I did my backyard adventure inside a local art museum today - free and cool and oh so very fun for a museum nerd like me! The Chrysler collection was extensive and I'm so glad I took time to see it all without rushing. Info on each in the alt text. More to come on the book of faces.

Yesterday's feel like reached 108. Today is supposed to be hotter. 😭😣

"When Democrats retake control of the government... we have to decide if we want to win symbolic victories and simply get caught trying or if we actually want to make permanent, meaningful change. If it’s the latter, then inherently, that requires us to expand the Supreme Court.”

The heat dome is moving my way. 😭🫠 Be safe, hydrate, stay indoors!

The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant

Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

Everyone should be extremely concerned that birthright citizenship was 5-4 and not unanimous.

MAJOR BREAKING: In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that states may count mail-in ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day, even if they arrive afterward. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh dissented.

I’m not going to hail Barrett and Roberts for allowing us to count our votes. It’s a huge win for democracy, but it shouldn’t have even been a question. That we were one vote away from disenfranchising votes is all the more reason to expand the court in 2029.

Our independent federal regulatory agencies were created to protect the public from corporate harms. The only reason to end these protections is to give corporate America even higher profits by shifting the risks of harms to individual people. The shame of the John Roberts court.

"SCOTUS Has Her Back" by Andrew Winters (USA).

Wonderful soul 🥹 #AKF #Weloveyoujaredpadalecki

I miss the great American tradition of not thinking about the president constantly.

Oh look, me in another life.

If y'all (Dems) don't fucking stand together now, we'll lose everything come midterms. And I do mean everything, more than we already have. 🙄😬😠

Decided to be ambitious woke I was feeling energetic and get a few things done in the house. Did those - forgot my body doesn't like me, had some energy to keep going and deep cleaned my bathroom...I should have stopped while I was ahead. Completely nonfunctional now. 🥺

absolutely fucking not.

PURCON 2026 - Jared #purcon10 #purcon #jaredpadalecki #spnfamily

The Secret of the Sea, my rpf J2 AU, mermen from creation, finding each other in every lifetime, breaking a curse that tries to separate them because there's a happy-ish human ending. It's got its own tumblr inspo blog and has been living in my head since 2014 😭

Now that were last the solstice, we are on our way to the 'ber months and shorter days. I CAN FEEL IT. Pumpkin Spice is just around the corner 😂

Can we just skip summer???

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Decided to educate myself this Juneteenth with another tiny backyard adventure deep in the outreaches of Chesapeake. I did a self-guided driving tour of the African American Heritage Trail. There were six stops (three noted below in alt text) - and bonus was a stamp in my VA250 book at a museum!

I miss this man. I miss this President. I can't wait to visit his library!

If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250

#thalassophile 🌊🐬🐋

OH. 🥰🥹🫠

I care not for FIFA & their political/ monetary affiliation with the 🍊💩. I feel elated seeing the various players & teams posting their joys, seeing what we as a nation could be. The welcome so many teams have from their host cities is heartwarming. I'm so sad for those being treated unfairly. ☹️

“Why’s it taking so long to take down the name when they put it up so fast?” yeah, undoing every single thing he’s done is gonna be exactly like that, get used to it

While the symbolism is spot on, this is animal abuse for their circus. That poor elephant. 😢🐘

Being an American isn't about your ancestry or ethnicity. It's about fidelity to the meaning of this country - its revolutionary, threefold promise of political equality, economic opportunity, and personal liberty.

Happy Wednesday.

Discovered a new (to me) line of chocolate bars - each one is based on a book of classic literature and features flavors that thematically match or pulled right from the pages! 📚🍫 Also featuring Miss Lucy, who tried to convince me goat's milk chocolate wasn't like real chocolate. 🙄😂🚫

Incredible beauty and boundless joy. He just makes me happy. 🥰

Today is World Ocean Day, honoring, protecting, and conserving our global ocean. Highlighting the ocean's crucial role in maintaining the climate while raising awareness about the impacts of pollution. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WorldOceanDay

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I smell delicious. 🧁 That's not something I'd usually brag about but I've been using a new lotion and after running a few errands this morning I kept smelling cake. I thought I'd picked up someone's bakery bag. Turns out it was just me. 🤭 Saltair's Salt Water Vanilla. AMAZING.

Her little mohawk is my mom's favorite thing. Lucy is a bad ass baby 😂🏍 (personally, I am forever enchanted by the heart on her ear. 🥰)

He is consistently the most precious man ever. 🥰🥹

Because I'm a glutton for punishment 😭 Will I volunteer to run the company tent at the ADP5K? Yes, I always do, of course. Twice the number of entrants this year for us, hauling the packets here was no joke. Also, I'm walking it. 😬

The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized". That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis.

✨🌈 qrp with your pride flags 🌈✨

Spring really does have a beauty and charm of its own, even if it brings the dreaded summer and heat. Finch nest in my door wreath and a single egg, blooming daylily in my front landscaping. (I used 10x zoom for the nest from a stool - no disturbance)

cynophilist | noun | one that is favorably disposed toward dogs

🏳️‍🌈 🖤🩶🤍💜 #loveislove #pride

Electing what is wrongly perceived to be "safe" is literally killing us and this country. The best candidates I've seen in my lifetime are not white, sometimes women, and not always "Christian" in the way this current administration feels it should be.