Wait -Epstein?

Stop genocide

The National Science Foundation which funds a quarter of all basic scientific research in the country is being dismantled.

A senior Iranian official says vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz will still be required to pay tolls to the IRGC

Maryland Orders Washington County to Freeze Sewer Expansion for Planned ICE Detention Center A state environmental order bars the county from expanding its sewer system, the latest obstacle in a legal fight over the federal government's plan to detain immigrants in a warehouse there

PA last month said the two Trump prison camps they want to put there can't be hooked up to water or sewer (and therefore can't open).

www.pa.gov/agencies/dep...

Now MD says Trump the prison camp they're trying to put near Hagerstown can't get sewer either:

www.projectsaltbox.com/p/maryland-o...

The Vatican has IMMENSE WEALTH

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‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

Last week, a worker one of Amazon's Portland area facilities died on the warehouse floor. Employees were told to look away and keep working.

A new story by @ryanjhaas.bsky.social for @thewesternedge.bsky.social - reporting this news first.

www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-i...

Can the Pope run for the Presidency?

A mother Pilot Whale carries the body of her dead baby. When a mother loses her baby, she carries it in her mouth for weeks, until it decomposes. This mourning process is known as requiem. [📹 Felipe Ravina Olivares]

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ICE IS DETAINING HUMAN BEINGS IN INHUMANE CONDITIONS. REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING SHOT, STRIPPED AND NEGLECTED ARE OUTRAGEOUS. IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. NO ONE SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE THIS. STAND UP, SPEAK OUT AND DEFEND DIGNITY. ICE AND RIGHTS.

FYI, Seattle.

Urgent help needed to keep housing!

FML

They’ve got great dumpster cuisine as well!

World's oldest known land animal, Jonathan the tortoise, dies at age 193 Jonathan the tortoise, the world's longest-living known land animal, has died at an estimated 193 years old, according to his caretaker.

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www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data c...

Just wait until these eyesore monstrosities want to come to your neighborhood. Goodbye trees. Expect to hear a constant, electrical humming, warmer temperatures and higher energy bills. Fight like hell to keep data centers out of your area.

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i think it's time for a few words from my favorite poet, Mary Oliver

#poems #Despair #ecocide #extinction #politics

Death of refugee found after being released by Border Patrol determined to be homicide Erie County, New York, officials said the cause of death was “complications of a perforated ulcer precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration.”

Please don't forget this story.

They deliberately dropped off Nurul Amin Shah, a blind refugee, in freezing weather miles away from home. Less than a week later, he was dead.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Holy crap. Here's Trump saying he doesn't give a damn about child care, Medicaid or Medicare – he's too busy fighting a war that he started. Trump is happy to tax us, but we shouldn't expect anything back except bombs to be dropped on foreigners.

This

Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide The Erie County Medical Examiner's Office didn't reach any conclusions about responsibility for Nurul Amin Shah Alam's death.

The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz

Charlie Kirk bullet analysis finds no conclusive link to rifle found near scene Tyler Robinson’s defense team may try to use analysis to clear him of blame, as prosecutors aim to show there’s enough evidence to proceed with trial

The ballistics don’t match.

Tyler Robinson was 22 years old when he was turned in to the FBI by his own father for a $1.15 million reward.

He’s being convicted on hearsay and texts. He could face the death penalty if convicted.

No trial date has been set yet.

#ProudBlue #CharlieKirk

LGBTQ children who underwent conversion therapy have:

- Nearly double the odds of lifetime suicidal ideation
- 75% higher odds of planning a suicide
- 88% higher odds of attempting suicide

Compared to LGBTQ people who were not subjected to it.

It also crushes self-esteem & self-worth.

#Pinks

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️
It's an opportunity to celebrate our transgender, gender diverse, and non-binary community!
I see you & I support you! 🏳️‍⚧️

Fuuuuck.

Hundred?!?!

An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below: 1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. 2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation … 3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people. 4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners … 5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice … 6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices … 7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. 8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. 9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. 10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: 11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: 12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit … 13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: 14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: 15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury: 16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: 17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: 18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. 19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people. 20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.

Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.

#NoKings

Ah wow, exquisite