Graphic pulled from the video game Oregon Trail showing a prarie wagon being pulled by oxen going along a winding road with RFK Jr in the front of the wagon waving. The wagon/oxen/trail are bright green on a black background. The caption says "You have died of measles."

While RFKJ is busy making false claims about how dangerous the measles vaccine is, he forgets to mention that measles can cause pneumonias, brain swelling, and kills people. Get vaccinated. Your score per person is based on the overall health of your party.

#oregontrailmedicine

you know how wile e. coyote, in the instant after running off the cliff but before starting to fall, holds up a sign? maybe it's the same impulse

Exclusive | Draft of Trump Executive Order Aims to Eliminate Education Department Secretary Linda McMahon would be directed to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure” based on “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.”

I’ve spent my life fighting for Wisconsin’s kids. I’ve been a teacher, a principal, a superintendent, and the state superintendent. I know Wisconsin's kids and our schools—this decision would be catastrophic for them. There's no question. I’m sorry, but this is bullshit.

Two large gray birds with red crowns, SandhillCranes, just after landing from migration for the first time back at their breeding grounds.

Sandhill Cranes about this time last year. 2024
#Birds #photography #nature
#SandhillCranes #AntigoneCanadensis

bird: cheeb chip chip chiperoo

me: *opening merlin bird app* ooo what was that

bird:

merlin:

crow: caw

merlin: crow. am i done?

me: no there was another bird

another crow: caw

merlin: another crow. hey are you an idiot?

Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country WASHINGTON—According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country. “Our latest research and statistical analysis show...

Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country

Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

At 74, Wisdom the albatross is welcoming new motherhood once again The Laysan Albatross was first banded (or marked) in Hawaii in 1956. Meaning, she could be even older than the current estimate of 74.

Best bird story on Earth 🥰🪶 www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

We got a nice snowfall so I was able to do my favorite cat enrichment activity. Which is throwing a few shovel fulls of snow into the bathtub. My cats are strictly indoor and they love to paw at it #cats #catenrichment #winter

Have a timeline cleanse

Theo's favorite way to lay

🧶 #knit #crochet
🤣

Captain America* is fun** for everyone***! Marvel's back!****

*actually, before watching Captain America you should watch that six-hour Disney+ series

**and also The Eternals, and try to stay awake this time

***and some old Hulk movie, not sure which one

****critics say it's...fine.

The worst superbowl commercials are the ones that say something like "America is freedom for everyone. Respect each other. Buy my product." Like just pick a market to cater to

Is the number of Taylor Swift sightings correlated to the Chiefs success?

YouTube video by friendsofUSAID Save Foreign Aid

Thank you to everyone who stands with USAID. Share far and wide. Unfortunately we don’t have $40 million to buy up ads during the Super Bowl. Even if we did, we’d use it to support the U.S. economy while feeding kids around the globe.

#StandWithUSAID
#SaveForeignAid

m.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

This lovely stump I saw at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore summer 2024. National Lakeshores need some more love! #NPS #Nationalpark #upperpeninsula #UP #forest #fairy #publicland

Reporting back from this morning. Sometimes when the internet is awful it can wait and you should just be out there talking to birds. Even if they're not listening. 🪶

A bi-monthly curated box of snacks

new york times article with the headline invasive crabs have taken over new england. one solution? eat them.

one of the things invasive crabs and billionaires have in common

Been doing a lot of reminiscing lately about my trip to Berlin several years ago, so here's a photo. #travel #germany #studyabroad #memories

Happy #caturday from Theo, who is loving this cat tree from costco

Do people still scrapbook or am I turning into my mom?

I've seen this posted a lot and it just really hits home when you realize that history is truly repeating itself. 😱

20 BOOKS CHALLENGE

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 4
Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge

20 BOOKS CHALLENGE

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 3
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kiddee

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge

20 BOOKS CHALLENGE

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 2
The Crisis Caravan by Linda Polman

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge

I'm halfway done & I love it. I've never done mosaic crochet before, but it is easy and holds my attention well

black squirrel eats a peanut on a wooden fence

A very glossy Squirrel of the Day for January 27, 2025 #sqrlpix

20 BOOKS CHALLENGE

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 1

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge