How cool are these 2? The app calls them "European Starlings."

Last night at 848 pm, while we were home with our lights on, a candidate left literature at our door without knocking or otherwise attempting to speak to us. That post it message he is writing? "Sorry I missed you." But not sorry enough to have actually tried to get us... We are not voting for him.

Its been a wild ride becoming a bird person. I now buy outrageously priced spicy bird food to keep the squirrels away and made my wife look at our first time visitor.

So, mourning doves are just pigeons with a great PR Director.

Because I am old and boring, my favorite livestreamer is my bird feeder. I just renamed it OnlyFeathers. If I buy the bird house version, im going to name it "Only Feathers in the Building." This is a particularly spicy clip from my OnlyFeathers.

At least people are challenging this status quo

My smart bird feeder is getting millions of sparrows. Today I learned that fledgling sparrows have yellow beaks, which means lots of our visitors are fledglings. They aren't disappointing me anymore when I see them on my phone.

I shared some thoughts over on the Book that are too long for a bluesky post. TLDR: dont agonize, organize. And remember the words of Frederick Douglass: power concedes nothing without a demand.

Well that burned fast and furious. Couldn't have happened to a better person.

I see Spanberger signed the paid leave law but not the public sector collective bargaining one. It just goes to show you: The boss will give you money before they’ll give you power.

I just dropped my kid off for his last final of his first semester of college. I honestly wondered if this would ever happen. I am so proud of him.

Who has grown giant pumpkins? I went to the Big E last year and got inspired. My wife doesn’t want me to go them in the strip between the sidewalk and the street, but I think I could grow one by the garage. tips?

It's voices like this that make me miss living in the south.

Upon extricating it with a pair of tweezers, I told him to get the case of soda out of C’s car. “Oh, is that what she was saying? I didn’t know what she meant.” “What did she say to you?” “She told me to take my soda out of the car.” Me: Him: I thought she meant the one I was drinking.

My brilliant child just called me and asked if I was home yet. When I said yes, he asked to speak to me upstairs. Up I went, assuming the worst and preparing myself for heartfelt conversation. “Mom, a piece of my earbud is stuck in my ear.”

She’s every woman.

May you find grace and space and surround yourself with love and peace. Loving yourself is sometimes the hardest love of all to cultivate. Be gentle on yourself and others. womenshistory.si.edu/blog/history...

Today’s a complicated day for so many of us. I see you and hold space for you: mamas missing their babies, babies missing their mamas, relationships that are too complex and fraught to fit in a card, those whose dreams of motherhood were never fulfilled.

I was just reading my Facebook memories and came across this gem from Arisa Hatch. "Community organizing is a discipline. Election mobilizing is an industry."

If you live in the Edgewood neighborhood of New Haven, please help us get this sidewalk fixed. You can comment on the see click fix post by scanning the QR code on the sign or you can email the mayor directly.

There are some politicians (D and R) whose investigation for corruption would shock me. There are some politicians whose investigation for corruption would not shock me. I leave it to you to determine which category I put Louise Lucas in. I love Lucas and her by any means necessary playbook.

We ordered two small recliners from Wayfair that were delivered today as "front porch delivery." I called home to make sure they were inside the house. My wife said yes. I asked if they were heavy. My wife said, "i don't know. the driver brought them inside for me." They don't do that for me.

Rudy Giuliani is in critical condition in a Florida hospital. Anyway, here's a photo of the first bird my new smart bird feeder captured.

There is a tree in front of our house that destroyed our sidewalk, cracked our retaining wall and the street, and caused our sewer line to clog and back up into our basement. Public Works told us "good luck. New Haven loves its trees." I love trees as much as the next guy but this one is a Bad Seed

The real winners from this most recent Comey indictment? All the etsy shopowners who sell things with 8647 emblazoned on them.

Public works came today and looked at our sidewalk and took pictures. I told the worker that my alder had said it was the worst sidewalk in the ward, and the worker said it was one of the worst in the city. He said to be a squeaky wheel. I told him I knew how to pester people. Signs ordered

There's an old adage: "the boss will give you money before they'll give you power." 2026: Teachers union in CT has ECS reform and fair termination as their priorities this session. Likely end result: no changes to dismissal process, but more $ in the ECS.

I took an Uber today and when I got in, the driver was an older Palestinian woman. She thanked me for displaying our yard sign. Thanks go to the Mennonites in the Shenandoah valley.

Anyone who lived in Virginia at that time likely remembers that he had no previous elected experience prior to LG. No life's work. And even if he had worked as a public servant for 25 years, and even if the women had not been credible, NO ONE IS GUARANTEED A TERM AS GOVERNOR.

I just watched a video from 2022 of Justin Fairfax about the 2 women who accused him of sexual assault. It was chilling. He was not a good man. This was not some sort of spiral. He felt that all his hard work had been ruined by lying women who deprived him of the position he worked hard form

Bridgeport community forum on school funding with our state delegation. No place I'd rather be on a Saturday morning.

Believe Black women.

Gift link. Least salacious summary I have found. Utterly heartbreaking. If you are experiencing violence in your home or relationship, please go to myplanapp.org

Former LG Justin Fairfax killed himself and his wife in the midst of a divorce. She stood beside him while he denied 2 credible accusations of sexual assault and he decides to murder her while their teenagers were home to witness it? This is truly tragic. My heart is breaking for their children.

@cthousedems.bsky.social & @ctsenatedems.bsky.social, Here today for CEA Lobby Day. Asked during orientation about where the gender neutral restrooms are for members who need one and was told there isn't one. Asked security the same question and got the same answer. So much for Trans Visibility.

The old white man threw a giant shit fit and accused the black woman whose team just beat his of not being sufficiently respectful towards him? Sounds about white.

Geno sucks and Dawn is basketball royalty.

I spent my early morning snaking the slow shower drain so my beautiful wife could shower without having to stand in her own shower water. 4 inches of hair and soap scum later and the princess is bathing.

The 1st Amendment protects a speaker’s autonomy. But, with respect to professional medical speech, healthcare providers do not have autonomy; when it comes to providing treatments for patients, they are bound by the standard of care and are not generally free to choose the content of their message.

Fucking SCOTUS. I assume that laws against beating children are next because they violate religious freedom.

A very white, very young couple just approached me with a mic and phone camera, asking if they could interview me. They kept evading my questions of why and what they planned to do with the footage. After about 7 pointed questions, he finally admitted he was with TPUSA.

Singing Resistance New Haven: Don't say anything Don't sign anything. Don't let them trick you Into opening the door. Ask if you're free to go. Ask for a lawyer. Warn all your neighbors. Call the hot line And record. NEW HAVEN HOTLINE: 854-NO MIGRA

March has thrown everything it possibly could at us, and we're closing in on April with longer days, warmer temperatures, two new canine family members and most of the work-related drama on track for positive resolutions and a stronger future. Welcoming Shabbat with a walk along the sound.

My wife finally agreed to a new hoodie. Almost 40 years in Charlottesville, and it took less than 3 for her to ditch her loyalty and start rooting for UCONN.

A little soundtrack for this sunny early spring day in Connecticut.

We love the cheap tickets on Tuesday at the local movie theaters. Project Hail Mary was so good.

And now the before and after of Minnie. The girls were named by my father, who chose to use his grandmothers' names. So, we have Jewish immigrants from the turn of the last century now living in our home.

Everytime people say that trans athletes are a threat to women's sports, i think of little Kymora Johnson getting kicked out of the tournament because she was a girl. www.espn.com/espnw/athlet...

We rescued 2 pups from a backyard in Bridgeport 2 weeks ago. Their original owner was too sick to care for them. We finally found a groomer who could take care of them today. Introducing Sadie. Before and after.

My mouse stopped working weeks ago. I changed the batteries. It still wasn't working. I borrowed a wired mouse from another office. Today, that mouse had been reclaimed. I checked my non-working mouse. your girl had put the new battery in upside down. How's your Monday going?