"One of the officers said it sounded like pebbles were raining down on his patrol motorcycle. Several pieces of shrapnel were found, including one that dented the hood of a patrol car." www.bbc.com/news/article...

My little rural red Indiana county showed up today for No Kings. About 250 people, which roughly equal .5% of the county. That might not sound like much, but at the same % in NYC it would equal over 42,000!

I don't live in any of the US states listed in this article, so why are they requiring age assurance to use DMs? This makes no sense. I don't use DMs anyway & with hacking at high levels, I'm certainly not going to give my private info for verification. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

🎵Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door🎵 The leaves on the trees are getting thinner 🍃

Do you ever feel like you just can't find the space to grieve or breathe? Yeah, me too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8UG...

October 1980 top #AT40 . Man, I love this one!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh3i...

In 1973 I was probably watching more Electric Company than listening to my AM/FM transistor. But this song is one I remember and truly love.

"If someone pressed one of these into my hand at an official function, I’d think I was being pranked (or maybe being given a discount token to a local Halloween house). It is as unserious as the director himself, a metal symbol of the hollowness of Patel’s leadership."

Honestly I'm tired of unnamed lawyers being upset that their firms capitulated, federal prosecutors concerned about the politicization of DOJ, and reporters dismayed that their media owners are capitulating to Trump. Either do something or accept that you watched democracy collapse and did nothing.

The time between the cool & damp season and the hot & dry season is way too short. Now I'm trying to grapple with the fact that the steel gray sky & white season is creeping closer. 🍂💐❄️📷

Post #AT40 track is KC & The Sunshine Band - "Keep It Comin' Love" youtu.be/dc_pjiCJl3s?...

Most of the summer colors have faded. This morning's walk was pretty much white #fungus , white flowers & white fluff from the wild lettuce. 🌿📷

To my fellow US "blue dots" in red areas... Are you now more worried than you used to be about local backlash from putting on a bumper sticker, wearing a shirt/hat or flying a flag that signals your politics align with the left?

I wished my coworker a good evening. I heard HER say "I'm going home to suck my dick". She actually said "I'm going home to sit on my deck". Should I go to an ear doctor (this has been happening more frequently)? Or should I accept that my brain is doing an #autocorrect #fail & just get used to it?🤔

That orange really stood out & being about 8" X 12" didn't hurt anything. 🍄📷 #chickenofthewoods #COTW

Debate Bros don't really debate. They just perform for their audience of idiots. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRLV...

Report me (to fucking anyone). Get me fired (if you can find me). This fascist shit has got to stop. #JimmyKimmel #StephenColbert

A cloud in the distance at daybreak. But still no rain. It's been dry for a month & forecast doesn't give much hope for the next 30 days. Living in the woods, wildfires always worry me. And with the farmers getting ready to harvest their dry crops, field fires will surely happen.

Found a praying mantis on the morning walk. I've been fascinated by them since I was a kid. 📷

Amazing Rhythm Aces - "Third Rate Romance" climbs a couple to #16 - written by Russell Smith. #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_R... youtu.be/pLz6nIvqB2c?...

The Spinners - "'They Just Can't Stop It' The (Games People Play)" climbs five spots to #34 - produced by Thom Bell. #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_P... youtu.be/I_4xktFy4Dw?...

Gather round. It's time for another Casey Kasem American Top 40 flashback #AT40. Let's go back to September 6, 1975. Who will be #1? Listen to Casey on SiriusXM 70s, and follow this 🧵 to find out.

Wonderfully cool morning walk. Could use some rain. Still the flowers, fungus and bees are handling the short drought fairly well. 🌸🐝🍄📷

It's taken 8 years of not mowing the field and spreading the milkweeds seeds... and look!!!! Finally there are monarch caterpillars! 🦋 😍

Falling from #15 to #27, it's Three Dog Night's version of "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" - written by Randy Newman. #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_To... youtu.be/lZ1KBCSkH_Q?...

Join us. We're going way back to August 29, 1970 for another Casey Kasem American Top 40 flashback #AT40. Who will be #1? Listen to Casey on SiriusXM 70s, and follow this 🧵 to find out.

On our morning walk we found some Bumbles sleeping in the Rose of Sharon blossoms 🐝🌸📷

Joe Walsh is #12 for another week with "Life's Been Good". #AT40 youtu.be/Fds_2qH9sBQ?...

"King Tut" by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons is stuck at #17. #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Tu... youtu.be/FYbavuReVF4?...

Jackson Browne - "Stay" / "The Load Out" is stuck at #20. #AT40 youtu.be/scsJZ67ssDY?...

"Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" by Kenny Loggins debuts at #39 - written by Kenny and Melissa Manchester. #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheneve... youtu.be/NmRh69YyKnA?...

Sometimes it's the small things that bring joy. Today I found a Sweet Gum sapling growing in the swampy field that mostly has Maple & Ash saplings & a variety of bur bearing plants. I'm so pysched!!! One small reason to keep on keeping on.

This post has nothing to do with Trump being a twatwaffle or that the current US administration is leaning into authoritarianism. But I am glad to know that if the news causes me to become impacted with an overwhelming amount of shit, I have found some wild senna growing on the property.

Conservative men alternate between "YEAH BRO SECOND CIVIL WAR MOLON LABE BITCH COME GET SOME" and "when I drive through the city I don't wear my seat belt just in case I have to bail out if a Black person gets too close" and these things are usually within 10 minutes of each other

Another foggy morning walk to start the day in the valley. Hot temps early & a promise of cool rain for the afternoon.

#Scaredketchup video's are pretty great. 🤣😂🤣 youtu.be/TvBI8JXv0PA?...

It's oyster season 😊 🍄📷 #fungifriends

Alan O'Day falls four places to #7 with "Undercover Angel" - produced by Steve Barri & Michael Omartian. #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underco... youtu.be/G-xRMw0NyW0?...

Rita Coolidge's cover of Jackie Wilson's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" climbs two places to #11. #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Your_L... youtu.be/0153gqgCEYI?...

Waylon Jennings makes an appearance on #AT40 at #25 with "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luckenb... youtu.be/Qf_HoB6RRKI?...

Dean Friedman - "Ariel" moves up four spots to #33. #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_(... youtu.be/WSkX2o__7VU?...

Sanford-Townsend Band - "Smoke from a Distant Fire" climbs four spots to #35. #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_f... youtu.be/IbOXharkzzE?...

Here's a good one. It's "Black Betty" by Ram Jam, debuting at #38. #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_B... youtu.be/I_2D8Eo15wE?...

Are you ready? It's time for another Casey Kasem American Top 40 flashback #AT40. Let's go back to July 23, 1977. Who will be #1? Listen to Casey on SiriusXM 70s, and follow this 🧵 to find out.

The heat index is 104F/40C. Even my cold, cold heart is melting. Make it stop! How long till winter?

A common webworm moth on milkweed blooms. They are cute as moths, but the large groups of them in their "web" (or "bags" - commonly referred to as bagworms) earlier in the season... not so much. 🦋📷