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figuring out what's next. I post about birds, knitting, conservation, politics, housing justice, and things that make me laugh
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Birds on signs. Forster's Tern warning No Trespassing (while conducting a chorus of Elegant Terns in song). #birds #nature

Nothing going on is that hard to understand as long as someone with some credibility has the desire to explain it and the space to do so and I’m glad this NBC station did this for their viewers

every company from june 1st until june 30th

This has been a fantastic livestream. It's still going on, so take a look. Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social is on at 8:30 pm CT and Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social is on at 9:15 pm CT.

Snowy Egret stretching and showing off aigrettes (breeding plumage). Lagoon and aerating fountain connected to San Francisco Bay, Emeryville, California. #birds #nature

i’m a woman in a major city who takes public transit twice a day and is rarely scared, most likely bc i have not sequestered myself in places where people are taught to fear everyone who isn’t Just Like Them

It doesn’t matter that Elon Musk is stepping down because all of his lieutenants are staying in place

“The push to eradicate so-called ‘woke gender ideology’ is also part of the assault on the government itself. The right understands this. It’s time the left did, too.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Mr Zygoballus sexpunctatus. One of the silliest salticids in the US, in my opinion. Little boxy boys looking very stern (which adds to the silliness) 🖤 #EmotionalSupportSpood

“A sandstone relief believed to represent Victoria, the Roman goddess of Victory, was unearthed from the Vindolanda fort near Hadrian’s Wall in northern England…” archaeology.org/news/2025/05...

Due to DOGE cuts, RIFs and early retirements, the Forest Service has lost 1600 red-carded individuals and five complex incident management teams (the teams that manage the large, complex incidents that you see on the news) ahead of what is expected to be an active wildfire season.

They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare.

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Things that make the job worthwhile: a 3-year-old girl stomping around the store exclaiming "HULK SMASH!"

happy for Khalil of course but i must say, "lawful permanent resident not charged with any crimes, imprisoned by president's stormtroopers for having forbidden opinions about US-abetted genocide, briefly allowed to touch his child" is a hell of a thing to find oneself feeling joy and relief about

If you are zeroing out graduate education funding and cutting undergraduate education funding by 71%, this isn’t about subject matter or “woke” or whatever other excuse is being used - this is a systematic attack on science education in the US. This should not be a partisan issue.

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It’s #bloomscrolling time here at Deserthaus! Strap in for wildflowers and things I have planted that haven’t died yet! First up, CACTUS FLOWER!

I don't think any single piece of information has ever radicalised me like reading the statistics on how many women have their husbands/boyfriends dump them because they got a terminal illness diagnosis

A good convo about Target and their apparent wish to alienate their customers.

Medicare for All would be cheaper for the country than the Affordable Care Act. Cancer treatment would be available to the uninsured and wouldn't bankrupt patients and their family. If these politicians with their thoughts and prayers cared about their constituents, they would pass it.

Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.

Have you heard about Jake Tapper’s new book? It’s about Joe Biden being very old.

When we add to this the Cato Institute report showing how many migrants sent to El Salvador had in fact entered the country legally, THIS is the top story of the night. The U.S. is sending people to horrors in foreign prisons. People who have had no due process. An actual nightmare.

PA folks, don’t forget about your local primary elections today! These tiny races can ripple out into bigger consequences.

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So I decided to make a Lego Skeleton cake! #Legocake #Skeletoncake

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Every so often, political media will go out of its way to create a story and then externalize it as though it happened naturally at the hands of some other party. "Continued questions" from whom? "Emerging" from where? This is police shooting-speak.

I feel like if we all had $35k emergency savings funds then we probably wouldn't be facing a crushing recession idk I'm not an economist www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Green Peafowl. Watercolour and gouache on Arches hot pressed watercolour paper tinted with tea, approximately 92 mm diameter. From 2013 (ack 😵).