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Let's include our pals even on Eeyore days (by u/FairyyDust)
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A plush version of Eeyore from "Winnie the Pooh" sits on a sidewalk near a window. His fur is a muted gray with a darker mane and pink inner ears. Above, there is text in a box that reads: "One awesome thing about Eeyore is that even though he is basically clinically depressed, he still gets invited to participate in adventures and shenanigans with all his friends. They never expect him to pretend to feel happy, they never leave him behind or ask him to change. THEY JUST SHOW HIM LOVE."

@jbz plural

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Federal agents have just handcuffed California Senator Alex Padilla and forcibly removed him from a news conference when he dared to question Kristi Noem. This is a demonstration of what the Trump regime intends to do to any of us who question.

#Trump #authoritarianism #military

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/live-updates-los-angeles-protests-thursday-june-12/3722189/

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Former Secretaries of the Navy and Army and retired 4 star generals have filed a strong amicus brief in California’s lawsuit to block U.S. Marines from streets of L.A. and declare his federalization of the Cal national guard unlawful. Full brief at https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450934/gov.uscourts.cand.450934.31.1.pdf #LawFedi

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INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE
Amici are former secretaries of the Army and Navy and retired four-star admirals anc
generals. Collectively, they served under each president from John F. Kennedy to Barack H
Obama.
Amici are acutely interested in this case because deploying National Guard and active-duts
military personnel in the context of domestic law enforcement should be a rare and carefully
considered occurrence that strictly complies with the Posse Comitatus Act and its exceptions
Domestic deployments that fail to adhere to these long-established guardrails threaten the Guard':
and the active-duty military's core national security and disaster relief missions; place deploye
personnel in uncommon situations for which they lack appropriate training, thus posing safets
concerns for personnel and the public alike; and risk inappropriately politicizing the military
leading to additional risks to recruitment, retention, morale, and cohesion of the force.

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"Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!"

Quoth the Nac Mac Feegle in The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

@davidho yeah, about those voters ... as political scientists, we told you what would happen if you allowed elite capture of institutions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Protection. #grickledoodle #books #reading #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

A cartoon illustration of a smiling woman holding a book and wearing a suit made of books in her house. Caption reads "As they were the only thing that truly comforted her, Valerie had crafted an entire suit of books that she would wear around the house."

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Om nom nom delicious faces.
-- Leopards.

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@fkamiah17 #dogsofmastodon

Picture of a cardboard box with several green dog poo bags in it. Sign reads COLLECTING DOG POOP TO THROW AT ICE

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The thing about "winning the middle" in order to make a big tent is that it fails, not only in practical reality, but as a metaphor.

Think of a big round carnival tent, like in Bugs Bunny cartoons. Picture it from the top. Big circle. Got it?

https://www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-middle/

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Have I mentioned recently how much I like my rock garden?
My car mechanic gave me a ride home the other day when my car had to stay the night, and when he saw my garden, he said, wow that's a lot of plants!
#bloomscrolling

Looking across my rock garden, with islands of colors amongst seas of rocks. Closest to us is a big patch of bright purple creeping thyme. Behind it is some yellow green sedum with tall orange yellow flowers. Behind that are other patches of white and green and purple and orange.

Ground level view in my rock garden, with some white creeping thyme flowers, then some yellow sedum flowers, then purple creeping thyme

A patch of purple creeping thyme with some tall yellow green sedum flowers that have popped up into it from the neighboring plant.

Close up of a mound of birdeye pearlwort. It's a dark green low plant that looks like moss, dotted with tiny delicate white flowers.

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12 June 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Anne Frank, was born in Frankfurt.

In 1942 on her 13th birthday she received an empty diary. She perished in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.

'Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character & goodness.' (A.Frank)

Anne Frank seated at a desk with an open book and a pen, looking directly at the camera, with a bottle of ink by her side.

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"HoW dO We IMprOVe EdUcaTIoN??"

People act like it's a big mystery but it's not?

1. Better educated teachers.
2. More experienced teachers. (as in a ratio to new teachers)
3. Limit class size to 20 students aim for an average of 14.
4. Equip schools with sufficient materials eg: buildings that are safe and functional, internet that works, computers for students, you know the materials.

Most "education innovations" are trying to skip this stuff and use something else instead to save money.

@researchbuzz "Netizens commented on Facebook, saying that “thanks to the government, now I know there is such a game.”" 🤣

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Today in Barbra Streisand effects, Chinese edition

https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/11/google-searches-for-secessionist-online-game-surge-in-hong-kong-after-national-security-warning/

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New bacterial genome announcement from our team:

Draft genome sequence of Desulfobacterota strain M19, a mesophilic sulfur-disproportionating bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mra.00295-25

This new bacterium was found on a #DeepSea hydrothermal vent, 1663m deep under the Atlantic ocean surface. It can grow by both "eating" and "breathing" a single chemical—pure elemental sulfur.

#Bacteria #Microbes #Genomics #HydrothermalVents #Extremophiles

Underwater photo of a deep sea hydrothermal vent - a formation of rugged rocky spikes in dark water. Photo by Ifremer.

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He tried Counting Sheep, which is sometimes a good way of getting to sleep, and, as that was no good, he tried counting Heffalumps.

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#ICE (some reports say Homeland Security) with unmarked cars followed a car with an American citizen, his wife and baby for miles, before ramming the car multiple times, throwing tear gas at the car, and after dragging the man out of the car, drove away leaving the woman and baby in a cloud of tear gas.

This is what ICE is. This is who the #GOP are.

[Edit to add that comments include updates and more video of the event.]

https://abc7.com/post/federal-agents-involved-boyle-heights-crash-accused-hit-run-lapd-investigating/16724558/

My cousin just sent me this (he's like 🤨: https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/washington-seat-fillers-needed-june/7857143452.html

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