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Day 1261 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and not so good weather for walking The Peak District AM, but our PM bit was incredible
Views on the Edges were amazing and hardly a soul around #PerfectDayOut ❤️🤗 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.

This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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As a GOP activist, Harmeet Dhillon frequently insisted that the federal government has “little to say” about how states run their elections. Now, as head of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), she claims the feds have “sweeping” authority to seize state voter rolls.
Harmeet Dhillon Was an Outspoken Advocate for the Right of States to Run Elections. Then She Took a Top Job at Trump’s DOJ
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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So we're just violating the whole constitution and not even trying to be coy about it now. I wonder what his plan to get her out of CO state prison is?
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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The #WaningCrescentMoon at 44 percent on an early Friday morning, Dec. 12, 2025.

I used my Celestron NexStar 8SE #telescope and Canon Rebel T8i camera.

#moon #astronomy #astrophotography #moonphotography #nightphotography #NaturePhotography
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Painting is just something that I look forward to everyday now haha. Its just so fun to get completely lost in it. Its such an amazing feeling to finish a project and I wish I can bottle that feeling for rainy days haha
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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I captured the Horsehead Nebula tonight and reframed a bit so I would also get a good shot of the Flame Nebula there on the left. These are just a couple of the interesting objects in the Orion constellation.

For reference, the big green star on the center left is the leftmost star in Orion’s Belt.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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The Earliest Known Customer Complaint Was Made 3,800 Years Ago: Read the Rant on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet www.openculture.com/2025/12/the-... | Get him, Nanni!!! 💥
The Earliest Known Customer Complaint Was Made 3,800 Years Ago: Read the Rant on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet
Image via Wikimedia Commons The site Fast Company published an article that describes the “Complaint Restraint project,” an initiative that aims to create a “positive life by eliminating negative stat...
www.openculture.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Indiana Republicans just shut down Trump’s attempt to force new maps, a rare sign his pressure is losing its punch. The U.S. seized a tanker tied to covert oil shipments off the coast of Venezuela. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia is finally home after a judge ordered him released from ICE detention.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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I will forever be in a cycle of being too impatient to wait for my food to cool down and getting soooo mad when I burn my mouth, because mine is the sin of Hubris
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Just like Larry, the Belgium Prime Minister has a cat called Maximus.
Maximus was adopted from a shelter & like Larry, is upstaging the Prime Minister.
www.ndtv.com/world-news/j...
www.ndtv.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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...and back to the widefield postcards... Yesterday the Mars rover Perseverance looked over its shoulder, seeing its wheel tracks leading down the outer slope of Jezero Crater. Love this new view!

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S Atkinson
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Fuck YES! And to the fuckers saying it’s political, it’s not. It’s about people having the freedom to be themselves & celebrate who they are. You’re going to be in Seattle during Pride, why did you expect? 🤭🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Only criminals attack the innocent. ICE agents abusing power should be arrested, and so should the man who gave them their orders.
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Mine #CatsNoirFriday selfie just for my beauteous babies. Love & hugs to you all ❄️💙❄️
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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A nuclear power station is ‘on the front line of an election battle?’ Says who? Just one Labour councillor? Thought control in a democracy exemplified talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/12/a...
A nuclear power station is ‘on the front line of an election battle?’ Says who? Just one Labour councillor? Thought control in a democracy exemplified
Professor John Robertson OBA Headlining the BBC Scotland website this morning, the above and: The future of nuclear power in Scotland is shaping up to be a battleground at next year’s Holyroo…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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As both a teacher and a parent, I see every day how challenging it can be for families to figure out how to give their children real freedom in the world. Again and again, the #BikeBus shows me that it is one of the best tools we have for scaffolding independence.
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Master’s thesis has come back. Distinction, A+. This means I’m doing a PhD. Still a little overwhelmed.
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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But Fox News said...
December 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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between the cracks of curtains
climbing into bed
the moonlight ignites a dream

#senryu #haiku #dream
December 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Man, this whole story about fired Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is crazy.

I'm just glad no one got hurt.

It sounds like he had some kind of mental break or something.
December 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Just learned bats can purr when happy. Wonder if Sonar purrs when you when you pet him…
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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December 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM