Fashy trash spotted in the neighborhood this morning. #FDT Maga is over - if you want it. Show up and #VOTE these little dweebs back under their rocks.

"The cost to meet Texas' future water demand just skyrocketed to $174B" www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex... "Texas faces potential water shortages of 3.6 million acre-feet per year as soon as 2030" #water

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTVl... "Regrettably, he is no friend of the UK, he is no 'leader of the free world', he is a dangerous and corrupt gangster, and that is how we must treat him." Edward Davey, senior UK Member of Parliament and leader of the Liberal Democrats 4/14/26

OMG... I feel like that could be it... he’s such a f****** dimwit

Tidying up our critter refuge, was shocked by this incredible red bird, flashing in to a table not 3' away. It zoomed in like a rambunctious Blue Jay, but it was brilliant red/black. Then it flew right back out. Following, mouth agape, I saw my first ever Scarlet Tanager, in our own yard! #birds

All you folks who declared that 'no fascist was ever removed by voting.'... Well? Yeah, that's right, show the fuck up and #VOTE 80% turnout in Hungary and Orban is gone. MAGA is over - if you want it. #VOTE #VOTEearly #VOTEeveryElection

Your taxes paid $101 million for Jeffrey Epstein's best friend to play golf. That’s more than the entire budget of the agency that stops chemical plants from exploding. However angry you are about where your taxes are going, it’s not enough 👇 open.substack.com/pub/santiago...

www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-ghf-s... When he arrived in Gaza, McIntosh said he saw Israeli soldiers regularly and indiscriminately fire on unarmed Palestinians seeking aid, use stray dogs for target practice, and fire dangerously close to or directly at the GHF contractors themselves.

Ha! youtu.be/g6k55WQ5GAk?... #jesustrump #trumpvpope #jonstewart

Isn't it astonishing, how trump never ever, not even by accident, advocates for anything good? Has he ever once had a positive thought? A constructive helpful idea? Ever? In his entire life? It seems that he has not.

#FUCKcrypto #DEFUNDcryptoBros www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w...

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Ukraine, disconnected from external power, running on emergency generators for 13th time since start of war. "loss of external power is yet another reminder of the risks to nuclear safety during the conflict" ~ Rafael Grossi, IAEA www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Real journalists should boycott this event. Trump shouldn't be the guest of honor at anything.

Sen. Ed Markey: A war powers resolution is not enough. Congress must come back, impeach Trump, and the Senate must remove him—immediately. #sheshed

Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.

Swalwell's gone. Fine. NOW DO TRUMP.

Tucking back into my re-reading of LOTR after a long interruption. Ran across this obscure reference: "the cats of Queen Beruthiel". Sounds like a Nick Cave song. But what's even cooler about it, is they are cited by Aragorn, to reassure the felas, at a bleak point in the Mines of Moria.

www.instagram.com/p/DXEcSr-BoJn/ One of Vinny's all-time best:

Across the U.S., a surge in AI data center construction is facing growing local resistance over energy use, rising utility costs, environmental impact, and limited job benefits, as communities push back against rapid, lightly regulated expansion.

Parrot goes underwater in custom-built ‘submarine’ White-winged parakeet Bebe goes viral after 15-minute jaunt www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Phone pic of a long-winged bird laboring upward out of an urban bayou - seems to be a Kite? With fresh-caught fish breakfast. #Birds

The coin's distribution in a federal building is an indication of the culture within Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies. The imagery is a clear indication that some elements of this group revel in their militarization and reputation for aggression. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/staff-a...

Love it when a plant finally gets all balanced and happy with its situation and kicks things into gear (finally!) - #succulent #gardening

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #Krasnov is destroying the U.S., as intended. How long will we stand by and allow it?

"Trump booed at UFC event as Vance announces Iran negotiations have failed" www.rawstory.com/trump-booed-... Rightwing propaganda radio spun this as a triumphant entrance to rowdy applause. Instead of the grimly menacing reception it actually was. When you've lost UFC...

Los Angeles at the ICE Detention Center

www.usatoday.com/story/money/... Millions of eye drop products have been recalled over concerns they may not be sterile, according to an enforcement report from the U.S. FDA. www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires...

Traffic roars in the distance Birds chatter nearby through an open window Hot bubble bath in Springtime

1/3. Very helpful summary in preparation for the epochal Hungarian elections tomorrow. See also essays by Anne Applebaum and Lászlo Gendler and commentary by Kim Scheppele mikegalsworthy.substack.com/p/why-an-orb...

French perspective

Just got another invoice for trump's illegal #tariff tax. Who pays tariffs? I DO, the US importer. Not foreign producers. And not even US consumers, not directly. It's ME, and thousands of other importers who pay. And GOP still claims to be anti-tax hikes, yet pays no political cost! #trumpTAX

Iran emerges from the war stronger than ever: armed with Chinese weapons, Russian intel, iron grip on the Strait of Hormuz, leverage over the Gulf states, and billions in assets unfrozen by the U.S. A total strategic catastrophe for America. Who calls this a “win”? #IranWar‌

Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak “This country has given me endless opportunities…: The America we inhabit today bears almost no resemblance to the country I chose all those years ago” newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-nobel...

Poor baby possum, senselessly predated (and not eaten) by roaming cats. Please be aware that cats are domesticated animals, and have no place in the natural landscape. They are apex predators, and they kill native wildlife of all kinds, constantly, and deny scarce habitat. #CatsIndoors #Caturday

Look out! Tyrannosaurus Possum, devouring an apple slice...

I love this photo of astronaut Christina Koch looking back at Earth from Artemis II. She's the first woman to see the full sphere of our beautiful planet. Welcome home to the crew, and thank you for reminding us of all we can discover together.

Funny how a half-a-million mile journey around the Moon comes down to ropes and sails, as from tall-masted sailing ships, at the end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6SG...

www.c-span.org/event/call-i... Artemis II return on C-Span

Tonight at the epic, marathon concert at Heroes' Square in Budapest heralding in regime change, two real-life heroes stepped onto the stage. A military officer and a police captain, who both went public to expose systematic corruption in the Orban government. Absolute chills. ✊🏼

Incredible scenes at Péter Magyar's rally tonight in Miskolc, an industrial city in northeastern Hungary. May Hungary soon be a free, democratic, and prosperous nation, and firmly realign with Europe 🇪🇺. I am praying for a free and fair election on Sunday. 🙏🏼🇭🇺🕊️ #April12

Budapest tonight. 🔥 Heroes’ Square overflowing with citizens demanding change after 16 years of Fidesz rule. On Sunday, may Hungary open a new chapter in its storied history. May democracy, transparency, and rule of law prevail. 🙏🏼🇭🇺🕊️ 📷 @444.hu