"Ms. Ross-Mahé, age 86, was greeted at the airport by her three adult children. She was still dressed in her prison wear — orange shoes, sweatpants and a gray sweater — covered in stains and holes...
"She was in a state of physical shock...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...
🚨NEW: Iran just “closed” the Strait of Hormuz again. So nothing moves unless they say so, according to state media.
A military spokesperson is calling out the U.S. for not holding up its end after Trump refused to lift America’s own blockade of Iranian ports.
Yay!!!
Flowers from my garden
Bluesky, I got you some flowers from my garden, to cheer you up.
You're welcome 🦋💙
ICE is not about immigration.
ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets.
Abolish ICE.
Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater.
This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning.
Never doubt your power to change the system.
I was elected as a democratic socialist, and will continue to govern as a democratic socialist.
100 days in — and we’re just getting started.
End family detention. This is on our conscience. We need to take to the streets, block the detention facilities, and #freefamilies
Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something.
For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.
Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY!
The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress can’t just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.
Dear God, may Congress stop our President. May our military stand down.
Green-veined White butterfly
My first Green-veined White of the year. This one posed beautifully for photos & enjoyed warming up on my hand #butterfly
This is peak Christian nationalism. Threatening to bomb people the day after Easter and then giving God the glory by doing so? Jesus was a resistor to the empire. He was a peacemaker and justice seeker.
Follow the money.
They did this last time- moved the children in order to hide what they are doing. #FreeFamilies #ICEOut coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/03/excl...
Same Frank, same.
Or just shut it down. It’s less than 25 years old…
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility "We have the power to create our own reality... Dream it, Think It, Say It, Do It! " —Twiggy Pucci Garçon Background crocheted hearts in blue, pink, white and red.
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility
"We have the power to create our own reality...
Dream it, Think It, Say It,
Do It! "
—Twiggy Pucci Garçon
Today is Trans Day of Visibility. Trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people have always been here — from the hijra of India to the Diné nádleehi to the leaders who built the modern LGBTQIA+ movement here in New York. Your existence is not up for debate. Your lives are not a political issue. We're fighting for a city where every trans New Yorker can live openly, safely, and with joy.
This is why. This will be our national shame for generations. The trauma will ripple out to millions. Shut it down. #FreeFamilies
Exactly. #DefundICE
No kings means we don’t bow.
Not to ego, not to power, not to fear.
You answer to us, or you’re done. #WeSayNoKings
Violas on a brown paper background in colours that shift gently to create a floral ombré
In case you’re also a fan of pansies and violas here are a few more. Dopamine from pansies= pansamine ✔️🌿
💯
Okay, let’s shut down ICE. We don’t need it. We need food for our children, homes for our families, and jobs for our young folx.
Hegseth is moving a white Christian nationalist agenda not a moral call. Moral leadership is guided by essential values of equity, service, and humility.
AOC: Companies like Palantir are mining endlessly the data and privacy of the American people—keeping track of everything that they say and do. And sending it to a militarized government.
Sometimes even the President of the United States must be tried for treason.
