Idris D. Griffin

Gotta love the British press.

Reading the numbers: 130 million American adults have low literacy skills — APM Research Lab About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills according to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education. This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 1...

Today, 130 million Americans—54% of adults aged 16-74—lack the literacy skills that many take for granted, reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level. www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-li...

If brains were black powder, Marjorie Taylor Greene couldn’t even blow her nose.

🤔 I certainly think so.
I still have so many questions about the entire ‘episode’. Just me?

Dear World,

We’re sorry.

Sincerely,

Sane, Decent Americans

When America was a little more decent... and significantly more cool.

Let's hope it is a sting operation.

Ya think?

From my perspective, sitting just north of the border, you captured the vibe spot on.
And, such a shame, because the folks who used to live there were really nice and kept in better shape

#EmbarrassmentInChief 🤮

Trump nominates 3 more Project 2025 contributors to serve in his administration.

Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa Click on the article title to read more.

Huh. There are flowers in Ethiopia that native nectar-foraging wolves pollinate! 🦊😋🌻🍊
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"Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa"
by Lai et al. (2024, Ecology)
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

As a convicted felon, Donold is no longer allowed to own a gun. That’s fun.

If you voted for a convicted felon over a woman of color, racism might not be your only problem.

Fox Corp must face Smartmatic $2.7 billion defamation claim Fox Corp , the parent of Fox News Network, failed to convince a New York state appeals court to dismiss a defamation claim in electronic voting systems company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion lawsuit over the network's 2020 post-election coverage.

Good👇 I hope they have to pay every penny of it.

Fanta was created so coke could sell soda in nazi Germany around a trade embargo. IBM sold the machines that were used to track and tabulate holocaust victims. Henry Ford inspired Hitler. Big business has always collaborated with fascism. Today's businesses are bastards who are no different.

Anyone looking to ban a book from a school should have to prove they read it by presenting a book report to the school committee.

It’s Sunday, so let’s share the good word:

If churches want to play politics, they can pay taxes like the rest of us. God doesn’t need a tax break, but millionaire pastors sure seem to love one.

I can’t love this more.