@katydyd79.bsky.social
Park Service Brat raised with morals, taught right-from-wrong & to be respectful of/to others. Simple.
Pinned
"TERRIBLE THINGS ARE HAPPENING OUTSIDE. AT ANYTIME OF NIGHT AND DAY POOR HELPLESS PEOPLE ARE BEING DRAGGED OUT OF THEIR HOMES"
- ANNE FRANK, 01/13/1943
- ANNE FRANK, 01/13/1943
Our government FAILED this man (& his family), which, in turn, led to the unnecessary death & injuries of the National Guard soldiers. #MentalHealth
Maybe, just maybe, if the FBI counterterrorism desk hadn't been retasked to chasing abuelitas, somebody might've followed up on the tips...
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with 'dark isolation' as community raised concerns
Emails obtained by the Associated Press show that the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House had been unraveling for years.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our government FAILED this man (& his family), which, in turn, led to the unnecessary death & injuries of the National Guard soldiers. #MentalHealth
Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Another gorgeous sunrise!
Tis the season of good will towards all! Wishing all you Blues a beautiful day!
Tis the season of good will towards all! Wishing all you Blues a beautiful day!
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Another gorgeous sunrise!
Tis the season of good will towards all! Wishing all you Blues a beautiful day!
Tis the season of good will towards all! Wishing all you Blues a beautiful day!
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A magic rainbow moment, walking from the UK Gloucestershire village of Shipton Moyne to Tetbury. A wonderful weekend Cotswolds memory.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A magic rainbow moment, walking from the UK Gloucestershire village of Shipton Moyne to Tetbury. A wonderful weekend Cotswolds memory.
AIDS isn’t over.
40M people live with HIV
10M await treatment
1.3M acquired HIV in 2024
Funding cuts risk making it worse. This can and must change. This #WorldAIDSDay2025, leaders must recommit to ending HIV/AIDS & support countries and communities through these challenging times. #EndHIV #EndAIDS
40M people live with HIV
10M await treatment
1.3M acquired HIV in 2024
Funding cuts risk making it worse. This can and must change. This #WorldAIDSDay2025, leaders must recommit to ending HIV/AIDS & support countries and communities through these challenging times. #EndHIV #EndAIDS
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"As recently as a few years ago, there would have been Republican voices denouncing Trump’s bizarre and unAmerican attacks on immigrants. Those voices were the canaries in the coal mine. Their silence now tells us what has been lost."
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Silence of the Canaries
Trump has normalized xenophobia
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
TODAY IN HISTORY: On this date in 1991, Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
A picture of Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian hero, hangs in the office. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)
The Associated Press
A picture of Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian hero, hangs in the office. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)
The Associated Press
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
TODAY IN HISTORY: On this date in 1991, Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
A picture of Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian hero, hangs in the office. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)
The Associated Press
A picture of Taras Shevchenko, a Ukrainian hero, hangs in the office. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)
The Associated Press
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Such a beautiful evening…..
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Such a beautiful evening…..
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Sunrise above the fog in Slovenia.
March 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Sunrise above the fog in Slovenia.
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Petey Hegseth, Secretary of War | By Ann Telnaes - Nov 30, 2025
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Petey Hegseth, Secretary of War | By Ann Telnaes - Nov 30, 2025
DHS’s internal watchdog system has been “gutted” the staff of Office for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties (CRCL) was cut from about 150 down to only 9 people. The cuts leave around 550 active investigations
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Walz on calling for Trump to release MRI results: "Here we got a guy on Thanksgiving where we spent time with our families, ate, played Yahtzee. This guy is apparently in a room ranting. It's not normal behavior. It's not healthy. Has anyone in history ever had an MRI & had no idea what it was for?"
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
😄
Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
A delicate display of Aurora Borealis in Southern Alberta. Perhaps the best lit picnic table in the province
Red Rock Coulee, Alberta, Canada.
#landscape #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #Aurora #Alberta #Astro
Red Rock Coulee, Alberta, Canada.
#landscape #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #blueskyphotography #naturephotography #Aurora #Alberta #Astro
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Standards don’t rise unless someone lifts them.
Silence, in moments like this, isn’t neutrality, it’s permission.
Speak up! Demand answers from your Congressional Rep. DEMAND that there are consequences for these atrocious crimes!
Silence, in moments like this, isn’t neutrality, it’s permission.
Speak up! Demand answers from your Congressional Rep. DEMAND that there are consequences for these atrocious crimes!
Mary Geddry (@marygeddry)
What unfolded this week wasn’t just another tranche of Trump-era chaos, it was a stunning collision of war crimes, geopolitical malpractice, economic alarm bells, and small, stubborn flashes of integr...
substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Standards don’t rise unless someone lifts them.
Silence, in moments like this, isn’t neutrality, it’s permission.
Speak up! Demand answers from your Congressional Rep. DEMAND that there are consequences for these atrocious crimes!
Silence, in moments like this, isn’t neutrality, it’s permission.
Speak up! Demand answers from your Congressional Rep. DEMAND that there are consequences for these atrocious crimes!
Over 9,000 Metallica 'All Within My Hands' scholars have benefitted from the band's grants through trade schools and community colleges.
Metallica's gift of giving
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Over 9,000 Metallica 'All Within My Hands' scholars have benefitted from the band's grants through trade schools and community colleges.
As always, HCR hits the nail on the head. (e.g. Hegseth; the Former JAGS Working Group; approval ratings; foreign actors & posts on X; Indiana state senator Greg Walker (R))
November 29, 2025
In the wake of yesterday’s report from Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Special Operations to kill the survivors of a September 2 stri...
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As always, HCR hits the nail on the head. (e.g. Hegseth; the Former JAGS Working Group; approval ratings; foreign actors & posts on X; Indiana state senator Greg Walker (R))
This is why banks were invented, fyi.
Speaking of Sam Altman. . .
His ex-boyfriend (I know, right?) was just robbed of $11MM in crypto
His ex-boyfriend (I know, right?) was just robbed of $11MM in crypto
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
World AIDS Day is December 1st. 🎀
World AIDS Day is tomorrow.
US government doesn’t want us to champion it - we can anyway.
Honor lives stolen.
Fight like hell for everyone living with HIV.
Do everything we can to prevent new infections.
Show up. Speak up.
At the very least:
🔴 wear a red ribbon tomorrow to work 🔴
US government doesn’t want us to champion it - we can anyway.
Honor lives stolen.
Fight like hell for everyone living with HIV.
Do everything we can to prevent new infections.
Show up. Speak up.
At the very least:
🔴 wear a red ribbon tomorrow to work 🔴
Home - World AIDS Day
Get Involved There are loads of ways to get involved: in school, college or university, in your workplace or in any other setting.In your school Never too young to raise awareness (and money) to help ...
worldaidsday.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
World AIDS Day is December 1st. 🎀
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Sunrise this morning
November 30, 2025
November 30, 2025
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sunrise this morning
November 30, 2025
November 30, 2025
Interesting read...
"That’s how I think of the women who built the Trump political brand: Ideology did not matter to them in the end, because what did matter was that Trump gave them a way to shine... they rode Trump’s ideological coattails to power."
"That’s how I think of the women who built the Trump political brand: Ideology did not matter to them in the end, because what did matter was that Trump gave them a way to shine... they rode Trump’s ideological coattails to power."
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Interesting read...
"That’s how I think of the women who built the Trump political brand: Ideology did not matter to them in the end, because what did matter was that Trump gave them a way to shine... they rode Trump’s ideological coattails to power."
"That’s how I think of the women who built the Trump political brand: Ideology did not matter to them in the end, because what did matter was that Trump gave them a way to shine... they rode Trump’s ideological coattails to power."
Can you say ethics violations?! The corruption of this administration is staggering.
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Can you say ethics violations?! The corruption of this administration is staggering.
Sustained military conflict with Venezuela will further destabilize the region, spur more migration, shock global oil markets, create more ungoverned spaces in Venezuela for traffickers to occupy. How many more Venezuelan lives stand to be lost? Hundreds? Thousands? And for what? If you break it...
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Sustained military conflict with Venezuela will further destabilize the region, spur more migration, shock global oil markets, create more ungoverned spaces in Venezuela for traffickers to occupy. How many more Venezuelan lives stand to be lost? Hundreds? Thousands? And for what? If you break it...