Good morning Bluesky.

Say hello to our resident Orca, in front of the Seattle waterfront during a gorgeous PNW sunset. He was traveling with his family and T034s, T037/T037Bs. Those little ones in the pods are always the most playful ones. We love our whales. This photo should be a poster!

Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

trump and republicans making america great again by... cutting cancer research:

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

Hey Virginia! TOMORROW, April 21, 6am–7pm, we get our chance to protect our state from the power grabs already destroying Texas, Florida, ＆ North Carolina. This amendment keeps things fair ＆ democratic everyone. Same-day registration available at polls. Vote YES! #VoteYesVirginia

If you're in Virginia, then take a minute tomorrow to VOTE YES on the election to ensure that only the voters decide who runs the House of Representatives in November.

President Obama even endorsed the effort by Virginia Democrats.

And Virginia has same-day voter registration.

#VoteYesVirginia

Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.

Images of food being served to sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli, published by USA Today. Supplies "are going to get really low" and "morale is going to be at an all-time low," one sailor messaged his mother

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Rotunda of the US Capitol where people are standing, many in military camouflage, holding signs that read "End the War on Iran" among other messages.

The #BraveOfUS stand up and confront power and that's exactly what @vetsaboutface.bsky.social is doing with 150 veterans and active duty military in the Capitol rotunda right now to demand Congress end this criminal war on Iran.

"We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit." - The Atlantic

The Atlantic: Kash Patel is a paranoid drunk

Kash: Imma sue you for $250 million

The Atlantic: Let’s dance, Googly Eyes

The Atlantic responds to Kash Patel's $250 million lawsuit:

"We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit."

😕

BEYOND deplorable. From Forbes: "The Trump administration pulled $11 million in funding for a Catholic charity that offers shelter to migrant children, the Archbishop of Miami said in a column for the Miami Herald, amid a growing feud between President Donald Trump and the Vatican."

We are literally at the point in history where the Pope is battling the Antichrist. 🍿

ICE agent charged with assault by Minnesota prosecutors, arrest warrant issued Minnesota state prosecutors continue to investigation the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.

ICE agent charged with assault by Minnesota prosecutors, arrest warrant issued

www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/i...

Sooner would be better.

25 years ago today 💔

In memory Jeffrey Ross Hyman, better known as Joey Ramone, singer and songwriter of the punk rock band Ramones, who passed away far too soon at the age of 49 on April 15, 2001, at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

#punkrock #joeyramone #ramones #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States.

Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay.

Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

i am all for having any sexual predator removed from office no matter their partisanship, and no matter their level of office held. Now let the GOP and all their supporters apply this standard to Donald Trump.

Huge turnout today for JD Vance and Erika Kirk.

Tens of people went to see VP JD Vance at today’s Turning Point USA event

 🎥 Jake Traylor

It will be extremely funny if Vance manages to get himself excommunicated before his book on becoming a Catholic releases.

Trump: "NATO wasn’t there for us, and they won’t be there for us in the future!"

The Iranian government is a horrible, evil regime.

Shutting down USAID has caused over ten times as many deaths as Iran’s suppression of its own people.

Pretty much this. Many of us lapsed Catholics are having an interesting time watching this new pope

The state’s legislation could provide a blueprint for others considering moratoriums, amid growing pushback across the country to the rapid rollout of infrastructure underpinning the build-out of AI. ft.trib.al/bb7koE6

He’s still ranting about the Pope

The DOJ is now 116 days overdue to release the Epstein files.

"What happened in Hungary is that Magyar, who's now going to be the prime minister, went out in the country and basically explained how the corruption and criminality affected people in their everyday lives. And that's what's happening here."