Ruthe Morand

Bodies upon the gears and the wheels and the levers, folks. youtu.be/xz7KLSOJaTE

YouTube video by MSNBC ‘A full-frontal assault’: Judge Luttig on the attacks on the rule of law in Trump’s second term

youtu.be/X9qUIRjTlaE?... Start around 3:15

A few reported salaries:
- Kyle Schutt: $195,200
- Jeremy Lewin: $167,000

America is standing up. Let’s keep the momentum going—more protests are planned for next week. Together, we can stop this coup.

Remember, the resistance won’t be televised.

Tomorrow, there will be more of us!

You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.

Wow. This is huge. Fantastic!

Season's Greetings and Peace on Earth

Hard work is good work. Hard work is joyful work. I know this. Am an elder, a woman, and into it! Do it. Be it. Meet it. Learn from it.

Almost-lenticular clouds behind a thorny bush.

True! Vivek Ramaswamy was appointed by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory commission. This role is a presidential appointment, not an elected position, making Ramaswamy an unelected federal official.

My opinion about Hunter Biden's pardon is that Kash Patel and the other loons, thugs, and predators nominated to positions of power pose a serious threat to us all and almost everything else.

And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.

I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.

Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)

evening sky from my roof in Santa Fe NM

A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments. Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.

Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

But leave some dead plant matter for the insects that overwinter there!

Odious and terrifying. 1984 much?

This is not good.

My frybread and your frybread, sitting by the fire, my frybread told your frybread, this place BlueSky is on fire! Talken about...

I'm still trying to digest that the next presidency will be a criminal operation. But I can't digest it, it keeps coming back up.

I'll try that later, right now I have to get ready for work. Good to have a new place to meet with like minded folks.

So it seems like your reply only shows up in notifications. IDK why.

"Approximately 50% of Americans read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labels"

*Now* we know why Gaetz resigned from Congress.

Matt Gaetz as AG would be laughable if it weren’t so horrific and dangerous The nomination is really Trump’s loyalty test of Senate Republicans: If they go along, there’s nothing they won’t agree to.

I like Robert Reich! What Matt Gaetz's appointment will show. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

I just tried to share Heather Cox Richardson's latest. Copied and pasted, but it wouldn't let me post. Does anyone know why this might be? It was pretty long, maybe that's it.

Very lovely, nicely done.

Stop action photo of a young great blue heron in profile view with its beak open and a small fish also in profile suspended between the heron's upper and lower beak. Water flows around the fish between the beak giving the appearance of being frozen in ice.

I took this photo a couple years ago and it's still my luckiest great blue heron capture. #birds

Earlier today, MSM reported 700K new members here THIS WEEK. NYT just reported it is up to 1M--yes, one million new bluesky accounts since the election.