It’s just Rick

One more #Caturday night. #Catnip makes everything better.

@juddlegum.bsky.social is on BSKY, you don’t need that other one. “Juddlegum” is funny, though.

Just saw an anti-JT ad on TV … in Upstate NY. Not to mention that the woman with puffy lips is going on about child surgery. What is wrong with them, and does that play well in TX?

We have a publication day: 11/11, it works on both sides of the pond! www.routledge.com/Eighteenth-C... 🗃️🪡

Nazis, Nazis, Nazis

Witness tampering.

German/US artist Albert Bierstadt felt that Yosemite was the Garden of Eden, and portrays it here as an awe-inspiring idyllic wilderness in a golden haze, untouched by humans (Valley of the Yosemite, 1864)

Let’s tell the truth’: Smithsonian head given standing ovation as he hits back at Trump attacks. Lonnie Bunch rejects claims the institution is unpatriotic, telling audience ‘You cannot understand all without illuminating the dark corners’. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #globalmuseum #museums

Our right to conversational privacy must include freedom from others using tech to document what we are saying without our clear opt-in consent. "Otherwise, people will self-censor, and conversation will lose its spontaneity and intimacy," EFF’s @adamdschwartz.bsky.social told @yahoofinance.com.

Shoot this into my veins! What struck me as a Michigander, is that MAGA is going after Talarico in the same way they're attacking Abdul El Sayed. These 2 Democrats differ in faith, zip, and ethnicity, but their message and motives are the same: Government must work for The People again! 💙

Reminds me of Hilary having to duck and cover from the helicopter. Boy there was no end to that. Guess those reporters are all gone.

September 7, 2026

And yet we still have the NY Knickerbockers!

Not many bands can pull off an eight-minute rocker at the Tiny Desk. Chicago's finest lean into its excellent guitar playing, poignant lyrics and a sturdy, Midwestern sensibility. n.pr/4gRQo6T

I continue to make my way through the list. Fascinating range of genres.

Limited public discussion of the trust fund's shortfall has experts worried that most Americans don't fully understand the problems Social Security faces — let alone be able to weigh in on solutions. n.pr/4hZFtu6

Never let them forget: They hunted the vice president to kill him. They built a gallows on the Capitol lawn. They assaulted police officers with flagpoles and bear spray, and they tried to seize the presidency for Donald Trump.

How do you solve a problem like Natalie? Melania returns after a month’s absence @anntelnaes.bsky.social

Giraffe and Bovine Petroglyphs, Neolithic Period (c. 8000 BP), Wadi Mathendous, Libya. @archaeologyart #globalmuseum #Neolithic #archaeology #animals

#Iseeyou’vecalledindead #booksky @johnkenney.bsky.social Can’t be as fun a read as that one.

FIT is looking for a grants manager to support our interdisciplinary work across the arts and sciences. fitnyc.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

Heard @npr.org's take about Donald's duck and cover on @WAMC and they didn't say squat about leaving reporters and his cabinet as bait. I don't know who's more chickenshit.

Fun fact: The last time a Cabinet pick failed on the Senate floor was 1989. John Tower. No Cabinet pick has been defeated on the Senate floor in Susan Collins’ nearly 30 years as a senator.

Covered up since May 2026

We need to contact our Dem Senators and House members and let them know that Elon Musk has already posted about his plans to help cheat for the midterms. Lots of money Elon is wielding. Trump did state that Elon helped with the computers to help him win in 2024. REPOST this!!!

A starter heads up. The article could better make the connection between the Iran war and Soc Sec, but we get it.

Congress Interrogates Fauci Over Origins Of Pie Brought To Cookout https://theonion.com/congress-interrogates-fauci-over-origins-of-pie-brought-to-cookout/

The full story in today's Popular Information:

July 23, 2026

share.libbyapp.com/title/11024983 A great book pic! Unlimited availability this month through your library. #booksky

As the Supreme Court begs for money to protect themselves from what they unleashed.

I like this guy! “Shouldn’t be this hard…” theme would be great for the rest of the team.

The best explanation I have seen.

Yes, this is exactly it. There have always been lightning strikes in forests, but forests used to be damp, especially at this time of year, when snows were still melting. Climate change is drying out the northern boreal forest. That’s why lightning now ignites fires.

In case you missed Trump’s speech

They just opened a cowardly short 14-day public comment period. Make your voices heard. PLEASE. Link Below 🔗👇🏽 eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home...

“More killings by ICE” by Ann Telnaes on Bluesky and Open Windows. “[DHS] temporarily suspends traffic stops, Trump says they should continue.” #bourreaux Please support Editorial Cartoonists, directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky. This #EditorialCartoon was found on Open Windows.

NY Tmes exec editor Joe Kahn said in 2024 that the issue of democracy's survival was not a top priority in his newsroom's coverage. Now Trump is sending federal agents to NYT reporters' homes to deliver subpoenas over coverage he doesn't like. I wonder if democracy is a priority for Joe now.

⭐️ #mamdani ❤️ #cats ❤️ #dogs

Hannah Chatterton Hyde's 1857 wedding dress was made with diagonal pleats across the bodice and with bright blue silk button-ornaments sewn over the hook-and-eye closure. You can also make out the meticulous hand-stitching along the upper edge of the waistband. #WeddingWednesday 🗃️🪡

79 years ago, on the 8th of July 1947, reports were broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident. The debris had actually come from a military balloon part of a top secret program to detect Soviet nuclear tests. #otd #history 🗃️

Schadenfreude.

They’ve said this about nearly everyone they’ve shot in a moving car, and they’ve lied nearly every time.

UPDATE: In a statement, Kalshi says that it is “open about our news partnerships, as have our news partners.” Kalshi, CNN, and CNBC have not disclosed the financial terms of their partnership. (1/3)

July 5, 2026

There’s no push for anchovies on pizza. Is that still a thing?

Mamdani Says Blind Patriotism Ignores the Nation’s Flaws and Inequality In a nearly 13-minute address, Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York highlighted the nation’s diversity and criticized those who would deprive immigrants of freedom. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/n...

June 29, 2026