Rev Maryjane

Oaks at Sunrise, Sonoma County , CA
Golden hour light on the hills, Alexander Valley 2000’ below still in the shadows.

#photography #blackandwhite
#sonomacounty #landscape #bluesky #monochrome
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #blueskyartshow #two

JD Vance has changed his name, his look, his religion, his positions many issues and people, but he won’t ever be able to change the fact that he’s a smug, insufferable, unlikable ass.

Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good A new study shows that targeting key epigenetic proteins may permanently switch off cancer genes. Scientists at Monash University, working with Harvard University, report they have found a way to perm...

Oh, my goodness, this is a huge breakthrough in cancer research. This is another example of why it is crucially important to fund basic scientific research.
Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good share.google/WFhMJP5m3AK4...

IMPEACHABLE of the day...

When a white guy is a serial killer:

ticktock refused to let me repost this I’m gonna see if it can land here. It’s the painful truth we’re the midst of a huge cover-up in the US.

This is what I’ve been talking about for weeks now.

There’s still a potential (read: very very small) for an off-ramp, but they aren’t sending all this hardware into the region for nothing.

www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

To the good people of the United States of America...keep squashing those proposed detention centers. They. Cannot. Be. Built. They cannot.

Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.

"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."

www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...

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A brilliant bit of news: this painting has found a home in the US. I am enormously grateful for the support.

A messy, scribbly oil painting from my brother’s photos of Prussia Cove in Cornwall. An uneven stone wall leads from centre foreground back to the curve of the cliff on the right, parallel to the trail; All sides from the ridge line drop down to the narrow, rocky cove. A couple of cottages are nestled in the ridge line, beneath a clouded, rainy sky.

The finished (I think!) piece: Prussia Cove, Cornwall: oil and pigment sticks on panel, 60 x 80cm

#oilpainting #seascape #prussiacove #cornwall

Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...

"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.

“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...

www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

A watercolour sketch of a wren perched on a branch. Created using watercolour paints on 5x7" watercolour paper.

I did this little watercolour sketch yesterday, and I can't decide whether to give the wee wren a splash of background colour. Any suggestions would be appreciated...😏

#Art #Birds #Nature

Saw a video of a guy talkin' about something while absentmindedly petting his dog and like. I wish that for all the puppy guys, gals, and nonbinary pals. To be seen as puppy so much as to get absent minded pets when you wander up to people and sit there.

‘Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery bunkers’ reminds us that spikes in childhood leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid cancer and all cancers around nuclear facilities have been... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. The National’s report today with the above headline, reminds me. Of what? Increased child leukaemia Increased breast cancer Increased thyr…

‘Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery bunkers’ reminds us that spikes in childhood leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid cancer and all cancers around nuclear facilities have been confirmed by German and other independent researchers talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/15/m...

What? Disappointed not Furious??? They bought into a lie. The only one the #MadOldKing is enriching is himself.

#FollowTheMoney

#VoteBlueInTheMidterms for a better life.

The Epstein Class is the by-product of an economy that emerged over the last two decades, from which this new elite has siphoned off vast amounts of wealth.

Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-squalor-of-the-epstein-class

So good

ICE and Border Patrol do have huge reserves of funding due to Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, but Republicans have acknowledged that this shutdown will deplete those funds more quickly and possibly disrupt some ICE and CBP operations.

House Republican Price Hike PRICES ARE UP! Under Republicans, costs have soared and Americans are paying more than ever. Don’t believe us? Select your items below, head to check out, and see for yourself just how much more you'r...

Under Republicans, prices are soaring. See for yourself how much your grocery costs have increased: houserepublicanpricehike.com?fbclid=IwZXh...

Lady Gaga praying for the end of pedophilia in America

Same, Lady Gaga.

Same.

It’s the Epstein Administration.

No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting.

H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social

Swalwell details death threats he and his wife and children have gotten and points out that the DOJ has refused to prosecute some of them

In a sign of how poorly this hearing is going for Pam Bondi, Fox News has cut away from live coverage which is highly unusual for a high-profile hearing of this sort

Raskin: "I want the whole country to look at this. This is the attorney general of the US whose job is law enforcement. We've never had a witness who has misunderstood our rules and been unable to conform his or her conduct to our rules before. Excuse me."

No one can deny that ICE under this Administration is being overly aggressive, violating people's rights, and endangering the lives of U.S. citizens and law abiding immigrants. We cannot move forward without commonsense reforms.