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He’s already TACOing, and we’ve yet to see the market carnage tomorrow.
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He’s already TACOing, and we’ve yet to see the market carnage tomorrow.
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Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars - WDEF Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic.

“It’s really quite gruesome,” said marine disease ecologist Dr. Alyssa Gehman at the @hakai.org in British Columbia, Canada www.wdef.com/scientists-s...

Minnesota’s Hennepin County Launches Online Portal Tracking Abuses of Power By ICE and CBP County Attorney Mary Moriarty said the initiative is already tracking more than a dozen incidents, including one involving Border Patrol official Greg Bovino.

Hennepin County, MN has launched a portal where everyday Americans can document potential abuses by federal immigration agents.

Despite the admin's claims that operations are winding down, Minnesotans continue to be targeted. "Community-based monitoring remains critical," writes @tusk81.bsky.social

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Not “all men”. Not “all white people”. Not “all -insert group”

These people gain power from our silence, fear, learned helplessness, complacency, hopelessness, habit.

They are sure of it, depend on it
Fighting them is scary. Some can. Start with encouraging yourself and others to speak up.

Good for them ♥️

A little something for your morning:

One more for #InternationalWomensDay

Your 9 o'clock photo is actually a video, and your 77 seconds of nature zen.
OK, if your version of zen happens to be 40 mph winds in the natural wind tunnel of the Columbia River Gorge.
The sun slips behind some clouds on 7 March 2026, Viento State Park, Oregon (right side of river is Washington)

Always fight back.
It’s the only way some of this stuff gets opposed.

The cover to "For Better or for Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston." The cover shows her sitting in front of alot of panels of her strip.

A sample color Sunday strip.

A black and white photo of her standing in front of some panels of her strip.

Cartoonist Lynn Johnston, creator of the newspaper comic strip For Better or For Worse, which ran from 1979 to 2008. #InternationalWomensDay  #InternationalWomensDay2026

So very often.

“Teleport to bus stop on other side of river“ is as good as “drive underwater for 55 minutes”

I feel like anyone programming this stuff should spend at least a day using what they programmed.

DOJ confirmed that 47,635 Epstein files have been removed.

That’s ANOTHER 47,635 reasons why we need ACCOUNTABILITY!

Thank you for including me in this very special pack Marcie!
🙏💙💐💞💕
We must stand together & forge forward to true equality!
We’re certainly not letting men force us backwards.
I love flowers & love this meme!

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China recognizes the security threat of what is happening to oil prices.

The Best People!

Not only are these the worst people, they are also the dumbest.

Yes, been said many many times before. But it never fails to astound.

Google Maps will regularly tell me to drive across the waters of Puget Sound - when I specifically ask for transit instructions to try to see the ferry schedule.

@badfoxgraphics.bsky.social is here on BS as well.

Continued follow up on the devastating impact of these arrests needs to be reported.

A little something for International Women’s Day.
Abigail Scott Duniway was known for her women’s rights efforts in Oregon.
She was also a novelist.
offbeatoregon.com/1806c.abigai...

JFC!! The felon is planning on profiting off the country's 250th anniversary.

Be careful the next few days

Happy International Women’s Day. As we experience a backslide in the protection & rights of women and girls, it’s more important than ever to support woman-owned businesses & organizations advocating for women’s rights.

This site has resources for various ways to get involved.

#IWD2026

Don’t worry.
Some billionaire or other will figure out a way to cut it down, make it endangered, package it in a blister package and make us buy it too.

A painting of a bird beside the text "i'm really not sure why i read this shit every day"

Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe City officials expect to reach a “water emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic dis...

Meanwhile, Texans start to reap what that corruption and “drill, baby, drill” have sown for 4+ decades.
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www.texastribune.org/2026/03/08/t...

People would also have to be willing to pay more.

The stuff in the Middle East is cheap to obtain

After the 1970s oil embargo bankrupted the county, Brazil set out for energy independence, but gasoline is $1.165/liter vs USA of $0.892*

* (Varies by the minute based on oil price and exchange rate)