What a wonderful world
@monique99.bsky.social
Trying to focus on the positive. ❤️🌍🕊️🌈☀️🏝️🌺🪇
Science! 🧬🔬🌊🐙🌱🪺🐣🥐🍷📚💡💉📱✈️ 🧠🪐✨
❤️ Kindness ❤️
Science! 🧬🔬🌊🐙🌱🪺🐣🥐🍷📚💡💉📱✈️ 🧠🪐✨
❤️ Kindness ❤️
Happy Anniversary to all who observe! (Went to to watch all 337 minutes of the Star Trek Genesis Triology. Theater played them straight through without breaks! Yet time flew by. Bonus fun: I’d never seen Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. But Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is still the best one!) 💫 ✨
September 9, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Happy Anniversary to all who observe! (Went to to watch all 337 minutes of the Star Trek Genesis Triology. Theater played them straight through without breaks! Yet time flew by. Bonus fun: I’d never seen Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. But Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is still the best one!) 💫 ✨
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This sweet moment fills my heart with hope and love - this is who we are.
September 1, 2026 at 1:46 AM
This sweet moment fills my heart with hope and love - this is who we are.
One of the many unsung heroes of the National Park Service!! ❤️
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July 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
One of the many unsung heroes of the National Park Service!! ❤️
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I ❤️ math!
By the transitive property of equality, Cabo Verde is better at football than France.
July 14, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I ❤️ math!
One needs to understand the past to better understand the present to make decisions towards a better future.
An a 2025 alumna of the Resistance Summer Series (RSS), I highly recommend Karen Attiah’s salon series! Tomorrow’s 6/24 Salon: When Plato gets Cancelled (for nominal fee)
An a 2025 alumna of the Resistance Summer Series (RSS), I highly recommend Karen Attiah’s salon series! Tomorrow’s 6/24 Salon: When Plato gets Cancelled (for nominal fee)
Are the days of teaching Plato gone? 🤔 Tomorrow at 12pm ET, we're excited to host ex-Texas A&M prof Martin Peterson for our Resistance Salon Series - a conversation on philosophy in the age of censorship.
Register - www.resistancestudiesseries.com/salon
Register - www.resistancestudiesseries.com/salon
June 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
One needs to understand the past to better understand the present to make decisions towards a better future.
An a 2025 alumna of the Resistance Summer Series (RSS), I highly recommend Karen Attiah’s salon series! Tomorrow’s 6/24 Salon: When Plato gets Cancelled (for nominal fee)
An a 2025 alumna of the Resistance Summer Series (RSS), I highly recommend Karen Attiah’s salon series! Tomorrow’s 6/24 Salon: When Plato gets Cancelled (for nominal fee)
Happy Juneteenth!! A true freedom day!
“Juneteenth is recognized as the nation’s second independence day, celebrated primarily within the African American community but largely unknown to many Americans.”
nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
“Juneteenth is recognized as the nation’s second independence day, celebrated primarily within the African American community but largely unknown to many Americans.”
nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth
Juneteenth is an often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas some two and a half years after Presi...
nmaahc.si.edu
June 19, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Happy Juneteenth!! A true freedom day!
“Juneteenth is recognized as the nation’s second independence day, celebrated primarily within the African American community but largely unknown to many Americans.”
nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
“Juneteenth is recognized as the nation’s second independence day, celebrated primarily within the African American community but largely unknown to many Americans.”
nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
Wow, NASA imagery to make pride flag! 🤩
this is a pride flag made from real nasa imagery
happy pride month 🏳️🌈✨
happy pride month 🏳️🌈✨
June 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Wow, NASA imagery to make pride flag! 🤩
🎊 Rule of Law still has a heartbeat! 🎉
“John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts … may not be officially named for anyone else except by an Act of Congress“ —U.S. District Judge Cooper
“John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts … may not be officially named for anyone else except by an Act of Congress“ —U.S. District Judge Cooper
BREAKING: we just won our Kennedy Center case!
Both the renaming & the closure of the Kennedy Center are enjoined
Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social & my colleagues @democracydefendersaction.org & Washington Litigation Group
This is a 1-2 punch against Trump's corruption
Both the renaming & the closure of the Kennedy Center are enjoined
Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social & my colleagues @democracydefendersaction.org & Washington Litigation Group
This is a 1-2 punch against Trump's corruption
May 29, 2026 at 9:14 PM
🎊 Rule of Law still has a heartbeat! 🎉
“John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts … may not be officially named for anyone else except by an Act of Congress“ —U.S. District Judge Cooper
“John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts … may not be officially named for anyone else except by an Act of Congress“ —U.S. District Judge Cooper
I never knew Colbert testified at a congressional hearing! (So funny-yet-still-true as Colbert Report character too!)
if that fails, here's a PBS YouTube link
youtu.be/ewPburLEZyY
youtu.be/ewPburLEZyY
Colbert stays in character at congressional hearing
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
May 22, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I never knew Colbert testified at a congressional hearing! (So funny-yet-still-true as Colbert Report character too!)
Finally! Real pushback against impact of Citizens United: Corporations in Hawaii will no longer be able to fund elections as of July 2027.
“A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law” —Chief Justice, 1819
Next: Montana to vote in 2026
“A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law” —Chief Justice, 1819
Next: Montana to vote in 2026
It's always good to see that some people can recognize that the market does not just exist: governments structure it by doing things like creating corporations prospect.org/2026/05/18/h... Too bad more people in policy debates don't recognize this fact.
Hawaii Just Found a Way to Keep Corporations Out of Politics - The American Prospect
A new law makes clear that corporations derive their powers from states, and they don’t necessarily include the right to spend on elections.
prospect.org
May 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Finally! Real pushback against impact of Citizens United: Corporations in Hawaii will no longer be able to fund elections as of July 2027.
“A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law” —Chief Justice, 1819
Next: Montana to vote in 2026
“A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law” —Chief Justice, 1819
Next: Montana to vote in 2026
🎉🍾🥂🎊
Okay, folks.
Apparently, tomorrow marks 6 YEARS since I began my live podcast "History Matters."
So.
Saturday at 7:30 PM ET, let's have cocktails!
We can celebrate community & strength & the power of history & resistance & chutzpah.
We need a lot of WE right now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKdR...
Apparently, tomorrow marks 6 YEARS since I began my live podcast "History Matters."
So.
Saturday at 7:30 PM ET, let's have cocktails!
We can celebrate community & strength & the power of history & resistance & chutzpah.
We need a lot of WE right now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKdR...
History Matters...And So Do Cocktails!
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
www.youtube.com
May 1, 2026 at 12:46 AM
🎉🍾🥂🎊
わあ、すごくかわいい！ (So cute!)
Growing up my father often said “Poor BART” as it always seemed to struggle with funding, land use, etc. Glad to see it getting some love 💕
BTW would love to see 3 improvements (but huge cost obstacle):
-finish loop 🌁
-quieter trains! 🙉
-free! (=indirect economic benefits 📈)
Growing up my father often said “Poor BART” as it always seemed to struggle with funding, land use, etc. Glad to see it getting some love 💕
BTW would love to see 3 improvements (but huge cost obstacle):
-finish loop 🌁
-quieter trains! 🙉
-free! (=indirect economic benefits 📈)
April 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
わあ、すごくかわいい！ (So cute!)
Growing up my father often said “Poor BART” as it always seemed to struggle with funding, land use, etc. Glad to see it getting some love 💕
BTW would love to see 3 improvements (but huge cost obstacle):
-finish loop 🌁
-quieter trains! 🙉
-free! (=indirect economic benefits 📈)
Growing up my father often said “Poor BART” as it always seemed to struggle with funding, land use, etc. Glad to see it getting some love 💕
BTW would love to see 3 improvements (but huge cost obstacle):
-finish loop 🌁
-quieter trains! 🙉
-free! (=indirect economic benefits 📈)
Bay Area Protest Tour for #NoKings : Saratoga CA! (not to be confused with its namesake in NY). And it was Saratoga’s first local protest too!
March 29, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Bay Area Protest Tour for #NoKings : Saratoga CA! (not to be confused with its namesake in NY). And it was Saratoga’s first local protest too!
I ♥️
N Y
🎼🎶 “The greatest city in the world!” 🎶
N Y
🎼🎶 “The greatest city in the world!” 🎶
March 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I ♥️
N Y
🎼🎶 “The greatest city in the world!” 🎶
N Y
🎼🎶 “The greatest city in the world!” 🎶
🔥 And the winning moment at the Oscars goes to…
youtu.be/j3ae7BvTuC4
youtu.be/j3ae7BvTuC4
'Sinners' Musical Performance | 98th Oscars (2026)
YouTube video by Oscars
youtu.be
March 16, 2026 at 11:08 AM
🔥 And the winning moment at the Oscars goes to…
youtu.be/j3ae7BvTuC4
youtu.be/j3ae7BvTuC4
Public Service Announcement for mental break: The streaming “premiere” of National Theatre’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest with live chat is on NOW! Might be ending soon, but available to replay for about a week. And it’s free.
I ❤️ Oscar Wilde!
youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8
I ❤️ Oscar Wilde!
youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8
March 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Public Service Announcement for mental break: The streaming “premiere” of National Theatre’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest with live chat is on NOW! Might be ending soon, but available to replay for about a week. And it’s free.
I ❤️ Oscar Wilde!
youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8
I ❤️ Oscar Wilde!
youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8
✨💫 Stand up for Science! 🌟
In support of stand up for science here is an image of galaxy M51. Beautiful night. Clear and no moon
March 8, 2026 at 6:18 AM
✨💫 Stand up for Science! 🌟
❄️ Survived Sierra Snowmageddon! ❄️
No internet for most of time which forced unplugging. Also read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (original 1818 version)—it seemed fitting with the Artic setting! (Sure, no trees in Artic, but still!)
No internet for most of time which forced unplugging. Also read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (original 1818 version)—it seemed fitting with the Artic setting! (Sure, no trees in Artic, but still!)
February 21, 2026 at 8:51 PM
❄️ Survived Sierra Snowmageddon! ❄️
No internet for most of time which forced unplugging. Also read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (original 1818 version)—it seemed fitting with the Artic setting! (Sure, no trees in Artic, but still!)
No internet for most of time which forced unplugging. Also read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (original 1818 version)—it seemed fitting with the Artic setting! (Sure, no trees in Artic, but still!)
The Happiest Government Building In The World
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 6:10 PM
👩🏼🔬🔬🧪📊Science!!
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:03 AM
👩🏼🔬🔬🧪📊Science!!
🎉 Victory for First Amendment rights!
“Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees. …our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government”
💯
“Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees. …our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government”
💯
BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARK KELLY,
Plaintiff,
Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL)
V.
PETE HEGSETH, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2]
United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and
policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement
rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these
issues.
Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military
servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental
obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary
Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over
the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiclbgaenrhgnor6zvmnfql4d3olwzqp7zikm3maum5ylc4m6epys4)
February 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
🎉 Victory for First Amendment rights!
“Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees. …our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government”
💯
“Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees. …our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government”
💯
¡Alegría de Puerto Rico!
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
¡Alegría de Puerto Rico!
Oh mein Gott!!! I love opera—I subscribe, usher, and see it whenever lucky enough to travel, but I have NEVER heard of anything like the Trump-mocking opera “Monster’s Paradise” that just opened in Hamburg, Germany!
youtu.be/XI-7H1X5mnM
youtu.be/XI-7H1X5mnM
Monster’s Paradise von Olga Neuwirth und Elfriede Jelinek
YouTube video by Staatsoper Hamburg
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Oh mein Gott!!! I love opera—I subscribe, usher, and see it whenever lucky enough to travel, but I have NEVER heard of anything like the Trump-mocking opera “Monster’s Paradise” that just opened in Hamburg, Germany!
youtu.be/XI-7H1X5mnM
youtu.be/XI-7H1X5mnM