Turquoise Cotinga. The turquoise cotinga or Ridgway's cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Costa Rica and western Panama. 📸: @birdingctew

Russia has agreed to train a Chinese airborne battalion and supply equipment for a potential operation against Taiwan, reports The Washington Post citing leaked documents. Have you watched my interview with the Senior Nat Sec Advisor of Taiwan?

If you have functioning organ systems, you are *detoxing* all day. Every day. Liver Kidneys Lungs GI tract You’re all good, boo. Stop buying into conspiracies and claims from wellness profiteers who don’t know basic science.

Disinformation

"Women in the U.S. who are pregnant or who have recently given birth are more likely to be murdered than to die from obstetric causes—and these homicides are linked to a deadly mix of intimate partner violence and firearms, according to researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

👇🏼This is from Richard “So Dim” Tice’s article in the Tabloid Telegraph today And this headline👇🏼 is from an article by the good law project, outing Richard Tyce as a tax avoiding #PlasticPatriot The rest of his article header says “at the next budget” but given he likes us paying tax not him…🙄🙄🤷🏼‍♂️

Concerning …

IOWA: “ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa’s largest public school district…” 🤔 www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

FITCH: “.. Fitch’s baseline assumption is for U.S. consumption growth to slow through 2026 because of a deteriorating labor market, rising inflation and weakening consumer confidence.”

An ICE officer was “relieved of his duties” and is under investigation after he shoved an Ecuadorean woman whose husband had been arrested and pushed her to the floor at an immigration courthouse in Manhattan, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. nyti.ms/46EMKYP

‘Exciting’ clinical results offer hope for new class of MS therapies #MSTherapies Cambridge trial suggests diabetes drug with antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system /1 thread www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

📌These are some truly sick people -- completely dead inside. Hard-core bigots. Monsters. 📌Wounded knee was a massacre. Women and children, of the Lakota Sioux tribe were slaughtered while trying to surrender. This was 135 years ago. It's incredible how much pent-up hate there is in the GOP.

Spotted the most stunning Black Swan 🖤 in St James Park today! #featheredfriday 🪶

Moldovan President Maria Sandu: “This Sunday, Moldova heads into its most consequential election. Its outcome will decide whether we consolidate our democracy and join the EU, or whether Russia drags us back into a grey zone, making us a regional risk.

“Check the tariff shelf” 🙃 Imagine not being able to tell that this is a complete fabrication. As he gaslights struggling farmers.

It was good for me to come here this week. I think, living in New York, with a relatively reasonable governor, I’m constantly like “fight fight fight.” Here, connecting with a bunch of black folks from red states in different situations, the message is “survive, survive, survive.”

No bailouts

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" Bailing out a failed libertarian austerity agenda in Argentina... "That's just how it is."

If I was Donald Trump I would not be drawing the public’s attention right now to my ability to release files

Simulated reconstruction of September #Arctic sea ice thickness since 1901. Large interannual variability & widespread thinning in recent years. Information about this data set is available at doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...

Meanwhile, over on The Bad Place, apparently being COVID cautious & wanting to protect vulnerable populations is an act of terrorism.

temp check from Chicago: just witnessed four wine moms in the wine bar in a Marianos grocery store on the Far North Side swapping recommendations on where to buy “Fuck ICE” t-shirts

Goldfinch #birds #photography

Every time I hear Trump answering questions from a gaggle of reporters I'm struck with how utterly feckless the entire White House Press Corp is. It's not that there aren't some terrific journalists out there doing amazing work, but every time they question Trump they fail miserably at their jobs.

More people should be talking about this.

Sources vary, but if in 2024, 🇺🇸USA was less than 15% of global GDP adjusted for purchasing power, surely the world can, over time, shake off its addiction to trading with them? Just shun them.

Seriously… 🤦‍♀️

The Hague has issued warrants for the arrests of Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. The warrants are for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ICC document is an open-end document. Until arrest, there is no closure.

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

In Kharkiv region, Ukrainian defenders repulsed four attacks by the russian fascist invaders near Vovchans'k and two attacks towards Pishchane and Stepova Novoseliva. –General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information at 22:00 on 26 September 2025 regarding the russian invasion

In the Sivers'k direction, in Donetsk region, the rashists tried to break through eight times in the area of ​​Hryhorivka and towards Dronivka. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information at 22:00 on 26 September 2025 regarding the russian invasion 2/2

In the Lyman direction, the russian fascist invaders attacked Ukrainian positions 19 times near Karpivka, Shandryholove, Derylove, Kolodyazi, Zarichne and Tors'ke in Donetsk region. Currently, Ukrainian defenders have repelled five enemy attacks. 1/2

"In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian units stopped 19 enemy attacks on our troops’ positions near the settlements of Andriyivka-Klevtsove, Sichneve, Sosnivka, Komyshuvakha and Kalynivs'ke. Six more combat engagements are still ongoing." 4/4

In the Pokrovs'k direction, the russian fascist invaders conducted 43 assaults on Ukrainian fortifications in the areas of Volodymyrivka, Zapovidne, Rodyns'ke, Krasnyi Lyman, Lysivka, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Horikhove, Dachne and towards Balahan, Pokrovs'k and Filiya. 3/4

Northwest of the temporarily-occupied city of Horlivka, the russian fascist invaders attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders 24 times in the areas of Shcherbynivka, Kleban-Byk, Rusyn Yar, Poltavka and Sofiyivka in Donetsk region. 2/4

On the Chasiv Yar front, in Donetsk region, the russian fascist invaders tried to advance six times near Yampil' and towards Stupochky. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information at 22:00 on 26 September 2025 regarding the russian invasion 1/4

Kherson region, along the Dnipro River: "The enemy attacked our defenders’ positions four times in the direction of the Antonivka Bridge, but without success." Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information at 22:00 on 26 September 2025 regarding the russian invasion

Russian ally Hungary has been flying reconnaissance drones into the west of Ukraine. It is likely the Orbán regime passed intelligence on to militants of the russian terrorist state, who subsequently bombed an American factory in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region, on August 21st.

By defending itself from Russian influence operations, Moldova is demonstrating it has a stronger democracy than the United States.

For almost a year, Georgians are protesting every single day. Just two years ago, people would laugh at you if you suggested that Georgians can be enduring in discipline. Yet, this is the most enduring daily protest in the world history, from what I know. 1/2

I feel like if we just win, we’ll still be going to the Rustaveli Avenue through inertia for a few days.

Trump refused to sell NATO countries Tomahawk cruise missiles for further transfer to Ukraine, — Axios. As expected, nothing changed🫠 He still serves Russia…

Nothing to see here, just a TV host hinting on the Russian state TV that U.S. general should be poisoned

It’s 00:41 am in Ukraine, Friday night, and Russian drones in direction of my region detected .

Russia struck a civilian infrastructure facility in Zaporizhzhia. Local authorities report that there are casualties.

King Charles reportedly played a key role in Trump’s U-turn on Ukraine: Zelenskyy’s top aide says the British monarch’s input before change of heart by US president was ‘very important’

General Staff documents Hungarian drone route into Ukraine A drone originating from Hungarian territory crossed into Ukraine twice at different altitudes during morning hours, according to detailed tracking data released by the Ukraine's Armed Forces euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/26/g...

Mosaic "Boikivschyna" at the health resort in Lisovichy, Kyiv region, Ukraine. Author Mykola Andruschenko. 1980s Learn why mosaics are an important part of every 🇺🇦 town and village and see a mesmerizing collection of 20 mosaics from all around Ukraine! daryazorka.substack.com/p/the-overlo...