Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

"Great technology does more than solve problems. It weaves itself into the world we inhabit."

Sure. But the same is true for the most vile or broken technology.

Dems. Fight fire with fire.

So…… are Democratic states going to sit back while GOP states are gerrymandering their states for the second time in a decade? Have they LIVED the year 2025? It’s way past time to fight fire with fire before there is NOTHING left of our country.

First playdate got her all tuckered out.

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Covered Bridge #Photography

Jeffrey Epstein: US judge orders unsealing of grand jury records from abandoned case A similar request was rejected earlier this year, but a law passed by Congress last month overrides it.

A judge has ordered the unsealing of grand jury transcripts from the 2005 & 2007 investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act compels the DOJ, FBI and federal prosecutors by 19 December to disclose the tranche of materials amassed during investigations into Epstein.

The Frog of War When biologist Tyrone Hayes discovered that a top-selling herbicide messes with sex hormones, its manufacturer went into battle mode. Thus began one of the weirdest feuds in the history of science.

I love it when two weekly news cycle events converge to make an old story timely. Cc: @dashkaslater.bsky.social

Smiling tan and white dog wearing a colorful bandana looks at the camera while sitting on a sidewalk next to a leafy grassy area.

My pal Sweet Tooth got himself adopted! Happy to see this good boy go home.

A large toad, light brown on their back and dark brown on their sides, with a distinct separation between the two colors! Their belly fades to a creamy color! They have very large parotoid glands!

Our friend the Colombian Giant Toad is one of the largest toads in the world, growing to nearly ten inches long! They are also known as Blomberg's Toad, named after Swedish Explorer Rolf Blomberg who collected the type specimen in 1951! (photo by Julia Moning)

A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools But media pundits and reporters ignore it, and Republicans are trying to kill it.

A must read… A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools progressive.org/public-schoo...

Dark-Eyed Junco #birds #birdphotography #junco

Between Auroras and Dawn — A South Pole Sunrise After the Longest Night on Earth’ by © Aman Chokshi | Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025

1861 Thoreau Came To Minnesota. Stayed In M-SP Then Steamboated Along Here Minnesota River Bluffs Trail Chanhassen|Chaska Minnesota Summer

1861 Thoreau Came To Minnesota. Stayed In M-SP Then Steamboated Along Here
Minnesota River Bluffs Trail
Chanhassen|Chaska
Minnesota Summer

Those cheeks 😻

Altair is the cutest little orca cat

Church displays Nativity scene with baby Jesus in zip ties, ICE agents The Evanston, Illinois, church said its display asks viewers to "confront the disconnect" between religious views and immigration policies.

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Our cat Nia (she is all black with a white patch on her chest) sitting on my lap and nestled in a blanket. She is looking up.

Comfy creature

Gotta say if the worst thing that ever happened to you was being forced by the government to take a vaccine during a once a century pandemic you have led a blessed life.

Or you’re a super pussy.

Or both.

SCOTUS Ruling on Texas Gerrymander Could Be Good News for California’s New Map Read more here.

In a surprising twist, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to let Texas use its mid-decade gerrymander for the 2026 midterm elections may end up strengthening California’s defense of its voter-approved map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Thank you, Maura.

Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.

In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.

Two shirtless guys in deep ocean, trying to stay “in the fight” against the U.S. military with its missiles? What a claim!

Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.

“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

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