Pretty little white flower. iNaturalist says it's a Trailing Blackberry with 79.2% confidence. Seen on the trail to Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, CA. Not many monarch mariposas, yet, hopefully! Nikon D780 105mm f/2.8 manual focus macro lens f/8 at 1/125, ISO 1000 #macro #photography

Hairy Flower at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz.

For the first time in 25 years the entire state of California is declared drought free. There is no county in the state where there is any shortage of water. Yayyy!

The federal government upstaging the Minn investigating group and taking over is putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.

Delicate petal folds of a white/yellow rose. Nikon D780, 105mm f2.8 macro, 1/125, f/8, iso125 #macro #photography

I was absolutely delighted to hear that Warner-Discovery rejected the Ellison's offer, leaving the door open for Netflix to acquire the group. However, I fear that Larry and David have a leg up because of their donations to Trump. See how that works?

In case anyone needs to know this.... #LunarNames

I just heard dukouple call rubio the ultimate florida man, given that marco has a dozen jobs right now. I wonder if he's being groomed for the prez job in 28?

I don't know if it's 100% true, but it sounds entirely possible from my point of view. #TrumpIsATool

Yes, this will be a difficult day in American History. I wonder if the textbooks will reflect what happened accurately?

Watching Dokoupil first broadcast. So far there appears to be no change from the previous pair of anchors. He reads the teleprompter just fine. Maybe a little fast. Nothing different between this and any other OTA news org.

Trump is being reckless. If he continues, he will get everyone killed.

who says AI has to be boring? (This is pretty funny, imho)

Wet rose. We went for a walk during a break. It's been raining all day. Gauge is showing 2+ inches since yesterday.

Yeah, I would be okay with this.

My gawd, the Cowboys / Giants game is 100% controlled by the refs. So disappointing. Although, the fight where the helmet was ripped off was completely uncalled for. Even if is it the very last game of the 2025 season for both teams.

Finally deactivated my twitter account after Elon posted a retweet stating he supported TrumpO'lard and his takeover of Venezuela. I simply stated "Fuck you, Elon," and deactivated.

“A dark moment.”

My neighbor, a maga-type said he did not believe the Venezuela catastrophe is a distraction for Epstein. I asked what it was, then? Drug trafficking. The worst coming from VZ would be coke. 2nd worst is weed. That's it! Bye bye, Wayne. Don't try to talk to me any more.

Amna, Hang up on the PoS. @pbsnews.org

Grenell is not answering any of the questions about the Kennedy Center. What an absolute waste of time. @pbsnews.org

Bari Weiss #BariWeiss must go before I'll watch another CBS news. Oh yeah, and the f*cking Ellison's must also go away. I have despised Larry for a long, long time. He is shamelessly wealthy, but has done nothing to further humanity.

Had a scare last night. Was doing dishes and generally cleaning up in the kitchen, then realized there was no hot water! Went to the garage, the front of the water heater was covered with shit my wife scavenged from the depths of the local dumpster. Yelled & cleared the area, restarted ok

First BOP of the year. Appropo for New Year Day #birdifparadise

Funniest thing I've seen for a long time. (Check the date)

Well, my wapo subscription ran out today. I logged off for the last time. Not bad reporting, notwithstanding Bezos ownership. But not worth $170 a year to me.

Agree with this all the way...

This is a long article, but well worth the reading on a lazy Sunday. (Requires an account, free to create then read) newrepublic.com/article/2042...

Daily grind?

Yikes! 4 1/2 inches of rain since Xmas eve. We are at about 150% of normal for this time of the year.

Sent to my brother in law in Minnesota. (Hard line Dem)

Imminent danger! Alert woke us up at 3:15. Resulted in 3 1/2“ of rain in about 6 hours.

Proud to say I have NO software from macrosloth on my computer. I would rather eat lint than use their shite.

I received both a text and email from failbook offering the code to reset my password. Someone is trying to hack into my account. I have not logged into it since May of 2021, when I decided never to give Mark Zuckerberg any more access so he can make more money. Motherf'ker can eat shit and croak.

I think there are almost as many red shirts in Lucas Oil stadium as there are blue.

What does everyone think? Too much?

Four seconds at Costco

Share everywhere.

Half of me wants Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers to lose, because of him. The other half wants Detroit to lose to put them out of playoff reach.

(Dak) Prescott just either threw the ball at the goalpost or the ref.

December 21, 7:03 AM PST means it is now Winter. #solstice #winter

Night Heron perched in eucalyptus tree, giving the stink-eye. #NightHeron

It's hard to comprehend that it's a balmy 67F outside, and with doors and windows open ON DECEMBER 20! Last full day of Autumn. Next to least amount of sunlight.

I think the Bay Area is going to get some rain for a while. Wednesday is the BIG event when the atmospheric river (aka pineapple express) slams into us.

Universal symbols for crawl and run.