Stephanie Goffmann (@stephanieptck)

Black-hooded Tanager from Venezuela on ebird by Carmen Lucia Bays Figueiredo for #BirdsSeenIn2026

11.03.2026 10:25 👍 148 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0

Senators seek review of Justice Department’s handling of Epstein files A bipartisan group of senators raised concerns in a letter to the Government Accountability Office that the department failed to redact names and photos of victims.

A bipartisan group of senators is asking the Government Accountability Office to examine the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein amid concerns the department has not released all the documents required by law.

11.03.2026 13:00 👍 74 🔁 17 💬 4 📌 2

‘Damaging and punishing’: Birth control clinics serving millions face federal funding cliff Clinics are pleading with Congress and HHS for answers amid “radio silence” about the imminent expiration of Title X funding.

‘Damaging and punishing’: Birth control clinics serving millions face federal funding cliff

11.03.2026 13:02 👍 34 🔁 15 💬 3 📌 1

Sweet meets salty in the most dangerously delicious way. Warm doughnut bread pudding, crispy bacon on top, and a glossy caramel drizzle that basically says “treat yourself.” This is your new brunch flex—no apologies, no leftovers, no regrets.
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23.02.2026 22:26 👍 145 🔁 12 💬 16 📌 3

House rejects Senate air safety bill amid Republican clash The House on Tuesday rejected the ROTOR Act, delivering a stinging blow to the Senate’s bipartisan air safety legislation and leaving its future uncertain. Lawmakers voted down the legislation from Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and the committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state, 264-133. A two-thirds majority was required for passage. More than 130 Republicans voted against it. The Senate passed the bill, S. 2503, unanimously in December. But it stalled in the House amid opposition from Transportation Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.), who recently introduced his own bipartisan bill aimed at addressing the January 2025 disaster near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which killed 67 people. In recent weeks, the cross-chamber fight intensified, ultimately culminating in the rare floor defeat Tuesday for a bill that was being considered under a fast-track procedure typically reserved for non-controversial legislation. It’s a major win for Graves, though it’s sure to heighten the House-Senate feud. What’s next for the ROTOR Act is unclear. The legislation is backed by victims’ families, labor groups and the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, Jennifer Homendy. The Defense Department previously said it supported the bill, but on Monday reversed course and in a statement said “enactment would create significant unresolved budgetary burdens and operational security risks affecting national defense activities.” During negotiations over a government funding package last month, Speaker Mike Johnson had promised Cruz a House vote on his legislation, upsetting Graves and Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), who on Thursday unveiled their own competing bill, the ALERT Act, seeking to respond to the air disaster. Despite Graves and Rogers saying on the House floor Monday they opposed the ROTOR Act, POLITICO reported they were not actively whipping their Republican colleagues to vote against the legislation. But House GOP leaders privately told their members they could let the bill fail in order to address issues with it. Cruz was on the House floor before the vote and had a lengthy discussion with Johnson. Relatives of those killed in the crash dinged the Graves-Rogers proposal, H.R. 7613, last week. They argued that a key component of the House legislation related to equipping aircraft with technology aimed at preventing midair collisions is less stringent than what the ROTOR Act envisions. A preliminary NTSB staff analysis that the safety board shared with Congress, reviewed by POLITICO, said this part of the ALERT Act does not carry out the independent agency’s recent ADS-B In recommendation, which it issued at the end of its probe into the disaster. “In fact,” the document says, the NTSB’s investigative team believes this section of the House bill “would seriously harm our efforts to implement ADS-B In at [the] FAA.” During a media availability Tuesday before the vote, Homendy told reporters that the Transportation and Armed Services committees didn’t run the ALERT Act text by her before unveiling it. The Senate measure would mandate that planes and helicopters in busy airspace nationwide be equipped with an advanced location-receiving technology known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In, or ADS-B In. Graves, a pilot, previously took issue with this proposed requirement, arguing it would be a burden on small-scale flights known as general aviation, which he has boosted for years.

House rejects Senate air safety bill amid Republican clash

24.02.2026 19:49 👍 35 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 4

Northern Lights Could Be Visible Tuesday From These 10 States The aurora could be visible from some states along the U.S.-Canadian border, although forecasters are not predicting any space weather impacting the lights on Tuesday.

The aurora could be visible from some states along the U.S.-Canadian border, although forecasters are not predicting any space weather impacting the lights on Tuesday.

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The Hawfinch is a bulky finch with a large bill. It has a habit of pitching at the top of trees.

A very distant Hawfinch today on the top of the trees at the paddock at Lynford Arboretum in Norfolk. New for England for #BirdsSeenIn2026

24.02.2026 18:33 👍 407 🔁 19 💬 2 📌 1

Gouache and sepia ink drawing of plants growing on Eastney beach from when my parental home was in Southsea

Two paintings of mine from the 1970s showing coastal plants growing on Eastney beach (still have these). I think they show the influence of Graham Sutherland who was a favourite artist of mine.
#Portsmouth #Eastney #gouache #sepia

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My first Song Thrush of the year singing this evening in the garden in Cheshire for #BirdsSeenIn2026

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Ex-Prince Andrew Reportedly Arrested By U.K. Police For Suspected Misconduct As Epstein Fallout Grows The former British royal—who was stripped of his title last year—has featured prominently in the Epstein documents released by the Justice Department.

The former British royal—who was stripped of his title last year—has featured prominently in the Epstein documents released by the Justice Department.

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All shades and colors of amber.

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Blazing fall color among the sugar maples seen along the North Country Trail near Silver Mountain in the Ottawa National Forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for #ForestFriday!

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“Golden Age”

10.02.2026 16:31 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Red and white flower against plain background

Just one flower left on the Amaryllis. It gave us two stems and many flowers.

08.02.2026 19:03 👍 3887 🔁 214 💬 85 📌 11

From the USA for #BirdsSeenIn2026

08.02.2026 15:19 👍 54 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0

jw05437-o003_t003_nircam_f444w-f470n_i2d.jpg W3-JWST-3A-FINAL A Census to the Bottom of the IMF in W3: Atmospheres, Disks, Accretion, and Demographics

New #JWST 🔭 data release for target names: W3-JWST-3A-FINAL.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
Take a look at news_by_date.html

08.02.2026 03:05 👍 310 🔁 30 💬 4 📌 0

Good morning darling early birds! In anticipation of what’s to follow, let’s launch the day with this heavenly wreath from last year!
Mmm! I can almost smell it!
A delightful day to you!

04.02.2026 06:22 👍 23 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

Raquel Welch and Tom Jones playing chess.

Nothing to see here, just Raquel Welch and Tom Jones playing chess. Move along.

03.02.2026 21:59 👍 50 🔁 10 💬 6 📌 0

cream tabby cat lying on her back in a very shallow box, feet askew

what? #catboxsunday #catsky #catsofbluesky

01.02.2026 11:10 👍 1941 🔁 118 💬 35 📌 4

The Delta rocket that would launch the HEOS-2 satellite on the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

ESRO's Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite HEOS-2 launched a Delta rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

#ThisWeek in 1972, 31 January, #ESRO's Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite #HEOS-2 was launched on a Delta rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, the first satellite to explore Earth’s northern polar region from a highly-eccentric orbit (pic: ESA historicalarchives.esa.int) 🧪🔭 #Space #History

01.02.2026 14:32 👍 206 🔁 33 💬 10 📌 0

From New Zealand for #BirdsSeenIn2026

31.01.2026 23:28 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Four panels One: Nicole Kidman in an AMC theater ad because we come here to dream Two: a VHS labeled Watch Me from one of the Ring movies Three: a loping figure against an orange forested backdrop from the poster for The Legend of Boggy Creek Four: a giant monster man in a trenchcoat, Mr X from the Resident Evil 2 remake

I've heard a certain pre-order and cover reveal are coming next week, so let's have a mood board in anticipation 😈

THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT 📽️ opening night is September 15th!

A Titan Books Production

31.01.2026 16:09 👍 300 🔁 16 💬 13 📌 2

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Close up photo of 4 mature slime mold sporangia. Each bright red sporangium consists of a short, thin stalk attached to a small cup from which a tubular, cotton candy-like spore mass protrudes. They are attached to dark coloured dead wood. The fuzzy photo background is mainly light green.

Arcyria sp slime mold. NWT, Canada.
#myxomycetes #fungifriends
The slime mold sporangia are about 0.5cm high.

01.02.2026 12:00 👍 2156 🔁 217 💬 70 📌 25

A startup falsely blamed for triggering floods pitches cloud seeding to lawmakers Rainmaker Technology is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lobbying and gold-framed Metro ads in a play for national attention.

A startup falsely blamed for triggering floods pitches cloud seeding to lawmakers

01.02.2026 15:03 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 0

The Lady with the Log and the Hawk. These are stunning, magnificent shots! Their artistic value cannot be overstated.

01.02.2026 16:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The tears are real.
The world could break apart with sadness in the meantime.
Nothing left to say ... ❤️‍🩹🪵❤️‍🩹
#TwinPeaks
#DavidLynch
#MarkFrost
#CatherineCoulson

31.01.2026 21:07 👍 999 🔁 59 💬 17 📌 1

I Know What You Did Last Of The Summer Wine

01.02.2026 14:03 👍 136 🔁 23 💬 7 📌 1

Something something Captain’s Log something

31.01.2026 16:24 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

Macro photograph of a Hollyhock flower

Inside a Hollyhock
#photography #art #macro #flowers

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