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They're here! They're here! My cattos are here! Thank you @poorlycatdraw They are wonderful! 🐾🐾😻

@earthcurated Only six?

Six days out of seven, the average American wakes up in a bad mood.

@AJamesMcCarthy I read somewhere that saying "um" means you are being thoughtful about your responses. That really made me think differently about my verbalized pauses 😀

Currently counting how many times I said "um" during a live national broadcast Its... a lot

Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick. May 13th. One week only.

Peek-a-boo Rock Pipit! 😁 Taken recently at Porthleven in Cornwall. 😊🐦

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If everything is still Biden’s fault, then Trump is admitting he’s not capable of changing anything.

The dryer lint advice you see all over Pinterest is actively bad for birds. It sounds nice, save the lint, leave it in the yard, watch the birds use it for nests. But Audubon, US Fish & Wildlife, the Cornell Lab, and most wildlife rehabbers all advise against it now, and the reasons add up fast. Lint loses its structure when it gets wet. A nest lined with dryer lint holds up fine in dry weather, but the first heavy rain collapses the whole nest. Eggs and chicks fall through the nest and likely don't survive. Lint also carries with it the chemical signature of your laundry. Detergent residue, fabric softener, dryer sheet compounds, fragrance oils, and dye all end up concentrated in the fibers you're pulling out of the trap. Even "free and clear" detergents leave trace chemicals that are fine on adult human skin but rough on a 4-gram baby bird. Lint is mostly microplastic. Most modern clothing is polyester, nylon, acrylic, or some blend. The lint trap collects shredded synthetic fibers. Lining a nest with that is lining a nest with plastic. Sadly, this folksy bird advice from a decade ago hasn't aged well. The new advice is closer to: provide nothing artificial, and let the natural materials in your yard do the work.

The DOJ — which has historically enforced the Voting Rights Act to protect minority voters — is now vowing to use the recent Supreme Court decision to challenge the very districts created to ensure those voters have a voice. The department is signaling it may actively intervene to challenge maps in blue states, raising the stakes of an already escalating fight over fair representation. Here’s how the 2026 midterms could be affected: bit.ly/4cM5HNQ

NEW: Following in Louisiana’s footsteps, Alabama tries to suspend its May congressional primaries to pass a new gerrymander before the midterms. Both states’ response come after SCOTUS ruled to make it far more difficult for minority voters to prove in court that a map is racially discriminatory. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/al…

“And of all the freedoms hanging in the balance, none is more precious than the right to VOTE, none.” Sen Jon Ossoff (D-GA) This dude just gets it!!🔥💥🔥

@inqdragon2 This show imdb.com/title/tt146716…

My last question for the (World Laughter) day: What recently made you laugh out loud?

After the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act last week, the pro-democracy movement is in for a long, hard fight. But @marceelias is optimistic. “We are not going to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” Marc says. “We are going to exceed that law with something new built for the current moment.” Join our fight for free and fair elections: bit.ly/49Rv27Q

"The media you consume is a statement of your values."

📍 SF Bay Area Carol & Hubert are a 10-month-old brother and sister pair who would love to be adopted together. They're both so sweet and fun! Now that they're big kittens, nobody wants them. Can you share to help them find a family by their 1st birthday? 🩷

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@aaroncrossley Missourians, use our form to send a pre-written message to your state reps, telling them to oppose permanent DST’s several months of post-8am sunrises! votervoice.net/ditchDST/Campa…

Upcoming voter registration deadlines: -Alabama: 5/4 -Pennsylvania: 5/4 -Montana*: 5/4 -New Mexico: 5/5 -Idaho: 5/8 -South Carolina: 5/10 -New Jersey: 5/12 -California: 5/18 -Iowa: 5/18 -South Dakota*: 5/18 -Maine: 5/19 -Oklahoma: 5/22 -Washington, D.C.: 5/26

Before you light the grill, make sure you’re not lighting a nursery. This time of year, birds are looking for sheltered places to build nests. To them, your grill is a safe little cavity with a roof. Give it a quick check before you light it. If there’s an active nest, try to leave it alone until the babies fledge. It'll only take a few weeks and they'll have moved on. A two second check can save a whole family.

“Our finding refutes the argument that increased evening light due to DST creates more activity. In line with previous work, we found no significant net gain or loss.” #DitchDST nature.com/articles/s4436…

📝NEW CONTENT: Two new essays from me to Democracy Docket subscribers: Tonight: The Supreme Court called it chaos then. What does it call it now? Tomorrow: What the Supreme Court said is bad. What Republicans will do is worse. Sign up now to receive: bit.ly/4a7l1TR