Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change. Streets for people are good for business.

Wasn't me

All of world history in one easy graph! Now that’s a quality cheat sheet.

The director of the FDA is using unverified submissions to the VAERS database to claim the Covid vaccine resulted in 10 pediatric deaths. Anyone can submit anything to VAERS. To demonstrate, a doctor famously reported that the flu shot turned him into the Incredible Hulk.

What does this essay from 1943 tell us about Donald Trump’s regime?

NEW EPISODE: I break down seven urgent reforms every blue state must pass before 2026 (plus a bonus). These are real, actionable policies that protect the right to vote, stop ballot rejection, and make democracy actually work for every voter. youtu.be/cuX6BRJIL5Y?...

an algorithm has never surprised me with something amazing from outside my range of interests, civil society was greatly harmed by the extinction of the loadies behind the counters of independent video and record shops

"The piece was finished in 1876, a time when astronomy was presented as an “acceptable” interest for a women." #textileart #quilting www.thisiscolossal.com/2018/11/sola...

TENNESSEE TIME TO VOTE BLUE ON TUESDAY Please vote in every election. This is how we make changes, by VOTING.

#quilts #quilting #colorado

If you zoom in you can see a Great Blue Heron! Barcelona Spain.

Then as now ...

Biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was born #OTD in 1948. She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM

The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

🌳 Be Kind to the trees, they're busy saving the world.. #tree #trees #sustainability #oxygen #sustainable #forest #woodland 🌍

November 28 marks one year of Georgia's daily protest and continues resistance. This is a photographic chronology of the past 12 months, captured by photographers working on the ground. As of Friday, 28/11/2025, Georgians have been protesting continuously for 365 days. 🇬🇪 #WeAreEurope 🤍♥️🤍

Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.

Bobcats in Calgary, Alberta 🇨🇦 TT: Alex Blicharczyk

🇺🇸"The BBC removed part of Rutger Bregman's Reith lecture, where he alleged Donald Trump was the most openly corrupt president in US history" 🔇"If the national broadcaster can't air defensible claims, what hope is there for any of our free press to effectively challenge power?"

Fired. Investigated. Silenced. Reuters documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Donald Trump — from federal workers and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. It’s the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.

oh my!

Nike Founder Phil Knight gave $3 million to Republicans in Oregon. Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda wore a trump-vance T-Shirt & MAGA hat at a NASCAR event in Japan. Both men are powerful & have everything they could ever need but still chose to support oppression. Shop accordingly. #BoycottMAGA

The OG Simon's Cat film!

Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s. This is the power of vaccines. The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer. Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!

Nor do their identities.

#TellOnICE #StopICE #ICEwatch #ICEraid #DoubleV

The flash mob comes ahead of a nationwide boycott of Home Depot, Target, and Amazon starting November 27th. ✊🏽 💙 ✊🏾 💙 ✊🏼 💙 ✊🏿

I hope this holds. What happened to Republicans and the rule of law? @rockymntnpols.bsky.social @senategop.govpeeps.us #copolitics #coleg

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If you are a researcher willing to explore the meaning of animal calls; and even more specifically of Corvid calls, and you are curious about what has been done in other clades... Have a look at our new paper reviewing some recent ideas ! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

a thing about immigrants is that every single one of them is a person, a full human being, no exceptions, whether deemed by this vicious state to be "peaceful" or not smh

European Greenfinch #BirdOfTheDay #BirdOnAWire

804 years ago, on the 24th of Novemeber 1221, Genghis Khan defeated the Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din, completing the Mongol conquest of central Asia. The defeated Jalal al-Din managed to establish a small state in India after the defeat. #otd #history 🗃️

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction.

A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Step 1: Sign up for a FREE library card at your local library today. Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities. Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.

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The aurora glowed in the sky all night. It was a fantastic show in Fairbanks, Alaska

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸