This is the best news I’ve heard all week!!!

I did! I get so frustrated by all the people who talk during performances but I enjoyed all three bands! 😊

I was there but didn’t stay til the end. I was upstairs and it just got too damn hot to stay. Glad you enjoyed it!

I like his music. Hey, did you enjoy the Drive-By Truckers show last weekend?

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That’s new to me, too, but it makes a lot of sense!

Enjoying @adeemtheartist.bsky.social with my coffee this morning.

NOAA is an absolute mess, and it’ll be worse tomorrow. Please help us. There have already been over 1,000 terminations. It’s not just layoffs—Elon Musk and his staffers are trying to completely dismantle us. Today, there were tons of firings, and more are coming tomorrow.

We may not have flu shots next year. NOAA cut. FAA cut. National Parks cut. SSA being cut. US no longer part of WHO. Medicaid slashed. Proposed tax structure raises taxes. Tariffs increasing costs. A child died of measles. So much more.

How is anyone ok with any of this? Our world is upside down.

Scrolling to find the things I want to boost/share here. There’s SO MUCH. Can’t pick just one or two but don’t want to repost all of them…but don’t want to not repost them all. It’s scary. Overwhelming. Frustrating. Angst-inducing. What to do? Feeling awful (and powerless) about ALL of it.

Gotcha. My favorite, I think, is Ships in the Harbor. It’s one that packs a punch lyrically (even though I usually don’t catch lyrics).

I get it. Do you like Tommy’s music? To me, it’s as real as it gets. Technically perfect? No, but the emotion comes through strong and to me that’s more important than being technically perfect.

A bit of a non sequitur but are you familiar with Tommy Prine?

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

I agree! I think the flavors would work well together.

I’m so down for this. I love beets. Anyone want to make me one?

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Do you know anyone who receives services through Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and/or the Health Insurance Marketplace? According to Alt National Park Service, Musk and his peeps have been going through records associated with those programs. Be prepared for a whole lot of people to lose those services.

But now, critical emergency response positions are being cut, leaving both staff and visitors at risk.

We take pride in protecting and maintaining these parks, but we are being set up to fail. The people who love and rely on these public lands deserve better.

Then, on Feb. 6, we learned that the Trump administration had rescinded even more job offers—this time for seasonal law enforcement rangers, wildland firefighters, and EMTs. These are roles directly tied to public safety, supposedly exempt from Trump’s Jan. 20 hiring freeze.

Our parks are in chaos. We’ve seen firsthand how Trump’s hiring freeze, the rescinding of hundreds of job offers, and the layoff of 5% of NPS staff have left us overwhelmed and short-handed.

I literally spit my drink out when I saw this. 😂😂😂. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Right? He already said that he’s hoping that there will never be another election.

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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Education Department employees on probation were abruptly dismissed without cause across the department this morning. Staff have been warned that more layoffs are coming.