Loneliness, Carl Jung said, "has little to do with having no people around you but being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you. Loneliness is not about empty rooms or loss but about carrying words you don't say, or feel safe to share." Mindful healing: speak what matters.

Book bag design

New book bag in process. I’m still working out some issues on the stitch out. Bookshelf heart from Embroidery Library. #machineembroidery
#booksky

The otter keeper gave this baby otter a sock to keep warm. She later turned it into a onesie with holes for the hands, feet, and tail

Soooooo can we admit we were just a wee little bit dramatic there, acting commissioner???? 🤣🤣🤣

Let’s support our friends who help us remember who we are, and where we came from.

Free and accessible libraries, librarians, keepers of knowledge for the public good— these are uniquely American ideals tracing to Ben Franklin 🇺🇸 🗽 🦅

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...

Evil passes, tyrants fall Winter is past, the world turns, and brighter days will come – it's time to believe in change

✍️ Evil passes, tyrants fall

Winter is past, the world turns, and brighter days will come – it's time to believe in change

A poem, by Steve Pottinger
@bigstevepoet.bsky.social

Fentanyl fact checking:

More than 86%of individuals sentenced for fentanyl trafficking in fiscal 2023 were U.S. citizens. - US govt data

"US Customs and Border Protection data show that 80% of those arrested for fentanyl trafficking at US ports of entry were US citizens" - Mexican President

What tariffs could mean for Wisconsin Editor’s note: I’m currently drinking 3 Sheeps Pineapple Fresh Coast to help me feel like warmer days are ahead; however, any local beer will pair well with Trump’s tariffs.

“According to the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, the state exported $3.87​ billion in agricultural and food products to 142 countries in 2023, the third highest level on record.”

denisecraig.substack.com/p/what-tarif...

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AARP Urges Outreach to Congress to Protect Social Security Older Americans continue to raise concerns about payments, customer service

AARP has created an easy way to contact your lawmakers and tell them Social Security must be protected. Learn more.👇

Awesome photo

Timely find: "[public archives] are treasures of so sacred a character, that the public enemy who wantonly devotes them to the flames is... branded as a barbarian; and of so priceless a value, that no money could purchase them of the poorest state in the union, or replace them when once destroyed."

I see another puzzle. Beautiful!

The Milky Way above the Earth from space. The green and purple aurora can be seen in the atmosphere.

astronaut don pettit’s new image made my jaw drop.

it’s SO beautiful!!!

if you're reading this 50 years from now I need you to know that this series of world events isn't as dumb as it probably seems, it's actually much, much dumber than you can possibly imagine

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TEXT: My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country. We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one. I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.

There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

An image featuring the book cover of "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis" by J.D. Vance, Vice President. The cover shows a rural scene with a red-roofed barn, gravel road, and forested hills under a cloudy sky, with a quote from The Economist and a New York Times bestseller label. Below the cover, bold red text reads "BANNED" followed by "By the Department of Defense" in white text on a black background. At the bottom, smaller white text states "Hillbilly Elegy by Vice President J.D. Vance," with the PEN America logo in red next to it.

You cast the net too widely, and you’re gonna drown in it yourself. JD Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy is now on a list of books to be reviewed and possibly banned, per PEN America.

Thank you for the list!

Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love."

This is a line from the Hobbit film, but still very much worth sharing as work inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien.

#Booksky

The time to BEWARE, has passed…👇

Hasn’t it?!

Unfortunately. For. Everyone.

Western Bluebird #birds #photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #birdphotography

Image of an open cluster of stars in the Magellanic cloud. The cloud being the formative matter from which the stars and planets are coalescing.

NGC-346
Image Credit JWST (NIRCam)
Constellation Tucana
Discovered 1826 James Dunthrop
Distance 200,000 light years
"Reveals the presence of mayny more building blocks than previously expected, not only for stars but also for planets".
Space Telescope Science Institute Office Of Public Outreach