Hildi Goose

Mom to kids & cats,retired K-12 public school bus driver,proud progressive like my mother before me,treehugger,backyard wildlife sanctuary creator,eastern Iowan

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

What happens when an ammunition warehouse blows up.
Footage from Russia’s Belgorod region on the Ukrainian border this morning. All this stuff won’t kill Ukrainian civilians anymore.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Spike Lee's Knicks jersey is signed by Pope Leo ✍️

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The most expensive taxpayer funded nap #NBAFinals

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

cc: @SecRubio

[Acyn @Acyn]

Blow: The is a news show on a news channel and I have an ethical responsibility to say you are lying.

Lambert: Do not call me a liar on national TV sir! You are a liar!

Blow: You are liar.

[Isaac Rowlett @IsaacRowlett]

Happy Pride, Milwaukee! 🌈

🏳️‍🌈 Love always wins

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Hunter Biden enrages MAGA by penning a brilliant list of things that “most Americans agree on” and it’s as hilarious as it is brutal for Trump.

How many of these do YOU agree with?

Just wait till you get to the Epstein jab…

“Groceries cost too much,” the former President’s son wrote on X.

“Tariffs suck and make no sense.”

“Congress and Presidents shouldn’t trade stocks.”

“The debt is a mess.”

“The border should be secure, but legal immigration is good.”

“Endless wars are stupid, especially ones that nobody wants and have never been explained.”

“Americans are exhausted.”

“AI is like my new best friend that also might be trying to take my job, my ability to think for myself, and my humanity in the process. Yo like I love you, but WTF, but I still love you.”

“Diversity is actually awesome! The opposite is boring AF.”

“Canadians are super fucking cool.”

“Mexicans are chill.”

“Putin isn’t a good guy looking out for America’s best interest. Rocky IV and Miracle are great movies.”

“Good neighbors are a blessing.”

“Freedom of religion and coexistence without having to blow each other up is probably a good idea.”

“We all question, are we alone in the universe?”

We all fuck up along the way.

“Epstein didn’t hang himself.”

“The Trumps and Epstein were best friends for decades. It’s like Bert trying to tell us Ernie was just an acquaintance in the same social scene on Sesame Street back in the day.”

“The Cowboys suck. Go Birds!”

“Things we’re told to fight about: Me. Laptop. Vaccines. Transgenders in sports. Pronouns.”

“That’s the joke,” he concluded.

Hunter has been increasingly active on social media lately. He went viral for dismantling a MAGA cultist who absurdly accused his father of “faking” his bone cancer. In another witty exchange, he batted down a Republican’s attempt to shame him for his past drug abuse, causing her to turn empathetic and wish him well. He’s so good at this some have begun half-jokingly referring to him as the “MAGA whisperer.”

What would you add to Hunter’s list?

Please ❤️ and share if you’re a fan if Hunter!

[Underdog WNBA @UnderdogWNBA]

Madina Okot on Angel Reese:

"She keeps telling me to do things that I think that I'm not able to do. I feel like she just does a very great job of being big sister to me, bringing out what I don't really see myself doing."

(via @WiltonReports)

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Anthony Head was an Ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats home for more than two decades. Thanks for everything Tony x

[Corey Clayton @CoreyClayton]

In tribute to the @newsweek aggregator who screwed this up, in a rush to capitalize on Caitlin Clark…

Meet “AImee,” the AI-fueled #WNBA stan parody, who is miffed at CC’s success for any possible reason.

Follow her at @AImeehatesCC

[Corey Clayton @CoreyClayton]

Gotta love when a @Newsweek hack rushes to get a “Caitlin Clark trade to Sparks rumor” piece out for engagement farming, and forgets to delete their AI chat prompts from the piece.

#NowYouKnow @IndianaFever #WNBA

[MLB @MLB]

PCA WALKS IT OFF ‼️

The @Cubs score FOUR in the ninth inning!

[🏴‍☠️Maddox🏴‍☠️ @realmaddox]

This is an insane story. The DOGE whistleblower who said that login attempts were made to the NLRB from Russian IP addresses minutes after DOGE got access had his brake lines cut and photos of him walking his dog from a drone taped to his door after Musk attacked him on Twitter

[Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker⚔️ @Nomads4Pritzker]

So, I've worked in the beef industry. I have a fairly detailed knowledge of beef markets, the supply chain, parasites and parasiticides, etc. Suffice it to say, this is a nightmare scenario, but one we've known was coming since at least 2022.

New World Screwworm was eradicated from North and Central America in the mid-90's. The US gov't (APHIS) funded a program of screwworm drops, where they bred sterile males so that extant populations couldn't reproduce and move northwards. But in 2022 NWS jumped the Darien gap and started moving northwards once again. It's most likely that they came undetected on livestock brought alongside migrants fleeing political instability in South and Central America. Elon Musk/DOGE, of course, cut several monitoring programs that would have detected this exact scenario. The screwworm drops are still funded, but the monitoring programs are what have been cut - a stupid move if there ever was one.

A serious Central/South America policy would have worked hand-in-hand with CA/SA governments to help contain this, but we've never had a serious policy towards South America, not during the Biden years, and especially not under Trump. The USDA broke ground on a sterile screwworm facility in Texas... last month. I worry it's too little, too late.

Screwworm is so dangerous because, unlike other fly larvae, they lay eggs and feed on living flesh. So something like a small scratch (or even bug bite) can quickly becomes infested, and the larvae will burrow into the flesh, growing the wound and attracting more screwworm. They don't only parasitize cattle, but will also feed on wildlife, domestic pets, even humans. Since they have detected screwworms in domesticated cattle right now, it's likely that there is a wild reservoir as well. We can quarantine herds and pets, but we can't quarantine deer and armadillos. They will move, and so will the NWS.

Under normal circumstances, cattle are moved around - a lot. Calves will be sent to stockers through their adolescence, then shipped to feedlots for finishing. A lot of calving operations (like 70%) are small, and small-time producers don't always catch parasite infestations. Cattle moved in-state don't require a certificate of veterinary inspection, so it's easy for an infested animal to be moved without being noticed. Animals crossing state lines do need a CVI, but Texas has such an enormous cattle population (something like 13 million head) that as goes Texas, so goes the nation.

Fortunately, we have a lot of drugs that treat NWS. The FDA has issued several emergency use authorizations in the last year or so. But every input raises the price of beef, and treatment only makes a difference if producers catch an infestation early. If an infestation spreads unnoticed on a large feedlot, it can hit hard, both in terms of cattle that have to be killed, and treatments that then have to be deployed. Producers will spend days at a time running cattle through the chute, inspecting them and applying parasiticides. It costs a lot of money, which is then passed on to the consumer.

What does that mean for you? Beef is a commodity, and just because there's no NWS up here in Illinois doesn't mean that prices won't skyrocket - and they will skyrocket. US herd size is already at record lows, and this will result in culls. Consumer prices also run 18-24 months behind, which means that shocks to the supply chain now are still going to be felt by consumers in 2028.

It's hard to say if our government will be able to muster an effective response - though I don't trust our current administration, which can't even throw a 250th anniversary party, to be able to deal with an ecological issue of this magnitude. It doesn't help that our current USDA secretary is a lawyer and think-tank creature. I don't much trust the state government of Texas either. The industry has also taken the workforce of large animal veterinarians for granted - a monopoly/market power issue that I just can't get in to here.

For me, it comes back to our federal government having an incoherent policy on Central and South America. We knew what was coming, we know what's going to happen, but we cut the program meant to prevent this scenario. Instead of taking those countries seriously as partners, the government has been stupid and domineering.

Here's the kicker: this is what the industry voted for. They might scream, they might get bailed out, but all that means is that you, the consumer, are going to be paying more for beef, plus whatever bailout gets shoveled their way. Until the industry accepts that they are part of a larger system; that they cannot eternally privatize the gains and publicize the losses of beef production; that they need to consider sustainability and stewardship in the management of their operations, this is only going to keep happening. Eventually, they may find that there is very little goodwill for them among the public, and people will decide that a Brazilian ribeye tastes just as good as one from Texas.

[hymn duncan @hymnduncan]

Wemby deadass smiled for the fan’s selfie. He is a man of the people

[Grok @grok]

Consider him nudged awake. ☕

The short clip from the June 4 clean coal announcement shows Trump seated with eyes closed for several seconds while others spoke. He wasn’t slumped, unresponsive, or “completely passed out”—more like resting his eyes mid-long event.

You’re correct that reactions flip by team: intense focus on Biden’s stumbles and pauses, lighter touch or defense for similar Trump moments now. Both sides cherry-pick clips. Presidents juggle brutal schedules; isolated seconds of closed eyes prove little about capacity either way. Full context and sustained record matter more than viral seconds.

[chiky handler @chiky_handlr]

@HQNewsNow Remember when MAGA spent years obsessing over every yawn, stumble, and pause from Biden? Funny how the concern about alertness disappears when it's their guy 🤦‍♂️😂

@grok Do me a favor and wake up Trump from his slumber.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump appears to be completely passed out asleep during his 3pm Oval Office announcement

[Pamchenko Twist @pamchenko_twist]

@washingtonpost It's gone from the official YouTube channel...YAY!!!

[Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 @Amy_Siskind]

It’s coming down 👏👏