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Minnesota Senator @amyklobuchar on Trump’s failure to bring Congress to the table on the shutdown: “You wrote the art of the deal. Show us your stuff.”

The ECHR is 75 today. Like many elderly people, it is in danger of being taken for granted, and not being listened to anymore. So, happy birthday ECHR, please step forward into the spotlight and explain your history to us younger people here.

Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’ From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...

Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS.

They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Today’s Canadian painting is “General Store, North Pender” painted by Drew Burnham.

An oldie, but a goodie.

If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal.

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Well, time to clean and refill the bird bath 🪶🐦‍⬛

I’d like to share my (photo of) tomatoes, it’s been a brilliant year, nearly 40 varieties, but a bit of a challenge to use, share but definitely not waste…..

We all live under the same sky. Oxford Island Nature Reserve Northern Ireland #loughNeagh #sunset #stormHour #ThePhotoHour

What could have been . . . .

Edmonton Public removing more than 200 library books to comply with provincial rules | Globalnews.ca Edmonton’s public school board is pulling more than 200 books from its library shelves to comply with provincial directive on banning books containing inappropriate sexual content.

Just imagine how much better things would be in Alberta if we removed idiots from positions of authority instead of books from libraries.

YouTube video by D.J Weego THE HONEY DRIPPERS - Impeach The President

Goodnight, friends.

On this Saturday night, I'm gonna leave you with this 1973 gem by the Honey Drippers. More than half a century on, this song is as fresh and necessary as it was then.

I love you.

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.

This is at least six kinds of stupid.

You’re assuming any significant number of birds HAVE immunity (unlikely), that recovered birds recover in any salable way (dubious), that the long-term-sick birds don’t infect humans (improbable), AND that the virus doesn’t mutate (impossible). 🧪

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.

RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.

RFK Jr. & his brain worm would just like to remind everyone that he doesn’t give a flying fuck.

‘If H5N1 were to be allowed to run through a flock of 5 million birds, “that’s literally 5 million chances for that virus to replicate or to mutate,” Dr. Hansen said.😱

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

Maine Sea Grant in jeopardy after Trump administration terminates $4.5 million grant program The move to discontinue the four-year agreement — which comes amid the White House's efforts to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget — leaves the fishery organization’s p...

The Trump Administration has abruptly pulled $4.5 million in Maine Sea Grant funds (via NOAA), which were used to protect Maine’s working waterfront and ocean ecosystems.

www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/m...

Measles warnings issued in San Antonio and San Marcos as Texas outbreak spreads The largest measles outbreak in decades has reached San Antonio and San Marcos. Officials say an individual who tested positive for the virus in West Texas traveled to two major universities and one o...

www.tpr.org/public-healt...

My five accomplishments from last week:

- threw two 8” plates, put birds on them
- finished oil painting, made progress on two others
- shampooed carpet and deep cleaned kitchen
- made chicken stew
- accidentally taught dog to demand “toppings” of cat kibble and cheese on her breakfast.

As @petebuttigieg.bsky.social wrote on another platform: “The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?”

Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties 9 cases are confirmed and 3 are probable. Officials says more are likely to come.

Here we go...

They thought Republicans would stop him, then they thought Congress would stop him & next they figured the Supreme Court would stop him. When none of that happened they figured DOJ would stop him. So here we are with Trump's despotic takeover of the govt. Who will stop him? Us. Buckle up folks.

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."
—Chinese Proverb

A Western Kingbird suns himself on a branch in my backyard...

(Canon Powershot SX40HS)

It’s never been about vaccine safety or informed consent. He wanted to see how many children would die from measles if they weren’t vaccinated so he could say the vaccines didn’t work. More than 80 kids died. He blamed that on the vaccines too. Vaccines that would have prevented those kids’ deaths.

Dr. Paul Offit from last week's Roundtable on Vaccines:

"The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases...we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. Parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, then the diseases they prevent."

FDA recall roundup (1/25/25) Since federal agencies have had a pause on communications, what has the FDA recalled since then?

Since the FDA can’t communicate with us, then I will help the government do their job. Subscribe to my Substack to get FDA recall alerts until their communication embargo is lifted. This is a matter of public safety.
drrubin.substack.com/p/fda-recall...

The Deportation Nightmare Begins Whatever Trump intends, this will spiral out of control

Krugman: The Deportation Nightmare Begins open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...