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I enjoy my (indoor) cat, butterflies, Katmai bears, native plants, and minimizing environmental collapse. Lawyer by profession, photographer by passion. Central Indiana.
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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

What an excellent piece by Jamelle Bouie @jamellebouie.net -- here's a gift link so you can read it without the paywall: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

hard raining night street #art #photo #photography #rainynight #nightphotography #streetsnap #EastCoastKin ©️skinskin

This is how we treat the people who helped us. Disgusting. This country will never and should never outrun the shame of this.

the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics

Happy #caturday, #nokings edition. Stay well out there today. Captain Orange advises you to keep your ears perked and your reflexes sharp.

Trump Wants to Rule as a Dictator. Make Him Do It. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

I don't know how many times these people have to say "non-whites are not americans unless they are part of my inner circle, we want to do ethnic cleansing" before people start listening bsky.app/profile/pale...

#caturday pro tip: Humans resting through a migraine make excellent cushions. They don’t have the energy to push you off and anyway they deeply appreciate your warm, calming presence. Biscuit-making is a plus. Be generous, fellow cats. Be willing to purr a little. We have healing properties. #cats

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Or, and I am just spitballing here, you could mount an actual vigorous defense of the values your base actually holds dear, instead of cringing away from them and allowing Republicans to hold the rhetorical ground on them. Nahhh let's just throw trans kids into the meat grinder instead.

A moth expert friend invited me to join the Indiana Academy of Sciences Bioblitz at Eagle Marsh Preserve in Ft. Wayne, IN last weekend. We searched for butterflies during the day, and the Lepidoptera, beetle, and spider teams communed around our lights at night. A great time. ID in comments. #nature

The silver lining to this shit is that the sputtering weaklings and the turncoats are outing themselves early and unambiguously. See also Newsom, Gavin

It is easy to forget that when Paul Weiss and the other law firms that capitulated to Trump cut their deals they thought they would be viewed as savvy dealmakers. Now they look like craven fools and gutless cowards.

WE ARE RELIEVED TO HEAR A U.S. COURT HAS RULED THAT TARIFFS AGAINST OUR ISLAND WERE ILLEGAL AND A SPECTACULAR MISUNDERSTANDING OF GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, AND REALITY. FLIPPERS UP UNTIL WE ARE PERMANENTLY SHOWN DUE RESPECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER -PM Tuxley II

DOJ in exile

asked canada to send me a life time supply of poutine and they are “considering the offer”

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Always fabulous to see Netted Pug 😍 The 5th record for my Devon garden in 20+ yrs, all of which have been since 2018 #teammoth

Hey guys, Republicans have stopped talking about Elon Musk cause he’s toxic and unpopular and this is a sign we should talk about him more.

😽 #cats #caturday

A reminder to stop leaving extra lights on at night. Light pollution disrupts migration. It’s a moot point in big cities. But do what you can anyway. dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-TX...

Left-wing misinformation of the week. The right wallows in paranoid nonsense lies, and we on the left wallow in aspirational ones. Our lies lead us to trust people in ways we perhaps shouldn't, so I'm going to keep calling it out. No one here needs me to call out litterboxes-in-schools lies.

Not many people know this, but the song 8675309 is actually threatening people who live in the zip code 75309

500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

i am a first generation american born to immigrants. the birthright citizenship challenge makes me so mad i honest to goodness see red.

given the overwhelming number of targets with the trump administration and the republican majority in congress, it is actually bonkers to think that democrats have anything to gain from litigating biden. let the guy disappear and focus on the stuff that is unpopular with voters!