Lin.Smallwood

Friends, we are witnessing the melt down of our President. We have a front row seat to the wreckage of the clown car. His language today about the Somalis calling them garbage is despicable. #Trumpmeltdown. Hope it goes fast and is complete. He is not in his right mind.

Trump is calling ALL SOMALIS Garbage today. Friends, this isn't going to end well. We are witnessing the meltdown of the emperor with no clothes. This behavior is increasingly racist and despicable. We have a front row seat to the clown car wreckage. Hope it is soon and decisive. #Trumpmeltdown

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all. Despicable behavior pretty sure the whole thing is illegal.

Bringing Native dances to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - ICT Native Pride Productions will take the stage at one of the largest parades in America on Thanksgiving morning featuring nine dancers from different tribes from the U.S. and Canada

Bringing Native dances to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Native Pride Productions will take the stage at one of the largest parades in America on Thanksgiving morning featuring nine dancers from different tribes from the U.S. and Canada ictnews.org/news/bringin...

Albert Einstein said  The probability of life originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the unabridged dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop. #Gratitude #Creation

Trump-Backed Gaza Plan Gets UN Approval

The vote marks a major step in solidifying a fragile ceasefire and creating a framework for Gaza’s future.

A Farmer, a Designer and a Dating App Unite to Save Some ‘Gay Sheep’

A Farmer, a Designer and a Dating App Unite to Save Some ‘Gay Sheep’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...

January 6 plaque

A suitcase of $100 bills

What Democrats want: a plaque in the U.S. Capitol to honor the January 6 officers.

What Republican senators want: a personal payout of millions of dollars because they were investigated for involvement in January 6.

To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015

What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?

Dear Humans,

Trump is in a full out panic. He hasn’t posted in 24 hours. It’s time to make him the pedophile formerly known as president. If you could do that God would be so happy.

Love,

God

They're called the southern lights. But they dazzled Australians further north The strength of the latest geomagnetic storms has seen the aurora australis light up skies across a larger part of the country than usual.

When the southern lights are seen further north www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... via @abcnews

This staghorn sumac, a small tree, has burning orange foliage against a beautiful blue sky

I could tell you this magnificently autumnal staghorn sumac was in the historic gardens at some stately pile out in the country, but it was actually in the carpark at Aldi 🌱😀

#PalacesAndGardens #BotanicalWonders #EastCoastKin #Bloomscrolling #PlantSky

Large pot of basil

My annual pot of basil. From one 60p supermarket pot 🌱

Red florets of the Sorrel plant, ready for harvest

Trust nature's timing.
Sorrel for drink, jams, wine and preserves.

#The_Eco_Spiritual_Experience 🌱
#ExploreMore

A wide spread cluster of plush white flower heads in the sun

Today’s flower 🌱 #1253
Yarrow

L126 Balcomb

J62, the third offspring of J41 Eclipse

L127 Scuba and her amazing saddle patch

J63 next to mom J40 Suttles

Calf check in: here are some photos from earlier this week of the youngest members of J- and L-Pods who we were lucky enough to see while out doing field work with the @whaleresearch.bsky.social

#whalesky #orcas #killerwhales #srkw #southernresidents #salishsea #pugetsound

A large-ish seabird with mostly white body and brown in its wings and back end and a soft patch of burnt yellow on the side of its head is running along the water surface from right to left as it takes to the wing.

Northern Gannet splashing its way into the air during my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #NOGA #marinelife #nature #photography

Open Campus. media link. High Ed is a local report.

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Why I Chose University of Florida, by Santa Ono (opinion) Santa J. Ono explains why he’s pursuing the University of Florida presidency.

Damn it’s like U Michigan had a Kim Philby type situation on its hands! Ono comes in from the cold in this oped. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

Defendants do acknowledge, as they must, that the Department cannot be shut down without Congress's approval, yet they simultaneously claim that their legislative goals (obtaining Congressional approval to shut down the Department) are distinct from their administrative goals (improving efficiency). There is nothing in the record to support these contradictory positions. Not only is there no evidence that Defendants are pursuing a "legislative goal" or otherwise working with Congress to reach a resolution, but there is also no evidence that the RIF has actually made the Department more efficient. Rather, the record is replete with evidence of the opposite. Consolidated Plaintiffs have demonstrated that the Department will not be able to carry out its statutory functions— and in some cases, is already unable to do so-and Defendants have proffered no evidence to the contrary. Defendants fail to understand Plaintiffs claims which is evident by their attempt to frame this case as an unlawful terminations employment action. As fully explained below, a preliminary injunction is warranted to return the Department to the status quo such that it can comply with its statutory obligations.

Breaking: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's effort to shutter much of the Education Department. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.

Hm. Really.

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

None of this trump and Epstein stuff is surprising and yet seeing it in print still feels jarring. it’s easy to be cynical but we absolutely don’t know what will break through until it does.

Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ vote and new national campaign to support migrants are the group’s first responses to the Trump administration’s crackdown.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:

wapo.st/448fDw6

The is for The Order of Saint Luke All those who can affirm our vows, and who can accept all others who affirm these vows as their brothers and sisters, are welcome in the Order of Saint Luke.

It is the practice of the Order to receive the full ministry of both female and male presbyters /deacons

Statement on Inclusive Membership

'No Kings’ protests live updates: Rallies underway in N.Y.C, D.C., Chicago and other U.S. cities Follow live updates as 'No Kings' protests take place across the U.S. today in response to the Trump administration.

Roughly 2,500 #NoKings rallies are expected across the country today as demonstrators gather to protest President Donald #Trump 's policies