Karen James

Photo of a store’s end cap display with a pink sign that says “Surprise your valentine” and underneath hang four hammers

This is pure marketing genius 💘

Trying to decide if I need to stay up until midnight to tell you that in Wales they don’t celebrate Valentine, they celebrate Dwynwen who wanted to be away from [a specific man] Maelon so SOULFULLY, she literally walked on water until an angel agreed to turn him into ice

She felt bad about it, so:

Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.

Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:

newrepublic.com/article/2059...

The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 at a distance of 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometres) from the Sun. The image inspired the title of scientist Carl Sagan's book, "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space," in which he wrote: "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us." The above image, “Pale Blue Dot Revisited,” was created in 2020 for the 30th anniversary of the iconic picture. NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Happy Pale Blue Dot Day to all who celebrate 😀 #Astronomy #Space

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Because my hashtag had a typo: #AbolishICE 🚫🧊

This illustration is *chef kiss*

Aaaaaand I just realized that has a second meaning here, beyond the comparison to Van Halen.

I swear that was not intentional.

In 2026 even our unintended puns are depressing.

Will she demand that just the brown M&Ms be removed next?

The DJ round though, hooo boy.There were so many clues I felt I knew but just wasn’t quite sure enough to buzz, especially after jusssst missing the second DD (if only I had literally 1-2 more seconds!) So after missing that, I told myself to hold back and NOT NEG. I really didn’t want to go red as I found it challenging to get in when we all knew the answer. There was no guarantee I’d pick up enough buzzes to claw my way back. As the game got down to the wire I looked at the scores and realized I didn’t have enough ground to overtake them. And with the difficulty of DJ I thought the odds of me being the sole solve on FJ were basically nil. But they were verrrrry close to one another. So my best chance was to try to force a tie, as them each having to bet it all was my only path to victory. For the last few clues I held back, watching them volley. Then, with two clues remaining the scores were 7200, 7600 with $800 in play. I knew I HAD to get one of the last two $400 clues to leave the right amount on the board. Somehow the buzzer gods smiled on me, and I managed to nab the second to last clue, then didn’t buzz on the final clue, just praying Isaac got it instead of Josh

Okay but she posted on Reddit after the broadcast that she realized partway through Double Jeopardy that this was her only way to win, and started deliberately picking clues/buzzing in to maximize the odds that they would be tied going into Final. Absolute galaxy brain.

Brett Kavanaugh scrunching his face up with rage.

Every time one of these dudes attempts to explain/defend or even apologize, they just dig even deeper.

And Horner had a rep as a creep well before this. Marrying a 19 year-old-student when he was 65, then treating it as some kind of joke or unserious. Women MSU students who told me they were interested in paleo, until their interactions with him. Not to mention how got his fame by claim jumping.

He disliked the entire archipelago… which is kind of funny when you think about how important it would become to him.

Darwin also famously had beef with the marine iguanas of the Galapagos, writing "The black lava rocks on the beach are frequented by large, most disgusting, clumsy lizards" and calling them "imps of darkness"

Portrait of elder Darwin with an incomplete stone staircase growing out of his prodigious forehead. Beside him, a gold and red image of his sketch, “I think” like branches to convey evolution by natural selection. Overall, brown and sepia toned painting. 🐡

Darwin Took Steps
Oil on canvas paper, 2008.

#GlendonMellowArt
🐡🧪🎨 #DarwinDay

Blast from the past yet still relevant! ♥️

How is “Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat,” even remotely controversial? I smell a rat.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness… unless the Dow is doing well. Then whatevs.

a graph of unemployment rates by immigration status

a graph of employment rates by immigration status

Unsurprisingly, Trump's immigration crackdown is still not delivering labor market improvements for the US-born

Over the last year, native-born unemployment is up from 4.3% to 4.7% while native-born employment has decreased

🚨 H.R. 261 would remove oversight and risk harm to our National Marine Sanctuaries. Don't let Big Tech undermine our marine protected areas. Call your Rep today: Say NO to H.R. 261! 🐚🐋

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

I love it.

One on left is a black dog and above it the words “Reality”. Below it is “I chased a squirrel” One the right is a black dog and above it says “LinkedIn”. Below it says, Proud to announce that I effectively executed a rapid-response squirrel displacement strategy to mitigate potential yard intrusions. Humbled by the unwavering support of my family and local stakeholders. This experience reinforced the importance of vigilance, ownership, and continuous improvement. Looking forward to scaling this impact in future engagements.

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The Taken: Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents From Minnesota to Texas We document these patterns through the use of sworn declarations and court filings.

The Taken

Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents from Minnesota to Texas

By @rgoodlaw.bsky.social and Sophia Khoroushi

www.justsecurity.org/131101/ice-m...

And it’s never more obvious than when they go away on a trip for a while. 🫣

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Video of Ruohonen’s statement: bsky.app/profile/iwil...

Shout-out to the Olympic athletes speaking out for our constitutional rights & multicultural society. Hunter Hess, yes, but also Rich Ruohonen (curler), Chris Lillis (freeskier), Amber Glenn (figure skater), Chloe Kim (snowboarder), Jessie Diggins (XC skier).

Who am I missing? Let’s make a thread!

I’m right there with you.

Shout-out to all the retirees out there attending daily/weekly protests along roadsides, on bridges, etc., often in the bitter cold. We have several groups on our small island, population <10,000.