Campbeltown War Memorial, Scotland. Pvt James McCallum, Pvt William O’May, and Sgt Donald Kelly were my grandfather’s cousins.

Scottish National War Memorial

My birthday present - two glasses, value $25. Uncle Sam is trying to charge me $58 in tariffs and customs duties on broken merchandise.

Maryland has lost 15,100 federal jobs since January — the most in the country. That includes 2,500 jobs lost in August, marking the second month in a row Maryland's seen the highest fed job losses among states

Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, SCotland. #Scotland #Cathedral #Glasgow #Church

St Conan's Kirk, Dalmally, Argyll, Scotland #Scotland #Church #St.Conan #LochAwe

Butterbridge, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. #Scotland #theTrossachs #Cairndow #Fireweed #BlackKnapweed

A few more from the #Scotland trip. Stained Glass in St. Margarets Chapel #Edinburgh #EdinburghCastle #St.Margaret #WilliamWallace #St.Columba

A few photos from 10 great days in Scotland. The Vital Spark, Para Handy's puffer. A’Chleit, Church of Scotland between Tayinloan and Muasdale. Coast behind the church Edinburgh sunset. #Scotland #Inverarary #KilleanandKilchenzie #Argyll #Muasdale #Tayinloan #Edinburgh

Killegruer Farm, Tarbert, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. The farm my great grandfather was born on. We’re in the farmhouse kitchen of the current owner who has an ancestor that was my second great grandfather’s apprentice!

Yesterday in Wilmington. My daughter works about 1/2 mi. away from the site and when it happened, they all ran outside thinking someone had hit their building.

On August 15, 2025, Newsmax Media, Inc. and Newsmax Broadcasting, LLC entered into a settlement agreement with Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. and certain of its affiliates (“Dominion”), pursuant to which such parties agreed

As someone who worked with these people who were aften used as translators, they risked everything to help NATO forces in Afghanistan, often gaining information that saved the lives of troops. How they are being treated is absolutely disgusting.

reminded "A child does not question the wrongs of adults, he suffers them" ~Chief Dan George

Time to roast the Hatch chile.

Last week I mentioned about the items I bought from a Canadian vendor being sent back by customs in Los Angeles. I ordered some craft supplies from the UK (for making Dorset buttons) and they cleared customs in NY, no issues at all!

Furthest I’ve been: N: Bodø Norway S: San Salvador E: Bodø W: Chang Mai Thailand

So…US Customs in Los Angeles decided I did not need waterproof shoes for my upcoming trip to Scotland. I ordered a pair of Vessi sneakers/trainers for my UK friends. Vessi shipped them on July 19, 1 day after the order went in. There was an expected delivery date of 1 Aug. 1/3

Scotland Trolls Trump With Massive New Wind Farm on His Doorstep Scotland approves world's 'biggest offshore windfarm' project - days after Donald Trump called wind turbines a 'con-job' www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/scot...

US states sue over Trump demands for data on food stamp recipients reut.rs/45iBVLI

The red carpet is not waiting for Trump when he arrives in Scotland

I can't emphasize enough the deep moral pain I feel multiple times a day. Like a sword into my conscience and soul. What America has done and is doing to human beings is unforgivable.

Forget about what year it is. What century is it? nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/20/d...

Sometimes you just need a basket full of baby otters to make your day complete. Oh, look what I found! You can thank me later.

Good human alert

not wanting to "do discourse" but compelled by conscience to say that Gavin Newsom accepting right-wing framing of gender-affirming care and trying to position himself as some Solomon of hard choices is bullshit. care is care. the people who need it and the people who provide it are the experts

For this @sciam.bsky.social article on illness from Vibrio bacteria along the U.S. east coast (yup, the genus that includes V. cholerae), cartographer @pinakographos.bsky.social and I pay homage to John Snow's classic cholera map with contemporary data. 📊 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/vibr...

Grand Canyon Lodge and other historic cabins were lost.

Interesting observation today in Wilmington, NC. The building housing Dept. of Honeland Security, Customs & Border Patrol, USCIS, and USCG Wilmington has had the signage and building number removed. Only the flag pole flying a US flag remains.

New “vehicles” in the 2nd St parking garage. You can’t see #2.

At the USS North Carolina for Friends on the Fantail fireworks. The SPs are for the parking lot!

Vast spending plus effectively zero oversight is going to mean huge huge corruption boltsmag.org/how-the-gop-...

I'm a Navy vet - guess you could say it runs in the family. Besides these six, I haven't yet added in two twin cousins who were Navy (went in on the buddy program), three US Army, one USAF, and one USMC veterans.

Post yourself from a different era (you choose).

This is how the administration treats our allies.

I'm attending New Hanover County Democratic Party's event, “Pizza for Progress with Carolina Forward and the Blue Squad” - sign up now to join www.mobilize.us/newhanoverde...

Fun times at the Satellite Bar & Lounge, Wilmington,NC. Bluegrass on the patio.

Lying off Riverside Drive, New York City, on 4 May 1920. Looking up river, the ships are: USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38), USS ARIZONA (BB-39), USS NEVADA (BB-36), and USS OKLAHOMA (BB-37). They are flying church pennants above the colors on the flagstaffs. 1/2 #NavalHistory

#OTD 19 Jun 1915 The USS Arizona (BB-39) is launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Photos - Navy History & Heritage Command #NavalHistory

Trump has doubled down on his calls for ICE to get even more aggressive and unlawful, particularly in blue states and big cities. State Attorneys General have real power to fight back, and we need to put the pressure on Democratic AGs to use every tool at their disposal to hold ICE in check. 👇

We’re announcing new legislation — the No Secret Police Act (SB 627) — to ban local/state/federal law enforcement, w/ some exceptions, from covering their faces when interacting w/ the public & require them to wear identifying info. The secret police behavior we’re seeing destroys trust & must end🧵