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So I heard!

Gavin Newsom comes out swinging against California billionaire tax Ballot initiative, opposed by the ultra-wealthy, would levy one-time 5% tax on individuals worth more than $1bn

Psst! Your crown prince is aggressively fighting the California billionaire tax. He’s doesn’t care about you, pass it on! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I had my first marmorated stinkbug yesterday

I was standing behind someone on the metro escalator and she had a Christian Dior bag with the name on the strap but it was inside out, so I thought it said “Christmas Roid”

absolutely no way i wasn’t going to import this from reels

Dark, shallow underwater scene showing three Astraspis, yellow, finless, jawless fish with armored head swimming to the right, surrounded by some algae and rocks. 3D artwork.

Murky underwater scene with two Eriptychius, dark brownish, finless, jawless fish facing each other, half buried in the soft sediment, with rocks in the background. 3D artwork.

Top view of a shallow marine environment with Eriptychius and Astraspis, two different species of jawless fishes, loitering around the soft sediment and rocks. 3D artwork.

Look at my fesh
#Art #SciArt

It’s been terrifying to have almost every year in the past 20 years be a lesson in how many people with power make decisions about who lives and dies with little thought or care or even a clear idea as to why they’re doing anything, and it’s terrifying that it seems to be getting worse

Can we put Murderbot in charge of the DoD?

A reminder that the administration spent the day before it launched a war in the Middle East feuding with tech companies over whether and how the AI models the Pentagon buys will be restrained from autonomously killing people.

Heroic Chicago trans comedian recalls saving infant from ice-cold Lake Michigan: ‘I guess I’m going in’ “The most important part of this entire story is that the baby is okay,” Lio Cundiff told The Advocate.

“It’s weird,” he said. “I just did something that I would think anyone would do. What do you mean you would watch a stroller and a baby just sink?”

BORDER WALL TO START CONSTRUCTION After months of talk about “smart” border barriers along the Rio Grande, traditional steel walls are nearing construction in the Big Bend. Recent reports from landowners, park staff, and Border Patrol...

i would love it if these ghouls could leave precisely one good thing unfucked with, that would rule

bigbendsentinel.com/2026/02/03/b...

When my adult trans kid was planning a move, several family members suggested cities closer to home with the argument that although X state is red, X city is blue. And kiddo was like, "Nope, I need the full power of the state behind me." And this is why.

And I would note that in a place like Kansas, you probably need a car to get to work

This is why people are so upset when people say Democrats need to stop focusing on trans issues because it's too woke and people aren't ready for it: we're not talking minor inconvenience here. We're not talking microaggressions

We're talking: they are stripping IDs from trans people

i’m tired of hearing about the founding fathers. i just feel like, that’s enough of that

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Join us tomorrow night for our monthly sewing skill share 🪡
Basic machines and supplies will be provided and a few experienced guides will be present to teach and answer questions.
All are welcome, regardless of skill level, experience, or identity.
More info and RSVP: www.tqnc.org/events/sew-g...

#Seabirds are so important for #oceans, #islands, and #people!

Check out this great #NatureReviews article (@natrevbiodiv.nature.com) to read more about why these #birds are important and what we should focus on in future research.

The "OKAY" antifascist stickers are ready! I have two sizes, and they are made with a premium vinyl, water and sun-resistant, microwave and dishwasher-safe.

I ship free in the US!

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What you idiot commies don’t understand is that if we tax rich people they will JUST LEAVE, depriving our nation of tax cheats, political bribery, and national acts of perversion

This is exactly right. The Onion quietly left Twitter a month ago and... our weekly subscribers went up. It's because we're doing well here, on Instagram and on YouTube.

As a business, being on Twitter is somewhere between useless or detrimental, unless you're selling boner pills.

Thank you for that! It'll be another 3 months before I'll saw

Bright red and metallic damselfly sitting on a twig.

Thinking family and friends today in the blizzard on the East Coast, meanwhile, here in Colorado we’re under a severe drought with only 10 to 20% of average precipitation. We could all use a damselfly. Rubyspot!

In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the ‘89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?

all-time CD packaging rankings

1. Standard jewel case
2. Weird box
3. Digipak
4. Dvd case
5. loose disc
6. wood with CD nub attached
7. Paper sleeve / envelope
8. car floor
9. Slim jewel case
10. standard jewel case w/ wrong cover

Never forget Drugstore Beetles! #TeamInvertebrate

Well, well, well - Bluesky *IS* professionally useful, especially for someone running a social media workshop tomorrow.

#Academicsky

There is no bottom with these people. Think of how much we don't know about what is going on inside the concentration camps. I want to hear from every Democratic elected official and candidate about their plans for accountability once this regime is out of power.

i am increasingly bothered by terms like "showdown" or "face-off" or "clash" when used to describe corrupt and fascist power coming up against resistance because there's an implied symmetry that does not exist.

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

everyone with an IQ above paste could have predicted this would happen: anyway; these Meta glasses are ontologically evil and anyone who wears them is a creeping blood-worm who should be chased from society with stones and sharp sticks