Science is delivering some amazing stuff these days.

Kelly would make an exceptional SecDef...but he's a great Senator sitting on the Arms Services Committee providing that critical oversight role. Arizona did good.

So tired.

This is great science, representing decades of work. America needs to step back from the crazy and fund this research.

New Mexico's free universal child care program is a model for the nation. www.krqe.com/news/new-mex...

This is the most epic book recommendation thread...if you need something to read click away.

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Sharing only because many, many, even most Americans simply have no idea--and they should. Utter failure of our system.

Oye, that love/hate thing with flat pack furniture. The biggest kind. I do it so rarely and then I am reminded...

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

Here's some nice conservation news for Ontario! www.quintenews.com/2025/11/14/m...

Wordle was a little on the nose today...

Can you pardon a co-conspirator? And have it stick?

Ah, my mistake yesterday. The person here has #H5N5 not #H5N1, a first ever recorded human infection with that strain. So we have that, #H5N1 in wild birds and seasonal flu all out there. Winter is fun times. We get so lucky, so often.

⚡️Russian military vessel spotted near Hawaii, US Coast Guard says. The U.S. Coast Guard detected and monitored a Russian intelligence-gathering ship operating near the Hawaiian Islands on Oct. 29, according to a press release published Nov. 13.

They just need to leave people alone. The idea of revoking someone's legal passport with their legal identity (these aren't whims, it inclds court orders), leaving trans citizens in this bizarre limbo where the government creates a situation where the passport doesn't match any other ID...obnoxious.

#H5N1 is in the news today, with a person from Grays Harbor County in hospital with critical complications and a report from Bellingham of an inflected flock. Very worried about our masses of overwintering snow geese and swans in the Skagit Valley. www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/a...

Just saw this announcement today and I'm just so happy to see a prize focused on poets over 40. More please! Deadline is February 2nd.

We could have had the smart lady who had a career of putting wretches like DJT in prison....

Need help finding some super short essay collections, like the equivalent of a fiction novella/novelette. Maybe 20k words-ish. Likely not a big commercial thing. Anybody have examples they love? #BookSky

Small California born pup has decided to turn into a cat and do the "I want out--eww, no it's raining--I want out--eww, no" and then look at me like I can make the water out of the sky stop because I am supposed to be magic like that.

Dear Humans, Trump is in a full out panic. He hasn’t posted in 24 hours. It’s time to make him the pedophile formerly known as president. If you could do that God would be so happy. Love, God

Until the court holds Bovino in contempt and puts him on ice for a few days, this thuggery will continue.

The best writing mornings leave you breathless...

So many nasty layers... good time to remember that as they were building their campaign here, somebody paid off all of Kavanaugh's debt. He's another one that has no business in our government.

So many people in positions of responsibility, so many journalists, had first hand evidence, knew exactly who Donald Trump was all the way back in 2015 (and before and after), and they did nothing.

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills: the emails from Landon Thomas has his New York Times signature block...he was employed by NY Times at the time. He was communicating directly with Epstein about Trump, and was given incriminating information about Trump. It's been in NYT's possession since 2015

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline "There’s no agreement yet, but time marches on, and conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...

CNN says Bondi, Blanche and Patel met with Boebert at the WH on Wed, regarding her vote on the discharge petition. It's reported Boebert is attending emergency WH talks ahead of the vote. You do not need to be a behaviorist, psychic or lumberjack to feel Trump's panic over what is in these files.

That's a lot of pressure... if you're innocent.

This looks like a lot of fun 😎. I'm a sucker for a good sound track too (Atomic Blond had that). www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSx...

Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices. n.pr/47QGKwH

All for a bit of hedge medicine, but this... Just get your flu and COVID shots, yes, no one wants either. Wash your hands, mask in crowds. Stock ginger tea, lemon and honey. The Breath Easy and Throat Coat teas from Traditional Medicinals are great too. Hydration helps. Chicken soup (it's science).

To promote the general welfare...

"That's quality". My god, the damage this cretin has done, so symbolic and trash all at the same time.

I can't explain how deeply insulting it is to have DJT and the GOP parading around thanking veterans for their service. Just take the day and get bent. You can't support these people and tell me you respect those who serve--those two positions are incompatible.

This veteran spent the day outside weeding, taking advantage of a little November sunshine. Came in, glanced at the news and...just the absolute moral bankruptcy of them all. Sick of DJT and the GOP outright. As for the wretch in chief, would've been better if he'd spent the day home and silent.

Former President Barack Obama boarded an Honor Flight on Monday to greet 79 veterans and their families as they arrived to visit Washington’s war memorials.

This framing... Crikey, it's not just Democrats that value our beaches or our oceans. Americans care. And setting aside all the soft values, huge chunks of the economy rest on preserving the coast--tourism, recreation, shellfish and fishing industries. Fossil fuel development's so very last century.

Great piece...property insurance doesn't cover flood risk. It's extra, and the national flood insurance program that tells people where the supposed flood risk areas are haven't kept up. www.wsj.com/us-news/lood...

Long read, but worth your time.

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Damning.

Just now: The plaintiffs who were arguing that Utah GOP's congressional map is illegal won in court. The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used. The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.

Wouldn't it be hilarious if someone got Trump to get on this bandwagon... just cancel it altogether. Have people pay a fee to join Medicare. Dunno, be crazy. The man has scrambled eggs for brains he might go for it.

This is bizarro land. It doesn't work this way. The exchange allows you to shop for insurance--how would anyone "negotiate their own insurance". Republicans have been trying to kill the affordable care act for 15 years. This is the latest (and most absurd) chapter.

This man has zero understanding of a) what healthcare costs and b) how it works in this country. It would be fabulous if there was a universal option like Medicare for all with an option for private addons, caps on insurance companies and for-profit orgs, but he isn't talking about that...

In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help. We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party

Got to talk orchard trees with my dentist this morning, which made both of us tree geeks happy. She and the hubs planted a pear and cider orchard (100 trees!) on Fidalgo Island, and some apricots. Puget Gold apparently are doing pretty well, which means finding room for one more tree...