Behan Gifford

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

His military flyover of the Epstein Survivor's Press Conference was like when a little kid puts their fingers in their ears, saying "Nyah, nyah, nyah I can't hear you!"!
Pathetic, hugely expensive & hilariously ineffective.

#TerrifiedOfTheEPSTEIN_Files 😨

The Deep Ones - I’ve been always thinking about a deep sea Cephalopod theme and here it is! Tentacles and appendages are so different when it comes to arranging the composition so it took me a good while, and hopefully it ends up well! 🦑🐙They’re just like from another world💙

Israel has assassinated the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza, Netanyahu's government carried out the assassination after the team of journalists spent months reporting on Israeli war crimes, collecting daily evidence of ongoing atrocities.

I want to go to ALL the festivals now - the energy was unreal!

Love those puppers however they zoomie! 😄

My life on a sailboat - crossing oceans or sailing in remote places - means spending time in where there's very little light pollution. The night sky, when it is a riotous carpet of stars, is so magical! I'm sad to think many folks will never know it.

Next stop: Japan! 🇯🇵

June 14, we protest nationwide.

Join us and millions of others showing up to protest Trump's regime on the day of his military parade & birthday.

We don't have kings and wannabe dictators in America. We're a country of, by, and for the people.

See you in the streets.

Learn more at nokings.org.

Trump doing a trade war:

New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

What we all just witnessed had all the earmarks of a criminal conspiracy to deprive Abrego-Garcia of his constitutional rights, as well as an impeachable offense. The fraud scheme was a phony agreement engineered by the US to have Bukele say he lacks power to return Abrego Garcia and he won't do it.

This constituent appreciates the updates!

Cory Booker. 👇👇👇

That the administration response included doubling-down on the lie and smearing Goldberg is unconscionable. Conscience often seems in short supply, though

Sailing Totem (@sailingtotem.bsky.social) Behan & Jamie sharing stories from our circumnavigation and beyond. Find us at sailingtotem.com or @sailingtotem in most of the online places Cruising/Liveaboard starter pack! https://go.bsky.app/Jg...

Hey Effie, thank you so much for asking! My sailing account - sailingtotem.bsky.social - would be a way better add for a Sailing starter pack (and yes, thanks!). I mix a lot of non-sailing stuff here in my personal account, it's not as good a fit.

...who share sensitive details in a group chat using an app which is NOT installed in govern devices meaning additionally a private, insecure device likely holds classified material. #seriouslythestupudist

Join me on April 5th

We'll actually be back in the USA on April 5th... hmmm! This was recommended by @rbreich.bsky.social - but, who funds them? It's crazy to have to second guess EVERYTHING but here we are in 2025 where scales are tipped and it's hard to know who to trust. But meanwhile:
app.sosha.ai/s/5k4nfhXF

Follow the money and see where it goes. Nothing like buying our Congress. Musk has made the maximum allowable donation to members of Congress who support impeaching federal judges who are impeding actions taken by Trump.

Thou shalt fire Chuck Schumer.

Lamotrek (Yap state, Micronesia) is amazing and I wish we could stay for weeks and weeks and weeks! Departing for Guam on Sunday.

It's privileged problem for me to complain, but it's a real problem for folks who die too young because their diets are poor.

Remember when the WaPo motto was "Democracy dies in darkness"?

What she said.

hard to ♥️ that because sh*t we really are in a terrible place

This is insane. If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it's this.

The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".