Several men in tactical vests and helmets have their backs to the camera, facing a row of people in street clothes. Members of the crowd are shouting and their breath is visible. A strand of yellow police tape cuts across the scene.

Flowers and candles piled in a semicircle on a ridge of snow. A spray-painted sign says “Alex Pretti,” and a crowd has gathered. One person holds a drum in one hand as they crouch and reach toward a candle with the other hand.

A man holds a Mexican flag and a protest sign in a cloud of tear gas. A street light is just visible behind him, but otherwise the cloud of gas is so thick and tall that the rest of the street is obscured.

A woman in a coat with a furry trim on the hood holds someone in a hat and dark jacket. Behind them are clusters of men in tactical vests, some with helmets, many with masks on.

"I do not have the words to articulate how it feels to watch this unfold in Minneapolis, a city that I have grown to know and love after moving here," our photojournalist @peterdicampo.bsky.social writes. "I knew then that walking these streets would never feel the same."

More: propub.li/4rptLKC

Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp told Jeffrey Epstein: ‘You’re amazing’ Department of Justice documents detail relationship between head of Wall Street law firm and child sex offender

The king of law firm capitulators was also apparently an Epstein fanboy. www.ft.com/content/e12a...

The entire Grammys audience cheered when Trevor Noah announced that Nicki Minaj was not in attendance. 😂

Low tide seen from a cliff above the Pacific….leaving a natural rock garden exposed the sun is seen in horizon setting & now casting a lengthening shadow from a further west cliff that has just a few evergreens above here@ lands end hardy enough to welcome whatever comes next….

A few trees in between shadows& sun here@ the edge of things… #Beginnings #Costal&otherwiseCrazed

Seems like a bad sign when all the best people don't want to work with you anymore, in part because they don't want to risk their own careers by doing illegal or unethical things.

So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10

YouTube video by Hot Chocolate Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing (ZDF Disco, 24.04.1976)

Hot Chocolate, the band that never really saw themselves as disco (even though they made quite a few excellent disco records), hit #1 on the UK dance chart on this day exactly 50 years ago with this absolute gem.

What’s your favourite Hot Chocolate “disco” track?

#disco #music #musicsky

Photo of stormy clouds over a forest, lake and distant jagged mountains

A threatening #Sky suggests rain is on the way, as storm clouds start to build over the peaks of the Grand Teton range in #Wyoming

#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography #HoodsUp

An Aurora Framed

I planned for this shot to have a nice wee shape, with dark skies across the top. The trouble with Aurora though, they don't listen! So much bigger and more intense than expected!

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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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#Aurora #Night #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Scape #BucketList #Travel #Epic

Color photo looking upstream from Bainbridge, past the boat ramp; Haldeman Island and the power pylons from power station on the left. River surface heavily rippled from the wind; sky graduated in color from deep blues at the top of image, to baby blues at the horizon, with a cloud bank in the distance and cirrus layers closer

Dramatic skies above a windy Susquehanna, upstream from Bainbridge Inn and Haldeman Island a few weeks back, warmer days; today's sky, that blanket winter grey, the seasonal softbox

#Photography #Landscape #BlueSkyArtShow #Sky #EastCoastKin

World Cup Draw: Cities Most Want To Score These National Teams Eleven U.S. cities have billions riding on the World Cup draw, happening Friday in Washington, D.C.

Eleven U.S. cities have billions riding on the World Cup draw, happening Friday in Washington, D.C.

Yosemite Valley never disappoints #elcapitan #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #yosemitevalley #yose #rangeoflight #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography

fog settled over small lake - reflected trees, and gliding geese at blue hour

Each time,
the found world surprises
- that is its nature.

Jane Hirshfield

Kill Bill the Whole Bloody Affair movie poster

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YouTube video by Star Wars Explained IT'S HAPPENING! The Star Wars THEATRICAL EDITION is Coming to Theaters!

IT’S HAPPENING! The original theatrical version of Star Wars is coming to theaters in 2027: youtu.be/qfXvdFcvhNY?...

The Baths at British Virgin Islands - gigantic boulders topped with palm trees meet an orange beach jetting out to clear warm aqua waters. Clouds dot a bright blue sky. Byrne said this quote this week in his new show. I wrote a review of the show on my timeline if you’re interested

Love and compassion are forms of resistance- David Byrne

Pic of the day

#photography

One thing that's been heavily proven to me is Bluesky is not all politics. The music, record, cd, movie, books, horror and lots more scenes are heavily alive and well here with almost zero negativity. Better engagement here than Facebook has been in years.

Mountain landscape

Sunbeams on the Wasatch

First chapter of my new fic is up for the first day of @mwmpregweek25.bsky.social
😘 I'm really excited about this one. #Ghoap #GhostSoap

KERNEN: If we're reversing some tariffs to try to help affordability, isn't that acknowledging that tariffs were responsible for some of the higher prices and inflation?

HASSETT: This is nothing new

This is State Senator and President Pro-Tem of the Missouri Senate, Cindy O’Laughlin.

They don’t care. They never did. They like conspiracy theories because it makes them feel like they know more than other people, but they are in a cult. If their cult, leader is implicated, they disengage.

LOL: Eric Adams. ERIC ADAMS sent an email out today reminding state employees they can't accept gifts this holiday season. BAHAHAHAHA

Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.

You have a right to see this file.

(Published May 2023)

Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction, five-year jail term The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.

Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction, five-year jail term

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The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now Trump's abuse of the pardon power makes everything else look like child's play.

New in PN: The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now

"Trump has perverted the pardon power far beyond the most questionable actions of any other modern president, emboldening a diverse cast of crooked politicians and outright fraudsters in a new American age of corruption."