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Lina Khan is brilliant. In short, bigger is not better...monopolies mean more billionaires, more concentration of wealth & power, less innovation, suppression of wages, increased prices, food deserts, environmental exploitation, more corruption. Time for a change. @hcrichardson.bsky.social

#vss365
#famous

Famous doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things
Deep within it doesn’t give you the joy love brings
Not stranger’s adulation
Or teenage emulation
Family, friends and making a difference are what sings

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.

This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

A brightly coloured duck and its reflection along a dark riverbank.

Against a dark backdrop the colours of a mandarin duck show beautifully.
#birds
#photography

Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S. “Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

The shutdown leaves telehealth for Medicare patients in limbo Telehealth for Medicare started during the pandemic and became popular quickly. But the shutdown put an abrupt halt to payments for the service.

Telehealth for Medicare started during the pandemic and became popular quickly. But the shutdown put an abrupt halt to payments for the service. n.pr/4hHf7uy

What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections Read more here.

Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back.

That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

Watch Sullivan's Crossing | Netflix When Maggie's successful career as a neurosurgeon is upended, she heads home to idyllic Nova Scotia, where she reckons — and reconnects — with her past.

www.netflix.com/watch/820108...

This is the kind of investigation James Comer was made for…

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

To Finish the Pandemic Agreement, WHO Needs a Trustworthy Viral Database | Think Global Health Online platforms for sharing virus sequences are in disarray. The World Health Organization has a chance to build something new

🚨 NEW: The majority holder of the world's genetic sequence data is a bad actor who can cut off access to critics and competing services. We've tolerated this for years, and now it threatens the pandemic treaty. Time for WHO to step in. With @ctrlalttim.com: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/to-f...

"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”

Gov. Andy Beshear

Marjorie Taylor Greene on what she'd say to Mike Johnson: "Where is our healthcare plan? It's nonexistent."

Did You Feel That, America? That's The Pulse of Democracy. Did you feel that, America?

Did you feel that, America?

The steady, throbbing kick-drum rhythm thundering throughout this land on election night?

It was the pulse of Democracy returning.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/did-you-fe...

So many predicted close races, which is understandable. But turnout favored the anti-kings…. And blew the predictions up. 2026, and 2028….. stand back and stand by

Here's the #BeaverMoon from tonight, the last #SuperMoon of 2025. Shot from La Cumbre Peak, above #SantaBarbara.
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography

Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/11
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO: 800

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Next week's cover of The New Yorker.

I guess the plan to have Mike Johnson lie in shutdown press conferences every day for 3 weeks didn’t work out.

A detailed shot I took of a beautiful Blue Tit. One of Britain's favourite garden birds.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography

YouTube video by David Lea Kenney Photography CROYDE, DEVON by Drone | Devon's Stunning Coastline

Here's a drone video I made recently from the beautiful area around Croyde, Devon

#devon #dji #scenery #travel #explore

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7emR...

A Grey Heron portrait, taken by me on the Bude Canal. I believe this beautiful chap wanted to pose for the camera 😂!

#ukbirds #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #photography

One of my favourite shots I have taken. A beautiful Great Grey Owl flying straight towards me.

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #photography

Here's a scary portrait I took of a seagull about to swallow a crab. 🫣 I post a new image from myself most days. If you like wildlife photography please consider giving me a follow! ☺️

#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Oh, you simple-minded, wheezing gargoyle . . . you were very much on the ballot. You are blamed for the shutdown. You are blamed from SNAP shutting down. You are blamed for a bad economy. And numerous people interviewed last night mentioned that seeing the East Wing destroyed motivated them to vote.

Publicity Panel for NZ TV series A REMARKABLE PLACE TO DIE starring Rebecca Gibney.

Aha new TV from NZ - A REMARKABLE PLACE TO DIE - start the check list...
- troubled detective?
- small town?
- mysterious nearby wilderness?
- buried secrets (town)?
- buried secrets (detective)?
- wayward son/daughter?

Just left the latest hearing in Jim Comey's criminal case. It did not go well for DOJ

The magistrate judge scolded them for an "indict first, investigate second" posture and ordered them to turn over reams of material — including all grand jury info — to Comey's team

Details TK

Watercolour painting of a Siamese cat called Sammy! The hardest part to paint was the scarf!
#cats #catsofbluesky #whiskerswednesday #petportraits
#art #watercolours #paintings