Ila Loetscher US woman aviation pioneer & "Turtle Lady". Age 25 1st licensed #Iowa woman pilot. 1929 founder member of @theninetyninesinc.bsky.social women's flying club @ invitation of friend Amelia Earhart. From 1960s campaigner to save Kemp's Ridley #SeaTurtles 🐢d. #OTD 4 Jan 2000 bit.ly/3JAy8gL

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If ever there were a time you might want a separate but equal branch of the United States government to run a check on the president, it would be now ….

It’s January 3, 2026, and the Trump DOJ continues to violate the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

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Happy New Year, roll on 2026🥳

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The Dutch government has approved a nationwide ban on consumer fireworks that will come into force in 2026. The move follows long running concerns over injuries, pollution, and the impact of fireworks on domestic and wild animals.

- 🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasNewYearsEveMessages "I love fireworks," said no pet ever, or Veteran with ptsd ever, or wild animal ever, or person with asthma ever, or person burned by fireworks, or person in a fire started by fireworks, or child labor in fireworks factory. -

Jimmy Kimmel jokes about fascism in an ‘alternative Christmas message’ for Britain : NPR https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/369709/ FILE – People walk by the Jimmy Kimmel Live studio on Hollywood Blvd., on Sept. 17, 2025, in…

#birdoftheday #heronsandegrets

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Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores? We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.

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🇺🇸 John F. Kennedy #InMemoriam

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An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??

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As Trump betrays people and the planet, I’m headed next week to the U.N.’s COP30 climate conference in Brazil. I’ll be joining our international partners to strengthen California’s climate commitments and showcase how our climate action is creating more jobs, cleaner air, and lower costs.

Wonderful rescue org 👏😍

Portland continues to amaze me 👏

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OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

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Kristi Noem and her squad of geniuses are painting the American side of the wall black—apparently to keep us from escaping.

#RobinWilliams #filmsky #moviesky 💔🔄 #BeKind #BeKindAlways ❤️

I just signed the Election Rigging Response Act to put Proposition 50 up for a vote on November 4th. The people of California will have the power to push back against Texas and any other state that obeys Donald Trump's demand to rig the next election.

Instead of worrying about whether Oklahoma public schools are following Ryan Walters’ Christian nationalist views, he should focus on the state's school performances Oklahoma is currently listed as the 50th worst state for public school education apnews.com/article/okla...

Elephant societies are led by matriarchs — the eldest, wisest females who lead the herd with generations of wisdom. 👑 🔗 Read the full article: https://worldelephantday.org/the-life-of-a-matriarch-elephant/ 💸 Donate to help elephants: https://givebutter.com/WED2025 #WorldElephantDay

You know when DC needed the national guard? When a whole bunch of insurrectionists were storming the Capitol. Yeah, it might have been helpful then.

The Great Society was.

#ElbowsUpCanada 🇨🇦 Well done, Sir Rod Stewart! #DemsUnited 🔊🔊🔊

Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, Bernice, weighs in on Trump's release of the MLK Jr. files

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Lost sweet baby in the Humboldt/Austin/Wicker/Logan-ish areas ☹️ reward offered if found and returned

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What CBS' disgraceful termination of Stephen Colbert illustrates is how quickly a Republic can fall when the media chooses cowardice instead of courage.

New in PN: Goodbye, separation of church and state "Now only churches get the benefit of not paying taxes *and* get to work to influence elections. Not because Congress changed the law. Just because the executive branch threw it in a random court filing. That's not how democracy is meant to work."

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