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Prairies and the Salish sea. Working on 49 words for rain, using technology for good, trying apartment life, 5th floor dog friend.
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Good night everyone. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.

We used to write a letter as well as money- Santa was also suspect so gave up on Santa

There's a nonzero chance that USDA Foreign Ag Service can't deliver the March commodity reports required by law and idk if the commodity market is prepared

Watching the sun on leaves

Here comes Touching the Stove

And welcome to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we are talking about the sea, whaling, and Moby Dick with IN THE HEART OF THE SEA on @netflix.com at 8pm eastern. #HATM 1/

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

One way to keep people docile is to prevent researchers from collecting the data that might reveal the full scope of the harm that's being done (in this case, to pregnant and postpartum people and their infants). talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...

I’m not doomscrolling I’m just desperately sucking the marrow from the bones of hope

my colleague @miasato.bsky.social reported on Luigi Mangione's hearing yesteday, with spectacular courtroom sketches from @mollycrabapple.bsky.social www.theverge.com/law/617946/l...

Someday I'll own a dog who is not weird and neurotic about some normal household item. This dog is not that dog.

Glad he’s got the budget for it. I gave up on umbrellas after losing 3 in the first year to wind damage.

That’s the federal government’s digital security agency, CISA, telling its employees in so many words to report their activities to an email account outside the chain of command with no real information about who will receive and review their messages or how secure they’ll be.

ok, TL cleanse: Peggy found a very good stick at the park and carried it all the way home

On this Day of Remembrance, we honor the 120,000 Japanese Americans unjustly imprisoned during WWII because of their heritage. Their resilience remind us to never forget the lessons of history. We will continue to fight for justice, equality, and civil rights for all.

Orchid break

"A Clear Midnight Painting" by Willy Van den Berg

Juan Soto hit a home run in his Grapefruit League debut and none of you thought to text me?? What is the point of this website????

If you’re a federal worker looking for a good accomplishment to share with Elon, tell him you responded to texts from the mother of your children.

In the two weeks since we've been made to return to the office, I've had back to back flu and now covid. Here's my current drug cocktail. Is America great again, yet?

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

#showmeyourkniting This lacy shawl is the most fun I have had - I figured out this point after only 4 tries 😂

It's weird that they keep putting a bulletproof vest on Luigi like someone is gonna shoot him. Like, who? The masses overwhelmingly yearning to fuck him? Where exactly is the threat to his life coming from, other than a handful of obscenely wealthy sex pest freaks?

Former @idahodems.bsky.social candidate for ID House, Teresa Borrenpohl, was removed by force, 2 women were detained for filming, an NIC reporter was injured. Because the crowd booed school vouchers. (URGENT) We need your help identifying the four men in the black coats who assisted Norris. #idpol

Around Oaks Bottom today, with @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social (thanks, Sarah!)

Sometimes I wonder why my arm is sore. Sometimes not.

So pretty - must accept back yard birds

I don’t think many USians realise how big Mexico by population actually is. I bet if you asked the average person, they’d say Canada was bigger. Canada has 40m Mexico has 130m

Double tweeding it today, peak library 😂

Sending an email to employees asking them to list five things they did that week is a classic move from a manager who has no idea how to manage

Cars have destroyed Seattle’s tree canopy.

Rez dogs can be majestic

chat is it good for a dictionary to be mad at you

Run h - my most favorite meal to go out for- what with egg prices and the frozen potatoes mafia-the costs are taking the fun out of it for everyone

History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men.

Small craft advisory — I hope my plan for turning the corner and edging my shawl works this time- I barely had it in me to try twice

men who dressed like this from 2008 - 2012 had preppy menswear blogs

The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, deleting a resource that experts said improved public safety by helping to prevent bad officers from jumping to new agencies and starting over.

There’s not a word in this story about the corrupt nature of this dismissal. Not a concern voiced, not a question raised, not even an acknowledgment that he’s the president’s biggest donor and he’s acting as an unelected, unconfirmed tyro wielding unchecked power over spending and the civil service.

DOGE's funding is up to $40MM, @ProPublica.org finds And this: "If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then DOGE’s tens of millions in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend" www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Reds in the garden... Amaryllis and poppy. At my house, the amaryllis bulbs stay out in the garden. The poppies are self sowing annuals. #gardening

My social feed after that hockey game

Canada won AND I finished a book tonight!

Elon’s busy schedule today is claiming astronauts were left in the ISS for political reasons, getting corrected by an ISS astronaut, throwing a fit where he calls the astronaut a slur, then complaining that we should deorbit the ISS

I will vote for the first candidate who tells me they're going to make the biggest government possible. Reacher-sized agencies. Braun Strowman-level social benefits. Government so big it starts belching out National Parks and free healthcare. Chungus State.

I would like a flag of this too