Lori Lou Freshwater

The singular reason we are going to call it a constitutional crisis until the coup his complete is that Americans have become so fear-ridden they cannot conceive of losing a life’s worth of material gains.

When I got to class today, my British Literature students had set up this effigy of Doctor Faustus for putting him on trial. FTW.

Fishermen With Currachs, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, painting by Séan Keating, Irish artist (1889-1977).

This note's for Pedolf - from the filing “a blistering anthem that contrasts the hollow promises of American political rhetoric with the harsh realities faced by the poor, homeless and forgotten - the song is the opposite of everything that Donald J. Trump stands for.” Another Canuck stands tall

David Bowie returns to arenas in Stage. View trailer… youtu.be/p_1hZVh2sL4?...

This Day in Labor History: October 27, 1948. An air inversion trapped the pollution spewed out by U.S. Steel-owned factories in Donora, Pennsylvania. The Donora Fog killed 20 people and sickened 6000 others. Let's talk about this deadly legacy of industrial pollution. That photo was taken at noon!

Legs 🦵 #ZZTop

“Where do you get your ideas from, Ms Le Guin?” From forgetting Dostoyevsky and reading road signs backwards, naturally. Where else?

St. Francis preaching to the Birds https://botfrens.com/collections/12055/contents/938277

I speak the password primeval .... I give the sign of democracy;

🐋 FIN WHALE SIGHTING! The world's second largest animal has been filmed feeding off the Welsh coast in an extraordinary display. UK seas are home to magnificent ocean wildlife. We must ensure they are properly protected. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Postcard of soldiers inspecting horses https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2014.37.35.14

Prince released ‘1999’ 44 years ago on October 27, 1982 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/Prince1999

This is basically a declaration of a five alarm fire delivered with some potato salad and a pecan pie.

This was tonight's goal. I didn't get any perfect crow inside the moon shots, but this group of white faced ibis' knew the score! thanks, birds! ISO 500, F22, 1/200s, taken a minute before Sunset so there was still some light. better edits on a laptop later 🪶

Our $2M investment in the Sea Cliffs Exhibit Renovation Project has gotten a pretty clear seal of approval.

Latest AMOC data continues to show a weakening trend | National Oceanography Centre www.noc.ac.uk/news/latest-...

"By creating a city-owned public bank, Seattle can not only provide residents with low-cost financial services; it can also buy its own debt and pay interest to the city instead of private creditors."

#OnThisDay in 1911, Mahalia Jackson, the “Queen of Gospel,” was born in New Orleans. In 1950, she became the first gospel singer to perform at Carnegie Hall. She became a voice for the Civil Rights Movement, inspiring MLK and others. mississippitoday.org/2024/10/26/1...

Brazilian man cries as he describes how Flavio Bolsonaro's acceptance of bribery led to a delay in rolling out vaccines in Brazil. His grandmother and great-aunt he says, died as a result of Bolsonaro paydayreport.com/a-brazilian-...

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水鳥 · mizutori, water birds. A winter season word. The name for all the birds that live on or by the water. One guide to season words says they are seen most in winter, and counts ducks, wild geese, swans and grebes among them. Buson’s poem, word by word, below. #haiku #poetry #mizutori #winter

Some days you have to find the birds and some days the birds find you--like this handsome Red-bellied Woodpecker that was obsessed with this tree knot just overhead. Did I say, 'handsome'? 🥰🥰🥰 #Woodpecker #CentralPark #birdsseenin2026

Raccoon dogs are not raccoons, and not related to raccoons. They are part of the canid family. Genetically they are more closely related to foxes than other canidae. IG: @keeleyrvn

Chinese mycologists described a new giant fungus named Dianjunus rex whose ancient family lineage dates back to just after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs. Its upright fruiting bodies can grow up to 20 inches tall and weigh as much as 5 pounds! 🧪 www.frontiersin.org/journals/fun...

I don't mind stealin' bread from the mouths of decadence / But I can't feed on the powerless when my cup's already overfilled

To stop diving seabirds from drowning in fishing nets, a study tested bird-of-prey kites and googly-eyed buoys, cutting guillemot and razorbill bycatch significantly. While weather and habituation pose limits, short seasonal uses offer a promising fix. Liz Kimbrough reports for #Mongabay.

Innocent Rouge Omnibus Volume 3 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto (@14mountain.bsky.social) is now available wherever you buy manga! Order your copy: https://bit.ly/4pVruWD The spark of revolution ignites the hearts of the French population! #DHManga 🌹

I have discovered a planet. It is a planet beyond misery or sorrow-- but with soft rains. A large sea crashes on its parched sands. Would you like to enjoy life there?

Francis Cadell first visited the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland in 1912 and returned every year afterwards, frequently in the company of Samuel Peploe. He felt the light was of the same quality as that in the south of France. This is from 1928.

The role of trumpet players in Lula’a victory is something that music historians should study for years to come

Over 2,000 alumni from Vivek’s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for “ignoring the moral responsibilities” of his Jesuit education. I think he’s pretty cooked.

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 26 - A song that reminds you of being a teenager The Cars Greatest Hits cassette tape got plum worn out driving my Mustang around Jacksonville NC doing donuts in the K-Mart parking lot.

In "Peanuts," Linus first mentioned the Great Pumpkin on October 26, 1959, creating what would go on to become an indelible cultural icon. Here’s that strip, followed by the rest of that week’s dailies:

yup.

I haven't seen the film but this is a lovely and thoughtful review and now I want to.

When I lived on Camp Lejeune I was the only girl on a soccer team and no thanks to me the Chiefs went undefeated that season. But I got to play every game, in a position where I could do the least damage lol, but I played and me and the boys had a blast.

This is such a fantastic photo: "The Witches' Tea Party" but I want to use it to explain the origin of the tall, pointy witches hat. The real story of this photo: These are residents at the Hospital of the Holy & Undivided Trinity: an almshouse in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England established 1610.

I asked every person I met in Port Neches and Groves Tx., a next-door community, if they knew that Indorama had asked for and received a Trump exemption, removing the requirement at least for now that Indorama take steps to curb cancer-causing emissions. No one had been told. Many were angry.