The Constitution is clear: Congress decides on war. When a president uses military force without authorization and Congress stays silent, they are abandoning their role as a co equal branch of government. War is the most serious power our government has. Shame on the U.S. Senate today.
I wonder if Kristi Noem is still looking for her blanket. She probably needs it more than ever now. π π
Male Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) perched at a feeder.
Female Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) perched at a feeder.
For today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Finches, here are a male and a female chaffinch on a feeder at RSPB Leighton Moss the other day.
#birds #photography
Drawing of an old tree in black ink with a background in coloured pencils
I noticed they cut down a few huge trees in my area and was suddenly struck by anxiety that this one would follow #art
"I won't vote for genocide!"
...by not voting for Kamala Harris, you DID vote for genocide. WORSE genocide! It wasn't a hard thing to predict!
A bright round moon shines behind the silhouettes of tree branches.
Last night, the moon
Remember:
This is all about the Epstein Files.
If you ever thought wow Brooklyn south of Prospect Park is full of the most insane drivers I've ever seen you're not wrong www.bkreader.com/non-profit-c...
Yeah, well we didn't go to war, he did! He put us all in danger along with killing innocent people in Iran and Venezuela! Don't put your fishing boat in the water!At our expense! And he is cavalier about all of it! He and his regime have no regard for human life much less the American people!
The fuck kind of answer is this
Important new book on its way to your favorite book seller. I have pre-ordered so it will arrive as soon as available. Andrew offers some innovative thinking about dealing with lying politicians.
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Diesel at my local station is now over $4.40 a gallon. I was paying $3.75 two days ago. My truck is thirst. I guess I will be going nowhere fast this year.
The US and China opposed condemning Russia for it's attacks on civilian infrastructure.
They are OK with war crimes against civilians, putting them in the dark and cold at temperatures of -20Β° C, or -4Β°F.
This will not be forgotten.
Boycott the #USA and #China where you can..
Ducks enjoying the deep freeze a few weeks ago.
Sedona AZ area
Just Western beautiful.
#western #desert #sedona #arizona #photography #landscape
Quickly becoming a single issue voters and that single issue is accountability.
They are talking about money. In that regard the cost is great. But the cost of human beings is enormous! This is an illegal war. What are these people dying for?
One Iran war can buy many USAIDs
Unionbuster Jay⦠certified herb behavior
scanned page of a poem: βto the young who want to dieβ by Gwendolyn Brooks
by Gwendolyn Brooks
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Strange men sitting in court surreptitiously dispensing advice is no way to run a Justice Department
Photo of measuring bat. Text: Forecasting the Next Pandemic Led by scientists from Yale and the University of Oklahoma, the Verena research initiative is using AI and team science to predict viral threats Yale School of Public Health
The Viral Emergence Research Initiative (Verena), headquartered in our Public Health Modeling Unit, is one of the largest pandemic prevention research and training programs in the United States.
Read more: m.yale.edu/dgf8 @colincarlson.bsky.social
The institutions you think are working on this problem aren't; they're fundraising off your anger. No one is really, actually trying to get him fired right now. Not in a serious way. The people who were said their piece and gave up. Weak stuff.
I truly do think all of the "Noem out, Mullin in" posts and stories are failing American democracy right now!
Trump is announcing his nominee.
That's it.
If the Senate majority wants to confirm him, they're a part of thisβeven after knowing what they know now.
And that matters come November.
Someday he'll fire RFK Jr. too, because he's a savvy politician, and RFK Jr. is viscerally disgusting to the human sensibility. When he does - and he will - public health will have to grapple with the fact that it was doable, and we could have tried harder, sooner
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For most people, stable employment is disappearing and being replaced by precarious, low-paid work. Stability is a thing of the past now. Over 2 billion workers worldwide have no job security or benefits.
A black-and-white film photo. A man stands leaning against his food stand on Sixth Street in downtown Austin, Texas. Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
Street Vendor β’ Austin, Texas, USA
Rolleiflex 3.5 MX-EVS β’ Kodak Tri-X 400 β’ 2026
#FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Camera #Film120 #MediumFormat #Rolleiflex #BWfilm #Monochrome #Photography #ATX #TX #Downtown #Austin #Texas #Street #Vendor #People #Sixth #Street #Evening #Outdoors #January_21_2026
βππ’ππππ§π¦ πͺππ‘ πΌ Ohio defeats Eastern Michigan on the road, 62-54. #OUohyeahβ from @OhioWBasketball on Twitter. The accompanying graphic features the result below an image from an earlier game of Ohio guard Asiah Baxter in the white throwback uniform going up for a shot under the basket against an EMU defender in a black uniform.
The Ohio women improve to 16-12 overall, 7-5 in the black uniforms!
