NEW: 11th Cir panel rejects Second Amendment challenge to the federal ban on machine gun possession, holding that machine guns are not in "common use" for lawful purposes & so not entitled to 2nd Am protection.
media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
Spa day for Sicily.
So many doctor jokes are now being turned upside down.
Next time pull another Jan 6, the Capitol Police might just let them through. After all, Congress has treated them like shit.
Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Lighting the Dark" 20"x20" oil on linen (2025). This moody, abstract-leaning seascape painting has a textured, orange-toned, atmospheric sky with textured colors of light on the horizon. Light from the sky reflects in the water below as it meets a dark, rocky, tree-lined coast.
Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Finding a Kindred Spirit" 30"x30" oil on cradled Ampersand Gessobord (2025). A seascape painting with a gray-blue sky with textured, atmospheric cloud formations over a dark blue sea. Waves are meeting a rocky shore, and there is textured green moss and dark red algae or seaweed on the rocks.
Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Wavering" oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 8"x8" (2026). This loosely painted seascape painting is monochromatic (black & white). It has a textured sky over a dark, wild sea. The sea on the right is meeting a rocky shore on the left. There is much texture throughout the painting.
Original landscape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Homeland No. 2601" oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6"x6" (2026). A peaceful atmospheric landscape painting of a lush green gentle slope with a loosely painted tree at the right, underneath a soothing light blue sky with textured breezy white cloud formations.
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I'm an artist north of Boston using oil paints to tell stories about light and atmosphere.
I paint both large and small, and my originals are available on my website.
I'm open for commissions, please email me if you're interested. Thanks!
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8”x8” Oil on cradled wood panel
Available on my website.
Watercolor painting of Converse tennis shoes. Background is shag carpet.
I’m taking watercolor classes trying to prove you’re never too old to learn new things. Reference photo was provided by the instructor.
I call on every Christian in Trump’s administration to resign, starting with the Catholics.
You cannot follow Jesus while serving the Blasphemer in Chief.
With any luck, he's already done.
Editorial cartoon by John Deering. Oil tanker floating on the water is stopped at a toll gate. An Iranian flag is flying from the tollbooth. Trump is inside the tollbooth pointing at the flag and saying, “I did that.”
John Deering this morning.
Dog.
Happy dog!
Sicily says “hi”.
The people of Iran aren’t free. Iran can now charge tolls. The nuclear material sits EXACTLY where it did, in the same amount, since June. The regime is still in place with a younger ayatollah. Iran still was launching missiles, now with more money to rebuild.
Period
The Vice President is abroad campaigning for a dictator.
The President is threatening to wipe out an entire civilization.
Congress is on recess.
This is a total collapse of American moral leadership — at a historic scale.
The President of the United States is threatening war crimes. That alone is illegal. He is unfit for office. I am urging the entire military command to remember your oath to the Constitution. Do not follow illegal orders. Do not commit war crimes. The stain and repercussions will be endless.
I used the 5 Calls app to call my senators and representative to express my outrage over Trump’s actions. An aide for Rep. Hill took my message. Sen. Cotton’s & Bozeman’s offices didn’t answer, but I left voicemails.
I have no illusions they will act, but at least they will know how angry I am.
WE THE PEOPLE *NEVER * FORGET THE COWARDS IN CONGRESS WHO KEPT QUIET
The man you answer to is THREATENING to wipe out an ENTIRE civilization! He has seriously lost his mind!
The 25th amendment exists for a reason! Plus, ONLY 12 Republicans in Congress need to find the courage to impeach and remove him!
Those who do NOTHING will be remembered AND held accountable!
While Trump's assertion that "a whole civilization will die tonight" represents a discrete threat of genocide against Iran, the fact that it comes from a U.S. president, while Congress does nothing, actually represents a broader civilizational collapse — whether he follows through or not.
Every single member of Congress posting on social media aboutTrump needing to be removed, impeached, 25th amendment…. Needs to get in a car, on a train, on a plane and get back to Washington immediately. Show up there en masse!
@neal.house.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@markey.senate.gov
I remember the Vietnam War well. Trump should too — we're the same age.
I was too short to serve and lost good friends in the war. Trump pretended to have bone spurs.
That war was characterized by lies, arrogance, and stupidity.
What's happening in Iran is starting to feel a lot like Vietnam.
Lasers were a huge scientific breakthrough and now we use them to play with cats. Computers were also a huge scientific breakthrough and now we use them to look at pictures of cats. In other words, science was made for cats.
A screenshot of the part of the accessibility settings with the option of “Require alt text before posting” selected
Reminder: including alt-text on your images is helpful in many ways! It increases accessibility, can add context/detail, makes search more effective, & can improve your reach (a lot of us won’t re-share images without alt-text). If you set it as required in accessibility settings, you can’t forget!
I highly recommend putting this NASA #Artemis II mission livestream on and just leaving it playing as you go about your weekend. Live views of the spacecraft, occasional visualizations of the current config, views of the control room, space-ground radio audio. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...
Beautiful.
My childhood dog could hear an egg being cracked no matter how far away from the kitchen she was at the time.
Remember:
The reason Trump was allowed to levy tariffs on the whole world is because almost every Republican in Congress voted against stopping him.
And the reason he’s able to wage war with Iran without input from anyone is because almost every Republican in Congress voted against stopping him.
My sweet dog is lying next to me on the couch with her head in my lap. Her faint snores are melting my heart.
Now, in my state, they want to take tax money from public schools and give it as vouchers for private schools with no public oversight.
I’ll never understand how we let the people in US get so stupid. Our children and our grandchildren will pay the price.
A graph titled “the public health success of the measles vaccine” that shows the number of measles cases in the United States plummeting after the vaccine was introduced in 1963
I showed this graph in class yesterday on how measles cases in the United States plummeted dramatically after the vaccine was licensed in 1963. It’s not subtle and I could not resist observing: “This stunning design in measles cases was not thanks to vitamin A. It was not due to beef tallow.”
