This security guard died protecting children at the Islamic Center of San Diego. If you can help support his family, it would go a long way. www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

❤️‍🩹The reunion of two loyal friends after a long separation – a Ukrainian soldier and his dog. First, the dog seemed to scold him for being away so long. Then it started hugging him. I’m not crying. Something just got in my eye.

THIS IS HUGE: Colorado Supreme Court orders Colorado children's hospital to resume gender affirming care for trans youth. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/05/18/c...

This is Sprout and Granola. They are enjoying a day on the lake. Yes, the propeller hats are necessary. They're helping with acceleration, obviously. 14/10 for both (IG: nolatheiggy)

So much depends on whether our system, and our leaders, speak to what is best in us - or what is worst in us.

Living his best life 🎉🎈 TT: finn_e_bear

This is Spencer. He asked to see a pic of the situationship you've been telling him about. Thinks maybe it's time to focus on yourself. 13/10 (IG: ourboyspencer)

When I met with BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA a couple of weeks ago, I wish I had asked him to show me his VERY WELL made HOLLYWOOD MASK that he wore to sometimes do press conferences while impersonating "Joe Biden"!! Everyone now knows that. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4a7l1TR

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HUGE NEWS: ICE’s courthouse arrests have been STAYED by a New York district judge. That means that ICE will have to stop arresting our immigrant neighbors on the spot when they show up to court at places like 26 Federal Plaza, 290 Broadway, and 201 Varick. (1/2)

Morning Kittens SOUND UP

Coldspring Mares is a 501c3 organization based in Florida that provides nurse mares to foals that either have lost or been rejected by their mothers. The mares are experienced moms that love babies. They'll raise the foal until it has been weaned or longer if needed. #horses

This is the kind of work, published today, that should be fully supported and prioritized at the highest level. Currently, there is no vaccine vs the Ebola Bundibugyo virus, the source of a major outbreak www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

On Sunday, May 18, dozens of Portland residents gathered in the Sunnyside neighborhood for the first cat walk of 2026. Multiple folks added their homes to the tour map, and the cats ate up the attention.

Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

Went trikin'

Domestic horse meeting a Przewalski’s horse, the last truly wild horse species on Earth. Forbidden love Original post

@justinjpearson.bsky.social is a rising star. We need him in D.C.

"The cost of cancer treatment has skyrocketed; it is the number one driver of healthcare spending and we will bankrupt ourselves if we focus only on treating cancer. We need to focus on preventing it."

We can feel the despair and sorrow about this roll back of our rights that people bled and fought for, but we must also hold in our heart a defiant joy.

Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.

Tennessee Representative Justin Pearson who was apprehended by Alabama police with his brother while fighting against Jim Crow maps took the stage at #AllRoadsSouth and said: "you can rig a map but you can't rig a movement." #FreedomSummer2026

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Cats will befriend any damn thing

I can’t tell if this is a sign of intelligence, or a lack of it

Well. That’s sumthin

Gorgeous misty morning at Threave Castle. Built in the 1370s by Archibald the Grim on an island in the River Dee, southwest Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. It was a powerful stronghold of the Earls of Douglas and Lords of Galloway until their fall in 1455. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 Photo by Andy Farrer©

Give teachers everything

"Humanity is the finest flower of the earth." — Albert Schweitzer, 1915 Georgian-French classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili's transcendent performance of Schubert’s Impromptu No. 3, composed in 1827. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

Here we go ?! enjoy some Saturday afternoon four hands…

FEMA is reimbursing state and local health departments in Washington for costs related to their COVID-19 response.

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After 10 years of work, it’s being installed at OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Institute for students and visitors alike.

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THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

“You made it to another Friday! As a reward, have some early walkies with me & my dad!” 🧵

H.R. 5017, known as the Greyhound Protection Act, is a legislative proposal aimed at ending commercial greyhound racing in the United States. This act has been included in the 2026 Farm Bill and addresses several key areas related to the treatment of greyhounds. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Internal AutoZone memo: “.. We’re facing the largest supply shortage of lubricating fluids in the modern history of America. Realistic, middle-of-the-road estimates are for our average available supply in this product category to drop by 40%.” (via Costa Oil) #$AZO

Alex Haley grew up in Tennessee. He traced his family tree back to his original enslaved, African ancestor, then wrote 'Roots'. He received a Pulitzer Prize for it. Knoxville just banned it 'cause it might make white kids sad.

“It’s just frustrating to see them come into our community and run all over us like the citizens don’t matter, and then they’re above the law when they do break it,” resident, James Clifton said. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

Today I traveled to Selma with my colleagues in Congress to take a stand against the radical right-wing plot to suppress Black political representation and dismantle our democracy by gutting the Voting Rights Act. We’ve made too much progress in this country to go backwards. We won’t be silenced.

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You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇

It's #caturday IG: amir_the_vet

Never forget

I’m gonna post this video every day so we NEVER FORGET what Donald Trump did to the USA on Jan 6th