It would be extremely sad to see this symbol downgraded to "politically divisive." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

What headline writers think: Putting "Here's What to Know" in a headline will get people to read this story. What readers think: If I see "Here's What to Know" in a headline, I know I don't have to read that. Now here's a cat yawning over yet another "Here's What to Know" headline.

Good morning, Death Valley. #dune

"It is a theatre floating through the clouds, Itself a cloud, although of misted rock And mountains running like water, wave on wave" -- Wallace Stevens, "The Auroras of Autumn" . . Autumn's moods come to the North Cascades #mountains

Pastel evening at Edmonds, Washington, thanks to wildfires on the Olympic Peninsula. #wsferries

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com It’s not surprising that the Republican Party’s leaders don’t seem to be taking the abuse allegations facing Florida congressman Cory Mills very seriously, our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. He “embodies America’s ruling ethos: When you’re MAGA, they let you do it.”

Who does more damage to the White House: The North Koreans in "Olympus Has Fallen" or Donald Trump? #dictatorfail #smallhands

Pardon my arms. Utah's Super Bowl. #astrophotography #milkyway #Nikonastro #nightsky

They have black helicopters. We have white helicopters. And glaciers. #photography

Last day of #SeaFair performance by the #BlueAngels. How do planes stay in the air? Magic? CGI?

Last performance by the #BlueAngels at Seattle #SeaFair is coming up. Photos from Saturday.

You can't see me because I'm hiding under this rock. #wildlife #marmot #nikond5500

Trump: Stop talking about Epstein. Also Trump: Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein…

Strongly recommend new Netflix offering “Downfall”, on how McDonnell Douglas brass took over Boeing, cut corners, the resulting crashes, efforts to offload blame on pilots.Kudos to Oregon ex-Rep DeFazio as truth seeker.

Look for the Alaska whaling captain subsidy, inserted into the GOP tax cut scam to help buy Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s vote, to be a key talking point in attacks by Democrats and conservatives. It deserves all the criticism it will get. www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...

Just going with the flow. #waterfall #landscapephotography #oregon

What am I worried about? -Safety of 30k US troops in the Middle East -cybersecurity (since CISA was recently gutted) & homeland security (as HLS focused on immigration) -Economic strength (oil prices and tariffs) -Allied assistance (we’ll need that now) -Domestic intell (leadership at FBI/DNI)

The #littledictator just spent all the money that you have ever paid in federal tax dollars. #dumptrump #usiranwar #israeliran #8647

Allowing your target time to prepare is the neighborly thing to do. #iranwar #israeliran #peacenotwar #trumpnuts

More little tramp dictator #fascism

1/ An unexpected gift on a melancholy evening. #birds #blueskybirds #wildlife #greatblueheron #Nikon #Nikkor

Some morning jewels for you. #macrophotography #dewdrops #closeup #Nikon #Nikkor

Sunset on Washington's Dream Coast. #landscape #sunset #olympicnationalpark #Nikon #Nikkor

The aurora borealis seen beyond Vasiliki Ridge on a recent climb in the North Cascades. #northernlights #astrophotography #landscape #Nikon #Nikkor #NorthCascades

This is how dictators work. Down with dictator tramp!

BREAKING: California Sen. Alex Padilla was detained and handcuffed during an altercation at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference.

It looks like ProPublica's website may be under attack. It's down so no one can access this story. But @andykroll.bsky.social has posted some details.

!!!! "In a previously unreported development, federal agents came to suspect that Bukele and members of his inner circle had diverted U.S. aid funds to the (MS-13) gang..."

The babies were out during a recent trip I took to the Tetons and Yellowstone with Eugene Tapahe.

Gil Aegerter here. I had to abandon my previous handle, klahini, because BS wouldn't let me recover it. Onward.