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Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says The move alarmed some public health experts, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.

Compare Hegseth’s deliberate undermining of readiness to George Washington’s mandate that continental soldiers be inoculated against smallpox, which had a 30% mortality rate. This mandate may have been as important as any battlefield decision www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Grooming herself

For the #BlueSkyArtShow, April 18, 2026, here is a rock hyrax looking over the #Edge on #TableMountain, #CapeTown, #SouthAfrica. #photography, #naturephotography,

A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

Bees = life! 🐝 They pollinate plants that produce our food. No bees, no fruits, no future. Reduce pesticide use & plant wildflowers to protect them. 🌼🌎 #PollinatorPower #SaveBees
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Pic of the Day…Creeping Through ☀️🌊
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#sunrisers #sunrise #sunrisephotography #beach #sunrisedaily #sunrises #sunriseday #sunrisemind #beaches

Low clouds embrace Lummi Island on the Salish Sea. May you find beauty in your day. 💫

A stunning, color photo of the silhouette of Crane wading in water on Alki Beach in Washington State at sunset on March 27, 2026. The red glow of the sunset reflects on the rippling water. 📸 Theresa Arbow-O'Connor

A Crane seen on Alki Beach in West Seattle, WA at sunset on March 27, 2026.

#Stunday #ECK
#PNW #Sunsets
#ArtInNature
#Photography
#WestCoastKin
#BeachScapes #Reflections

**Alt text:** Bright blue stucco wall with a small yellow-framed window and matching yellow flower box filled with red flowers; a natural wood chair sits against the wall, surrounded at ground level by green leafy plants with small orange and red flowers, creating layered colors of blue, yellow, red, green, and natural wood tones.

Lost in Ireland, I forget the town. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLForLayers #BlueSkyArtShow #background #Ireland

For today's #BlueSkyArtShow, here are sunset-lit clouds in the #Background of #Holland Lighthouse, #LakeMichigan, #MidwestBeautiful, #photography

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“It was believed afterward that the man was a lunatic, because there was no sense in what he said.“ -Mark Twain

“We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.

“for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet!

“sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it —

“help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst,

Excerpt of the end of the #WarPrayer
“O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain;

Hegseth prays at Pentagon service for ‘overwhelming violence’ against enemies Remarks come after Hegseth calls for changes to military’s chaplain corps, which he said had been ‘watered down’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... feels like it is time to dust off Mark Twain‘s the War Prayer, still one of the most excoriating condemnations of American bloodthirstiness in the name of God #PeteHegseth #ChristianNationalism #WarPrayer

Warm glow, flat sea, cold wind

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sunrise over a rippled pond at Lema Ranch in Redding, CA

bluish

Best part is that Dapang means “big fatty.”

This account holder complained that people were upset that an AI image was posted but she’s missing the point. Call it beauty if you want, but just don’t imply that it is “in the world“ when it is actually AI.

Jef Bourgeau Girl with Yellow Hat. In one corner, a woman is seated wearing a yellow hat and a green coat, sitting at a table. In front of her is a cup of coffee, next to the cup a small vase with yellow flowers. She is seated in a red chair, behind which is a small painting.

Jef Bourgeau Girl with Yellow Hat

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Pic of the Day…Last Stages 💗💙💛🧡
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#sunset #sunsets #sundowns #sunrisesandsunsets #beach #sunsetters #sunsettrip #sunsetsky #sundaysunsets #beaches

It’s a male (white face patch)—great find

Run for Congress! 🤓

Good night 😘 restful sleep 😴✨💤⭐️🌙💙