I started dabbling in genealogy a little bit about 15 years ago, but health issues got in the way. My world shrank.

At one point I realized that I hadn't turned on my sewing machine in so many years, I had to relearn the settings when I started using it again.

Have you gone to the conference already? If so, what have you learned about genealogy?

Late-Night Republican Revolt Derails Trump’s FISA Surveillance Plan Republican infighting is preventing them from renewing the controversial surveillance law.

“We just defeated [Speaker Mike] Johnson’s efforts to sneak through a 5-year FISA authorization tonight,” Democratic Representative Ro Khanna said. “Now, they will have to fight in daylight.” trib.al/Ugw87Rt

How embarrassingly senile must Felon47 get before his cabinet and the Republican party decide that he reflects poorly on their goals to subjugate the masses?

Burgundy graphic with quote "“The time stolen from me by the U.S. government belongs not just to me, but to the children and youth I have dedicated my life to advocating for. With them in mind, I am choosing to return home as planned to continue my career as a woman scholar without losing more time to the state-imposed violence and hostility I have experienced in the United States – all for nothing more than co-signing an op-ed advocating for Palestinian rights.” The quote is attributed to Dr. Rümeysa Öztürk, Scholar unlawfully detained by the Trump administration for her speech, on her decision to return home to Türkiye. Below the quote is a photo of Dr. Öztürk in graduation garb, standing in front of a book shelf.

Dr. Rümeysa Öztürk has returned to Türkiye after completing her Ph.D. program in child study and human development.

Last year, her life was disrupted when ICE targeted her unlawfully with detention and deportation in retaliation for an op-ed she co-wrote in support of Palestinian human rights.

I've had much better luck telling the phlebotomist to skip the elbow, and use the back of my left hand, but it's been used three times so far this year, and that vein needs a break.

It's real cloak and dagger stuff when Republicans call for a 2:00 am vote — in this case, about the regime's ability to spy on us. They always do their most evil deeds under the cover of darkness.

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"If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us - leave us the f**k alone! Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records." - Kurt Cobain The Advocate, 1995

Mood, every single day.

THE FIRST DOMINO HAS FALLEN

Time to hope for a change toward better. Hope is a responsibility. You cultivate it in order to share it with others. It cannot be a private possession. It only blooms when given away. Hope is the prelude to action. So every morning, arise & hope, & go from there.

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This gives me hope that the tide is beginning to turn.

Home - Not in our name Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community

Are you a cis woman who is fed up with transphobes using you as an excuse for their transphobia…?

Now is a good time to sign the @nionwomen.bsky.social petition against this. Only 1,600 signatures to go to hit 100,000!

Sky News: While Trump, the so-called leader of the free world, sits rage-posting on SM like a man screaming into a void, France, Japan, Philippines, & UK are quietly, methodically cutting deals with Iran. The world has moved on & US Mainstream Media is not covering a bit of this.
#sheshed

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

Tell Congress: End the Illegal War on Iran Trump's unauthorized, unprovoked war in Iran has cost the lives of US service members and thousands of civilians in Iran and across the Middle East. And now, Trump is threatening a ground invasion and...

Our elected officials shouldn’t trust any ‘ceasefire’ announced by Trump. Tell your senators and representative to return to DC, reconvene Congress, and end Trump’s illegal war with Iran.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE! The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East. We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate. Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated. On behalf of the United States of America, as President, and also representing the Countries of the Middle East, it is an Honor to have this Longterm problem close to resolution. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP 2.82k ReTruths 9.91k Likes Apr 07, 2026, 6:32 PM

I'm glad he backed off. I was dreading the alternative.

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Clip Of Trump Raging About Iran As He's Standing Next To The Easter Bunny Is Going Viral For Its Sheer Absurdity

Surreal.

Viral photo from some years back of a man nonchalantly mowing his yard with a tornado on the horizon .

How it feels doing literally any task right now.

These ordinary people are willing to sacrifice themselves to make the point that they and their country deserve to exist.

They didn't start this war, their government didn't even start it.

47 ordered the military to commit war crimes because he's trying to distract us from the EPSTEIN FILES!

I hope 47 TACOs again, but when he's playing chicken with nukes, the stakes are too high.

None of his handlers seem willing to take away grandpa's car keys. THEY ARE COMPLICIT IN THE WAR CRIMES.

What we want, need, and have are completely different things.

Several basal rosettes of feathery green leaves poking out from dry maple leaves.

The horseradish is beginning to poke up. It has naturalized at the base of a silver maple tree near the enormous compost pile.

I also have to be sure I get the non-fortified nutritional yeast because I can't tolerate the non-methylated B vitamins that they add.

Dry grass with small plants poking up. The green leaves are long and thin with simple margins. The inflourescence of the closest plant has a raceme bearing five flowers with blue petals and the anthers have fleshy blue filaments.

Not native to North America, but I'm happy to see these colorful little flowers: Scilla siberica
#BloomScrolling

Wording says, "International Transgender Day of Visibility / March 31" under a banner striped with the white, pink, and baby blue colors of the trans pride flag.

TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY

To me it seems like a kind of insanity to set the world on fire and not care. I'm gonna go tend my prairie.