Becky D

If you ever feel even the slightest twinge of imposter syndrome, remember this:

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

MAINE SENATE 2026 | Andrea LaFlamme For Maine Senate Support Andrea LaFlamme for Maine Senate 2026. Committed to health, social justice, and community well-being, focused on creating a better Maine for all.

I’ve had a lot of folks interested in helping me collect the rest of my signatures—thank you so much. If you’re one of those people, please go to the volunteer link on my website andreaformaine.com and fill out your information there so I can get back to you. ✌🏼🌲

That you're having this thought is a nudge from yourself. Do the thing. 💖

Damn, looks like it actually broke up and picked up the lake ice in this longer video.

"Coughing Colors" from Tilly and the Wall's Bottoms of Barrels album.

🚨 Raccoon (maybe?) in the stands at the Twins/Atlanta game.

Oh hai, new addition to my TBR stack.
📚💙

(Click link in OP to read an excerpt and place an order, which is the only possible response after reading the excerpt.)

A breathtakingly lovely consolation prize! Great photo, Alex. 😍

A photo of a large cumulonimbus cloud over a flat, grassy landscape during sunset. The cloud displays vibrant shades of orange and yellow illuminated by sunlight, contrasting with darker gray clouds below and a blue sky above. Zooming in above the towering storm, you'll see a planet flying from left to right.

Yesterday's storm chase along the TX/OK border didn't play out as I had hoped, but that's not too surprising for early season setups. Still, there's almost always at least a bit of a consolation prize. This struggling storm painted by the setting Sun was yesterday's. #Photography

(Beartato and Reginald, in a museum, gaze upon the Mona Lisa) BEARTATO: There it is. The Mona Lisa. The most famous painting in history. REGINALD: Wow! What's it do? BEARTATO: It... what? REGINALD: Why's it famous? What's it do? (Beartato thinks.) BEARTATO: I don't know. REGINALD (to nearly museum employee): Excuse me! Sir? What's it do? EMPLOYEE: You're the first person to ask! Watch this! (The employee yanks a pull-string. Mona Lisa's eyes spin around and her mouth opens like a puppet) MONA LISA: Honk honk! Honk honk! (Everyone is delighted. This is true art.)

True Art

Agree.

Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.

No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.

A very tiny brown bunny sitting on the sidewalk curled up into a little ball and underneath it are the words “I am at my limit.“

It me

. "a changing ocean"
such a mysterious thing. I wonder what that means.

Neil Renic @NC_Renic: Junior scholars: "l feel awkward citing myself" Senior scholars: "as I cleverly argued (1988; 1991), admirably reiterated (1993; 1995; 1996); and handsomely concluded (2001; 2004; 2007)..."

Here’s how 5 measles cases grew to 991 in South Carolina South Carolina’s measles outbreak – which has put hundreds in quarantine – continues to grow. Here's how it happened.

Just one new measles case announced today in South Carolina, as outbreak cost reaches $1.6 million. More details in our ongoing timeline coverage of this record-breaking outbreak. 👇
www.healthbeat.org/2026/01/27/s... #publichealth #medsky #episky #medsky

the energy, the power exhibited, on this move is aspirational

Mom told me stories of being isolated in a dark room for 3 weeks & emerging to find 2 of her cousins had died in the outbreak that hit her small PA town. That was enough for me even w/o learning much later of the havoc measles wreaks on the human body.

But so many people don't know what it does.

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

our guy Sean is now live-posting the Paralympics (and I'll be posting an interview with him shortly)

is he the most prominent athlete on BlueSky? I am voting yes personally

Cosign.

Photo of Andrea LaFlamme wearing a shirt with the Desmond Tutu quote, "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

Hi everyone! My name is Andrea LaFlamme and I'm running to unseat Susan Collins in the US Senate. I'm a feminist public health professor and the ONLY candidate in this race who has worked in education, municipal health, and as an elected union leader. (1/2)

"SHIT"
"FUCK"
"NO"
"FUCK"
"SHIT"
"FUCK"

A cricket with a halo?

@neorsd.org has your needs in mind

One (1) striped possum
One (1) ring-tailed glider

It's the tiiiime of the seeeason
for Lazarus taxaaaaa
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Trying & failing to envision a way to successfully isolate contacts of measles cases within a tent concentration camp environment.

A cybertruck tried to run me off the road while going 70mph tonight. But I have a dashcam and he’s in a VERY identifiable car. I have filed a police report. At the very end of this clip, you can see his headlights come up on my left and match speed.

Like, I got it from the library and within 100 pages had already ordered a copy for myself so could mark it up freely w/underlining and different color sticky notes and copious margin notes. 📚💙