Warming waters cause corals to “bleach” when these organisms expel symbiotic algae that provide nutrients, oxygen & vibrant colors.

The latest global bleaching event - researchers estimate >84% of the planet's coral ecosystems have been affected since Jan 2023 - has made it clear the crisis is now.

Seems kinda important

Among the most hideous & ubiquitous historical fables taught in this country are about the “discovery” of America and the “settling” of North America by pioneers. But there’s even more.

This Indigenous People’s Day,decide to learn.Ned Blackhawk & @rebeccanagle.bsky.social’s works are extraordinary.

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV pundits say that Trump's threat of providing Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine is merely a part of the plan worked out with Putin in Anchorage, and after Trump's call with Putin, he will announce a change of plans and send nothing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v87t...

it's hard to get mad at Kamala over anything except Gaza because otherwise the party treated her horribly and she nearly saved them from oblivion anyway

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com

Holy shit, this sucks. www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

Blah blah blah.

Unsure how many times I have to repeat it, but health care shouldn’t be for-profit.

People like to talk about how previous generation didn’t have mental health issues, or anxiety, or burnout or whatever, or at the very least didn’t need medication or therapy, but the truth is that a lot of those people just drank themselves to death

I have not followed them for Gaza content, so I will note this also.

JFC

Not much of substance or policy, here, it reads like it fulfills a a college essay assignment.

Full text of the declaration for peace signed by the US, Türkiye, Qatar and Egypt today.

Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans feels that Europe must do more to counter Russia's threat — and he has a few ideas how to do it.

Israel frees 1,968 inmates as part of Gaza ceasefire deal

NOO!!!! YOU MONSTERS!!!!

I have a theory that Butker wants to get cut so he can blame the woke NFL for oppressing him which will land him to his new job in the White House as Chief Warlord of Women and Children

"Detour"

#BlueskyMonday #artyear #abstractart #abstractpainting #sketchbookart #sketchbookpainting #acrylicpainting #traditionalmediums

just found out that about a week ago, while george santos has been in solitary confinement, that he wrote that due to the inhuman conditions he is facing he is now pro prison reform. just unreal stuff honestly