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Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"

What if there were a coup, the US government fell to a drug-addled oligarch who seized control of our money, secrets, and levers of power, and Corporate media did not report on it?

I can’t believe I am traveling for three weeks all the way to Antarctica and back with just this duffel and this backpack. Sure hope I didn’t forget something! 😆

And it’s only Week 1

Welp.

Remember this day.

The last full day with a Democratic President.

We don’t know when or if we’ll ever live another day like this. 🥺

What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like, vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like.?

In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently

Something pretty for these trying days. The Sunshine Skyway bridge over Tampa Bay.

Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes had drawn a cartoon of the paper’s owner kneeling before Donald Trump

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I am so sad to hear of President Carter’s passing. He was without a doubt the most selfless, empathetic and moral president we ever had.

The world was a better place for his presence.

Do you see what CNN is doing here? Please tell me you see it.

I visied the Fins Attached Marine Conservation and Research facility at Isla Damas, Quepos, Costa Rica. They save thousands of sea turtle eggs every year from poachers and protect them until they hatch. On the morning of my visit, 86 Kemp’s Ridley turtles hatched, and we got to release them. ❤️

Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

The world’s richest 1% have more wealth than the bottom 95% put together, according to Oxfam.

There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.

It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.

I had a free day so I used it to go to Starbucks’ only coffee farm, the Hacienda Alsacia. It is primarily a research facility, committed to open-source agronomy. They research best practices in soil conservation, development of disease resistant plants, etc. and share freely with all growers.

The day America decided to ignore Jared Kushner's $2 billion from the Saudis, and put an insurrection-inciting convicted felon back in the White House, is the day I stopped giving a shit about any "moral high ground."

I hope President Biden takes his "presidential immunity" out for a fucking spin.

The most important thing to keep in mind when seeing all of the opinion pieces on the president pardoning his son is that Donald Trump is assembling the most extreme and dangerous administration in our nation’s history and we really should be focusing our attention on that.

Monteverde, Costa Rica

Pretty much 🤷🏻

Pretty much 🤷🏻

More pictures

I had the most wonderful hike through the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Costa Rica. My poor picture taking skills certainly don’t do it justice. See it before climate change takes it away.

Videos please! I’m looking to leave all other platforms but I don’t want to miss your content!

The Georgian people are fighting for their freedom. Pray for them. GD is Russia, Georgia is Georgian

Yes, there is. Once you set up your account, go to “Manage Account” on the drop-down menu (accessed by clicking on the three bars in the upper right corner). Scroll down until you find the import button. You could always try it and leave your GR account for a while.

Are you going to migrate over to StoryGraph instead of GoodReads?

I refuse to celebrate “Thanksgiving.” I taught at international schools for the past 9 years, and they always insisted on celebrating the “American holiday.” They were shocked when I explained why and when I didn’t participate in their voluntary dinner. I sure got a lot of side-eye for it.

Something important to remember ahead of Thanksgiving. Without the skilled labor of farmworkers — including those without legal immigration status — we don’t eat.

A bunch of sex offenders, a quack doctor, a fake wrestling executive, a crackpot anti-vaccine conspiracist who beheaded a whale, and some cable TV hosts serving a narcissistic authoritarian felon sexual abuser who loves dictators and routinely incites violence. What could go wrong?