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Yes. There are. So why did Schumer and the 8 betray the very people they should be fighting for?

My Morning Walk-A photo journal of new beginnings Day 80 My friend, the green tree frog, posing for his close-up

Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"

This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

I was today years old when I found the account switching feature in the BlueSky app. (Very useful though!)

Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.

AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO

Pusheen with a pumpkin, basket of apples, and fall leaves.

🍂🍎🥧

A moss and lichen speckled log is home to dozens of amethystine violet toothed polypores under a yellow autumn canopy. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

Today is election day in Colorado and across the country. Make sure your voice is counted! Go to GoVoteColorado.gov to find your nearest official drop box or polling location and remember to vote by 7pm!

This is defying a court order, which is, guess what, illegal. Trump wants Americans to starve.

A chart of the main bsky backend load balancer request throughput compared to 7 days earlier (the previous Saturday). There's a massive spike during the world series game.

This is a fun chart!

The green is the main bsky load balancer traffic throughput from Saturday night, and the purple is how much traffic there was 7 days before (the previous Saturday)

The spike is due to the world series - pretty incredible! ⚾

Screencap from The Guardian of a headline: "Trump threatens to pull federal funds for New York City if Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral election - live". Sub-headline: "US president also backs independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor who resigned in disgrace."

This is election interference. This is electoral fraud. And yes, this is illegal.

(Source: The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...)

Other promises to myself: for every Current Events post I will post at least one thing that makes me smile (see the repost of the night sky I made just now for an example). It's important to remember that even when things are hard - and things ARE hard, no question - there's good stuff too.

11 hour circumpolar time-lapse video of the apparent movement of the stars around Polaris, the North Star.

No meteors seen, just a few aircraft and satellites.

Today is the first day of the first week in November (for about half the world anyway). I am recommitting myself to a long-held goal of being able to run a marathon someday.

Step one (literally): getting used to distance walking again. 5k done just now. We will see how this goes - wish me luck!

Dressed as Rumi from Kpop Demon Hunters to answer the door for trick-or-treaters last night. The absolute excitement from all the kids who recognized the character was joy in its purest form.

Seeing the size of this thread, with places all over the U.S., was a warm hug on a cold night.

🎃 happy spooky time 🎃

Posted by Block Club Chicago: "Cycling x Solidarity's latest mutual aid effort takes cyclists on group rides through Pilsen and other neighborhoods to buy out tamale vendors so they can stay home as ICE swarm the city. They pass out to food to people in need."

Forgive me, Chicago, I was not aware of your game

Lynda Carter smiling in a teal suit and silver earrings with Adelita Grijalva also smiling in a white top and silver earrings

Speaker Johnson, you say you’re a man of God and I believed you. You put your hand on the Bible, you swore an oath- now keep your word to God and country and swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social, the Democrat from my home state of Arizona!

Go to the link for quick reference to graphics, files, and other useful tools. Short version:

Know Your Rights, Share Your Rights The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. Help make sure everyone knows their rights.

www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

…oh this is going to be a great adventure I see

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

In related news, it will be nice to eat food again someday without it making me physically ill.

It's fascinating (by which I mean awful) to observe the effect that ambient stress has on the body.