I especially love this diagram.

What it doesn't say: that renewables and green energy perhaps the best way to lessen reliance on the strait. smh Lesson Learned From Iran War: Reduce Reliance on Strait of Hormuz www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/b...

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social quoted a post that had this link. Someone with some pull should get the fact that he drove the beast on the blue coating for Pete's sake. @atrupar.com @cnn.com @aljazeera.com @msnowreports.bsky.social @nbcnews.com @abc7.bsky.social @cbsnews.com people.com/trumps-motor...

Sunset, West Bay Traverse City, Michigan #traversecitymichigan #traversecity

I told you so

Just a friendly reminder. If the US had taken only a small fraction of the money and military equipment it has squandered fighting and losing to Iran, and instead helped Ukraine, the Middle East would be more stable and Russia would be facing defeat.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are re-segregating the American military by race and sex Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...

I must quote this 'cause the meme is just so damn good

"russ_and_stacie_sullivan: Good morning, friends! Last night at WaterFire in #Providence, 🔥a bunch of friends from different groups got together for a Signs of Fascism awareness event Signs of #Fascism is an event that highlights historical warning signs of #authoritarianism..." Threads 2-3 👇

Sen. Schatz: If this deal is so good, why can't the public see it? Donald Trump hasn't made anything better. 13 service members dead. 3,000 Iranians killed. There is a reason they are not publishing this deal and it's because this is one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in many generations.

First all-Brit podium since US Gran Prix in Watkins Glen First Jackie Stewart Second Graham Hill Third John Surtees #f1 #formula1 #barcelonagp en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Un...

Lewis looks like a kid again, standing on the top step. Happy for him and for the tifosi. #f1 #barcelonapg #formula1

Spy cats

After qualifying today at Monaco: 11 championships on the podium—with how many more to come? I would say the lad in the middle will be right up there with the other two gents before all is said and done. I predict he will win five of 'em. #formula1 #monacof1 #monaco #lewishamilton #kimiantonelli

another day, another story about the administration's war on knowledge itself, all in service of allow its corporate patrons free rein to rob us blind and poison our world www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

@pwnstix.bsky.social a really great version... www.youtube.com/watch?v=83aQ... I dig it so much when they get to the Cannonball verse and all join in, wow. Such a great song.

Rich kids are probably bringing their lunch, it was a status symbol even back when I was in school. The ones that do eat school lunch, that’s money their parents will have to spend on other things in the community. Give their kids extra allowance, go to the movies. It’s like a tax cut ffs.

If you see this post your getaway vehicle

In 6 months, Americans will have the opportunity to give control of both Houses to the Democrats— and begin repairing our democracy— or return control to the Republicans, and officially and permanently become a fascist state. It’s the most consequential election in U.S. history.

My prediction: they will flip-flop immediately after the midterms. They just want to tamp down possible outrage prior to November. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

If you don't think SCOTUS will clamp down on Mifepristone after the midterms, I have a bridge to sell you. Actually, I cringe at all that might happen after the midterms if Dems don't win the House. Take these first two years and magnify.

Could this war of choice/disaster be the impetus to go green/wean off oil (based on economic factors strong enough to quash oil lobby/powers that be)? Honest question/wish perhaps.

Today is the first Mother’s Day that this sweet boy and his siblings are without their mom. Never forget the cruelty of ICE. 🦋🌺

At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.

Birds in the alley this morning... Myrtle warbler: they’re pretty common for warblers; I often see them migrating in little groups (most likely the case here though I live at the bottom edge of their breeding range). Red-breasted nuthatch: these live in my neck of the woods (Mich) all year around.

& we're going the other way. I knew the 2nd administration would be bad, but I *had no idea* just how destructive to our country, its people, and even the planet it would be. All for a quarterly profits—while the Persians are prepared to fight for *a thousand years*. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/b...

You mean to tell me government can use common sense regulation for the common good (and to safeguard the future of the planet)? I wonder what that’s like (I live in the US of A). www.pveurope.eu/e-mobility/f...

Deny Ukraine membership in NATO, cut aid to Ukraine, promise Putin Donbas, praise Putin after he helps Iran, and now consider pulling troops out of Germany. How many gifts can Trump give Putin?

it is important to emphasize that this was *the point*. this was *intentional*. elon musk is a vicious white supremacist who thinks poor african children ought to die, so that the world can be whiter

yeah, so two things. first, i have been saying for some time that *this* is the message. and that it is a broad one that can fit a large number of concerns. and second, this dude has the juice.

I’m beginning to see a trend… This time, I don’t think he gives a damn.

Big,yuge new budget for the military (read gold-plated weapon manufacturers) but there's no food for the sailors on the seas or troops in the field. But then again, it's been like this a long time.

I used the word “schlub” here on this site and it got labeled intolerant. Anyone know why, is it Yiddish perhaps?

It’s all over now baby blue This cover by the fabulous Marianne Faithfull is better than Bob’s, like it was written for her. youtu.be/GXrJVloID8k

God, thank you people of Hungary

Elegy for a Vice President

Best Star Trek crew. wrong answers only.

Full Artemis Moon Watched the Artemis II blast off this evening, and then ran out to see if I could bag the moon at 100% illumination. Had some clouds & wind. I wanted to honor the four humans who were strapped to the top of that huge rocket: it reminded me of watching Saturn V launches as a kid.

He is a child who has to be entertained like a toddler with an iPad on a car ride. Except, instead of an episode of "Blues Clues," we're talking about the lives of thousands of U.S. troops and innocent Iranian civilians.

If John Kennedy (Louisiana) and Ted Cruz want to turn this thing around, I'm here for it. (The country-boy act was always been for show, for the base—they need to put their Ivy League educations to work for the common good for a change.)

If the human race survives the current lunacy, people will look back at this moment with extreme disdain. "The deal is an extraordinary transfer of taxpayer dollars, for the purposes of boosting the production of fossil fuels, while throttling offshore wind power." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...

Perhaps larger than “small but now non-trivial”

"He wanted to invade a European Union country not long ago, Greenland...and now he needs us. Frankly he can go fuck himself."

The Resistance hacked the crossing signal in Denver. Need sound up.

This is how you write a headline: get to the point. If Dems don't take this up and repeat it ad nauseam I'll renounce my membership in that caucus.