Tulip time. ‘Brown Sugar’ standing tall, scented, like a wallflower. ‘Prinses Irene’ is glowing orange. The apricot and magenta ‘Slawa’ and the ever reliable‘Queen of Night’ coming up behind.

On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

Look how comfortable that dog is on Tyler Shough’s lap. GREEN FLAG. That’s the kind of teammate I want in my QB room.

Truly apropos of nothing, one of the most inexplicable parts of Trump Era media coverage has been the total lack of interest in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. They were very close friends! Ghislane recruited girls AT MAR-A-LAGO. There's video of them giggling as they watch young girls dance!

A 2-year old US Citizen was deported Friday to Honduras. “The judge on Friday scheduled a hearing for May 16, which he said was ‘in the interest of dispelling our strong suspicion that the Government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.’” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

So grateful for the blessings and the opportunities ♥️

6 years and not *once* has this dog ever woken me up. Every day I have to be the one to drag him out of bed lol

My painting TIDAL WETLANDS

My painting PACIFIC COAST

My painting LOST COAST

If we’re serious about more efficient government and better everyday life in America - which we all should be - that means actually improving government, not cutting health care for poor people and slashing support for veterans.

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

They make it sound like there are millions of dead people getting Social Security checks. But it's just not true.

Great news: All 6 piece of shit cosplay fake cops who forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenphol from a Coeur d'Alene town hall have been arrested and charged. She also plans to sue the County Sheriff and the private security firm who employed the scum for $5M. Hell yes. 💙🍷

The orange felon claims he’s made 200 trade deals so far. Which really means he hasn’t made one single deal because there hasn’t been one single trade agreement announced. He’s a pathological liar and a fraud.

Last night, a federal judge in El Paso became the first to review ICE’s claim that someone was an “alien enemy.” It went SO BAD for ICE that not only did the judge order release for the people suing, without prompting he restricted the use of the Alien Enemies Act in west Texas.

Not sure if anyone else has posted this yet, but this note is the sole "evidence" that the Trump admin submitted in court to argue that the mother agreed to take her 2-year-old U.S. citizen daughter with her to Honduras. She wasn't allowed to talk to a lawyer first. Seriously, it's just this note.

I'd say more precisely that we have people going all in on the idea that self-discipline is about having what it takes to dunk your head in a bowl of ice water every morning rather than having what it takes to treat someone different from you like a human being.

The fact of the matter is that the American conservative movement has backed a president now harassing students and destroying academic work on ideological grounds. This entire debate should be suspended until the conservative movement repudiates him. There is nothing to discuss until then.

I think we should raise the salience of this.

おはよ〜〜！！！​:zaripikapika:​

Apropos of one of today’s discussions on here

Hoisted upon my own pds yet again

Vladimir, stop? Has the U.S. ever looked weaker?

Blue Mary #fatalfury

i know there's a lot going on in the us right now but spare a thought for trans people in the UK tonight

What a wise King! 👑💕

Never.

Push Shitler’s approval ratings into the 30s and keep them there. Keep highlighting the corruption, and keep up the ridicule.

And I'm thinking the Church risks extinction if it elects a conservative.

my cats are all indoors, they are always all indoors from the second they set foot in my home, your need to scold random strangers for things they are already doing is something you need to unpack with a therapist and not make managing your feelings the problem of random strangers

The difference between Twitter and this app is that on Twitter you post a cat thing and you get 14 nazis, here you get 28 of the cringiest self appointed scolds to ever get access to a modem and I guess that's an improvement but damn talk about incremental progress

Nintendo has cancelled the Switch 2 in response to preorder frenzy. "Your vulgar appetites betray you," said company president Furukawa, "That you are a people without grace. We will await a new era." At press time, Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto and Redmond had vanished from the face of earth.

work is giving us a chick fil a breakfast buffet and a ben & jerry's ice cream social today in what i'm calling "the most successful political both-sidesing of all time"

This photo tells you everything you need to know about the cable news ecosystem in the United States. It is the perfect distillation of the moment. That Jumbo Elliott, by the way, is the former tackle for the New York Giants.

Top of the Mornin'.

All of the kidnapped and trafficked hostages need to be returned. Every one of them.

Zelensky won't agree to a ceasefire while his capital is being bombed, — Macron said. "U.S. anger should be directed at one person: Putin, who started this war against a neighboring country. He must finally stop lying to the world," the French President emphasized.

あそびすぎた…ねる​:kumapu_hutonsuya:​​:oyasu:​

Nu kommer jag köpa Sia Glass i första hand när jag köper glass framöver.

Robert Wolf on Fox News: "I've been in finance for 40 years. This is probably the biggest manufactured crisis I've seen with a bunch of unforced errors. The execution of 'liberation day' was pathetic."

Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."

Stephen Miller turns the fascism up to 11 on Fox News

Durbin: "The question is not whether Trump is sinking in the polling -- and he appears to be -- but whether his fate is going to be shared by other Republicans, and whether they have the courage to join Democrats and do the right things and stand up for the Constitution."

the dude remains incapable of criticizing Putin

They’re arresting judges now

OUT: Free market conservatism IN: Trump owns America and sets the prices

Trump is flagrantly defying the Supreme Court

Trump suggests that only the Jews during the Holocaust were treated worse than the January 6 criminals

Sullivan: "When you see the car start careening toward the cliff, you've gotta say something. What I've seen in less than 100 days is terrible damage to America's credibility and trust with our allies & terrible damage to America's appeal... most of all what I've seen is China reaping the benefits."

As a Timberwolves fan that was one of the best things I’ve seen in my life. Incredible scenes

The guys with the nets need to take him away.

My eldest daughter Claudia once asked me why there isn’t a provision that says that convicted felons can’t be president and this was *exactly* my answer

MEMBERS OF THE DC BAR: THIS MESSAGE IS FOR YOU—PLEASE VOTE FOR DIANE SELTZER (@whatajlp.bsky.social) 👉👉👉👉👉

These charges are so stupid. There was an ICE agent **in the elevator** with the defendant after he left the courtroom. But oh yeah, the state judge somehow obstructed ICE because she let the defendant leave the courtroom through a side entrance. The Trump DOJ is run by morons and thugs.

No biggie. It’s just the Secretary of the Treasury agreeing with the Chinese government that the President of the United States is brazenly lying about trade talks.

had such a wonderful time on netflix EVERYBODY’S LIVE WITH JOHN MULANEY last night talking to john and AYO EDEBIRI and CONAN O'BRIEN thank you so much for having me. THIS PROVES THAT LOVE IS REAL

Tesla's quarterly profits are down 71% from a year ago. As Elon complains about "government waste," Tesla would have reportedly posted a Q1 loss this year if not for EV credits established under Biden. Hello?

Donald Trump keeps losing in court. That's why he's lashing out at judges who go against his authoritarian agenda — even going as far as to have them arrested. His regime is starting to crack bit by bit. Keep up the pressure. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

Many of you might know me as a former Secretary of Labor. Or from my TikToks. But my true passion is teaching. When I decided to retire, I wanted to do it quietly. Instead, my colleagues at Inequality Media Civic Action decided to make a film about my last class.  https://www.thelastclassfilm.com/

This is insane and everyone involved needs to be sued into oblivion and then go directly to jail

I’ve never understood the protests as a way to influence Trump. I believe they’re important because they’re a way to tell each other that we’re not okay with this. They’re a way to communicate with other Americans and hopefully suppress further normalization of Trumpism in everyday life.

Sen. Durbin does what Bluesky demands, and instead of praise/thanks he gets dunked on more. It’s the way of (this tiny corner) of the world. But don’t forget: he invented the whole notion of Dreamers/DACA, and (I just found out!) is the person responsible for banning smoking in all public spaces.

comm for @icedust10.bsky.social

Note to Self…🌺

so, arresting judges should be more than enough reason for complete obstruction at in the house and senate. complete obstruction. anything you can do. interrupt proceedings, deny consent, holds on nominations. everything.

Sweet potato workers in Merced County are making sure that the plastic does not fly away by shoveling dirt on the borders. They do this every time the hotbeds are opened and closed. They share: Now that we have a UFW contract, foremen respect us & honor our sick hours. #WeFeedYou

#caturday

How is Pete Hegseth still the Secretary of Defense?

None of the actual impostors have the syndrome

Putin's willingness to negotiate and cooperate is an illusion. He does what he wants and is able to do. The Kremlin always acts only in its own interests. It always deceives: In speech, in writing, in all forms and options. The Kremlin has no partners: only slaves or masters⤵️

President Zelenskyy is having a meeting with President Macron right now.

President Zelenskyy: "It is absolutely obvious that Russia is actually trying to fool the world - fool America& others -prolong the war further. That's why pressure is necessary…Yesterday's meetings in Vatican and Rome confirmed that our partners understand what's going on."

🤦🏼 couldn’t make it up if we tried

👇🏽

Make it make sense. 🤔

UPDATE: Despite a letter from 11 extreme house republicans asking him to veto a bill by Republicans Iris Rudder & Becky Massey that protects IVF & contraceptives in Tennessee, @GovBillLee has reportedly signed it.

An alarming escalation. thehill.com/regulation/c...

WISCONSIN: The chair of the elections commission, a lawyer, breaks down what actually happened using the actual complaint. Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.

WATCH: “You’re saying you revere a time when their ancestors were in bondage.” In NC, @davidjoy.bsky.social powerfully explains why it’s wrong to remove a “compromise plaque” without public input, and why revering the confederacy is offensive. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DI9vdzA...

Words to live by.

In 2004 I would be appointed (once again) by President Bush to serve on a Commission to advise the Congress & White House on the future of NASA, which led to this report: neildegrassetyson.com/media/pdf/MoonToMarsFinalReport.pdf At no time was basic science seen as a luxury in need of a chainsaw.

No more chicken. I’ve switched to greens…

literally :3

P H A T *smack* (WIP)

When I use Google now I just automatically scroll past the AI summaries like they’re banner ads

NEW: Statement from attorney for Judge Dugan. "Hannah C. Dugan has committed herself to the rule of law and the principles of due process for her entire career as a lawyer and a judge. Judge Dugan will defend herself vigorously, and looks forward to being exonerated."

People are mad at Trump for gutting childhood cancer research, but it seems he has a different plan to end child cancer in the US. Deportation.

Happy birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope, launched from the Kennedy Space Center #OTD in 1990. Here's to a remarkable 35 years of imaging the Cosmos. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ Leave your favorite Hubble images in the replies!