Getting off US-based proprietary services, products and hardware is now sadly a high priority. Not to be trusted at any given moment. While not yet entirely possible to always choose European alternatives one can start Codeberg, Mastodon, Jolla, Proton, Lemmy, Tuxedo etc. #us #europe

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This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.

Truth.

I think they ate the table first.

Thank you. I remember when the anti-straw juggernaut emerged out of nowhere and wouldn't shut up.

Union Santa delivers. 🪶

Also don't forget our own all-amurican homegrown torture prisons.

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CBS News has capitulated but Democracy Docket never will. I created it without any corporate backers or private equity investors. It's only accountable to its members who help support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Bohemian Waxwings for day 23 #ArtAdventCalendar

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

Biological men have no place in a women’s room. Unless those men are ICE agents.

cotton candy skies — day 356 of 365 - sunset - 22.12.2025 - Central Tablelands, Australia #scape #australia #landscape #sunset #photography #photographersofbluesky #goodnight #naturephotography #sunsetphotography #colour #nature #potd #aesthetic #spring

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

I think Trump should be kept under oath 24 hours a day. It's the only time he shuts up.

Yep.

Spidoo is alive!! A spider took up residence in my utility sink a few months ago. Made webs in the corners, we have been careful to not hurt Spidoo. But last night I accidentally drowned her. I placed her wet little body on a paper towel next to the sink. It really affected me & I felt awful.

Their stupidity and narcisscism are all that gives us any hope.

“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”

Artemis would like to speak to you about your acrobatic thievery, Mister Squirrel. #catsofbluesky #squirrel

Blueberry bush in fall color #stunday #fall #winter #blueberry #vaccinium #photography #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling #leaves

"Until now, installing Armbian has relied on third-party imaging utilities. With this release, the project now offers a first-party solution built specifically around its ecosystem and hardware support matrix": Armbian Team Launches New Official Imager for Flashing Armbian OS

Sunflowers! Solstice! Searching for fresh motivation to engage with my world in 2026 ..💓

Bass Rock, East Lothian #scotland #EastLothian #travel #beautifuldestinations #photooftheday

Celebrate the return of the light! Happy Solstice!

Quiet Reflection On the First Day of Winter ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ "What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness? John Steinbeck

I told Roses for the Soul group that I felt pastel today, possibly because our weather is now going to be unseasonably warm. I'm not really sure where I gathered all these lovely pictures. I think some of them came from Bluesky posters. May they give your spirits a lift!

I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking. Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals… All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it. We CAN change things.

Cladonia #lichen on moss. Wonder what this is, they are a bit more granular than I would like for C. fimbriata and the base seems to have some squamules.

You betcha!

#Scape #ColorADay #BWFri Deer standing in the foggy Irish Hills of San Luis Obispo. #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #LandscapePhotography #WestCoastKin #SensoryArt #Moments

The 50 best albums of 2025: No 1 – Rosalía: Lux

Truth!

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

SHIIINNYYY BIIRRRBB 🪶

Everyone knows these pervs have been doing this crap forever, and nobody cared until it went public. Sportsbros and MAGAs go together like poo and flies.

Wealth hoarding is a severe mental illness which affects every man, woman and child on the planet. Until psychotic greed is treated like the sickness that it truly is, the wealth hoarders will continue to destroy the world, k1ll1ng everyone and everything for more. And MORE. Insatiable. Insane.

A darn good point. Dems suck.

Some more Snow Geese at sunset for the #ArtAdventCalendar today. Wishing you some of this peace and serenity in your day #birds 🌿

Opinion | Don't blame Donald Trump for the failings of his administration. He has been betrayed by the alcoholics, drug addicts addicts, conspiracy theorists, religious zealots, and neo-Nazis that he put in charge of the government.

At last, the perfect Stephen Miller meme.

Rep Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is going to make one hell of a Senator. Here she is calling out the administration’s racist and cruel immigration policies. Trump has rescinded TPS status on multiple countries and many of them have one thing in common, melanin in their skin!👏🏻👏🏽👏🏾

In my excitement at finally seeing these Tibetan Snowcocks, I took neither a good photo nor a video! This was up at 17,000 ft with Gokyo Lake below and Everest somewhere in the background! #birdoftheday #winterbirds #birds #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #scape #bluesky #mountains #video #pheasant

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

Ya, i post about politics, but what is really important to me is a) posting over 50 times/day and b) LOOK AT THIS GREEN HERON OMFG #birds