@montereybayaquarium.org and 15 partner U.S.-based aquariums in the @aquariumconserv.bsky.social are united in our opposition to this action. We will work together to ensure a future with a strong and effective Endangered Species Act. bit.ly/4f8izxH

Today’s change to the Endangered Species Act increases the probability that endangered marine species will go extinct and that already-stressed ecosystems will be weakened. #biodiversity #extinction

Habitat destruction is the single greatest driver pushing species to extinction. Without habitat protection, vulnerable marine species are in peril. #EndangeredSpeciesAct

More bad news. 😬😥. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

More bad news.

I love this.

ALERT: Newly-released records show the enormity & "dangerously alien" creation Trump is building near the Lincoln Memorial Plus: Lawsuit to halt more Reflecting Pool "repairs" Big hurdle for Todd Blanche Firings at elections agency Just filed ==> open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

BREAKING: The Trump White House just ousted all three sitting members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission — hamstringing the bipartisan agency ahead of the midterms. The EAC helps state and local officials run elections, including by certifying election equipment.

"Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy." ~ George Bernard Shaw

wtop.com/dc/2026/07/f... I believe David Hearn.

There’s never really any bottom.

Why? Why? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...

The US can still win the World Cup if Donald Trump has the courage

NYT confirms: Trump personally asked FIFA to review a U.S. player's suspension. Now he's eligible to play. The reversal of Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension is highly unusual. It was the first time since 1962 that FIFA has nullified a suspension for a red card received during the World Cup.

What a picture from cheney orr of @reuters.com — a Black woman on a train surrounded by masked white supremacists, emboldened in Trump’s America. One for the history books.

FYI @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

If there was any doubt that Gov Jared Polis’ legacy is freeing Tina Peters, the NYT reports Polis just fired the clemency board members who revealed he overruled their unanimous wishes www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

The Trump Administration has made clear that it wishes to purge America of some of its undesirables. But for those he can’t expel, he hopes to simply hide away.

Bystander “Shot by Taser by US Marshals” in Columbia Heights - Read the full reader report: www.popville.com/2026/06/shot...

Yes please.

Florida officials are still seeking to recover hundreds of millions in construction & operating costs from the Trump admin., and drawing down their emergency funds ahead of what is expected to be a devastating hurricane season.

*both* of Trump's hands -- not just his usually discolored right one -- were in visibly bad shape yesterday (Aaron Schwartz/AFP via Getty)

Trump's hand (shown hear next to Rick Scott's) is looking nasty today (Saul Loeb/Getty)

Trump's hand is again caked in makeup today. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Oops

totally normal. nothing to see here. just extra handshaking at the lunch probably. (Saul Loeb/AFP and Kevin Dietsch/Getty)

I follow @macfarlanenews.bsky.social for thorough coverage of important issues.

www.npr.org/2026/06/20/n... #disabilityRights #HCBSwaivers

Today marks the anniversary of the SCOTUS decision in Olmstead v. Lois Curtis, which rejected the institutionalization of people with disabilities and held states must provide services in the most integrated setting appropriate. Daily reminder: Disability rights are human rights.

adayinourshoes.com/olmstead/ this is very very worrisome #disabilityRights #ADA #autism #intellectualDiaability #community #MedicaidWaivers #HCBSwaivers

The body of a dead baby duck floats in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after recent renovations directed by Donald Trump resulted in an algae infestation, leading workers to pour hydrogen peroxide into the water. June 21, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz.

wtop.com/health-fitne... fyi vaccinate your kids! #measles

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and— I said look. Look with your eyes! Oh now you’ve gone and touched it. The paint is peeling. My beautiful paint! I’ll have to call my pool guy back. Vandal! Antifa! I said look And despair Nothing but the algae remains.

So much winning

wtop.com/entertainmen... what a MESS.

BREAKING on MS NOW: The Trump Justice Department has just REFUSED to indicate in a sworn declaration that it's backing off the Trump slush fund — claiming to Judge Brinkema in the EDVA that Todd Blanche's in court testimony should suffice.

Apparently all this is ok with the GOP sycophants in the House and Senate.

Add stupidity to your list of national security threats: wapo.st/4aSyFKf

Everything is a grift with Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

Trump struggles to clasp the Medal of Honor to Major Nicholas Dockery -- and then ties it?

Tell me you got absolutely played on the world stage without telling me you got absolutely played. Master negotiator? More like a total surrender. #TrumpSurrender #ForeignPolicyFailure #IranDeal #LincolnSquare #Accountability #IranMOU #MOU

Friends in the DC area, I'll be giving a free public talk about sharks, ocean conservation, and marine biology at the Wheaton Library in a few weeks. It's family friendly and I will have copies of "Why Sharks Matter" for sale afterwards. mcpl.libnet.info/event/16557143

Loser In Chief: Trump’s Iran War Surrender open.substack.com/pub/therickw...