Island of Reil

Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.

In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:

Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...

Mote Reports Record Sea Turtle Nesting Numbers for 2025 This year saw more 1,366 more sea turtle nests on local beaches than last year, including some incubating into November.

One of marine conservation's greatest success stories - an update is my news to me good news for Nov. 24th. #OceanOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries #EarthOptimism www.sarasotamagazine.com/travel-and-o...

A mock-up of a Salon article displayed over a background of Ruwa Romman supporters holding campaign signs. The article preview shows Ruwa Romman speaking at a podium with a “No Kings” sign, wearing a hijab and blazer. The headline reads: “Ruwa Romman’s case for economic populism in Georgia.”

A quote graphic from Salon placed over a photo of five young volunteers wearing “Team Ruwa for Georgia” shirts, standing together and smiling. The quote discusses affordability and the importance of naming the culprits behind rising prices.

Georgia needs a leader who will be honest about who is the cause of the challenges we face and who can mobilize a movement to deliver results.

Thanks to @rpaynereport.bsky.social at Salon for highlighting why this race matters and why change is overdue.

throwing out both my fajita size tortillas and Mr Brain’s pork [censored] alike as I cannot eat cognates of fascism

Frowning deeply as I eat a bite of angel hair pasta, the most fasces-like of pastas from Fascist Italy

the woke whites have determined that anti-Japanese racism is chill and cool because they can’t be loud and proud about the other types of racism they hold in their hearts

any time I celebrate my culture, the reaction ranges from “you nasty Japanese people are problematic” to “the atomic bomb was good” AS IF YOU CRACKERS DIDN’T RUIN THE ENTIRE PLANET

do you people ever think about how much you hate Japanese people when you say shit like this to A LITERAL JAPANESE PERSON?!

Taking a moment to acknowledge the history of Italian fascism before I have a bowl of pasta e ceci.

Imagine never eating a potato because you object to the ethics of how they were brought to Europe

A fluffy black cat lounges on Sarah’s desk

I was writing, I swear I was, but then she did this and…my hands are tied, she needs attention.

A cute Graneledone sp. sitting on the sea floor. The arms are curled and sitting around it. The octopus is purple and bumpy with big black eyes, making it look quite cute. The sea floor is mostly sand but there are some rocks of various sizes.

It's crazy how cute octopuses are. Like there is no way I could say no to those eyes...

🐙📷NOAA Ocean Exploration

One of the myriad reasons I despise Waymos is that they are *deeply* antisocial. Instead of building safe and reliable mass transit, we're given hermetic pods that increase congestion and cause wear and tear on the infrastructure we all pay for.

Santa Fe City Council approves minimum wage increase to $17.50 The Santa Fe City Council approved a plan to raise the minimum wage and continue raising it based on housing costs in the city.

ICYMI: Congratulations to Santa Fe for being the first U.S. city to include housing costs in calculations for minimum wage increases. www.kob.com/news/top-new...

Defense Department says it's opening an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly The investigation is related to the Arizona senator's participation in a video Democratic lawmakers made urging members of the military not to comply with "illegal orders."

Another way to say this, Sen. Gallego @gallego.senate.gov, is that 'the House should impeach you and the Senate will convict you.'

From the article:
"F--- you and your investigation," added Gallego.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Twitter's foreign influence problem is nothing new The platform's just-debuted geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.

As Twitter's new geolocation tool started to reveal accounts’ information, the effect was like watching the Scooby Doo kids pull one disguise after another from the villain of the week.

Hilarious and alarming though it all was, it's just the latest indication of one of the site’s oldest problems.

Considering how they’ve been behaving, not looking too good.

It’s the beginning of rent making week! I need to sell at least 14 framed prints to have it, after a real rough month of negative accounts. Continuing this special tonight, w/ the below Glacier prints!

A thing that I feel has not been discussed enough is that the highly paid IT and infosec guys at any company you care to name all seem to be absolutely insane right-wing freaks with the impulse control of a drunk toddler

In the lawsuit, Garza alleges Bally said Campbell's makes "highly processed food" for "poor people" and made several derogatory comments about Indian employees, calling them "idiots." "We have s--t for f**king poor people. Who buys our s--t? | don't buy Campbell's products barely anymore. It's not healthy now that I know what the f—'s in it," part of the recording said. "Bioengineered meat -- I don't wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer."

Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...

As we celebrate the DOGE shutdown, take a moment to remember all the government employees who list their jobs....like my friends at NOAA.

A black and white photo of a young woman reading a paper.

Raquel Dzib Cicero (1882-1949) was a teacher and Mexican feminist. She was an early member of the Socialist Party of the Southeast and one of the first three women elected to a legislative body in Mexico. She taught for over fifty years and was still teaching at the time of her death.

Janet Bonnema abseilling down a cliff in 1972 as part of her work on Eisenhower Tunnel. #WomenInSTEM

Janet Bonnema US civil engineer. 1970 hired as engineering technician on #EisenhowerTunnel construction but barred from tunnel due to superstition that women brought bad luck. 1972 filed lawsuit for sex discrimination, went into tunnel Nov 1972. b. #OTD 24 Nov 1938 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_B...

Its name was RICO it was a statute
and while there used to be a bar
it could only sink so far

“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...

Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

This was never more than a baseless, racist attack on a strong Black woman who was just doing her job.

Carry on with your good work, sis @newyorkstateag.bsky.social.

For Christians looking for a term to describe Christians who use Christianity to sell things and don’t want to use Pharisees (which should be everyone) might I suggest simony.

I’m also dubious of how well the Taliban suppressed any of this, really. More “visible” crimes, like women violating the new restrictions imposed on them (especially single mothers doing whatever it took to feed their kids) was easy for them to spot and swiftly punished.