Dana of the desert🌵
@danaofthedesert.bsky.social
Arizonan. Made of stardust. Unashamed to cry easily. Often sincere, sometimes irreverent. Lover of both whimsy and facts. Fan of democracy.
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The high-pitched scream a chihuahua can emit when it doesn’t want a bath may be the worst noise that exists.
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This is so tragic and unnecessary. My prayers go out to her family and loved ones.
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is so tragic and unnecessary. My prayers go out to her family and loved ones.
It’s time for pie.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s time for pie.
Taking my wine with me to the bathroom so my mom (dementia) doesn’t either drink it, pour it out, or move it somewhere weird while I’m not watching it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Taking my wine with me to the bathroom so my mom (dementia) doesn’t either drink it, pour it out, or move it somewhere weird while I’m not watching it.
Doing the math on cooking tomorrow. My dad bought us a fully cooked turkey breast. The package says if you want it heated, cook 350° for an hour. He thinks since it’s 4.5 lbs we should bake it for 4 hours, but I think it’s going to be shriveled up turkey jerky if we do that.
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Doing the math on cooking tomorrow. My dad bought us a fully cooked turkey breast. The package says if you want it heated, cook 350° for an hour. He thinks since it’s 4.5 lbs we should bake it for 4 hours, but I think it’s going to be shriveled up turkey jerky if we do that.
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If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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Trump knows exactly what was said on that 2019 call with the Saudi Crown Prince — and so do I.
The American people should see the transcript for themselves.
The American people should see the transcript for themselves.
Vindman’s call to release Trump-MBS transcript reopens old questions in US-Saudi relationship
President Donald Trump grants Saudi Arabia major non-NATO ally status as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledges $1 trillion in U.S. investments during White House visit.
www.foxnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Trump knows exactly what was said on that 2019 call with the Saudi Crown Prince — and so do I.
The American people should see the transcript for themselves.
The American people should see the transcript for themselves.
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Was at a fundraiser in the Bay Area with many who made their money in Silicon Valley, tech, etc, but many grudgingly realizing that this is the inevitable path forward.
Young people are radicalized, and they cannot promote capitalism as the way to an enraged majority that demands reform.
Young people are radicalized, and they cannot promote capitalism as the way to an enraged majority that demands reform.
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Was at a fundraiser in the Bay Area with many who made their money in Silicon Valley, tech, etc, but many grudgingly realizing that this is the inevitable path forward.
Young people are radicalized, and they cannot promote capitalism as the way to an enraged majority that demands reform.
Young people are radicalized, and they cannot promote capitalism as the way to an enraged majority that demands reform.
How to make Late Night Emergency Dinner in 45 seconds.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
How to make Late Night Emergency Dinner in 45 seconds.
Lost at IKEA. Just went in a circle somehow.
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Lost at IKEA. Just went in a circle somehow.
Oh great now the glass on my Apple TV remote shattered 😞. Can you even get a new remote or do I have to buy an all new Apple TV box?
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Oh great now the glass on my Apple TV remote shattered 😞. Can you even get a new remote or do I have to buy an all new Apple TV box?
Apparently a bicyclist was “struck by a javelina” today during the El Tour de Tucson bicycle race. One of the lesser-known hazards of southern Arizona road cycling!
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Apparently a bicyclist was “struck by a javelina” today during the El Tour de Tucson bicycle race. One of the lesser-known hazards of southern Arizona road cycling!
When is AOC going to fill us in on what’s really going on with MTG now?
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
When is AOC going to fill us in on what’s really going on with MTG now?
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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New meme format just dropped:
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New meme format just dropped:
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
Someone in my neighborhood is using their wood-burning fireplace today. It does smell good.
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Someone in my neighborhood is using their wood-burning fireplace today. It does smell good.
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This is a foul development:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is a foul development:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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One of these men is Christiano Ronaldo, who is 6-foot-2. The other, who this week ridiculed Tom Cruise for his height, is Donald Trump, who insists he's 6-foot-3. 🤔
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
One of these men is Christiano Ronaldo, who is 6-foot-2. The other, who this week ridiculed Tom Cruise for his height, is Donald Trump, who insists he's 6-foot-3. 🤔
Does this Wednesday feel like a Friday, or is it just me?
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Does this Wednesday feel like a Friday, or is it just me?
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Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
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Elon Musk’s new pay package could amount to $100B per year.
That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined.
It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks.
It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks.
Billionaire greed is out of control.
That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined.
It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks.
It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks.
Billionaire greed is out of control.
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Elon Musk’s new pay package could amount to $100B per year.
That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined.
It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks.
It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks.
Billionaire greed is out of control.
That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined.
It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks.
It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks.
Billionaire greed is out of control.