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How we doing on the pumpkin lacerations.

A party of performative morons disinterested in policy.

What did the Biden Administration do for the farmer? National net farm incomes averaged higher levels during the Biden administration ($165+ billion) compared to preceding years, backed by strong commodity demand and global sales. www.politico.com/news/2024/01...

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What did the Biden Administration do for the farmer? They expanded ag markets. Agricultural exports grew significantly during Biden-Harris, posting the three highest years in history in 2021, 2022, and 2023 – including a record of nearly $196 billion in 2022 and nearly $175 billion in 2023.

What did the Biden Administration do for the farmer? Through the landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), USDA fixed roads and bridges, improved water quality, and brought high-speed internet access to rural areas www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

What did the Biden Administration do for the farmer? USDA finalized rules on long-delayed (and Trump-stymied) protections for farmers against food producer consolidation, including meatpackers and the poultry industry civileats.com/2025/01/15/h...

What did the Biden Administration do for the farmer? USDA Provided $7.7 Billion of Historic Investments for Climate-Smart Practices on Agricultural Lands  through Inflation Reduction Act and Farm Bill www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

Besides the whole saving the knowledge of antiquity and the numerals and the science and the exquisite art, it's pretty easy to google Arab Nobel prize winners

Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life,” released 50 years ago, had a simple message, Anna Holmes writes: “To express love for America requires not only celebrating it with fireworks and flags but also acknowledging its missteps and failings.”

🐞 Report of the United States Entomological Commission Washington, Govt. print. off., 1878-90. [Source]

🐢 The reptiles of western North America San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1922. [Source]

Oh so a country *can* choose not to make the same mistake twice

Lula defeats Musk, Zuckerberg and Bolsanaro!

🌊 The avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands London: R.H. Porter, 1893-1900. [Source]

🐟 Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773: Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ruthven, for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, London, 1790. [Source]

Three years ago, my dad said that all fish are the same shape. Out of spite, I decided to draw all 478 families of bony fish listed in Nelson 2016. There's still some stuff I need to edit and some fish I want to redraw but, after 985 days, I finished my big dumb fish project last night.

🔥 OBAMA: “Trump should be on HGTV. He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory…. He’s clearly not focused on lowering prices for you.”

Catalina island fox

Powerball Adds Essay Section https://theonion.com/powerball-adds-essay-section/

watching the 4K release of Ronin with frankenheimer's commentary and learning that the car chases in the movie were happening *at speed*. no camera tricks or anything, they were straight up *racing*. "we set up all the actors in high performance driving school so they were used to the speeds."

Thousands of birds fly over Denver every fall, but they're in trouble. Here's everything you need to know in order to help them. https://www.westword.com/arts-culture/what-birds-to-look-for-during-denvers-fall-migration-season-40948405/

I have been praying for this kind of pushback from Democrats against Elon Musk for a long time now and I am thrilled that the Talarico camp is leaning into it. Light. Him. Up.

🌼 Digitalium monographia: Londini: Typis Ricardi et Arthuri Taylor: MDCCCXXI [1821]. [Source]

Bee Goodnight good people. ‘If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world…’ Gentle dreams resist an oft vulgar reality… #bee #goodnight #dream

🐍 The reptiles of western North America San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1922. [Source]

🐍 The reptiles of western North America San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1922. - Source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12838393

The Trump regime is arresting green card holders who have no recollection of registering to vote and accusing them of fraudulently registering to vote to create the illusion of non-citizens voting being a real problem. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Trump Walked Right Past His Own Car

🍓 The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1875-1888. [Source]

Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson—running to flip a key midterm seat—will be locked out of a meeting that could pause new xAI data centers in Memphis.

In a city best known for its movie stars, one of Los Angeles’ most beloved residents always stood out among the rest: he strutted through the streets in a tawny-colored coat, walked on all four paws and had a habit of wandering alone at night.

The portion of Lesley Stahl's story where she both sides the "rigging claim" with an Obama clip felt forced. I wonder if we will learn more about how and why it was inserted there.

Of all the things that never happened, this is the thing that never happened the most. #16DaysUntilTheBeginningOfTheEND-IfYouVOTE 🗳️ ✅

Imagine if, four years after invading Iraq, we controlled only 20% of it and had suffered 1.3 million casualties. Would anyone call that “winning”? Of course not. But when it’s Russia, we’re supposed to believe Putin holds all the cards.

Have you ever seen one of these “Your GPS is wrong!” signs? There must be a story behind every one.

Just bopping around, eating worms with ‘his’ buddies. Not knowing how special they are. On the first really fall feeling day. 🐛🍁

If Trump croaks before he has a chance to pardon everyone, you're going to see the cockroaches that comprise the GOP turn into Lord of the Flies.

🦜 A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans London: Published by the author, 20, Broad Street, Golden Square, [1852]-1854. [Source]

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Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.

good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed

Around 96,000 kilometres in just 10 months. That is more than twice the circumference of the Earth. 🌍🌊 Meet the Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea), a small seabird whose extraordinary journeys deserve the spotlight this World Migratory Bird Day. #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #ArcticTern #BirdConservation

“The opposite of hope isn’t despair. It’s inaction”. Great stuff from @helenpilcher.bsky.social #conservation #kakapo www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...