I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

“Oh my god… I have no words.” Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news. NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

This: #Traitor #ProtectingPedo47

@jesszafarris.bsky.social finally lost my willpower and bought #UselessEtymology, even though I haven't finished my current reading(s).🤷‍♂️😑

September climate warming stripes. It's as if something has changed. 🤔

Golden Hour 🧡🖤…

Canada vs. America

Oh don’t mind me. Useless Etymology is just the top new release in three Amazon categories right now. 💙🩵💙

I am woefully addicted to @linguisticdiscovery.com's Substack. In it, Dr. Danny Hieber curates a wonderful and wonderfully sourced collection of linguistic news—and this week, he's also included an excerpt from my book! Check it out and sub: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/useless-et...

It's a booouquet.

Listen, if the puppy didn’t convince you, consider that if you buy my book, I’ll also be able to buy more gifts for my little niece, who reports that the book tastes as good as it looks.

📘 Launch day!! Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds arrives today. It’s full of weird word origins, grammar quirks, surprise portmanteaus, fossilized words, and etymological mysteries, scandals, and silliness. Get it anywhere books or sold (especially your favorite indie)!

If you order my book, I’ll have more money to buy treats and toys for Fable, and you’ll have a charming book full of whimsical word facts. There’s no downside! 📖

youtu.be/hmLTQEFNFOg An expedition is about to go searching for a possible landing site for Amelia Earhart, that was previously overlooked, despite evidence of habitation. And a shiny object visible for decades just off one of the beaches.🤷‍♂️⁦‪ #MarionRKerr‬⁩

No. The answer is no. You can't trust UV sanitizers from Amazon. Amazon gave me this one to review. It's supposed to output sanitizing UV-C light, but only gives off UV-A. Which may be a good thing. The FDA warned that UV wands with un-guarded UV-C sources can expose you to unsafe levels of UV-C.

Too bad they furloughed or fired all the workers who could remove it.

My dog knows more about our government than the average MAGA

When you’re short one engineer to complete the mission..

Forget Cowbells. Cows Wear High-Tech Collars Now. “The tech is getting faster every year,” said Deepak Joshi, a professor of precision agriculture at Kansas State University. “It used to be we’d have new technologies every few years, and now it’s every six months.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/t...

Anarchy isn’t the end of order, but its beginning. It’s the shape that justice takes when power dissolves.

The store is open to everyone! 🥰 VHSpaceArt.com 🧪🔭📷🖌🎨🐡

‘As night becomes day’ #WeekNForNights #AlphabetChallenge #Ireland #Photography #MobilePhotography

-Altocumulus Cloudscape- Having my head in the clouds always helps me relax 🙃 #BlueSkyArtShow #Relax #EastCoastKin #Canon #photography #CloudscapeClub

According to least 2 other members of the flotilla who were detained by Israeli forces & released Saturday. “They dragged little Greta by her hair before our eyes, beat her & forced her to kiss the Israeli flag,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Val Gardena, Italy (📸 : Ingus Kruklitis).

Are you surprised to learn that "outrage" doesn't come from "out" + "rage"? @jesszafarris.bsky.social explains what the heck is going on! If you find this as fascinating as I do, listen to the whole interview and get her new book, "Useless Etymology." pod.link/173429229 uselessetymology.com

Gibbous moon floating above conifers in a very dark daytime sky...this is what near-infrared looks like. Seen over the mountains of southern New Mexico. #newmexico #photography #astrophtography #mountains #moon #infrared #monochrome #technology

October 4, 2025 Kensington Infrared Project. #infrared #nature #kensingtonproject #infraredphotography #trees ##naturephotography #michigan #photography #discover #art #colorphotography #landscapephotography @kevinlmoss.bsky.social

Yet another #infrared #longexposure from my favorite wildlife refuge. There are so many places to set up over these salt marsh vistas. They seem to go on forever before stopping at the shores of the gulf. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #fullspectrum #Florida

Infrared photography, 720nm. Dolomites, Cortina d’Ampezzo. #ir #infraredphotography #infrared #fullspectrum #canon #hoya #dolomites #monochrome #blackandwhite #black&white #classicmono #UNESCO #veneto #italy #720nm #travelphotography #landscapephotograpy

It's #waterfallwednesday. This #waterfalls is the beautiful Hemlock Falls in Rabun County Georgia. It's on Moccasin Creek. It's a beautiful trail out to see this spot in the mountains. #photography #landscape #longexposure #EastCoastKin #infrared #ir #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhitephotography

Country road Infrared. #photography #landscape #infrared

Nine Ladies - an early Bronze Age stone circle ⭕, and part of a much larger group of circles and stones on Stanton Moor. #landscape #scape #infrared #photography #ClassicMono #BWFri #ColorADay #ForestFriday

Open the shutter and #relax for today's #BlueSkyArtShow. It's easy when it's dead calm with crisp cool air about and no mosquitoes. #infrared #ir #fullspectrum #photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #reflections #longexposure

Guess who’s speaking at SXSW EDU in 2026!! Many thanks to all who took the time to vote in the panel picker! @sxswedu.com

🕉️ Cloud watching is another good way to #relax... 🌿 😍☁️🔥💙 #BlueSkyArtShow #BlueSky #BlueHour #Cloudscape #SkyScape #SkyCandy #SkyPainting #Photography #EastCoastKin

Silver on/off buttons suggest 80s Technics

Cloudscape over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario for #Scape Friday. #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape #clouds

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🎼🎵Life is a highway…🎵🎶

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Sunset tonight…

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I went to give these guys some water because it’s scorching hot out, and I heard an animal noise and looked up and saw her. 🥰🐿️

Swallowing the last of the sunshine…

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People banging on about Tilly Norwood like Max Headroom never happened.