A painting by American regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) of a human skull and discarded revolver hidden in a tangle of roots, leaves and undergrowth at the base of a tree. In the background a farmer ploughs a field.

'After Many Springs' (1945) by Thomas Hart Benton #ArtSky #Spring

A misty scene with tall trees in the background, their tops fading into the fog. In the foreground, a grassy hillside is dotted with yellow wildflowers and tall pink flower spikes rising above the greenery. A dirt path and partially be seen and curves along the left side.

Good morning and happy Monday, BS 🦋👋…. wishing you a week full of fresh starts and kind moments… have a great day! ☕️🌿🌥️🌼🌳💛✨

As we prepare for a new week, treasure and protect your self respect, value the dignity of others, and know that your small acts of kindness will make more difference than you’ll ever see. You are You, and that’s good enough. Embrace it. 😊

#Cornwall #sunset #nature #life #peace #love #hope #calm

An utterly delightful half grown tabby kitten sprawled in a fluffy pink bed. He is stretched out with his belly exposed and his back feet up.

Also I am sorry but LOOK AT THIS KITTEN.

He didn't even flinch when I opened his crate because I couldn't resist rubbing his belly. He is a delight and and I am SO proud of him.

Looking up at the bare branches of a tree against a blue sky, bright yellow Forsythia blossom branches in the foreground.

Monday Blue 💙

📷 #BlueSkyMonday

Steve is telling a ghost story!
Can you all pretend to be really scared please?
(Steve is trying his best).

A white, light blue, and peach sky over a row of silhouetted trees.

Good Monday morning Wishing you a day of good starts and new beginnings...

Arctic Still.

An icy image from the shores of Baffin Island in Arctic Bay, Nunavut…..one of the prettiest little communities in the Canadian Arctic.

#arctic #landscapephotography

Beautiful morning!

©️ Nimueh11

30,000 people at Bernie and AOC rally in Denver

AOC = Anti Oligarchs Club

A garden of sunflowers … and an AK-47: Iranian murder plot comes to Brooklyn The trial of two Russian mobsters for a murder-for-hire scheme targeting the women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad revealed incongruous, and chilling, details Masih Alinejad had just finished gathering tomatoes and cucumbers from the backyard garden of her Brooklyn home when she spotted a “gigantic” man mulling about. At first, he seemed “like a normal guy”, the Iranian-American dissident writer recalled in court this week of a fateful day in late July 2022. “He was walking and then he had a phone in his hand.” Continue reading...

A garden of sunflowers … and an AK-47: Iranian murder plot comes to Brooklyn

Sanders: I'm not a mathematician but I do know that 99% is a hell of a lot bigger number than 1%. I do know that if we stand together, we are the vast majority of people. We can defeat trumpism

I am guessing he is gearing up to make bank by lobbying.

I called Peters, Slotkins and Schumer. So beyond disgusted with the every person who voted yes.

In the words of a very wise and compassionate friend. Senator Gary Peter's are you hearing us.

The USA is owed nothing by Ukraine or Zelenskyy One of the issues that seems to have been neglected in most of the news articles regarding the shocking, vulgar display of American perfidy in the Oval Office this week is the question of Ukraine’s “g...

What they did on Friday directly violated the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. The Ukraine was promised the support of the USA, EU and UK and does not need to "thank" any of us for that agreed upon support. This is why Ukraine must be added as a NATO member.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

YouTube video by AJ+ It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Finally Going Home!

FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA!
#freegaza
#valigiablu

youtu.be/H8WOCx2SX_E?...

#FreePalestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show

This is an interesting perspective I needed to hear today. Ezra Klein made me pause and step out of the overwhelm.

youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...

Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.

She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”

@brandibuchman.bsky.social

Still out here. 🤪

A few of us are still out here.

Sorry for the shaky video.

Don't Let Bishop Budde Stand Alone: A Challenge to Every Minister in America. To the Ministers in America,

This world has enough ministers who’ve been content to stay silent and become complicit in the weaponizing of religion and the ascension of bigotry.

We don’t need any more of those.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...

Fuck this guy. Ask any nurse or LPN or ER doc or admin clerk or social worker if they work weekends. This disrespect to our federal workforce is disgusting. Especially from this piece of shit.