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My own mission. If anyone implies that we won't have more elections, correct them. That wish comes straight from Trump and Putin. Americans own American elections. Trump is a conman and liar. It is not his call on our elections. "Do Not Obey in Advance" Timothy Snyder@TimothyDSnyder on X

Our @johnlegend.bsky.social with the clearest indictment of JD Vance and the GOP's disgraceful betrayal of the good people of Springfield. I want to hear every 2028 Dem make a similar case. (And I wouldn't mind if John were on that list.)

"slightly behind 2018" is not a phrase I like to see

#Poetry #Painting #Morning I start the morning gently In a quiet sort of way Just grateful for the time And another beautiful day 🎨 Rachel Grant

#Poetry #Painting #Morning It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

The pattern is taking shape: preemptive DOJ lawsuits, administration officials selling the premise with bad-faith talking points, and a ready-made argument that an unfavorable result is illegitimate before the votes are even counted.

Q: You'll respect the election results whatever happens? TRUMP: If they're honest elections (That's a no!)

And now, here’s your baby elephant for today — freshly rinsed and fully delightful.

The new Marist poll does show Democrats ahead on the national generic congressional ballot among likely voters, 52% to 44%, but that is not the same thing as “the election is handled.” It’s a national measure, and actual House control is decided district by district. Polls do not vote. You do.

Forty years of cell biology and we still don’t really know what this enormous structure is doing in our cells. Which seems particularly unreasonable because it looks exactly like something Grandma would pull out of her knitting bag.

If only there were a Nobel Prize for heckling

#Poetry #Painting #Autumn The Postman did deliver, More than just his mail, He delivered happiness, And love, without fail - Johnathon Bart 🎨 Selynn Lee

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

RFK talks about autistic and Arabic people the exact same way. He assumes they are not capable of ordinary or extraordinary achievements because of who they are. He considers them sub-human because they are not like him. This makes it plain that his is a white supremacist eugenicist project.

Oh, don’t miss this one. Against all available evidence, this may be the best thing you’ve seen all week.

Baby Angora goats are among the fluffiest young farm animals in the world. Known for the luxurious mohair they will grow as adults, these playful kids begin life with soft, curly coats and boundless curiosity.

#Poetry #Painting #Nightime A ghost, though invisible, still is like a place your sight can knock on, echoing; but here within this thick black pelt, your strongest gaze will be absorbed and utterly disappear - Rainer Marie Rilke (1875–1926) 🎨 Jane Newland

He trolls everyone, including his own audience. Invents a ridiculous threat—renaming the Mississippi—then graciously saves them from it. The marks laugh, stand and applaud. The exhausting part is watching the con work, again, in real time.

Walter Koenig will always be known as Chekov, but he was also FABULOUS as Bester on Babylon 5. RIP youtu.be/s72fJb7a-s8?...

Everyone keeps asking me how I’m feeling about early voting so far. I’m feeling like nobody *actually* knows anything, and this is the most important midterm of our lives. I’d rather be us than them, but we can’t get comfortable. We can’t get complacent. Go vote like we’re down 3%.

The “flood the zone” strategy has reached a remarkable stage when the President repeatedly discussing another man’s ass barely registers as unusual, and everyone else just starts workshopping the material.

Black-necked stilts. Yes, seriously. Tiny shorebirds on flamingo-grade legs, flying in formation with all those red limbs trailing at exactly the same angle. It looks less like a flock than something briefly passing through from another world.

THIS 👇 HERE TOO........

Trump: "I will be a dictator on day one!" MAGA: "Why can't you take a joke?" Obama: "The White House looks like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheese Cake Factory." MAGA: "Arrrrrrrggggggghhhhh!"

'Otters' in ink by Jackie Morris, artist, author who lives and works in a small cottage by the sea in Wales #WomensArt #Monday

Your Moment of Zen…

#Poetry #Painting #Autumn I open the door to welcome this colorful Autumn day I join a flock of bustling birds in a green field, covered with dew My return to gratitude, the door closes, I hear wings flapping - Heidi Sands 🎨 Jo Grundy

#Autumn Forest Bathing Breathe in the aroma of the trees, Stoop and touch the forest floor, Brush your cheeks against the low-hung leaves, Let the forest stream down your arms like beads of water in a bathtub so hallowed drowning will resemble birth. - Christine Anderson 🎨 Hayk Shalunts

#Poetry #Painting #EverdayMagic Nature is not stingy with her miracles We simply forget to look 🎨 Vakilli

#Poetry #Painting #Morning I start the morning gently In a quiet sort of way Just grateful for the time And another beautiful day 🎨 Kamand Kojouri

#Poetry #Painting #Morning It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

So Trump’s closing argument is that high gas prices are good because his donors who run oil companies are making bank, Jon Husted has a nice ass but not quite as good as Nicki Minaj’s ass, after 7 months the Reflecting Pool is almost done, and we get a ballroom, arch and helipad.

This mountain in China looks like it’s burning because the sun hits it at a perfect angle and the clouds are constantly moving. It is a phenomenon called alpenglow. Original post

This may be as close as humanity ever gets to a perpetual-motion machine: four children, two planks, some rope, and absolutely no interest in stopping.

Kaoru Yamada artwork

#Poetry #Painting #Nighttime Tonight I am walking my dog on a bright moonlit avenue a glorious full moon above a yellow brick road neath my feet. - Robert Lust Steve Sanderson

#Coraline #NeilGaiman #Moonlight Oh- my twitchy witchy girl I think you are so nice, I give you bowls of porridge And I give you bowls of ice Cream. I give you lots of kisses, And I give lots of hugs, But I never give you sandwiches With bugs. In. - Neil Gaiman, Coraline

Blue Sky, collectively:

No. No, he is not. He is a prehistoric ambush predator who has discovered that humans will provide complimentary head scratches.

Famous Northern Rātā in New Zealand’s South Island. Because it resembles an Ent from The Lord of the Rings, it’s known as the walking tree. In 2024, it was crowned New Zealand tree of the year. Original post

#Poetry #Painting #LateAfternoon A field of something green and steady. Sleep is familiar, though the birds are starting earlier and earlier, and I keep dreaming - Ada Limón Victor Mirabelli

#Poetry #Painting #Autumn On the lake I paddle the canoe surrounded by birch trees Maple leaves float in the water. The canopy of the pristine forest goes on forever. Its a wonder of nature. - Michael Cochrane 🎨 Larry Tyler

© Gérard Schlosser. 'Charlus,' 1971. Acrylic on sanded canvas. 150 × 150 cm.

“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.” Pema Chödrön John Russell Autumnal Tranquility

#Poetry #Painting #Morning I start the morning gently In a quiet sort of way Just grateful for the time And another beautiful day 🎨 Joy Laforme

#Poetry #Painting #Morning It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

“The only rule of the journey is: do not return the same way you left. Return different.” — Anne Carson

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama