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How many drunks are there in the Trump Cabinet?

Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

A convicted felon as President of the United States talking about removing criminals is the very definition of hypocrisy.

Yes, please.

Exactly.

A black-and-white studio portrait of Josephine Baker (1906–1975), the legendary American-born French dancer, singer, actress, and civil rights activist who became one of the most celebrated performers in Europe during the Jazz Age. In this iconic, high-contrast photograph, she is captured in a dynamic, theatrical pose radiating exuberance and glamour: reclining slightly against a dark curved backdrop, she leans back with one arm gracefully raised and bent behind her head, fingers lightly touching her hair, while her body twists toward the camera with joyful abandon. Her face turns to the right of the viewer with a wide, radiant smile revealing bright teeth and sparkling eyes enhanced by dramatic stage makeup. She wears an extravagant, voluminous white feather costume—a massive swirling boa of long soft plumes that cascades dramatically across her shoulders, chest, and arms as if caught mid-dance—paired with a matching oversized feathered headdress and an ornate headpiece of small white flowers or jewels crowning her sleek dark hair. The overall composition is bold and energetic, with strong diagonal lines created by the flowing feathers and her angled pose, the lighting emphasizing the texture of every plume and the smooth tone of her skin against the deep black background. The mood is one of unapologetic joy, sensuality, confidence, and show-stopping charisma, powerfully symbolizing Baker’s groundbreaking rise from humble beginnings to international stardom as a trailblazing Black woman who shattered racial and cultural barriers on stage while using her fame to champion civil rights.

American/French dancer, singer & actress Josephine Baker died #OTD in 1975.

DYK: In Nazi-occupied France, Baker was a French Resistance operative. She used her celebrity status to gather intel on German troop movements & smuggled the information using invisible ink on sheet music.😮

#WWII #histsky

His dumbest move...so far.

A swath of lawn with grass, clover and stalks with tiny pale blue flowers.

My backyard is full of these tiny, pale blue flowers. See the cliver in the lower left for scale. My friend said the plant is called Speedwell.

The amazing, letter-perfect performance of NASA this week is a ferocious rebuke to the right-wing fools who constantly tell us that for-profit businesses always do a job better than the government.

Damn

Who crossed a cactus with a Brussel sprout?

It is possible.

Got that right

They'll never know it was us.

We need both, reform AND impeachment.

Good. Every seat Republicans run for should have an opponent. It's how we build the bench.

That sounds unpleasant either way.

Science and literature for the win.

Artemis crew!

We attended that. The morning mass ascension was magical.

An orange cat lounges in a white laundry basket.

Happy Caturday

His first day is going well.

We live in hope.

Look at these sweet sleeping bees!

THIS perfectly describes most of today’s media bias and failure!

The elephant would like a word.

Wonderful to see.

Giving off Lehman Brothers/Great Recssions vibes.