Folks, please don’t tell artists they shouldn’t be making or selling their art right now. For many, it’s how they pay the bills. Art is vital during times like this. ALL ART. Whether it’s a protest sign or a book cover or just a beautiful drawing. It’s part of the heart of humanity.

and here is the san fran mountain lion as a mere pupper, when first tagged and weighed... geez, this story has so many layers

NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...

Grim stuff. One examaple: the language goes from "Ground water must be protected from radiological contamination" to "Consideration must be given to avoiding or minimizing potential radiological contamination of groundwater"

The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.

Folks I know it takes a little extra time and there's a lot going on, but please try to use alt text. It's hard if you're otg but otherwise just do it. It's not just about your one post, it's about creating and sustaining a culture of accessibility.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

This is Alex Pretti. This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE. #ScientistsAgainstICE

Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

I made a full edition of my alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata) cutting a leaf. The alfalfa leafcutting bee is a solitary bee originally from Europe which has been spread to all continents but Antartica for agriculture. 🐡🧪🐝 🧵 #linocut #printmaking #Megachile #solitaryBee #pollinator

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.

My father is a polio survivor. I’ve seen firsthand the lifelong damage it inflicts. Vaccines have all but eradicated these diseases. WE SOLVED THIS PROBLEM. This administration’s devotion to dangerous ideology over science will only cause more Americans to suffer.

A government fictionalizing real events and presenting it as real is a repugnant development that only damages its own credibility further. So any time the White House posts something, you’ve got to assess whether it’s hyper political AI slop or not. Bleh

Don't forget the Supreme Court's role facilitating ICE's brutality and racism in Minneapolis. SCOTUS lifted an injunction that limited racial profiling in immigration enforcement on Sept. 8. The federal assault on Chicago began the next day. Then came the Twin Cities. SCOTUS greenlit these horrors.

As a big winter storm comes for the US, some may blame outages on renewable energy. This is a pattern. In Feb 2021 when an outage hit Texas critics blamed solar + wind. Investigations found the outage's cause was gas + coal plants forced offline because of freezing temperatures. (more here⬇️)

A baby Hoffman’s Two-toed Sloth asleep in its moms arms 😴 🦥 #mammals #sloths #CostaRica #photography

I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud

Carolina Wren #birds #snow #photography

"Liam’s teacher, Ella Sullivan, teared up when thinking about Liam. 'He’s a bright young student,' she said, 'and he’s so kind and loving. His classmates miss him.'" www.startribune.com/preschooler-...

That is an ICE agent pepper spraying a restrained victim in the face at close quarters; it's an unquestionable and indefensibly abusive use of excessive force that should (but won't) be criminally prosecuted as assault

I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels. Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.

Klipspringers are not among the best known East African wildlife - but wowza do they know how to make an impact by living in the Serengeti’s most dramatic rocky landscapes.

This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.

Another lovely sunset over the lake. This time it’s -30°C, but the wind has finally calmed down leaving snow drifts in its wake.

White-booted Racket-tail at @montezumalodge.bsky.social #colombia #birds #hummingbirds

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

It’s too depressing to imagine what $77 billion could’ve bought. Everyone with the smallest lick of sense thought this was a creepy fail from the start.

Ancient Egyptian bronze head of a cat with amber eyes, c. 600 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. 📷 by me #Archaeology

I think I found a secret portal ❄️✨

I've seen a few bobcats in the past, but none this BIG! 🏃‍♂️ 🏃 🏃‍♂️ #AboutLastNight #PalmSprings Happy #Caturday #Nature 📸

*much of America will be punished with a 10% tax hike on European goods for Europe not giving us Greenland

An American pygmy kingfisher in the swamp at the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico. #birds #birdphotography 🌿

Castilleja rhexiifolia, our Splitleat Indian Paintbrush, blooming on the Zimmerman Lake Trail #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 16 🌿

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

Little murder bird. Northern Pygmy-Owl, Washington state #owls #birds #nature #birdoftheday #raptors

Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)... • about 420,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 960,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,530,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,950,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Sketch of a peregrine falcon Pastel on toned paper #art #birds #nature

The people have spoken, this little lizard is now known as the sunny side up Anole 🍳

The Dalles wants to pull more water out of the Mt Hood forest. It says it’s for a growing population, but the city hasn’t grown much in recent years. What has: Google’s footprint. The tech giant uses a third of the city’s water. www.opb.org/article/2026...

Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

For #BirdOfTheDay theme #LongBeaks Sword-billed Hummingbird #Colombia #birds #hummingbirds #nature

2025 was the third warmest year on record globally, following 2023 and 2024. 2023-2025 average global temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels (1850–1900), the first time a consecutive three-year span has surpassed this critical level. In #VernonBC, it was the warmest year on record.

The Supreme Court only cleared the way for Kavanaugh Stops four months ago and ICE now openly engages in violent racial profiling, snatching anyone who looks non-white and treating them as presumptively guilty of a crime. Remarkable how quickly our liberties can be crushed when courts go along.

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from remains found in the stomach of a naturally mummified Pleistocene wolf pup

Big snooze, big paw

We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.

Here's a look at us in Canada keeping an eye on things down south. #wildlife #beaver