EverydayIsSaturday

Part of #childlessleft, #Ukraine, Platelet donor, Retired, MLB, Senior Softball, Dodgers, Clippers, Cats, Dogs, Gardening, Life over 65, SciFi

[EverydayIsSaturday @meercatjohn]

Right after that massive thunderclap this morning, four racoon cubs came scurrying out of the Cypress tree outside my bathroom. The mom spent the next 30 minutes calming them down. Sound on

[Wisconsin Homer @wisconsintakes]

Minnesotans are what Texans think they are.

[EverydayIsSaturday @meercatjohn]

Once Will Smith returns it seems like Mookie could end up being the nine hitter.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

If you haven’t already, please, go home tonight and read Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains.” There will never be a better day on which to do it. It’s not long, and I won’t spoil why but it’s one of the most haunting stories ever written.

[EverydayIsSaturday @meercatjohn]

Dodger AAA rotation in August is going to have Sheehan, Gavin Stone, Bobby Miller, Knack, and Ferris. I guess the move for Miller to the bullpen has been put on hold

[EverydayIsSaturday @meercatjohn]

@azfreedman Woo hoo

[Rod (Izzy) 🇺🇸🦅 @1zzyzyx1]

Hey, take John Oliver’s advice and check out which surveillance cameras are being used in your area, and visit:
https://t.co/8WBuKIMP5c

[LubnanBoi @AgitatorAK]

Dear @JeremyClarkson I saw this on my feed on another platform and instantly thought you needed to see it.

"Jeremy Clarkson thinks people who receive benefits should have to send a weekly thank you email to a randomly chosen working person, explaining what they did with the money, or have their payments stopped.

So here is mine. If you’d like to give it a share to help Jeremy see it, that would be great.

Dear Jezza,

Thank you for your concern about my contribution to society.

I should say first that you were aiming this at young people you believe are sitting at home doing nothing.

But you wrote it as a blanket rule applying to everyone whose benefits are paid.

That includes more than thirteen million pensioners, millions of people who receive benefits while working, who may find themselves being ordered to thank another benefit claimant, and me.

I receive PIP.

That money goes towards the Motability car I use to travel to work.

It is not a free car. It is not even my car. I exchange the mobility part of my PIP to lease it.

The car takes the lot.

Which is awkward, because that same payment is also meant to help cover the additional costs of being disabled, including a wheelchair that is actually usable for my job and hearing aids that allow me to do it.

There is nothing left for either.

I chose the thing that gets me to work.

That car enables me to work and, because I can work, I now pay considerably more in tax than I have ever received in PIP.

But my contribution does not end with my own tax bill.

I have built programmes that hundreds of people now use to earn a living.

They pay tax too.

Those programmes have helped thousands of people overcome anxiety, return to their lives and, in many cases, return to work.

Then there are all the people supported by the coaches and practitioners I have trained.

That is what disability support can do when it is designed to enable people rather than humiliate them.

My PIP did not disappear into some great benefits black hole.

It helped provide the transport that allowed me to work, build a business, create opportunities for other people and contribute far more than I could ever have done without it.

But as we are exchanging thank you letters, perhaps you could send me one too.

I paid my television licence throughout the years the BBC gave you the platform that made you famous.

I now pay for Amazon Prime, which helps fund the television programme about your farm.

I do not choose to watch it.

But that is how society works, Jeremy.

We all contribute towards things we may never personally use because the entire country would fall apart if every payment had to provide us with an individual benefit.

Perhaps you could also thank the taxpayers whose public services and infrastructure support your businesses.

And while you have the stationery out, perhaps you could explain the farm.

In 2021, you told The Times that avoiding inheritance tax was “the critical thing” in your decision to buy land.

In 2024, when that became rather inconvenient, you said it had never been true. You claimed you had actually bought the farm because you wanted somewhere to shoot and that tax avoidance had simply sounded like a better story at the time.

I am not sure which version helps your argument.

It is funny how public support and clever tax arrangements are treated as perfectly respectable when they benefit wealthy people.

Yet when a disabled person receives help to leave the house, go to work and participate in society, you think they should be made to perform gratitude.

So thank you for your concern, Jezza.

I hope my licence fee, Amazon subscription, taxes and contribution to the economy have all been gratefully received.

Please send your thank you letter weekly, along with a full breakdown of how you spent the money.

If it is not sufficiently fulsome and effusive, I assume your income will be stopped.

That is only fair."

[EverydayIsSaturday @meercatjohn]

@towerbuzzers On August 4th!!!!

[Ontario Tower Buzzers @towerbuzzers]

100 RBIs. A historic milestone.🔥

Easton Shelton joins Cody Bellinger (2015) as the only Dodgers prospects to reach 100 RBIs in a California League season.

[EverydayIsSaturday @meercatjohn]

@mikemovies Favorite of the Unjverse

[Pastor Ben @BenjaminPDixon]

I backed Crockett in the Texas primaries. But you better believe Ima use everything I have and get all of my tribe in Texas to support Talarico and keep that demon Ken Paxton out of the Senate.

I'm backing Abdul, but if Stevens pulls this off, Ima do my best to ensure she wins over the Republican.

Why?

Because literal Eugenists and Fascists have full control over the government and are executing their plan to destroy the Republic and keep as many of us as sick as possible.

All this sore loser shit gotta go because, most importantly,

MAGA has to go.

[EverydayIsSaturday @meercatjohn]

@TansuYegen Sometimes, X is insane

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

30,000 hours of footage, equivalent to 3 years and 7 months, were filmed to capture the blooming of 77 types of flowers, and the result is spectacular.

[Night Sky Today @NightSkyToday]

These 3 tiny dots are not just random stars in the sky.

That's Earth, Jupiter and Venus seen from Mars 🌌

That’s us… 225 million miles away 🤯

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

One of the most fascinating facts about the ocean, is that there are whales alive today who were born before Moby Dick was written.

Some of the bowhead whales in the icy waters off of Alaska today are over 200 years old.

[𝔻𝕖𝕓𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕙 🥃🖊️ @DADiClementi]

Myrna Loy is a gift. I was lucky to know her the last 3 years of her life-she was no shrinking violet, but she was funny, sweet, and whip smart. I once asked about gay actresses in OH-she spilled tea and she said, “kid you would have had a helluva time!”🤣 And that, was Miss Loy.

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

if LEGALLY BLONDE and A FEW GOOD MEN were in the same movie 😂👏
I need to know who did this

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

I have absolutely no evidence to back this up, but I’m convinced owning a dog permanently rewires your brain so leaving the house for more than 3 hours starts to feel illegal.

[EverydayIsSaturday @meercatjohn]

Love to know what is happening with the person who was responsible for this since it took a long time before any benefit was realized.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Florida dumped 500,000 tons of recycled oyster shells into the gulf and revived a dying marine ecosystem.

Natural restaurant waste may be the ultimate tool for reef restoration.

Between 2007 and 2024, Florida embarked on an unusual ecological experiment. The state dumped over 500,000 tons of discarded oyster and clam shells, collected directly from restaurant plates and processing plants, into the gulf. Critics initially slammed the move as reckless dumping, fearing it would further harm the region’s fragile, sandy seafloor.

Even researchers initially doubted the project, as no visible progress occurred for years. However, beneath the surface, the rotting shells were quietly undergoing a chemical transformation. This started with the growth of essential biofilms and the release of calcium that created vital chemical microzones for marine survival.

As the old shells disintegrated, they provided a perfect solid foundation for living baby oysters to attach and thrive. These active oysters filtered the water, combating toxic algae blooms and triggering a trophic cascade that brought fish, turtle, and dolphin populations back to levels not seen in 25 years.

This massive environmental victory has captured the attention of marine biologists worldwide, with similar shell-recycling programs now taking root across the U.S. coastlines and Europe. The project proves that simple, natural waste, when thoughtfully repurposed, can successfully reverse decades of human-caused marine degradation.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

Trump sued Capital One to prove they closed his accounts over politics.
The bank’s answer, filed Friday: it was the anti-money-laundering desk.
Months of review.
Three hundred accounts.
He pulled that thread himself.