Don't abolish the #NIH. Fix it.

Never happier to live in a country where fireworks are illegal (exception for permitted professional shows), and people by and large respect that law.

Mom watching how I load the dishwasher. (It's me. I'm mom.)

Milkweed - the Monarch butterfly magnet. 🦋🦋🥰 #butterflies #asclepias #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #lepidoptera #PhotographersOfBlueSky #monarchbutterfly #monarchbutterflies #blueskyartshow #Wide

#BlueSkyArtShow Wings #Wide open 😎 TL ‘Syd’ Kookaburra TR ‘Hakin’ Red Kite BL ‘Melvyn’ Harris’s Hawk BR ‘Kibo’ Verreaux’s Eagle Owl Enjoy the rest of your Saturday ✨ 📷 #SuffolkOwls U.K. 🪶💚☀️ #Birds #Owls #Hawks #RedKites #Kookaburra #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin

The #wide open spaces of America's midwest and west are just a few of the things to cherish on our nation's 250th birthday. #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersofBlueSky #ECK #wideopen #ruralroads #lonesomehighway #clouds #midwestbarn #highwaycall #roadgoesonforever

This Land Is Your Land on repeat in my head now. Beautiful

Whoever took this pic deserves a Pulitzer. That woman deserves a hug. The masked men, well, they're scum of the earth, and I won't say what they deserve.

A wide shot of the Tetons at night #BlueSkyArtShow #wide

A little better quality picture of this one. Looking at the Salish Sea from the deck of a ferry in watercolor. #blueskyartshow #wide #watercolor #salishsea

When you have the whole wide beach to yourself #BlueSkyArtShow #wide

Open wide! A tree swallow mama feeds her fledgling on its first day out of the nest. #BlueSkyArtShow #wide

#BlueSkyArtShow Saturday July 4, 2026 The theme is #Wide #Cuba #art #artists #photography #SonyF828 Flying over Cuba on my way to Jamaica.

Rain approaching over the sagebrush flats #BlueSkyArtShow #wide

The low temperature of 84F at New York City Central Park ties the all time record warmest low temperature (1869-present). The low of 87F at Newark is a new all-time warmest low temperature (1843-present). It's as if something has changed. 🤔

The interactive "Ancient Earth" globe allows you to view the continents at varies stages from today back to 750 million years ago. You can even look for your home address in the search field to see where you would've lived back then. Source: buff.ly/2t1YUsQ

Holy moly, what are Colorado GOP voters drinking? I think their koolaid is possessed. The whole state is going to need an exorcism if Victor Marx wins governor. (CO folks, tell me this is not going to happen!)

We need a “what’s communism” media blitz. Cover philosophy of communism, whether its ever actually existed, and how the vast majority of self-identified communists aren’t communists, and how those pointing fingers at others don’t have a clue what they’re saying, and how it’s truly a useless word …

So much respect for these rangers. They're dealing with a drastic affordable housing shortage, high cost of living (outside of housing), workforce cuts at a time when the tourist surge is higher every year, and all of the stupid junk this administration has pulled on our national parks.

"When in Congress, my ONLY priority is Wyoming." Um...shouldn't the country at large while advocating for WY be the priority? Sparcely populated WY's needs are so drastically different from the rest of the US. The GOP ads this election season here are so depressing. MAGA is alive and well here.

FIGHTING BACK MATTERS. (Re the new flu vaccine, but apply this phrase where ever you need it.)

I'm so strangely invested and fascinated by all of this! 🍿

My daughter would drop out of sports so fast! Which, frankly, feels like a side effect that the anti-trans folks trying to inflict this on kids might be ok with. We should be shaming people so eager to check people's genitals. Perverted, really.

And feels less and less true daily with the families spending $$$ on year round sports clubs and whole sports academies $$$$$. Sports get uber competitive and expensive - and so financially inaccessible - fast. (Not to mention the absurd time requirements!)

It was super interesting to attend the first HHS women's health conference and hear about how more women need to have "natural births," stop vaccinating their kids, etc etc

Every agency gutted by DOGE has a version of this problem. But inaccurate weather forecasting is a particularly visible one to the average person.

More on that case. Unvaxxed worker with measles in heavy tourist traffic shops. 🫠 Get vaxxed, folks! www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/health/...

Four out of nine justices on the Supreme Court just ruled that the part of the Constitution that literally says "The sky is blue" can be interpreted as "There is no sky," causing me to think that it's possible that our nation's proudest "strict constructionists" might actually be disingenuous liars.

There are few things as bad as crippling depression. I hope that Tom Kean uses this experience to advocate for wider access to the quality care he has received. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...

Trans beloveds, take some time off the internet if you need to. Clarence Thomas is a piece of shit sexual harasser with literally no good opinions. You are better than him in every way that counts.

June 29. Wyoming weather doing Wyoming weather things, and I love it. Gonna start a slow warm up tomorrow, but I'll enjoy my fire tonight.

This is a reminder to everyone that the comment period for the OMB rule is open until July 13, 2026, and you should submit comments. You can submit comments here: www.regulations.gov/docket/OMB-2...   1/n

I think (hope beyond hope) that there will be a lot of "oh crap" moments and reversals with all of the things done under RFKJ. Fingers crossed that it doesn't take mass outbreaks to reverse course.

Predictive markets and betting culture are out of control. Just absolute grossness.

Whew.

Chatsubomi Moss Park, Gunma, Japan

In recent years, moths from the genus Superbia have adapted a new camouflage strategy. Instead of emerging at night, they come out of their pupal stage all at once during parades and demonstrations in June. They use vivid displays to blend in and find each other in a space safe from harm.

by Yutaka Murakami (Japanese, b. 1957)

At this point, I’ve lived most of my life in the US without AC, mostly in areas with cool nights and low humidity, but I can’t forget hot Mississippi summers visiting my grandparents without AC and 100 F days in Boulder, CO. This is a good article on keeping your living space cooler. (1/2)

サントリーニ島。 青が似合う。 #Bluesky写真部  #ブルスコ写真部 #青空写真部 #ブルスコ #ブルスカ #Photography #photography #Photo #風景写真 #青空 #Bluesky @bskyphotos.bsky.social

Just horrific. Separately, a reminder that wildland firefighters are wildly underpaid for the crucial and life threatening jobs they do. Support them when you can. Here’s one charity (not without controversy, but still seems a good option) that helps firefighters families financially:

#BlueSkyArtShow Theme: #Macro It's the little things...

A Danish cohort study of adults aged 65 and older demonstrated that COVID-19 vaccines continued to reduce the risk of hospitalization and death. The data are from this past winter. Link: tinyurl.com/tbskb5sa by Hansen et al.

This little guy looks like it was designed by Jim Henson, but it’s actually real.

Days I’m glad that this administration isn’t literate.

Favourite part of Autumn hikes. #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #photography #nature #EastCoastKin #fungi #fungifriends #hiking #forest #VancouverIsland #ColorADay #GreenSat #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Others have made this point, but I will underscore: if we are talking about how to power & cool enormous data centres yet letting out vulnerable neighbours die of heat our values & priorities are a tragedy.

"Mum's the Word" -- Not quite full #macro, but close enough to appreciate their beauty in the morning dew. #BlueSkyArtShow #ECK #flowerphotography #PhotographersofBlueSky #fujilove #morningdew