https://cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2025/08/cra-statement-grants-eo/

We're all trying to get by, in our own way.
And if your way involves thorns, darkness, weird magic, and secret meetings with the old gods in the forbidden end of the forest, so much the better.

https://resist.bot/petitions/PLKIGI

Well, here we are. For some reason I always pictured a nicer handbasket.

"DOGE apparently declared by decree that all government issued credit cards shall have a spending limit of 1 dollar, that're assigned to the GSA. That could look like govt efficiency until you apply it to Veterans Hospitals- which means a literal hospital isn't allowed to resupply itself or transport vets in need of healthcare, because some college students thought they were wasteful.
-Dr F Han

#USPol #VA #DOGE #Musk #Trump #Healthcare #GSA

⬇️h/t R Angwin

https://www.reddit.com/r/VeteransAffairs/comments/1ixytjr/developing_news_purchase_cards_dropped_to_1_va/

There is only one correct reaction to this video

That JD Vance and Donald Trump should burn in hell

Strong, supportive comments for Zelenskyy from democrats here. These need boosting:

Senator Schiff: ““A hero and a coward are meeting in the Oval Office today. And when the meeting is over, the hero will return home to Ukraine.”
Senator Murphy: “What an utter embarrassment for America. This whole sad scene.”
Senator Gallego: “This is a disgrace.”
Senator Van Hollen: “beyond disgraceful”.
Senator Durbin: “The people of Ukraine and President Zelenskyy deserve an apology.” “Trump and Vance berating Zelenskyy – putting on a show of lies and misinformation that would make Putin blush – is an embarrassment for America and a betrayal of our allies,” Durbin said. “They’re popping champagne in the Kremlin.”
Senator Schumer: Trump and Vance “are doing Putin’s dirty work
Sheldon Whitehouse: Trump and Vance of “acting like ventriloquist dummies for Putin”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/zelenksyy-trump-meeting-democrats-reactions

If the President of Ukraine, whose country depends in part on American support to continue withstanding a hostile invasion, can stand up to Donald Trump's bullying and firehose of bullshit, so can politicians and journalists in this country with far less to lose.

The Leader of the Free World. #Zelenskyy #SlavaUkraini

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/cooking-tips-tutorials/a43456544/can-you-freeze-eggs/

Nothing says the party of law & order like...

*checks notes*

...immediately pardoning 1,500 criminals.

It was a balmy 31F, so Ferris and I had a fun walk that included one of the local pocket-parks. #Winter #RescueDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Dogs #Snow

While I must confess that some of the twoots and meltdowns with MAGA/H-1B have been hilarious, it’s a good reminder why tolerating subtle racism when it’s not directed personally at us never works..

It has to be: “an injustice to one, is an injustice to all”.

Ferris is ready to greet @spaf’s newly minted PhDs this weekend! #Purdue #BoilerMakers #BoilerUp #CERIAS #ComputerScience #DoctoralWork #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #RescueDogs

Processing post-election emotions through making. New mixed-media series, “The Price of Eggs” (embroidery, broken eggshells, acrylic paint). Here is the first finished piece - “Blood-borne (sepsis)”, and two works in process. #embroidery #MixedMedia #Art #2024Elections

34 felony convictions
54 pending criminal charges
2 impeachments
2 popular vote losses
$88M owed to E Jean Carroll
$450M owed for civil fraud
$8T added to nat'l debt
2.9M net loss of jobs

Is this what Trump meant when he promised "numbers like we've never seen"?

Does he know something we don't?!

It does jazz things up a bit.

Well deserved place of honour for "Cybersecurity Myths & Misconceptions" at the RSAC bookstore!
@spaf @theladyofgeek @dykstra

I have eaten
the brain
that was in
RFK Jr

and which
he was probably
saving
to run for President

forgive me
it was delicious
and I am just
a worm