALLUM: You have about 100,000 dying from drug overdoses, most of those drugs from from Venezuela and other places CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela

5 years after the January 6th insurrection, we reflect on what was at stake then and what’s at stake now.   Thank you to the brave Capitol police officers who saved lives that day. We must continue to be caretakers to our nation and our democracy.

This was extraordinarily good. I wish they either hadn’t had any romance or given our poor heroine something to do. But the quick reverses and the scary settings were something!

Woke up from a dream in which I was explaining Durkheim’s theory of mechanical and organic solidarity to my children. And to a sense of clarity that we are now fully in the situation that Venezuela itself or Spain under Franco was in: we are not any more able to end this reign of terror than they...

🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎 Want to play Caption This? 🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎 “I’m not listening to one more of your songs-called ‘bright’ ideas.”

In this country, the schools would lose funding due to "anti-american studies"

“No room at the Inn” is a biblical reference about immigrants (Jesus’ parents) being turned away. Not the government. Way to go, Hilton! The 3rd Amendment protects private entities from having to house the government.

This is sad.

God what absolute liars these people are.

This can’t be true because Trump said tariffs were going to pay for everything and we were all going to get $2,000 checks with the money left over.

I stand with Mark Kelly ✊🏽 Who’s with me? Pete Hegseth, a former cable news personality and the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history, coming for a decorated combat veteran and astronaut over military conduct is deeply unserious.

"But when, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a city to stand as a beacon for freedom and proof of what's possible, a testament to the endurance of American ingenuity and civic success, Boston will be that beacon." — Mayor Wu, Inaugural Address www.youtube.com/live/xEeh1hT...

I am not handling the New Trump Year very well. I go back to work tomorrow and have tons of paperwork to clear but I am malingering and binge rewatching a C drama. I just can’t with my evens and am retreating to a world where I can handle the trauma of uncontrolled violent imperial power.

Naturally the only person to pay for the violence of the Trump regime are people who protested it at the time. For Fuck’s Sake! Dunster house was Mr. Aimai’s house—ok before the flood but still! Why does Harvard let itself be stampeded by the mini Nazis cutting their mini nazi teeth?

This is a disgusting headline. Implying that he was “ousted” before being kidnapped is an out and out lie. He was kidnapped.