Frederick Leonard

New coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarm The virus binds to humans in a similar way to the virus that causes COVID-19.

A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher.

Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”

Literally happening as we speak

This is a fascinating turn of events

Mexico and Canada Are Sending Firefighters to California to Help Put Out Wildfires Air tankers, firefighters and technicians from the neighboring countries are on their way to Los Angeles in a show of solidarity.

“More personnel and equipment from Ontario, Quebec and Alberta are ready to be mobilized, according to government officials. And a team of senior technical staff members from British Columbia will fill specialized roles, the government said.”

JUST IN: Another team of Mexican firefighters has landed in LA to help combat the wildfires.

Thank you, Mexico 🇲🇽🇺🇸

“For my next attention seeking trick, I will have you concentrate on Greenland, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Panama Canal—instead of my absurdly unqualified cabinet picks or that I have no real plans to fix the border or bring down food prices. Look, America, a rabbit!”

Tweet from furby Hancock: Waiter: so how is everything? Me: great! Waiter: (disgusted) even war?

being on bluesky

A Message To You, AG Podcast Episode · The Daily Beans · 01/08/2025 · 43m

We lost a listener today because we called Judge Cannon a swear word.

It's news with swearing. Well-behaved women rarely make history. Listen for free!

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Happy Birthday Dr.Fauci and thank you for saving us! 💙

What the hell are we even doing? Normalizing & green-lighting another psychotic
madman. That’s what we’re doing. It’s f’ing insane.

Posted this at the old place, but thought folks on @bsky.app might like to know I finally met my "mother".

A coach points his hand at a basketball player who's on the bench. He says "alright kid, you're in." The kid gets up, but the coach stops him and says "no. not you." The bench starts moving and gets on the court, leaving the kid to stand by himself, dejected.

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They always get so offended when someone says this

Senate GOP caucus selects Gudger as next president pro tem MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Sen. Garlan Gudger, R-Cullman, will be the next Alabama Senate president pro tem, beating Sen. Steve Livingston, R-Scottsboro, in a  Senate GOP election for the chamber’s top leader...

Big news in Alabama's political world. The GOP caucus elected Sen. Garlan Gudger, R-Cullman, as the next Senate president pro tem. He currently serves on the Senate Education Policy & Education Budget committees. More at the link. aldailynews.com/senate-gop-c...

Free Leonard Peltier.

Robert Reich wearing a t-shirt calling trickle down economics a trick.

Trickle down economics has been nothing short of a disaster.

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I am the mother of three sons.

I would sell my soul to the devil to save each of them.

Especially if I recognized the devil.

Against a steel grey blue sky, a flock of geese fly in their traditional v shape.

Honky tonk. The geese arriving.

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Happy Sunday!!! :)

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

-- James Baldwin, who died #OTD 1987