Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@qoto.org

Millions of western monarchs used to return to overwintering groves in California every winter. In the 1980s, an estimated 4.5 million butterflies migrated to the coast annually. However, the population plummeted in recent decades due to habitat loss, pesticides, disease, and, increasingly, climate change. https://yubanet.com/california/as-annual-western-monarch-butterfly-count-gets-underway-new-analysis-highlights-importance-of-california-state-parks-for-species/

22 November 1912 | A Czech Jew, Adolf Bodek, was born.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.

"Border militias" have been preparing for this for decades-the Klan ran border patrols in the 1970s, mercenaries in the 1980s, Minutemen in the 200s. They have been violent, extralegal actors and illegal private armies most of that time www.wired.com/story/border...

Border Militias Prepare to Ass...

The final two ceiling boards went up today. I had awaited a working plane so the second last board under the loft could be made to fit against the joist hangers. On to wall panels. #CabinLife #Nunavut

12 November 1913 | Czech Jewish woman, Františka Hellerová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 20 January 1943. She did not survive.

@dmnelson And now I’m reading that each Congressperson has a bathroom in their office. So, Nancy Mace is just looking for screen time!

Sex abuse allegations against Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth only make Trump like them more
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/19/abuse-allegations-against-matt-gaetz-and-pete-hegseth-only-make-like-them-more/

#RapistTrump #TrumpDidThis #EnemyTrump #GOPKakistocracy #ResistFascism #NaziTrump #GOPWeirdos #RacistGOP #DonaldTrump #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

You can have every dollar ever made
Harvest every dollar that has been paid
But if your soul is empty you will find
No one at all will care for your kind

#billionaire #poem (human poem)

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The whole world sees and knows that we are defending ourselves against absolute evil, which understands no language other than force. We need unity. The world needs unity. Only together can we defeat this evil."

Source: MFA Ukraine

@lovelylovely
Biden you're too old and stutter.

Arab Americans Our number one job in this election is, Defeat Harris and elect the most unqualified mental patient in history.

Anyone believing the lie over Biden's bad debate performance helped return Trump back to the White House👇

@JasonON I'm saying the Democrats needed to be what they are' DEMOCRATS)

president Biden has been the most progressive President in our lifetime.

Stop being ridiculous

@lovelylovely @JasonON

Exactly this. Democrats are liberals, not communists.

#Musk & #Bezos Declare The National #Labor Relations Board Unconstitutional

They tried it before, but now they're doing it as a team.

#ElonMusk & #JeffBezos filed a lawsuit in the US #5thCircuit Court of Appeals to rule that the National Relations Board is unconstitutional.

The #FifthCircuit Court of Appeals is under the aegis of #SCOTUS Justice Samuel #Alito.

#law #Union
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/18/2287121/-Musk-and-Bezos-Declare-The-National-Labor-Relations-Board-Unconstitutional

"someone please remind the Russians the West has nuclear weapons too... Irresponsible idiots in Russia!“
- Aure

Russian state television showed the countries in Europe that will be hit by nuclear weapons if the war intensifies:

"All it takes is three missiles and British civilization will collapse."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

⚠️“Tom's of Maine toothpaste was manufactured with water containing bacteria, while a "black mold-like substance" was found in a factory where the product was made, according to a warning letter from FDA

The Nov 5 letter stated that Tom's Simply White Clean Mint toothpaste contained Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a germ that can cause infections in the blood and lungs, the FDA letter said. “

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toms-of-maine-toothpaste-bacteria-water-black-mold-fda-details/

I like “cheat sheets” like this - it assists in unfriending assholes I thought I knew.

House Republicans have introduced a bill targeting one person in the entire United States: their new colleague, Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Delaware). It would require her to use the men’s bathroom at the Capitol.

This is how they govern.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/19/sarah-mcbride-congress-bathroom-bill-transgender