Every animal is a cat until proven otherwise.

When the government can build a secret list of citizens to strip of their status, and then distribute that list to dozens of offices with instructions to start filing, you don’t have law enforcement you have a program.

Correct.

Are silver orchids a thing? I don't know, but I'm running out of ideas for #DrawAFlowerADay

I'm researching Proto-Indo-European mythology and I keep misreading "ithyphallic" as "ichthyphallic," which really only applies to that one episode of Round the Twist.

Dorian Gray having a second portrait done posthumously and returning as Dorian the White

I got ambitious and for once the gods did NOT punish me for it. Anyway, here's a hyacinth. #DrawAFlowerADay

Of course. Senate Republicans released a budget blueprint that would clear the way for a filibuster-proof bill to provide up to $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol bypassing Democrats who have refused to fund the agencies without immigration enforcement restrictions. #DefundICE

'Tis Tulip Tuesday #DrawAFlowerADay

A feral daffodil, my favourite! #DrawAFlowerADay

Kash Patel’s feelings got hurt, so now he’s suing for $250 million. The Atlantic published a story last week citing more than two dozen sources alleging that the FBI Director has been showing up drunk, missing meetings,

Peter Lorre would have made a perfect Ferengi (on DS9, obviously).

The National Science Foundation which funds a quarter of all basic scientific research in the country is being dismantled.

#DrawAFlowerADay fleur-de-lis

Noodles have existed as a concept for millennia. Really, they should be called oldles. #SundayPunday

Trump just posted threatening to knock out every power plant and every bridge in Iran if they don’t take his deal. He called it “the Iran Killing Machine.” Targeting civilian infrastructure isn’t negotiation it’s a war crime threat, posted publicly on social media like it’s nothing.

I've had a few, so here's a white rose. #DrawAFlowerADay

Broke: "Homosexuality is a mental illness!" Woke: "Neuroqueer is valid identity!" Bespoke: "Yeah, I'm on the spectrum: the rainbow spectrum!" (I've been saying this one for years.)

#DrawAFlowerADay blue and white petunia

If you gave a scorpion tiny maracas, you'd have a backwards rattlesnake. #ShowerThoughts🤔

Tonight's aesthetic is Peter Cushing's magnifying glass collection.

An experiment with red and purple #DrawAFlowerADay

Next up, Frankenstein, and then...

Trump just told Americans to give up their rights and he’s proud of it. In his own words,“I am willing to risk the giving up of my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen.” He said that out loud on social media. While pressuring House Republicans to pass a warrantless surveillance law with zero reforms.

Here is an easy solution: Food stains are humiliating, as they suggest you're a little baby who can't feed themselves. Oil stains, such as those you'd get from working on your car, suggest you're tough, independent, and skilled. Thus, simply cover your food stains with used motor oil.

That’s power this administration actually has to reckon with. Our forests aren’t just beautiful. They’re worth fighting for, in whatever language gets through. #SaveOurForests #SaveUSFS

THE SENATE IS VOTING ON THE BOUNDARY WATERS RIGHT NOW! Tonight, while most people are watching TV or putting their kids to bed, the U.S. Senate is taking a vote that could permanently end protections for one of the most beloved wilderness areas in America.

The Senate vote to destroy America’s most visited wilderness could happen with 24 hours’ notice and the deadline runs out at the end of April.

If I ever take up contract killing, I know what I'm leaving on my victims' lips. www.goldenstatemint.com/2-oz-Frazett...

The index of consumer sentiment isn't broken; models that try to predict it just don't have the right input variables. I fix that and find that, yes, high nominal price levels explain why the vibes are so off. It's the prices, stupid www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-14...

Cue that one quote from a filmmaker about how if you budget a movie for half a million dollars, it’s very hard to steal $50K, everyone would notice 10% missing. But if you say that you’re making a blockbuster for 250 million, it’s VERY easy to mysteriously vanish (write off) 25 million.

Another Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Trump will plead guilty in a separate case involving child exploitation of multiple victims, according to federal court records.

I don't want bleeding edge tech crammed into every aspect of my life; I want 2005-era tech with two decades of quality-of-life improvements.

Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.

The DOJ just asked a federal appeals court to throw out the convictions of 12 Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members who were found guilty of crimes connected to the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

New crack fic premise: Mario is so self-centered, he doesn't even realize Lucky isn't Luigi. They're all just "Green Mario" as far as he cares.

For those who don't already know, this is Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic & Old Lace, a role originally played by Boris Karloff on stage.

I had to salvage this after catching a coworker doodling on the page. 😧 #DrawAFlowerADay

Reminds me of schorl tourmaline; I just love the look of crystals still in their matrix

In the current regime, never attribute to malice or stupidity what can be attributed to malice AND stupidity.

I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."

Genuinely depressing to me that your partner has to Doordash to raise money for your cancer treatment when you get old. What happens if you don't have a partner? Are we just working to pay a landlord and save up for a medical emergency when we're elderly?

I don’t even have words for this.

I don’t usually share Twitter posts but that would be the president of Iran and yes he’s being completely serious, Islam recognises Jesus as a prophet and the Pope as a successor figure

The testimony here about sexual violence by Israel against Palestinian prisoners is so beyond the pale everyone must see it. It is so bad I can’t in good conscience share a quote other than the headline, which somehow manages to understate the horror within. www.middleeasteye.net/news/i-wishe...

Bro misunderstands. This is not the degredation of society. These are the *results.* When the rich and powerful refuse to be restrained by our laws, they violate the social contract and leave people desperate and with no legal recourse. They have fucked around, and are finding out.

F-ing depraved. The IDF edited a photo of the journalist they assassinated and made it look like he was wearing a Hezbollah uniform. They explicitly state that it is legal in Israel to murder journalists. The entire Israeli state is a criminal enterprise.

*I was a child in the 1960s the last time there was this much focussed hostility toward computation per se