Hummingbird feathers. Maybe I’ll make a tiny fan out of them. These are likely from a sparkling violet ear, a very aggressive species that frequents our feeders.

It is called a circumhorizontal arc. It is, in fact, caused by the crystals in those cirrus clouds, but due to the angle of the sunlight, the distance is much larger between the sun and the spectrum band than that of a sun dog. Lucky I looked up when I did. Didn’t last long.

It’s not a sun dog, it’s not a rainbow. It’s a straight line of rainbow colors above the tree line. Never seen anything like it.

Ted Kennedy died 16 years ago yesterday. “For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.” Glad he can’t see what Swiss cheese brain is doing to the world.

I’m staying away from here because I need to protect my mental health. But, it’s #mothweek2025 so here’s a peek at what I’m shooting this week. Se alt text if you’re interested 😊 #moth #insect #macro #photography

I’m back in Colombia after a month away that included five days in Chicago. Everyone wants to know how people in the US are reacting to what’s happening around them. It is weird that life looks like it always has for most people. I wonder when it won’t.

Caper berries are tiny salty figs and I absolutely love them.

One of my favorite bits of #edulearn25 today. Punya Mishra dunking on chatbots.

“Every curriculum is a moral document. It reflects what we value.” Opening remarks at #edulearn25

I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget

An incredibly important letter to read. As I fly to Mallorca for Edulearn and many of my friends scroll through the list of sessions at #iste, I hope educators at both events are equally cognizant and concerned about the grave dangers of deskilling and disinformation.

You know who is unable to live safely with their family? Immigrants kidnapped while going about their normal lives. Cry me a river.

Yes! They elect someone who’s not a ghoul.

We are at a bar in Lyon and the wait staff is having a squirt gun war with the staff from a couple of bars down the block and I’ve never wanted to live in France but now I do. Squirt guns and cocktails and cheese. Perfect.

Congratulations to the 13 brave women who risked their careers and reputations to stand up to Cuomo’s sexual predation

Seen in Lyon today. I love this city.

Now is the summer of our discontent. Made glorious blunders, this orange dork.

It’s #insectWeek so here’s a cute one for y’all. Please stop hiring those “have a mosquito-free back yard” companies. They kill ALL invertebrates. Not good for the planet.

If you see this post a picture from your device with no explanation.

What do you mean he’s too young?

A question every reporter should be asking Trump and Republicans: If Trump doesn't trust his own Director of National Intelligence, and by extension, US intelligence, then which country's intelligence is he relying upon?

Well, maybe this will finally lower the price of eggs.

In France, everybody cooks.

When people support Andrew Cuomo, what they’re saying implicitly is that they don’t care about the women he’s already sexually harassed and retaliated against and they won’t care if he does it again. It’s a political stance that enables discrimination against women in government

You want *your* kid to be just as absolutely fucking useless as any billionaire who has long forgotten what it is like to be told "you don't know what the fuck you're talking about" That's what chatgpt offers: the utter uselessness of a billionaire, sans wealth to buffer from any consequences.

When will national soccer teams start announcing they won’t participate in a World Cup held on a fascist state?

Your tax dollars at work

Angels in time-out at the Metz Cathedral.

Today's AI fail: "Glad Press'n Seal food plastic wrap typically comes in rolls with a width of 11.8 inches. The length of the roll varies, but a common size is 140 square feet, which translates to approximately 71.1 feet in length." Math is hard, y'all.

Twenty years ago, when one of my best friends told me she was trans, she talked about how much better it'd be in the future, bc trans girls would able to stop puberty and transition more easily. They wouldn't be tortured by their bodies the way she had been. Shame on you, John Roberts. SHAME.

There are NO GOOD BILLIONAIRES. If there were, one would be funding the Trevor project right now rather than sitting on their hands watching their wealth grow.

When you tell your 14-yr-old apprentice to manage making the knockers for the cathedral

The cathedral in Metz. The largest expanse of stained glass in the world.

Post a bug that looks AI but is actually real. Alchisme treehopper from my hedge in El Retiro, Colombia

I’m headed to Colmar so I’m reading about it and Wikipedia made me chuckle. “This was the location where the Carolingian Emperor Charles the Fat held a diet in 884.”

We have the equivalent of the scientologists running the field of AI with untold amounts of money and power and we're the ones who have to do point by point rebuttals of their eugenicists dreams.

I shouldn’t have been surprised to find out @stephencolbert.bsky.social is famous enough to have a staircase named after him at the Louvre

I was at the American flagship lounge in London very early one day. They were piping some 80s song and I was singing way off key and dancing my way along the buffet. Noticed an older man watching and giggling. I stopped and waved. He waved back. It was Bo Bridges 🤓

My feet at Sainte-Chapelle. It is overwhelmingly beautiful.

Now is the summer of our discontent. Made glorious blunders, this orange dork.

An interesting thread. Lots of history. And proof that people who defend the indefensible in the name of “civilized society” clearly have not read enough.

This is the most disappointing thing I’ve seen all week. Steve Inskeep giving this ass a chance to run his mouth. He thinks rape is funny, Steve. What else is there to know about him?

Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously

We painted the outside of our house a bright orange and bugs really seem to like it. Here’s a Syngamia florella moth with just a couple of tiny likes to chase your Monday blues away 🌿🌱 #moth #insect #macro #photography #nature

“Almost no one else” refers to those of us who actually want to be informed rather than lied to or insulted by bots and accosted by porn accounts.

When twitter bros say “debate me,” they don’t mean “challenge my ideas.” They mean “validate me in public while I misquote Plato.”

"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."