Go California! www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/...

Ever grab a HB egg and give it the ol smack and roll to peal it only to discover that you did NOT in fact grab a HB egg?

Yeasted Honey Cornbread Loaf: I tried a different sourdough recipe made with white whole wheat and cornmeal. It has a slightly different texture and a distinctive corn flavor. I’m pleased with how it turned out. 😋

I’ve been feeding the neighborhood crows for a while now. They’re remarkable creatures, and I enjoy talking about them — which is how this ended up in an email. It needed to be shared. 😂

With all the hype around it, I assumed collagen was snake oil. I guess it has some modest benefits for skin and osteoarthritis symptoms. I’ll be darned. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

This is more or less the same story everywhere. The only places where no lethal livestock protection doesn’t work is places where people REALLY want to shoot wolves. www.kunm.org/local-news/2...

“Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will likely turbocharge extreme weather across the planet.” apnews.com/article/el-n...

This is another one that’s flown under the radar. They’re evicting wildlife to make room for cattle belonging to wealthy, well connected ranchers. montanafreepress.org/2026/06/09/c...

Happy birthday, Scout! 🥳🎉🎊🎂 I can’t believe it’s been ten wonderful years. The Best Dog Ever had two special meals and visited some favorite places. We went to Home Depot, which she’s loved since puppyhood; at Starbucks she got a pup cup, and later we hiked in the butterfly grove.

Remember when we had normal weather? Here it’s supposed to be “June Gloom” — cool and foggy, no rain or heat wave. www.sfchronicle.com/weather-fore...

Truly depressing! biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

So the US Government paid foreign investors NOT to build sustainable energy sources for the country? www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

It’s not a ball! Ranger’s loving his new ring toy for fetch. Although he usually responds to “Drop the ball,” he seems to know the ring isn’t a ball — he looks puzzled and tilts his head when you say it. Ranger appears to understand that “ball” is a type of toy, but not all toys are balls. 🐾

"Perhaps more than any other killing device, the M-44 epitomizes the utter callousness and cruelty of the federal government’s predator control activities, and its use is not merely beyond the pale. It is intolerable." www.the-express.com/news/politic...

They know it’s dangerous and harmful. www.change.org/p/protect-bi...

I’m not entirely surprised, but didn’t expect Porter to show so poorly. ktla.com/news/politic...

Good news indeed! www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Interesting! fortune.com/2026/05/27/c...

Good Grief! Don’t they remember why we have those laws? news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...

"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." - John Muir

This gave me a chuckle and needed to be passed along. 😂

I hope this passes for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is these things for don’t actually solve a lot of crimes. They’re an expensive, not to mention intrusive, waste of taxpayer money. www.wired.com/story/a-bipa...

This is something that’s flown under the radar of the mainstream media. sourcenm.com/2026/05/20/g...

I hope it passes, but I have my doubts this will ever become law. www.surveillanceaccountability.com

Yikes! respublicamgz.substack.com/p/a-super-el...

According to the article, one of Elon’s factories has been secretly dumping tons of highly toxic materials into a creek. www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lit...

Tuesday Musing.

Listen guys we cant live on 174k a year, so what if we do a little insider trading? It’s just to feed our families!!! But you guys are doing good at that $7.25hr, some may say too good. #trumpism #trumpadmin #americanhellscape #minimumwage

I feel accomplished today — I finished planting the vegetable garden and baked a batch of sourdough pretzels. 🥨

Unreal… apnews.com/article/trum...

Here’s a research backed initiative that takes cars off California’s congested highways, cuts fuel consumption, and lowers carbon dioxide emissions. It seems like a zero cost win for the state. calmatters.org/commentary/2...

Interesting article! I’ve been writing a REALLY narcissistic character of late and I found this article to be especially insightful. www.psypost.org/narcissists-...

#writingadvice #writinglife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...

🏘️ The Rich Do Not Need Praise, They Need To Pay Up When billionaires compare fair taxation to oppression, they are revealing just how entitled the ultrawealthy have become. peoplepowerunited.org/welcome #News #PowertothePeople

This article is shocking and shameful — though not entirely surprising. Anyone who has worked in California public education has heard stories like this one, or worse. www.propublica.org/article/cali...

Happy #Mother’sDay! We got our new Mother’s Day rose planted yesterday 💐 May all the mother’s out there have a day filled with treats and special surprises. 🎉

It might only be a temporary ruling, but it’s still good news. ictnews.org/news/federal...

Really cool idea! 😎 www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/04/s...

Scary stuff that’s getting largely ignored by the mainstream media. www.wired.com/story/the-su...

Disappointing, though perhaps a predictable outcome. It’s hopeful at least they’re talking about it. www.calonews.com/featured-top...

Happy Mayday! The roses have exploded the last few days.

"I have a deep affection for my own characters, which I try to share with the reader; I think a writer can’t hope to engage her audience if she isn’t herself deeply engaged with the work." ~ @naominovik.bsky.social #naominovik #botd #writingsky #literarybirthday #writerswrite

Yes👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎯🎯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Trawlers fishing is also ecologically destructive and is often implicated in disruption of local fishing livelihoods. Talk about a lose, lose, lose proposition. #ClimateResilience

Still blooming… 🩷😊

Here my sense is there are slightly more monarchs this year than in years past, but no matter what, it’s obvious they’re still in decline. Long gone are the days of seasonal super abundance where I live. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

A circular Roman shrine in Endeby, south of Leicester, by the Fosse Way. Seen during the Leicestershire Fieldworkers tour. Thank you Albion Archaeology! #RomanSiteSaturday

Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are all planning huge layoffs. Amazon got $17.5B in federal tax breaks last year. Jeff Bezos is worth $271B. Meta saved $13.7B in taxes. Mark Zuckerberg is worth $231B. Microsoft saved $12.5B last year. Its CEO is worth $1.3B. This is what a rigged economy looks like.