rachel5610.bsky.social
@rachel5610.bsky.social
I appreciate people who can disagree without being disagreeable
Oh, spare me the bullshit redemption tour.
Everyone knew what this was going to be.
“Thom Tillis calls his vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth his “biggest regret” and says Hegseth should resign.”
apnews.com/article/thom...
Everyone knew what this was going to be.
“Thom Tillis calls his vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth his “biggest regret” and says Hegseth should resign.”
apnews.com/article/thom...
Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”
apnews.com
October 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
- Juvenile Barred Owls (Strix varia) in Minnesota, USA
- Photo courtesy of Pat Wolesky.
- Photo courtesy of Pat Wolesky.
October 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
This really dents Katie Price's image as a serious political figure, and I'm not convinced there's any coming back.
October 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
never the wrong time for this classic
October 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
October 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
October 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
October 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
If California’s “billionaire tax” passes, it will amount to the first time that a government in the U.S. has successfully taxed the assets, rather than the income, of extremely rich people as a class. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax
Most Democratic voters say that they favor a wealth tax, but a California ballot initiative has plenty of liberal opponents.
www.newyorker.com
October 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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Cosmos - A life of wonder
In 1980, a PBS series Cosmos premiered. I was transfixed by Carl Sagan - his knowledge, his wonder and his passion. I was a kid then, much older now but I still look to the skies for wonder. This is a photo of the Andromeda Galaxy I took from my backyard in Calgary.
In 1980, a PBS series Cosmos premiered. I was transfixed by Carl Sagan - his knowledge, his wonder and his passion. I was a kid then, much older now but I still look to the skies for wonder. This is a photo of the Andromeda Galaxy I took from my backyard in Calgary.
October 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Cosmos - A life of wonder
In 1980, a PBS series Cosmos premiered. I was transfixed by Carl Sagan - his knowledge, his wonder and his passion. I was a kid then, much older now but I still look to the skies for wonder. This is a photo of the Andromeda Galaxy I took from my backyard in Calgary.
In 1980, a PBS series Cosmos premiered. I was transfixed by Carl Sagan - his knowledge, his wonder and his passion. I was a kid then, much older now but I still look to the skies for wonder. This is a photo of the Andromeda Galaxy I took from my backyard in Calgary.
Trump calls Natalie on stage, checks out her legs, calls her "perfect," then floats creating a reality show w/ her -- & other lowlights from his rally tonight in Nebraska
(Including Trump saying of Iran, "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is very small price to pay")
(Including Trump saying of Iran, "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is very small price to pay")
October 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Parisians dressed their dogs up for Paris Fashion Week. Video via @reuters.com
October 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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this will be funny to like 3 people but I’m one of them and that’s all that matters
October 6, 2026 at 12:50 AM
this will be funny to like 3 people but I’m one of them and that’s all that matters
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Mexican researcher Eva Ramón Gallegos achieved a milestone that puts Latin American science at the center of the world medical debate: she managed to completely eliminate the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in controlled clinical studies.
October 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Vibrate a shallow pool at just the right frequency and the surface erupts into geometric Faraday waves, a resonance trick physicists have studied since 1831.
October 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Pay teachers a fair wage.
Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage.
Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage.
Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
October 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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The New Right is “Elizabeth Warren in the streets, economic nationalism and strong Christianity in the sheets,” according to one D.C. think-tanker. What does that mean for the future of the party? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Battle for the Post-Trump Right
For decades, the Heritage Foundation was a conservative powerhouse. Can it stay relevant in the influencer age?
www.newyorker.com
October 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The New Right is “Elizabeth Warren in the streets, economic nationalism and strong Christianity in the sheets,” according to one D.C. think-tanker. What does that mean for the future of the party? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
His giant survival slop buckets did not save him after all :(
www.tmz.com/2026/10/05/t...
www.tmz.com/2026/10/05/t...
Televangelist Jim Bakker Dies at 86
Jim Bakker, the televangelist who built a Christian television empire with his former wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, has died.
www.tmz.com
October 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM
October 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:
October 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:
Lutnick denied to Congress that he had any knowledge of him and Epstein being invested in the same company.
Epstein Whistleblower Simon Andriesz Dies After Exposing Lutnick Ties—What To Know
Lutnick denied to Congress that he had any knowledge of him and Epstein being invested in the same company.
www.forbes.com
October 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM
"Denmark has built so much wind power that its grid now regularly produces more than the country can consume, and on the windiest days the wholesale price of electricity falls below zero."
via Amazing Maps
via Amazing Maps
October 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM
‘Sicario 3’ is officially happening
• Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin are all returning
• Padraic McKinley is directing
• Steven Knight is writing the script
• Filming starts early 2027
(via Deadline)
• Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin are all returning
• Padraic McKinley is directing
• Steven Knight is writing the script
• Filming starts early 2027
(via Deadline)
October 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM
October 6, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Activists have spent the last 70 days camped around and inside a cottonwood tree right along the border, the last of a grove estimated to be up to 250 years old. (via @kjzz.org) n.pr/4hKJ79B
At least 10 arrested at Arizona-Mexico border as 250-year-old cottonwood tree cut down for wall
Activists have spent the last 70 days camped around and inside a cottonwood tree right along the border in the tiny town of Lochiel. The tree was the last of an old grove estimated to be up to 250 years old.
n.pr
October 6, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News as a contributor.
Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Joins Fox News
Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News as a contributor.
bit.ly
October 6, 2026 at 7:48 AM