#Photography #Color #Macro #Fungus #AlanRockefeller

Ready For Takeoff... Late afternoon. Garrett The Blue Gray Gnatcatcher (Husband of Gina), flexing his wings, while enjoying the fresh air and scenery. Quick and elusive. Stunning plumage. So handsome. ♥️📸🇨🇦 #BlueGrayGnatcatcher #Birds #Wildlife #Photography #OntarioParks #Canada

Kiddo’s fever broke, and it’s raining, and it’s not supposed to freeze again. Breathing through the vaccine discomfort, things are gonna get better from here.

Falcon > Mountain Lion > I’m thinking Black Bear next… ? 🌀 #art #drawing #sciart

The start and the finished piece Bic pen on paper #art #birds #nature #sciart

Whew, well, my body finally noticed that Shingrix vaccine. Damn. 🤕

Hey. If you can't support an artist or their crowdfunding campaign, here's two free things that really do help: 1. Just say you like their work. Seriously. Let them know. 2. Share their stuff. It helps, and lets them know that they aren't creating in a vacuum. That does so much good right now. 🤘

my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED

BREAKING: The Senate confirmed Sheria Clarke to the District of South Carolina after she refused to say Biden won in 2020 and dodged questions about January 6. Durbin, Fetterman, Gallego, Hassan, Heinrich, Reed, Shaheen & Whitehouse voted to confirm her. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/eight-demo...

Pop—!

aaaaaaand the CFTC, the federal regulator of prediction markets, has already sued the state of minnesota

My poor kiddo’s over 103 temp. Looks like he’s missing graduation tomorrow. I know it’s not my fault but I feel awful.

Made a new edition of dog-day cicada linocuts! #cicada #linocut #printmaking #sciart #DogDayCicada

Mourning dove, take me home- #birdart #illustration #dove

It’s MAY. School is out in TWO DAYS. Whyyy is it snowing. 😭 (yes, I understand why, Internet.)

evidently the kids are starting to say "that's AI" as slang for "that's bullshit" and I could not be happier

Nothing is more depressing than watching young artists give other young artists advice like “only use one colour palette in everything you do to have a more recognizable brand” and “draw everything with a target audience in mind”

🐅🩸I have stripes and fangs and bite back🩸🐅 #art #myart #artsky #tiger #stretchmarks #blood

This is what made me post about the arts in school earlier btw. For real, please read things you don’t like, you don’t agree with, and that the author was using to make a point. Think a bit. Stretch that brain.

Some players treat every village like a dungeon, no matter how peaceful it seems. #ttrpg #dnd #rpg #meme #ttrpgsky #ttrpgcommunity

Weird how people react poorly when you tell them your product is going to ruin their livelihood, their future, and the planet.

Daily Memo: Hunger Strikes Begin In California ICE Detention Centers As Conditions Worsen Full report: lataco.com/adelanto-hun...

There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

An oldie but a goodie. Neighborhood Stray Acrylic on Board 2019

If you couldn't sleep tonight because of chronic pain, you're not alone. It's not easy for any of us. We'll get through this. Wishing you a better tomorrow.

Feeling, the more I read the timeline, we are REALLY missing that arts education in schools, folks. It’s about humanity. It’s about understanding how art’s created, why it’s created, and who’s creating it. It’s about being able to see other PoVs. Art, writing, TV/Film, music, all of it.

Got my second Shingrix this morning with a migraine, and slept five hours this afternoon. So far all I’m noticing is a sore arm and a migraine hangover. Which I guess might make sense for a suppressed immune system? No clue. Anyway, fully expecting the possibility of hating tomorrow morning.

11yo is going to miss his reward “field trip” to the smoothie and boba tea place near his school. He popped a fever over 101 tonight. He’s bummed. Promised I’d take him as soon as he’s better. Crossing fingers he’s well enough to make it to the parties/graduation the last 2 days of school.

NEW: 300+ Colorado Dems including elected officials, candidates, and organizers have signed a formal complaint asking the Colorado Democratic Party to censure Gov Jared Polis and block him from speaking at party events after he gave clemency to Tina Peters (first by @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social)

Another gorgeous collage and watercolour work on paper by Japanese artist Fumi Imamura! This work was from her exhibition The Garden of Musubi, her second solo exhibition curated by Julia Tarasyuk. So beautiful! #beautifulbizarre #fumiimamura #japaneseart #juliatarasyuk #papercollage #art

Meanwhile, 5th grader is home sick on the 4th to last day of elementary school with a cold/cough. They moved field day indoors because of the weather so he’s not missing much- but a cough and indoor field day don’t mix.

Pharmacy doesn’t have my wegovy and I’m trying to stick to a 1250 cal a day diet… 🫠

THIS IS HUGE: Colorado Supreme Court orders Colorado children's hospital to resume gender affirming care for trans youth. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/05/18/c...

Authoritarian regimes benefit from people who are not smart enough to get promoted in traditional ladders but ambitious enough to commit crimes in their efforts to get ahead. Regimes give them a path. As we reduce education, as we reduce real opportunities, we are creating perfect conditions.

Kitchen plants finally have their own shelf! A lot of these dudes will transition to outside but they need a repot first. #Houseplants #IndoorGardening 🌱

First common blue #butterfly of the year and it’s a corker 😍🦋💛

Deck is getting power washed for the season! I just wish our deck furniture wasn’t so rickety. Future things for the list.

Sigh. Want to plant garden. But brain needs Ulbrelvy and a nap. Friggin flares.

Just watered the sunroom crew (cacti, succulents, peperomia). Everything’s doing really well. I want to move things outside but I’m kinda paranoid about squirrels and deer. Hmm.

Aphid nearly done. Solid 925 sterling silver, pre-patina (and eyes, and honeydew) 🛠️ #sciart #bugsky

Ugh. Sick pine Siskin on our feeder during migration. Had to take all the feeders down and we’ll be doing a full power wash and cleanse. Poor dude.

Do people… not get taught how to do research anymore? Citations aren’t difficult; it’s literally the whole thing. You don’t make a single argument unless you have a citation for it. Is this not how people do it anymore???

Am I correct in feeling like normal people who get enough sleep just naturally wake up when their body’s rested? I understand this is probably rare for us modern humans and all, but in theory, right? Because I slept 11 hours last night with a CPAP and Inkhand still had to wake me. I was OUT.

your moment of calm

I think it’s a real bummer that digital art is still biased against- I mean it definitely was early on for obvious reasons, and now that AI is mucking it all up it’s a label people are wary of all over again.

Gerontocracy is how I still occasionally see people talk about AOC being too "young" and "inexperienced" for a presidential run despite the fact that in 2028 she will be 39 and have spent a quarter of that life as a US congressional member sitting on 5 different oversight and finance committees.

Roll20 choked, so no D&D today. Boo.

In our garden pond this morning👑 #ColorADay #GreenSat

The chocolate on KitKats is not good enough to get one without any wafer cookies inside. Sad face.