Friday Finnish!!!

Aukusti Uotila 1858-1886
Finnish golden age painter.
He died of tuberculosis only at 27 and lived many of his years in France.

Nuottakota
(Boat House)
1884
Oil on canvas
47 cm x 37,5 cm
Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki Finland

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Why Hope Takes Courage, And What It Means To Be Selected For Oprah's Book Club - Ocean Vuong

Thank you, Ocean, for reminding me of the dreaming Americans and their hope and humor! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy9n...

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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch

🧢 @trumpfile.org

A rocking chair by the fire with an adult beverage? Yes please. 🐾
🔗 Rental info: leftcoastvacationrentals.com/michis-base-...

#petfriendlyvacation

#handsoff

Hands off, from St. Paul!

The image is a screenshot of a social media post by Laurie Hardman (@LaurieLyricalG ), posted 14 hours ago. The post features a photo of a sidewalk with a message written in white chalk: "THIS IS NOT A LEFT OR RIGHT MOMENT, IT IS A RIGHT OR WRONG MOMENT," attributed to "- SEN. CORY BOOKER." The photo is credited to @karinschall .

Sen. Cory Booker has the floor.

Truth is not belief. Truth is gravity, a rock falling on your head when dropped out of a window above you.
Don’t let bias, fear, and hatred blind you into believing gravity doesn’t exist. See the rock before it hits you on the head.

YouTube video by International School History Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

At least according to the movie “Ferris Buelers Day Off” the tariffs threw us deeper into the depression:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOH...

Thanks Kim and @perelandra2.bsky.social for joining me on a quick Borealis train trip adventure to Chicago!

Here’s a beautiful place to stay in a beautiful part of Michigan… totally worth the trip!

Just a quick reminder, if Russia ceased firing there would be a cease fire

Small and mighty! It’s through our everyday actions and choices that we will end MAGA. What we do as individual citizens, no matter how small, multiplies. No, we can't get off crack in one day, but we can take the first step towards ending addiction to oligarchy.
#economicblackout
#feb28

Can we just seize the Russian assets already and give them to Ukraine?

Good lord just do it

Winter sunshine and family time nourish the soul.

I love that it snows everyday in the Keweenaw!

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

(sign) Protect marriage equality! Nearly 10 years after gay marriage was legalized nationwide, our freedom to marry is coming under serious attack. Right now, the Idaho State House is driving forward a resolution calling on the Suprem...

sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

At last, a real fluffy snowfall!

We’re focused on feeding our kids.

Investing in our schools.

Making sure child care is affordable.

Regardless of the chaos unfolding in Washington, we’re making Minnesota the best state for kids to grow up.

Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon "Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

Minnesota is ready to join Canada too!

YouTube video by Marijuana Marianne Elizabeth May's response to Donald Trump wanting Canada to become part of America #asmr #news

This is how you do it! Bravo! Listen and share this everywhere!

youtu.be/_GS_8UDJaY8?...
#canada

Visiting Florida’s 3 National Parks is good reminder of what functional government for the people looks like: respect for people, animals, and the natural world.

Giant Panda Cam (Coming Soon) Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world e...

Because we all need some good news out of Washington DC: nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/pand... No live cam yet, but lots of cute videos of Bao Li and Qing Bao playing in the snow.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring