kathy tries
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"America’s so-called 'leadership class' is a sham. Most of them do not care a whit for the rest of the US. They are out for themselves."
As always, @rbreich.bsky.social is focused on what matters and communicates the issues clearly.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As always, @rbreich.bsky.social is focused on what matters and communicates the issues clearly.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us | Robert Reich
I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"America’s so-called 'leadership class' is a sham. Most of them do not care a whit for the rest of the US. They are out for themselves."
As always, @rbreich.bsky.social is focused on what matters and communicates the issues clearly.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As always, @rbreich.bsky.social is focused on what matters and communicates the issues clearly.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Seagull Nebula’s head is both an emission and a reflection nebula. Its light is emitted by the gas ionized by newly formed stars, but some is also reflected off the stars outside the nebula.
#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #nebula #eastcoastkin #photography
#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #nebula #eastcoastkin #photography
December 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Seagull Nebula’s head is both an emission and a reflection nebula. Its light is emitted by the gas ionized by newly formed stars, but some is also reflected off the stars outside the nebula.
#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #nebula #eastcoastkin #photography
#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #nebula #eastcoastkin #photography
surprisingly rocket-shaped
Capybaras are the largest rodents in the world, and they can also run underwater at speeds of up to 5 km/h #TuesdayVibes
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
surprisingly rocket-shaped
It's not the best shot, since I didn't have my tripod handy at the time, so I took these freehand with a 3000mm lens.
Sept 19, 2025 Venus and Regulus with the moon, Yellowstone National Park.
Sept 19, 2025 Venus and Regulus with the moon, Yellowstone National Park.
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's not the best shot, since I didn't have my tripod handy at the time, so I took these freehand with a 3000mm lens.
Sept 19, 2025 Venus and Regulus with the moon, Yellowstone National Park.
Sept 19, 2025 Venus and Regulus with the moon, Yellowstone National Park.
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From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths
6 Otherworldly Deep-Sea Images from 2025
From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths
www.scientificamerican.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos from the ocean’s depths
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to defeat two ballot initiatives last year.
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
🚨Desantis CAUGHT FUNNELING $35 MILLION away from Floridians?!?
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to defeat two ballot initiatives last year.
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
December 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
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Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
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Pelosi: “The President incited an insurrection. We begged him to send the National Guard, they never sent them. This President is trying to re-write history… it was an assault on the constitution of 🇺🇸.”
December 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Pelosi: “The President incited an insurrection. We begged him to send the National Guard, they never sent them. This President is trying to re-write history… it was an assault on the constitution of 🇺🇸.”
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This is how you do it folks
December 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is how you do it folks
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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Gift link for a fascinating & characteristically problematic NYTimes article:
What's problematic is the wholesale importation (pun intended) of the empty-headed zero-sum Trumpian view of trade. China sells & finances African solar, which is bad because...Africa won't build solar factories? C'mon
What's problematic is the wholesale importation (pun intended) of the empty-headed zero-sum Trumpian view of trade. China sells & finances African solar, which is bad because...Africa won't build solar factories? C'mon
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Gift link for a fascinating & characteristically problematic NYTimes article:
What's problematic is the wholesale importation (pun intended) of the empty-headed zero-sum Trumpian view of trade. China sells & finances African solar, which is bad because...Africa won't build solar factories? C'mon
What's problematic is the wholesale importation (pun intended) of the empty-headed zero-sum Trumpian view of trade. China sells & finances African solar, which is bad because...Africa won't build solar factories? C'mon
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I feel this way too often
December 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I feel this way too often
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Me and the fellas beating the toxic masculinity out of each others souls
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Me and the fellas beating the toxic masculinity out of each others souls
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Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
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I have just now learned that the German version of Jingle Bells is called Schlittenfahrt and the holidays are henceforth forever changed
December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I have just now learned that the German version of Jingle Bells is called Schlittenfahrt and the holidays are henceforth forever changed
thank thelanguagenerds.com for this
December 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
thank thelanguagenerds.com for this
Netflix getting sassy with the categories 😂
December 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Netflix getting sassy with the categories 😂
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I've had a lot of pigeon time.
I have not titled any of these yet, but I'm callin this one "Fightin Words"
I have not titled any of these yet, but I'm callin this one "Fightin Words"
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I've had a lot of pigeon time.
I have not titled any of these yet, but I'm callin this one "Fightin Words"
I have not titled any of these yet, but I'm callin this one "Fightin Words"
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Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
@maddow.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social
"we've got people across the nation worried about a Muslim mayor when we've got a felon for a president."
"we've got people across the nation worried about a Muslim mayor when we've got a felon for a president."
December 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
@maddow.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social
"we've got people across the nation worried about a Muslim mayor when we've got a felon for a president."
"we've got people across the nation worried about a Muslim mayor when we've got a felon for a president."
@maddow.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social
using the multiple police forces consolidated as one larger group
using the multiple police forces consolidated as one larger group
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
@maddow.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social
using the multiple police forces consolidated as one larger group
using the multiple police forces consolidated as one larger group