Penne Sandbeck

Another hit from @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG 🧟🎃😱
(Not sure she still uses B'sky...)

She does, but it's not posted on her page yet

Via Friends of Acadia: during the shutdown, Acadia National Park is unable to collect entrance fees. This puts significant park revenue, essential for next year's operations, at risk. Visitors can help support Acadia by donating the value of an entrance fee at: friendsofacadia.org/entrance

Via Friends of Acadia! 💙 #SupportShadowSystems

We know many visitors want to support Acadia by purchasing a park pass, but simply have no way of doing so right now. In lieu of a pass, visitors can support Acadia by donating the value of an entrance fee at:

friendsofacadia.org/membership-g...

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

Sinclair & Nexstar may have blacked out their service areas, but @jimmykimmel.com came back.
Give the monolog a watch and a thumbs up on the YouTubes.

This was just unbelievable. Who cares how he was sitting? He wasn't bothering anyone. So transparent what was really going on

Yep, a friend of mine at FEMA has told me a bit. The man knows nothing about hurricanes...

Wait, which Kurosawa movie was this?

It made my evening to hear Sandy Denny and Fotheringay. Glad to see Secret Monkey Weekend on here, too.

"Let's go flying!"

This is terrifying.

Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, which would give Congress 45 days to approve the di...

The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official who spoke to NPR.

Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."

Watch this and tell me we aren't turning into a totalitarian country.

I know the term has been overused, especially lately, but "improper idelogy" is downright Orwellian.

Fossils of chipmunk shark, an ancient species with an adorable name, found in Mammoth Cave Paleontologists at Mammoth Cave National Park have unearthed an ancient shark species previously unknown to science.

The pint-sized predator measured between three and four inches in length and lived roughly 340 million years ago, when Kentucky was still covered in a warm, shallow sea during the Mississippian Period.

That is terrible! Let me guess, they didn't apologize either did they?

I'm not a big United fan, but this is horrific.

“But no one in the wider world can appreciate how stressful it is to confront an executive order like this until one is directed at you.” --Brad Karp.

Fuck you, you coward.

Thank you.

Opinion | Colleges Are Under Attack. They Can Fight Back. This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.

University leaders “need to defend the core mission of their institutions” against the Trump administration’s campaign against higher education, the editorial board writes.

Whitewashing American history The Trump Presidency as a project of erasure

New, from me:

Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.

Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...

'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.

News: "Bloody Saturday" for Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international networks

Mass indefinite suspensions at Voice of America, Radio/TV Marti

Federal contracts severed for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia & more

My NPR story

www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...

Thank you. That has been my confusion as well.

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.

☎️: (202) 224-3121

Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.

The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.

Call retiring Senators too!

A Betrayal Senate Democrats didn't just squander an opportunity to rein in Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They confirmed all the stereotypes that have made them toxic to progressives and swing voters alike.

Schumer's defenders write off all this criticism with disdain for "expressive politics." But expression—useful, counterproductive or otherwise—is a huge part of politics. It's what all the soul searching about Dems' failure to reach new media audiences is all about. www.offmessage.net/p/a-betrayal

EVERYONE: Call Chuck Schumer’s office tomorrow morning when they open at 9AM. He is the Minority Leader. He represents us all, we are all his constituents.

Be kind to office staff. Tell them exactly what you think of their feckless boss. If you think Schumer needs to resign then say that.

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.

The largest private employer in Baltimore just lost $800 million in federal contracts and grants. This recession is going to be a doozy.

Former Social Security Admin Commissioner Martin O'Malley: They are trying to break this agency in order to turn the public against it, so they can privatize it, liquidate it, and steal at least a portion or all of the $2.7T that's in the fund. People should rise up.

JD Vance claimed on X that “Slava Ukraini” protesters followed him & shouted at his daughter.

Guess he didn’t realize it was caught on camera. No one yelled at his kid, and they didn’t follow them.

Vance & Musk need to quit using children as shields. The public isn’t backing down—we want answers.