ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

"All the atoms that make each of us up—the iron in our blood, the calcium in our bones, the carbon in our brains—were manufactured in red giant stars thousands of light-years away in space and billions of years ago in time. We are, as I like to say, starstuff."
-Carl Sagan,The Demon-Haunted World

"Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact."
-Carl Sagan

“I’m so happy” 🇮🇹

Italian drivers stuck in standstill traffic because of the massive nationwide pro-Palestine protests are… completely fine with it

A political party that was serious about defeating fascism, strengthening real democracy, pursuing justice and promoting the common welfare could do a whole host of effective things before sending us each 7000 texts a day asking for more money. But that’s what they think their job is!

Comedian Drew Lynch was onstage and had just begun his stand-up set when he saw a man in the audience who was in cardiac arrest.

After the man was taken to the hospital, Lynch resumed his set — but not as he had originally intended. https://wapo.st/4pLAXRA

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

Get you someone who loves you like a cat loves the corner of a laptop

I went to Catholic school, and we even knew the Bible isn’t a history book.

Oklahoma just turned indoctrination into state policy: mandating classroom Bibles while pretending amendments 11 - 27 don’t exist.

Public schools should teach real history, not change it in order to fit a political agenda.

CLIP: “Figuring out ways to love my neighbor became so hard as a Republican.”

Ex-GOP Lt. Gov. of GEORGIA Geoff Duncan, now running for Gov as a Dem, says others are having the same journey — and the “tone & tenor” inside the GOP chased him away.

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DO9e6s2...

Hillary Clinton unloads about RFK Jr. and Donald Trump, warning about the danger they pose to America’s health.

Reminder that September is National library card month, so you should totally go get a library card! Yes, they have books, but many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and more! Maybe it's time for a visit!

Polar plunge

Polar bear Nora loves to dive, so care staff came up with a way to safely place a camera at the bottom of her pool to watch her underwater. Beary cool!

Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?

This probably seems grim, but given recent events, it might be a good idea to publicly display a declaration of life, especially if you fall into one of the target demographics

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