I don't want to hear this! We're in the mid 80s today here in Reno, Nevada; the normal high for this date is 60 degrees. We practically skipped winter and gardening is great now, but I'm worried about this summer. #giftlink www.theatlantic.com/science/2026... 🌱

Things seem to be a little tense for this #marriedcouple at the moment. Mourning doves, Reno, NV, Feb. 23, 2016. #birdoftheday

DNA testing has helped overturn 560 convictions since 2000. People with innocence claims should be allowed to have the DNA evidence in their cases tested before it’s too late. Read more: https://bit.ly/4lCJ6WP

For #birdoftheday alternate subject of #perchers. Mourning doves in crabapple tree, Jan. 19, 2017, Reno, NV, USA.

You know that “Sharia law” Christian nationalists keep warning about? Yeah — this is it. Just swap the religion. And suddenly they’re fine with it.

For #birdoftheday #reflections. a great white egret on Steamboat Slough, Reno, NV, USA, Jan. 26, 2026. For much better pix (by real photographers), click on the tags.

The short peak season has begun in the strawberries on CA's Central Coast. In this 9 hour day, "Irma" managed to pick 90 flats or 1,020 of the plastic 1 pint boxes we buy at a supermarket. (A flat holds 12 plastic one pint baskets). She earns $2.20 a flat. #WeFeedYou

Just a quick reminder that our current #submission round has been extended until March 31. We’re still in need of #haiku and #microfiction. Not sure if your work is a good fit? Check out our January 15 issue here: www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu... #writingcommunity #writersofbsky #flashfiction

Just muted Pi Day and #piday. Enjoy yourselves without me.

I can't even imagine putting any effort into trying to prevent aging. I don't believe it's possible or even desirable. I'm old, and I put the energy I still have into things that are more important to me.

This is so discouraging. #giftlink www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Likewise. 🌱

For #longnecks #birdoftheday. Great Blue Heron, Steamboat Slough, Jan. 16, 2026, Reno, NV.

#histfic #romancelandia

This International #WomensDay, we reassert that the greatest threat to women's rights is organized religion -- especially when infringing on politics. #ffrf #herstory #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth

I found this tag and theme today, and I'm loving it.

Celebrate #WorldBookDay with a look at some of the most beautiful and unusual examples from the first 100 years of the “modern” book cover, since the rise of publishers' bindings circa 1820: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-book-covers-1820-1914

Foreign policy shouldn’t be driven by apocalyptic theology. This is exactly why the separation of church and state matters.

I haven't seen a lot about this. Each of our THAAD interceptors, which shoot down missiles and drones, costs more than $12.8 million, and we produce only 96 a year. Iran makes 5-6,000 suicide drones a month at $50,000 each. Gift link. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This could help so many people. The drugs help with food cravings, so it makes sense that they could help with other cravings.

May the history books record that WWIII began on a vibe.

“Google is so ubiquitous and it is so easy to use, it's pretty helpful to get rid of the worst, most obvious stuff. You're peeling off the first layer of information that's easy to find," EFF’s @thorinklosowski.com told BBC News of Google’s Results About You.

Northern Nevada for anyone keeping track. It's always higher here than the national average.

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

The First Amendment already “bans Sharia law.” It also bans the government from imposing any religious law — including the Christian nationalism that Senator Tuberville is so eager to codify.

Who voted for Iraq 2.0?

#Editorial meme by Darren Archambault.

A break from war news.

Best all-around SNL episode of the season so far last night. Surprisingly up to the minute opening; LOL monologue, sketches and Weekend Update; and the fabulous Mumford & Sons. I'll be happy to watch a few reruns of it.

The Board of Peace is bombing Iran.

NEW: Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent activists who worked to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed for the president to declare a national emergency to take over the midterms.

People might be surprised at how much one yard with #NativePlants & other choices for #wildlife can matter in a big concrete city but here are two beautiful #birds higher up a growing food chain that Mr. CMG spotted today during short doggo outings. #gardening #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #ecosystem 🌱

EFF not only supports the rights of student reporters, we also train them to exert their rights through partnerships with the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Texas at El Paso. (2/3)

So proud of my editor and cover designer! She's also The Expert on dirty, sexy history. Follow any of her social media accounts for juicy details. (Sorry, my book is Civil War nonfiction and has no sex in it.) #histfic #romancelandia

“The scrapers have become the scraped, their own powerful distillations of the world’s information sampled, reconstituted, and distilled once more.” nymag.com/intelligence...

Using AI might boost your creative process, but admitting it could hurt your reputation. When audiences learn AI was involved, creators are judged more harshly — even Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer wasn’t spared.

Goriest SOTU ever.

Thousands of Americans who receive GoFundMe donations or Venmo transfers after a medical crisis got hit with tax forms treating gifts as income. The IRS rules haven't caught up with the explosion in peer-to-peer giving, according to researchers who study crowdfunding. buff.ly/zhtybRf

Denmark's military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment. n.pr/4rwqZny

Meta adding face recognition technology to its smart glasses would violate the privacy rights of millions of people and cost the company billions of dollars legal battles. It should abandon its plans. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I'm a lifelong newsletter lover and producer, from my junior high newspaper to freelance work to company publications to the garden column I write for my neighborhood organization's newsletter now. I think I've volunteered to create or edit a newsletter for every organization I've ever joined.

Saving the planet is not on you. Gift link. www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...

"By midcentury, the northern Great Basin, though not a densely forested region, will become the epicenter of large wildfires." Kind of makes me glad I'm not likely to be around by then and don't have any grandkids.

We'd love to see more #dribbles: complete pieces in exactly #50words (titles not included). Focus on a moment, an image, or a thought––something that whispers. Have fun, experiment, and send it our way! #submissioncall #writersofbsky #amwriting #microfiction www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....

I'm thinking about changing dentists. Do I want to be in the frying pan or the fire?

One of my pet peeves is that some #authors who don't want AI to use their writing don't realize that free art is often stolen from artists.

Could the Trump Administration use the FBI to sow distrust about the midterm elections? 1970’s Roudebush v. Hartke decision sets a clear legal precedent that the federal government has no place interfering with how states deal with challenges to election integrity. buff.ly/l7r4y36

Discord did not have to “comply in advance” by requiring age verification for all users, whether or not they live in a jurisdiction that mandates it. Discord should reconsider whether expanding identity checks is worth the harm to its communities. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...