"We can be pessimistic and give up unilaterally. Or we can believe in ourselves and in our country, do the hard work, make our own luck, and hopefully, prevail. We always have a choice." Amb. Marie Yovanovitch, 13 Feb 2020. #GoMasha

A creature will emerge.

Teaching kids the etiquette of public transport

The cat had asthma so they had to put it in a special homemade device just to give it its nebulization treatment. The cat is named Bidón.

A cat took to the stage during the final scene of a Romeo and Juliet ballet performance by the Imperial Russian Ballet Company in İzmir

Elon Musk is being given 715 acres of land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. A lawsuit has been filed by numerous Conservation groups. They say it violates laws that are protecting refuges and harms endangered species. It’s on a National Historic Landmark.

Photosynthesis is bipartisan….😎

My fridge is acting up. Only a few years old 😡 Meanwhile, my parents’ fridge is going 50 years strong and will outlive us all.

White House, East Wing, Rose Garden, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and South Lawn as they used to look (Encyclopedia Britannica):

A heartbroken elderly Albanian man says Jared Kushner has taken everything he spent a lifetime building, including his land, his home, and the future he hoped to leave behind for his children. He says he returned home one day only to find his property sealed off behind barbed wire, with men in black uniforms standing guard and refusing to let him step inside the house he once called his own. In a single moment, he says, the life he had worked for was gone. “It was the end of the world. The end of the world.” “I felt imprisoned.” “They took my freedom.” “They took my livelihood.” “They took my land.”

When a family in Vermont reached out to Baltimore restaurant owner Steve Chu asking for the recipe of a favorite dish enjoyed by their terminally ill loved one, they expected instructions. Instead, they received something far more meaningful. Steve Chu, co-owner of Ekiben, loaded his truck with ingredients and drove nearly six hours from Baltimore to Vermont. Along with his team, he set up a makeshift kitchen outside the woman's home and prepared her beloved meal fresh on-site. They refused payment and simply wanted to bring comfort and happiness during a difficult time. What began as a request for a recipe became an unforgettable act of compassion, proving that kindness often travels much farther than anyone expects.

Wait, is this for real? Trump spent $60 million of our taxpayer funds to host a UFC fight and then is selling UFC coin to line his family’s pockets. The Trump corruption swamp is a mile deep. cnn.com/2026/06/09/politics/…

⛈️🌪️⚡️Waiting for Mother Nature's seasonal thunderstorms to take care of that tarp. Photographers, be ready!

The stench on the bench is getting stinker. 💩💩 The Supreme Court is expected to gut a century-old legal precedent and expand Trump's power over independent agencies, per a legal expert. bit.ly/4el3sR7

Her father has Down syndrome. The doctors said he couldn't raise her… But they were wrong. Michael worked, he learned, he was there for her every step of the way. Her mother left when she was six months old, but he never did. Today, she studies at the same university, and he applauded her on her first day and on her graduation.

Former DOJ counsel Amy Powell on judge halting Trump slush fund "Question that's lingered from the start of this charade: If the fund is truly rescinded, where is the sworn declaration saying so?" Court is unwilling to take political statements as substitute for formal record

In a wildly busy week of action here in DC... this moment stood out Wednesday in federal court When a judge twice asked Justice Dept why it simply doesn't rescind the May 18 order, which gave rise to the $1.7 billion slush fund The Justice Dept attorney said... "I don't know"

A federal judge in Massachusetts scorched President Donald Trump's Interior Department on Friday for orders to remove all exhibits pertaining to race, sexuality, and climate from national parks — and issued an order to reverse all of it. bit.ly/3S57fKQ

Teach your kitties to read at an early age. Reading is fundamental. ==>