#Magic and Whimsy Abound from Shannon Taylor’s Fantastic #Watercolor Dioramas in #Vintage Compacts

Link for more info and art: www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/10/shan...

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

Hardwick House, Bury St. Edmunds, UK, wrought iron, sunlight and mist, scattered leaves on pathway, atmospheric

Edwin Smith

Hardwick Park
entrance gate

6 ways to give your dog a richer life, from ‘sniffaris’ to sensory gardens

Sniffing is a low-impact, low-cost and very valuable mental workout for dogs.

Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with numerous business interests cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.

When billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.

In extremist circles, the idea of retreating to the land has been repurposed into a political strategy.

👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/far-rig...

Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent

In Somalia a few weeks ago, I found myself in a hospital ward packed with children (and some adults) gasping for breath, infected with diphtheria. It was like time travel to the Victorian era.
But diphtheria is no longer a relic of your granny's stories – it's back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...

For anyone saying that the ICE agents are just doing their jobs, so were the German soldiers loading Jewish people onto trains.

#Trump may have immunity from the Supreme Court, but nobody else does — something #ICE agents would do well to remember.

These are facts!
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

Shingles Vaccination Linked to Vascular Benefits Several observational analyses suggest higher cardiovascular and dementia risks in those with and without HIV who get shingles and lower risks with vaccination.

In the US: If you're 50 or older (or 19/older & immunocompromised), please get vaxxed against shingles. It's no joke.

"With more than a million infections a year, herpes zoster affects nearly 1 in 3 adults and is now recognized as a systemic inflammatory event...

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

California has fast tracked $80 million to 50 food banks across the Golden State

More than 300 volunteers from @calvolunteers.bsky.social out serving

And members of The Cal Guard doing good work — where they are wanted — helping provide logistics and support

Simply put: California is stepping up

YouTube video by Science Talk Climate Change and Health I Trust in Science I Clean Energy Economy I Climate Myths I Warming Planet

Important discussion on climate change as a public health crisis.
It’s not abstract—it’s gasoline on the infectious-disease fire, reshaping species ranges and disease risk worldwide.
youtu.be/TwAcxsL0m3g?...

My sentiments exactly.

Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine The U.S. president’s family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash came from foreign sources as Donald Trump's sons touted their business on an international investor roadshow.

Trump Org’s income in the first half of 2024 was $51 million.

In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million.

A massive percentage came from foreigners.

It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics.

But few even care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Criminals governing like criminals 👇👇👇👇👇👇

We’re in a very dark place and I’m scared for our nation. I think that apartment complex in Chicago was a test. They will move on from immigrants soon. People need be to be prepared. We should act NOW!

"This is a moment that demands a response. If Dems can’t run on a unified platform that centralizes and prioritizes taxing the ultrawealthy in order to dismantle their stranglehold on our govt, then they need to get out of the way for people who will."

Read more: bit.ly/4ohxXLq

#TaxBillionaires

Truth 💥🤣👍

The key role a 'lost' reef is playing in SA's algal bloom fight A marine ecologist's discovery two years ago that sparked a restoration project becomes a key element to South Australia's response to the devastating algal bloom.

The key role a 'lost' reef is playing in SA's algal bloom fight: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-29/native-oyster-reefs-restored-algal-bloom-recovery-sa/105943318

Maybe they should watch Russell Crowe’s new Nuremberg movie when it comes out next week. Just some helpful advice.

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I have an even worse feeling about THIS:

More Proof That Everything Chump Touches Dies.......

I’m sure they worked very hard for it.