Steve Holmes

A mystery stapeliad finally bloomed for me - orbea varigata. Beautiful stink!

M and I got married yesterday! The ceremony was outside in the garden and the reception inside to avoid the heat and crazy wind.

All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose Corporations vs Democracy | Some Tips For February 28 Boycotts

So this is it. This is our time to become radical and to build a coalition of radicals.

But not radical in action––radical in VISION.

The fascists are trying to burn everything down. The only way we can stop them is to rise up with a more inspiring vision of the future for America.

DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

Back in the mid-20th century, the FBI could place an individual under surveillance solely for being LGBTQ. This is what enabled the anti-queer witch hunts of the McCarthy era. Now, DHS permits surveillance of LGBTQ people again. Just being queer makes you a suspect. www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...

We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸

This was the only person speaking in the Oval Office today who placed America's long-standing interests ahead of getting some cheap attaboys from Internet trolls.

Zelensky should now tell Trump: "After that undignified stunt today, you will get precious metals *only* if and when we are given enough weapons to defeat your boss at the Kremlin."

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important

Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone

Call it a Day Of Transparency

hey question, is this bad?

Elon Musk appears on video at German far right campaign event Elon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany's AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, speaking publicly in support of the far right party for the second time in as many weeks.

Musk = Nazi apologist = Nazi

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Enrique Tarrio, fmr. Proud Boys chairman, told @paoramos.bsky.social those who held J6 rioters accountable “need to feel the heat.” Tarrio is one of some 1,500 insurrectionists pardoned – record wiped & gun ownership rights restored. Paola joins me at 11aET on her J6 pardon report. #Velshi

CNN anchors Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper allegedly instructed to avoid ‘outrage’ during Donald Trump’s inauguration coverage “Don’t pre-judge the president,” Thompson reportedly told attendees, warning against “expressing any outrage of their own” toward the Republican leader.

Self-censorship, a fascists favorite kind of censorship.

www.financialexpress.com/world-news/c...

The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive or vital. Meanwhile the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer.

One way to reduce drug spend is to have the FDA do an analysis of how long medicine retains it's potency. It can do it one drug at a time.

No one should throw away medicine they shouldn't have to. Whether pharmacy or patient.

www.propublica.org/article/the-...

It's it odd that women's rights vary state-by-state, whereas men's rights are the same throughout the country?

It's *almost* as if men are given preferential treatment.

You made it through! You've got grit.

Welcome to the police state.

My first post here. A gorgeous mangave, "Macho Mocha", probably a 4th or 5th generation pup of the first one I bought. Easy to grow, this pups prolifically and has some amazing flowers. A remarkable plant. Bottle for scale.