@elfzie.bsky.social
Exploring, learning, moving more & more into watercolor painting and string and wind instruments, Western, Native - sitting at the feet of great teachers.
Inspired to act meaningfully, especially on environmental issues, justice.
Love people and nature.
Inspired to act meaningfully, especially on environmental issues, justice.
Love people and nature.
Looks like the growers have delivered the required grease to get the wheels moving.
Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
Reclassification would not make it legal for recreational use nationwide, but it could change how the drug is regulated and reduce a hefty tax burden on the cannabis industry.
www.stltoday.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Looks like the growers have delivered the required grease to get the wheels moving.
"The approach contradicts the recs of most major U.S. medical orgs, incl. the AMA, which has urged states not to restrict care for gender dysphoria.
. 'At least 27 states have adopted laws restricting or banning the care. Federal judges have struck down the bans in AR and MN as unconstitutional.
. 'At least 27 states have adopted laws restricting or banning the care. Federal judges have struck down the bans in AR and MN as unconstitutional.
Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children
It's the most significant move the Trump administration has taken so far to restrict the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical interventions for transgender children.
www.stltoday.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"The approach contradicts the recs of most major U.S. medical orgs, incl. the AMA, which has urged states not to restrict care for gender dysphoria.
. 'At least 27 states have adopted laws restricting or banning the care. Federal judges have struck down the bans in AR and MN as unconstitutional.
. 'At least 27 states have adopted laws restricting or banning the care. Federal judges have struck down the bans in AR and MN as unconstitutional.
Keeping shining the light on this!!
Army and FAA admit failures in deadly mid-air crash at DC's Reagan National Airport
The U.S. government has conceded failures on the part of pilots and an air traffic controller at Reagan National Airport that led to the deadly mid-air crash in January.
abcnews.go.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Keeping shining the light on this!!
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Fascinating from @donmoyn.bsky.social. I think Democrats should be efficient but not brutal—move fast and reform the Supreme Court, pardon power and voting rights, increase US safety and fairness, shrink the wealth gap, restore the American Dream. ASAP. Procedural obstacles no excuse. Waive 'em.
New, from me: Recently Marc Dunkelman wrote "What the Left Could Learn From Trump’s Brutal Efficiency" in the Times.
I respond here, not to dunk on Dunkelman, but because it represents a mistaken view of governance that progressives are tempted to embrace. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
I respond here, not to dunk on Dunkelman, but because it represents a mistaken view of governance that progressives are tempted to embrace. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats need a theory of power, but democracies need a theory of accountability
No, the Trump administration is not a model for how to get things done
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Fascinating from @donmoyn.bsky.social. I think Democrats should be efficient but not brutal—move fast and reform the Supreme Court, pardon power and voting rights, increase US safety and fairness, shrink the wealth gap, restore the American Dream. ASAP. Procedural obstacles no excuse. Waive 'em.
Compromise is an understatement.
Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video
The Senate has given final passage to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs.
apnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Compromise is an understatement.
The aggressions never cease.
Gullah-Geechee descendants on Sapelo Island may be facing a massive property tax increase that could open the doors for developers to turn the island into a vacation spot for the rich
A meeting for property owners to give feedback is scheduled for today
A meeting for property owners to give feedback is scheduled for today
Tax targeting Gullah-Geechee landowners on Sapelo Island could force land loss
The effort to reassess the Hogg Hummock property is the latest move that could force Gullah-Geechee descendants from Georgia island.
www.splcenter.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The aggressions never cease.
Adapting?
Trail Cameras in Vermont Captured Something Strange: Moths Sipping a Moose's Tears
Tear-drinking, known as lachryphagy, has mostly been observed in the tropics, so scientists were somewhat surprised to find the unusual behavior so far north
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Adapting?
Clarified accurately.
December 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Clarified accurately.
Pennsylvania steps up, well done! Nice assist, NY.
GOP centrists choose nuclear option in fight with Mike Johnson over Obamacare | CNN Politics
In a stunning blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, four GOP lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to back a Democratic push to extend pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies.
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Pennsylvania steps up, well done! Nice assist, NY.
The scammer of these vulnerable people is Joey Chianese of Virginia Beach. People should stay away from rent-to-own property schemes. The cities should find ways to hold them responsible.
New contracts in St. Louis sell a 'false' dream of homeownership, critics say
Contracts that look like rent-to-own agreements leave buyers with high costs and facing eviction. "A model that is selling a dream that is known to be false."
www.stltoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The scammer of these vulnerable people is Joey Chianese of Virginia Beach. People should stay away from rent-to-own property schemes. The cities should find ways to hold them responsible.
Not surprising in this low-tax red state with a legislature trying to sabotage medical insurance assistance (Federal Medicaid $) for the poor.
Messenger: Missouri mental health crisis hits home. 'She doesn't need to die in jail'
"Missouri’s jails have become de facto mental health wards, with terrible outcomes."
www.stltoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Not surprising in this low-tax red state with a legislature trying to sabotage medical insurance assistance (Federal Medicaid $) for the poor.
Great news!
Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies
Four Republicans signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
www.stltoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Great news!
... it was ... understood that the “well regulated Militia” in the 2nd Amdm't text referred to ... : a well regulated militia — not an individual’s desire to own a gun. ... the federal govt as well as many states and local govts regulated gun ownership with that interpretation in mind... Marc Elias
December 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
... it was ... understood that the “well regulated Militia” in the 2nd Amdm't text referred to ... : a well regulated militia — not an individual’s desire to own a gun. ... the federal govt as well as many states and local govts regulated gun ownership with that interpretation in mind... Marc Elias
Prompt engineers - to reduce AI acting like a co-worker who goes on break, takes mushrooms, and come back hallucinating. 🙄
Job apocalypse? Humbug! AI is creating brand new occupations
Most needed: human skills
www.economist.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Prompt engineers - to reduce AI acting like a co-worker who goes on break, takes mushrooms, and come back hallucinating. 🙄
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Harry Shearer, who led the lawsuit to recapture the rights to "This is Spinal Tap," comments on the deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
The loss of Rob and Michelle is devastating. The stuff of Greek tragedy.
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Harry Shearer, who led the lawsuit to recapture the rights to "This is Spinal Tap," comments on the deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
"... the reality of the Trump administration’s deportation policy, that people who are of no danger to the country in any way are being caught up in a cruel mass deportation policy."
December 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"... the reality of the Trump administration’s deportation policy, that people who are of no danger to the country in any way are being caught up in a cruel mass deportation policy."
