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Oh, yay! Tuned to the #FOBBV channel on YouTube to find that #Jackie ‘s sitting on a new egg! I hope this one (and any others that might join it) results in a strong, healthy chick. 🦅

You’re really raking in the wins in the cat care lottery this month.

Yay! Congratulations! May he be granted many multiples of 7 months of good health in return.

Proofs are in!!!! @kimkelly.bsky.social

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Spaghettios with meatballs

I can say I’ve visited Ten Sleep, having spent a summer at Girl Scout National Center West when I was about 15. I don’t remember much about the town other than a local rodeo and a gift shop called Dirty Sally’s.

In a historic vote, Tennessee Volkswagen workers get their first union contract Two years ago, the successful union drive at this plant was expected to spark victories throughout the South. But now, as members vote to make their contract official, momentum has fizzled.

This is a historic milestone for working people in the South.

Congratulations to the Volkswagen workers and our @uaw.org family on ratifying their first union contract. Better pay, healthcare cost reductions, job security and more — it’s #BetterInAUnion!

May his testicles and tongue sprout ineradicable black mold.

I hope once the drugs wear off he doesn't decide to exact revenge by peeing on all your favorite furniture/blankets/rugs.

Turn On Your Speakers!

On the one hand, this might be the first time I’ve recognized more than a handful of band names. (Music festivals are not my scene.) On the other, I feel like I’ve time traveled to 1995 after reading that lineup.

On the other other hand, teen-me from 40 years ago squeed a little at Violent Femmes.

YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream They're taking away the most important weather lab in the US

"It's hard to imagine atmospheric science in the United States without NCAR."

Russell Vought and the anti-science zealots that have overrun the National Science Foundation are preparing to dismantle America's global leadership in weather research.

Spend 6 minutes with the people affected.

Big Ag Has Corrupted Our Food System. Here’s How We Can Rebuild. Austin Frerick explains how corporate monopolies captured farm bill policy, and how farmers and eaters can unite to fix our food system.

"The scariest thing to me right now in the beef market is this: Normally in moments like this where prices are high and herd populations are low, ranchers expand the herd. But they’re not doing that. We’re not seeing herd expansion." barnraisingmedia.com/big-ag-has-c...

Democrats propose New Hampshire abortion and reproductive health shield law A group of Democratic state lawmakers are attempting to enact an abortion shield law in New Hampshire in an effort to protect those seeking reproductive health care in the state from out-of-state…

A group of Democratic state lawmakers are attempting to enact an abortion shield law in New Hampshire in an effort to protect those seeking reproductive health care in the state from out-of-state restrictions.

via @newhampshirebulletin.com

From this angle it looks like she’s in a reclining pigeon pose.

I am a proud pro-union Governor and that ain't changing. These leaders deliver good pay and benefits for our workforce, supporting families across our commonwealth and country. It was great to shake their hands and thank them for all they do at the annual Working Families Dinner.

Here's an important issue related to the proposal to cut employee health insurance in the House budget. The legislature has taken $1.017 billion from the KY Employees Health Plan in recent years to balance the state budget. That money would otherwise be there to help cover costs.

Jacques-Louis David has a few possible contenders, including several of Napoleon and The Death of Marat (if that counts as a portrait).

Kills Well with Others by @deannaraybourn.bsky.social (audio) #FridayReads #Booksky 💙📚

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a woman in a purple jacket is sitting in front of a stained glass window and says good morning sinners Alt: Dana Carvey as the Church Lady saying, “Good Morning Sinners.”

It’s not the bats in the belfry you have to watch out for, it’s the biddies in the sacristy.

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Text: SUPPORT THE STRIKERS The Free Alabama Movement has announced a work strike, set to begin on Sunday, February 8. Incarcerated people across Alabama are answering the call and refusing to participate in their exploitation and oppression. "This nonviolent comes in response to decades of unconstitutional sentencing practices, forced prison labor, and the ongoing humanitarian crisis throughout Alabama's prison system," FAM leaders said in a statement. Read the list of demands below and stand in solidarity with the strikers of the Free Alabama Movement. DEMANDS 1. REPEAL ALABAMA'S HABITUAL FELONY OFFENDER ACT (HOA) 2. MAKE THE PRESUMPTIVE SENTENCING GUIDELINES RETROACTIVE 3. MAKE HJR 575 RETROACTIVE (DRIVE-BY-SHOOTING STATUE REFORM) 4. FIRST-TIME OFFENDER/CAPITAL MURDER REFORM BILL 5. PAROLE BOARD REFORM AND CRITERIA 6. MEDICAL FURLOUGH/COMPASSIONATE RELEASE EXPANSION 7. STATEWIDE CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT 8. ABOLISH FORCED PRISON LABOR 9. STRENGTHENING FAMILIES ACT (INCLUDING CONJUGAL VISITS)

🚨 Led by the Free Alabama Movement, incarcerated workers across Alabama are ON STRIKE to protest brutal labor exploitation and inhumane conditions behind the walls 🚨

Watch ‘The Alabama Solution” doc and read on for ways to support their strike:
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Not naming names, because I actually want this person to win, but a feckless senator has a challenger with politics I like, and I signed up to volunteer months ago, but the campaign didn't reach out.

I *do* get lots of spam texts asking for money, though.

Treating voters as cash cows is a plague.

The "bare bones" state budget proposed in the House makes no plan to sustain SNAP after massive federal cuts. We need lawmakers to vastly improve this budget proposal and put Kentuckians over cuts. #kyga26

Any crashing or zapping sounds?

Kentucky GOP Congressman Andy Barr’s new #kysen ad:

“It’s not a sin to be white”