This is eye-opening.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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a big ol’ german shepherd stands in profile and looms over a much smaller black and tan pup that’s sitting down in the middle of the frame. the big dog is looking straight down at the little one, chin tucked and nose almost to the puppy’s noggin. the little guy is looking at the camera somewhat nervously as he awaits the results of this inspection.
This is Muamba and Ollie. Ollie just got here and is currently being inspected. He's not sure what for, but really hopes he passes. 13/10 for both
The Department of Government Efficiency, for example
This is part of the World some high tech oligarchs are trying to force on us
Our legal system is not designed to protect us from such threats
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
The abuser’s classic playbook is to isolate you from your friends, create a sense of helplessness, make it difficult to connect with others and force you to simply think about your survival from one day to the next. We are seeing that playbook applied to the nation as a whole.
Two moose kissing. A field of fall willow and a pine forest behind.
There's something needs to be said:
You don't need to be gay to stick up for your gay friends
Or trans to stick up for your trans friends
Or Jewish or Muslim or Hindu or black or white
You only need to be good people
To stick up for your friends
One Love
I had not been following the White House X account and its meme-ification of shenanigans, but apparently it's a thing. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Black wolf trotting across a tall grass field with a pine forest behind.
In the 2015 year report the USDA-APHIS website records show a cattle death loss in the state of Idaho of over 41,000, 29,000 of which died of what amounts to neglect, lack of food, water, shelter or fresh air.
Wolves killes ~300
But ranchers blame their failed business model on the wolves.
National Weather Service employees were encouraged to take early retirements at an all-hands meeting Thursday. The union believes as many as 1,000 could leave in the coming months - out of a workforce of just over 4,000.
With @weathersullivan.bsky.social (gift):
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
3 cats. 2 grays that look like one giant octopus cat
have you heard the good word about our lord and savior, Cathulhu?
US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
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Hello new community! I love how fast this place is growing. FYI we released a new Indivisible guide with practical steps that folks in red, blue, & purple states can take to fight back. Don't ask for permission - take it, copy it, make it your own, & start organizing. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
What a different world we could have.
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.