President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

This fucking guy 🤨

"President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday"
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"Confirmed by the Senate to the job in 2016, Hayden, the longtime leader of Baltimore’s library system, was the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress."

YouTube video by Eoin Reardon Planting Native Irish Woodland #ireland #nature #woodland #wildlife #restoration #biodiversity

Rewilding

He's a puppet. One of the puppet masters is Stephen Miller. And those who dream of theocracy.

This has got to be the worst picture I've ever seen on the internet.
Or anywhere 🤦
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It's Sunday family lunch platter time 😀

Tried getting Canadian maple syrup from supermarkets here Downunder a while back but couldn't find any. I did today though. Woolworths gets it.

YouTube video by That Good News Girl 300 people form giant human chain to help bookstore move

This is just the loveliest thing 🤗

Well, yeah...

Hello folks.
I've recently had a couple of suspect looking messages from iffy looking accounts whose names are in upper case lettering.
How about you?

Message reads
"Hey! how long have you been following. Thank you for standing by truth, hope you enjoy my info on news and content so far."

Pinched this from threads folk.

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The face of DOGE and Trump's stupidity.

Well worth a listen. She's awesome!

She's awesome! 🙃🦘

YouTube video by Nerdy About Nature Extra Special Earth Day Promos, and why you should probably boycott anyone running them!

Regarding Earth Day.
Booyah.

Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...

I'm constantly torn between the need to know and a desire to run shrieking into a void of despair...

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

Galactic Trade Federation Responds To Trump Tariffs With An Invasion Of The Planet Naboo MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACT In response to Trump, the Trade Federation has launched a full-scale invasion of the peaceful planet Naboo — just 48 hours after U.S. President Donald J. Trump ena...

When fiction and Trump malarkey collide 💁

I mean, it's not a hard connection to make these days ya know?

Pinched this from Facebook.
Kinda eloquent eh 😊
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Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Faces Protest Charges Prosecutors in St. Louis have formally charged former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and one other demonstrator for their actions during a pro-Palestinian protest at Washington Universi...

"I got separated from the rest of the crowd, you know, and actually initially felt like there was a lot of safety in numbers,” she told KSDK. “Then, it turned out I was being charged with assault after being assaulted by an officer on a bicycle and basically thrown onto my head.”

YouTube video by GeoQuest Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round over 2,000 years ago

Carl Sagan's elegant proof that the earth ain't flat.

YouTube video by Steve Ingalls Leonard Nimoy The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

Happy Sunday.

Turn ya back on the world for a mo and watch the legendary Leonard Nimoy sing about Bilbo Baggins.

Excuse the scratchy introduction, it's an old number.

Got this song in one of my Spotify mixes 😁

I just
These fucking guys
All that hard work for societal justice
Bloody minded white patriarchal dickheads
Fucking vandals

Having trouble saying something cohesive right now

Appropriated from Facebook
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Top Trump officials mistakenly divulged military plans to journalist Top Trump administration officials, including U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, mistakenly included a journalist in a messaging group discussing strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, according to a firsthand account by The Atlantic magazine.

Fuckwit Idiocracy. 🤦
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Top Trump officials mistakenly divulged military plans to journalist -

Such a relaxing weekend in the lovely town of Clunes a bit over an hour out of Melbourne, in old Goldfields region. And books!! So many books.

First shared this meme around back in 2019.
Still valid 😀

Betrayal of Trust: Australia's Childcare Crisis Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.

Just finished watching this on ABC iView. Bloody national disgrace. My daughter works at a high standard not-for-profit centre. But I didn't realise how much that centre is in the minority, and to what point for-profits are gaming the system. Fucking done my head in 🤦

I don't subscribe directly but can check in on what they've been up to via my public library's e-press collection. I didn't need to "borrow" this one cos I can see it in all its pustulent glory in the preview. It's not a bad way to keep an eye on them while supporting my local library 😀