September 26, 2025 Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that twenty men who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre would keep their medals, despite more than ...

September 26, 2025

I don't care who you are, this is funny AF.

Well said!

🔫 GUN VIOLENCE
🔹 309 mass shootings have occurred so far this year, causing 302 deaths and 1,354 injuries.

🔹 Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens. This includes mass shootings, suicides and accidents.

It's time for action. #GunViolence #EndGunViolence #PolicyChangeNow

From the Guardian…

“It is even wilder to see Republicans, who since 1980 have held so fervently to the idea of free markets that they have denounced even the most basic regulations as socialism, celebrate the government takeover of a private company”

The next time they scream socialism, let’s all remind them 👇🏻

The image features a vibrant bouquet of various flowers, including red, purple, blue, yellow, and orange blooms, with green leaves and stems. The flowers are densely packed, creating a colorful and lively arrangement against a black background. Overlapping the floral design is bold white text that reads: "I WISH FOR YOU WHAT YOU WISH FOR IMMIGRANTS" The text is prominent and stands out clearly against the colorful backdrop. At the bottom, the word "TRANSPAINTER" appears, likely indicating the artist or creator of the image.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

A moment of silence please for #USAID, which is officially shuttered after months of dismantling.

Why a moment of silence? Not only for the employees. But also for the estimated 14 MILLION deaths by 2030 predicted without the agency.

@altusaid.altgov.info

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

“no human is illegal” accompanied by bunny and bird

I don't want Canada or Greenland. I want PBS, Social Security, and The Smithsonian.

Mostly, I want democracy.

Happy birthday, Dr J 🙂💫

5 Places to Turn for Accurate Health Information (Gift Article) Changes to federal health websites have raised concerns about their reliability. These independent sources offer an alternative.

Good list for anyone seeking reliable guidance to counter the steady stream of health disinformation from this administration.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...

Programs for Children and Families Eliminated ACF Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demo ACF Head Start ACF Preschool Development Grant ACF Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness ACL ACL University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Developmental Disabilities Projects of National Significance ACL Lifespan Respite Care ACL Long-term Care Ombudsman ACL Preventive Health Services ACL Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (Investigate group home abuse) ACL State Councils on Developmental Disabilities CDC Adolescent and School Health CDC Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) CDC Asthma CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning CDC Firearm Injury & Mortality Prevention Research CDC Newborn Screening and Molecular Biology CDC Oral Health CDC Reproductive Health CDC Smoking and Health CDC Youth Violence Prevention CMS Medicaid and CHIP Budget of $129.6 million? Is this a joke? GDM Children's Interagency Coordination Council GDM Discretionary Sexual Risk Avoidance Programs GDM Still Birth Taskforce GDM Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program HRSA EMS for Children HRSA Family Planning HRSA Healthy Start HRSA Universal Newborn Hearing Screening IHS Preventive Health OASH Office of Population Affairs SAMSHA Childhood Mental Health SAMSHA Children and Family Programs SAMSHA Consumer and Family Network Grants SAMSHA Health Transitions Infant and Early SAMSHA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health SAMSHA SAMSHA Interagency Task Force on Trauma Informed Care Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) SAMSHA STOP Act Pregnant and Postpartum Women SAMSHA Youth Prevention and Recovery Initiative

Here is a list of critical federal health programs for families that they want to cut.

Without these programs families will have fewer resources to care for loved ones, young and old. Those on the edge will fall into poverty.

Call your reps.

Nurses are the unsung heroes of public health.

The leaked FY 2026 HHS budget could eliminate the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and most Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs, which support nursing research, education, and training.

www.nursingworld.org/news/news-re...

Now THAT’S some #GoodTrouble. #HandsOff

Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.

Yes, because what's holding the US back from greatness is our lack of "wood independence". 🙄

Logging these >100 year old trees will be disastrous for climate.

Monarch butterflies to be added to threatened species list in the US US Fish and Wildlife Service extends protections to ‘iconic’ insects, who experts say may not survive climate crisis

Prior to 2019, I have had the privilege of watching many Monarchs cycle through their four stages of life in my gardens. Since then, their visits have been sparse.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

It’s raining democracy in Xenia, Ohio! #handsoff

Just noting that Americans have a strong history of losing their shit when they feel their caffeine is unfairly taxed 😬☕️🫖

Noah + the Rescue Radio, bluesman’s rock side-project, returns to Brightside There have been around seven incarnations of Noah + the Rescue Radio, bluesman Noah Wotherspoon’s sporadic rock/powerpop side-project.

"I don’t know if the other stuff’s more cerebral, and the blues comes more from the solar plexus, but it is a different part of myself."

The Equinox Rock’n’Roots Revue will feature Sam King + the Suspects, and the Boxcar Suite. @brightsidedayton.bsky.social

www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyles/n...

Me, too! 💜

A screenshot of a poem. The poem reads: Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

From “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

#skybrary #skybrarians #booksky

Mice, Ranked From Least to Most Transgender No matter gay straight or bi, lesbian, transgender mice.

Palate cleanser.

The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster.

Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔