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An older looking photo (sepia-like tone) of three bison stand on a grassy hill before Devil's Tower, with partly cloudy skies above.

Tower Defenders. #photography

YouTube video by Mother Jones A 90-Second crash course in Trump’s betrayal of American soy farmers

Need help understanding—or explaining—how Trump is destroying the US soybean market through tariffs and they using tariff funds to helping to bailout the MAGAlike Argentine president who's selling to China instead of US? Here you go: youtube.com/shorts/8Gm60...

Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans

The Trump admin has lied about this case from the start — and now it can't get its story straight about next steps for Mr. Abrego Garcia.

This reeks of a political prosecution and the courts must continue to ensure his due process rights are protected.

Only by acting promptly can Congress bring our nation into compliance with the Constitution and international law, reduce the risk of hostilities with neighboring countries and assure that similar abuses of Presidential power do not expand to American shores. bit.ly/3KVqX84

Rome calls on US to reconsider extra tariff on pasta imports With almost $800 million in exports, the U.S. is one of Italy's top three export markets for pasta, a staple of the country's culinary heritage and a substantial export commodity.

Italy trying to get US to call off mega tariff on imported pasta that will double prices for American consumers. Via Reuters

64 years ago today, the Dick Van Dyke Show premiered.

Did you know the theme song had lyrics written for it?

The time Dick Van Dyke sang them for all of you to hear.

The Washington Jost Democracy Dies in Darkness& Supreme Court will let Trump end protected status for Venezuelans for now A federal judge had ruled on Sept. 5 that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem broke the law by revoking the temporary protected status of Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants. Today at 5:16 p.m. EDT 67 З min| %. Summary 口217

“Supreme Court will let Trump _______ _____ _____ _____ for now”

(Mad Libs, 2025 Edition)

Any idea for how long the mollusk lived? 10 years? 50 years? Do rings correspond to years alive? Thx!

let the gourd times roll

I really like the phrase "Kavanaugh stop." It's not a Terry stop, because a Terry stop is short and based on reasonable suspicion of a crime. A Kavanaugh stop, by contrast, is when masked goons kidnap a person for speaking Spanish.

Exactly. He has to own this.

My photo shows a mosaic fragment from the floor of a Roman villa in Spain, dated AD 100-200s. It depicts a cartoon-like, stylised octopus using red, yellow, white, and black limestone tesserae, against a white background. The front-facing octopus has a large red and white head/body outlined in black. Its yellow circular eyes are outlined in black with a central black dot. Below the head/body are eight writhing tentacles

Charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD.

Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 me

#Archaeology

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

a history professor explains…

Trump Gets the Retribution He Sought, and Shatters Norms in the Process

An inexperienced prosecutor loyal to Trump, in the job for less than a week, charged Comey — one of her boss’s most-reviled opponents. She did so at Trump’s direct command and against the urging of her own subordinates and predecessor, who had just been fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Do YOU remember “the 21st night of September?”

Earth Wind & Fire’s co-writer Allee Willis said she told the band: “We can’t leave ‘baa-dee-ya’ in the chorus. That has to mean something.’”

Maurice White replied: “No, that feels great. That’s what people are going to remember. We’re leaving it.”

President Jimmy Carter campaigned on NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE! Ronald Reagan snickered in the background in the 1980 Presidential debates when President Carter mentions it.

A truly wonderful President with the THICKEST skin. Charitable, modest & compassionate. May President Carter rest in Peace.🙏💜

“Get Smart” premieres 60 years ago tonight, on NBC.

“I was sick of looking at all those nice, sensible situation comedies,” Mel Brooks said. “They were such distortions of life. .. No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first.”

Stephen Colbert: “Tonight we’re all Jimmy Kimmel…. With an autocrat, you can’t give an inch. If ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, they are woefully naive, and clearly they've never read The Children's Book If You Give a Mouse A Kimmel.”

Walz: This is North Korea style stuff. And it's being done because this is a weak, thin skinned man who's failing as a president. All of the things he promised are not happening.

It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president

Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”

Classic Redford. #RIP 💔

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Apologies for not adding alt text to all these photos. My cat is screaming her head off and if I don't let her outside right this instance, where I have to accompany her, I might die.

Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵

Booker: Here’s the thing, I think you’re not going to be around long. I think this might be your last oversight hearing. This may the last time I have a hearing with you because I don’t think you’re long for this job.

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

Found my reading glasses

The biggest sporting event in the world is happening in our backyard. But most New Yorkers will be priced out of watching it live.

Sign our petition calling on FIFA to put game over greed: zohranfornyc.com/gameovergreed

foto mia 📸

When the tide goes out, all mysteries are solved.