many people who would have lived longer will die because of this. he’s one of the most destructive people on the planet.

Sparrow parent has been out collecting bugs for their hungry baby #birds #birdsfeedingbirds Marymoor Bird Loop Redmond, WA

Great Blue Heron fishing on a still section of the Sammamish River, its reflection mirrored below. #birds #heron

"Your father and I are going to shop for twigs. You two mind the nest and BE GOOD." #birds #heron #heronbabies

The Common Merganser looks for food by sticking its head underwater, looking for anything to eat. In this river, osprey and bald eagles patrol overhead, so the mergansers seem to keep an eye up above while they hunt. #birds #merganser #ducks

Common merganser, coming right at ya! #birds #birdsfishing

Who else had an erector set at age 4?

Scanning Super 8 home movies, I found the most Texan thing ever: Newborn me, with my mom, in a field of bluebonnets.

The other day I learned of the existence of the "Kodak" REELS film digitizer. I took possession of my parents' Super 8mm films when they downsized, but hadn't figured out what to do with them. 1/4

The Democratic default is: "We can't do that because what if xxxxxxxx happens?" The Republican default is: "Just do it because we'll win, and fuck everyone."

YAHOO! RIDIN’ THE STICK! #birds #osprey

Views of Great Blue Herons in the morning sun #birds #wildlife #CanonRF

Can reporters stop using the word deal? It’s an agreement, a settlement, a treaty, an understanding, an MOU etc. Using the word deal is accepting his simple-minded TV game-show framing and contributes to the bogus drama he is trying to create.

The Puget Sound area is an amazing place to find birds to photograph; today I visited Juanita Bay Park, on the shore of Lake Washington, boardwalks over wetlands and a real up-close view of the ducks and turtles. Make wood duck Female mallard duck and ducklings Mallard ducklings Turtles

Herons are really active by the river, working on nests and coupling up. #birds #heron

The elusive bird-in-flight! The common male mallard, happily buzzing over the Sammamish River. #birds #mallards #birdinflight

A giant carp was feeding in the reeds, terrorizing the mallards who were hanging out above. Made quite a commotion! Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland, WA #carp #lakewashington #juanitabay

Red-winged blackbird pair checks out their nest, while the Great Blue Heron fishes nearby #birds

Green Heron Sammamish River Redmond, WA #birds #heron

Tuesday night around midnight, a spectacular meteor fireball entered the atmosphere over Vancouver Island. One of our cameras caught it!

This osprey had just dunked in the water and did a BIG SHAKE to get the water off his head Canon R5 II, RF 400 2.8, f3.2, ISO 250, 1/2500s Sammamish River, Redmond, Washington #birds #osprey #canonwildlife

A real banger from @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

"The structure whose supports our elites are steadily kicking down is also the one that props up their own personal safety from disaster and political invulnerability to accountability. And all of this can go away." me in @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...

Gadwall duck comes in for a landing #birds #ducks

The ducks were out enjoying the sunshine #birds #birdsofquack

Great Blue Heron comes back to the nest with a fancy new twig #herons #rookery

This weekend, my son and I went to San Diego and as I wanted to travel light, didn’t bring the heavy lens. I caught this shot of a bee-eaters flipping a superworm to her friend, with my iPhone 17 Pro! #birds #bee-eater #SanDiegoZoo

Recently in Maui, I had the opportunity to play with my drone in a picturesque spot!

It’s hard to use Threads when it keeps interrupting my feed with porn

An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼

Found on my dog walk today - candy cap mushrooms #mushrooms #pnwmushrooms

I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.

No Kings couldn't have gone better - massive turnout, no violence, and it drove Trump so crazy his response was "Kings are good and I poop on everyone." Best of all was the effect on the millions of participants and everyone watching. My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/no-kings-p...

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

A few sunflowers still have something left for the bees

Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"

Killdeer on the beach at golden hour Fidalgo Island, Washington #birds #killdeer

Amazing sunset tonight, with @kclemson.bsky.social ‘s garden in the foreground!

Last week we took a cruise in Alaska and I took this photo of one of the many seaplanes nearby - I think these guys saw me? (Photo presented with no “AI denoise”)

when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”

Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

Linda Yaccarino suddenly losing her limp as she walks away from X

Great Blue Herons #birds #greatblue

Green Heron in a tree #birds #greenheron

Bald eagle dropped by to say hello #birds #bald

Turkey vulture gives me a close up view of its “interesting” turkey-like head #birds #vulture #buzzard

Osprey in the tree behind our house, don’t worry, I don’t want your fish #birds #osprey #canonrf

Evie is so black that it’s usually hard to get a good picture of her. The other option is to wait for the afternoon.