Sometimes the best way to help is to stop helping. You just get everything working on your phone and along comes an update that messes everything up. 🙄

Just one of the many beauties, in looks and spirit, at this amazing place. Donate what you can. It’ll make you feel good. You’ll thank me later. 🐕

"Good morning, Dad." The snoring. The purring. The trilling. Grooming themselves. Grooming each other. Imagine waking up to this. Every. Damn. Day. Your generous donation can save a Dad. Now you have witnessed the reality of trans-species canoodling. Don't look away. Read the ALT text.

From Sophia "Hidden away, by the back of her parent's store at the market, we find Julia just being amazing."

I never noticed this old tree stump in the woods until the other day. But that's how it is here. Even after getting on for 17 years living with a wild rainforest ecosystem, I still frequently make new discoveries. And I suspect it will always be so, for the rest of my days.

Pretty cute. 🎄 Duluth Trading holiday shopping commercial.

good evening BlueSky

“Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in.” - Leonard Cohen.🌱

Finally. Does this mean the CDC hasn’t become totally hopeless?

Please Sign: Justice for Starved Great Dane Abandoned on the Roadside to Die - go.shr.lc/4p0g9oC

This seems clearly to be a hole in the stucco of the house wall, not part of the foundation. The cement slab foundation is directly underneath. It’s unclear to me how a professional management company thinks otherwise, but then we all know they are in love with their bureaucratic powers.

SNL with Glen Powell (11/15/25) was actually watchable. Funny. Enjoyable.

I’m not Bill Clinton- I’m little Olof Jr- I’m 14lbs &NYCACC wants 2kill me already bc I’m so scared in here! NY NJ NH NE DE DC MD RI VT PA VA CT - I can be transported 2u! Give me a chance! I’m a good boy but this place is scary! Don’t let me die here! Pls REPOST ME! #dogsofbluesky

KSAR is 💕 and more.

The hardest part is convincing the typically clueless boards of homeowners associations. HOA boards seem to remain clueless to everything (no matter who is elected) but “cost” and “tidiness,” They rarely realize “value” and, even more rarely, that we’re all part of the ecosystem.

The outcome of that class action lawsuit against Radio Systems, via @stevedalepets.bsky.social stevedalepetworld.com/blog/shock-c...

Post from Charlotte - "it's math of the heart" The extended Bluesky version. "This is Charlotte and I'd appreciate if you read this, despite the length. Look at the numbers. Look at the lives. Our monthly budget is high and our Board is often unhappy with it. The 🇦🇫 govt shutdown of the 🇺🇸 govt...

Few more looks of my lifer, the gorgeous LeConte's Sparrow I saw in New Jersey on Saturday 11/1/2025. Just tap on each picture for a closer look to see just how beautiful this bird actually is! #lecontessparrow #sparrows #rarebird #birds #birdwatching #wildlife #fallmigration

This site was just a Jeopardy question. Burning since 1971, I’m surprised I’d never heard about it before now.

Excellent @sfchronicle.com story about our case, representing @zoerosenberg.bsky.social of @dxeofficial.bsky.social in the #PerdueRescueTrial. This is the power of #openrescue cases. #animalrights #animalwelfare #animalcruelty #vegan #chicken #chickens www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

In 1850 the weight of all the world's wild mammals equalled the weight of humans and our livestock Today they are outweighed 1 to 20 Reconfiguring life on this planet to produce cheap meat and dairy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Zachary Quinto Returns As Spock After 9 Years, But It's Not For #StarTrek screenrant.com/brilliant-mi... #BrilliantMinds

I may have found my defining quote. Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!

A group of young adults from the Syilx Okanagan Nation are restoring salmon habitat. “For the first time in nearly a century, sockeye salmon are freely returning to Okanagan Lake and its tributaries to spawn.”

This kitty 💕 and all of KSAR. 💕💕

Awful service from Chase Bank described in this Minter Dial essay. Is there such a thing as an ethical, efficient bank these days?

This is the Western Alaska animal nonprofit working to rescue the pets in Kipnuk. The residents of Kipnuk are under a mandatory evac order but can not bring their pets with them. Supporting this group will help with charter aircraft, etc. www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com

It’s pretty satisfying (and funny) to see how the robotics are overcome on tonight’s episode of 911 (the one where Hen and Athena go into space). And no, they did NOT call 911. Maddie et al. contacted them.

Rocky Kanaka supports dogs exactly where they are emotionally. Sweet, adorable, relevant.

Cal Trout has a cool Adopt-a-Trout program. Since sometime in Sept., my trout is still making its way to the ocean, having survived ravenous pike and other dangers. Be strong, little one!

VICTORY! Cat declawing is officially illegal in California! 🐾🥳 Thank you to all who took action with us and urged your legislators to pass this lifesaving declaw ban bill. Governor Newsom just signed it into law tonight!

Garden bouquet

@realsolitaire.bsky.social has the most sophisticated Halloween background for its solitaire. The artwork is brilliant and looks so much better seen on your own screen. Watch out for flying ghosts and bats! Is that a black cat in a window?

🎃 Halloween ghost assembly 🎃

Bot or not, the insistence on the recording of snow in the SF Bay Area always makes me smile.

It’s like hearing it again for the first time Norman Brown, Just Between Us

Who else is enjoying The Sommerdahl Murders? (Acorntv) I hope there are more seasons but the recent finish to Season 6 (aka series 6) feels satisfying. (I wonder if all his plaid shirts will reach the status of the Eva Myles raincoat in Keeping Faith?)

Just discovered the tv show with the much-too-abbreviated name “Doc.” It’s much better than the title might have you think and is now on its second season.

Ba dee yah all day long!

[H]oneybees may not be the universal environmental stewards we paint them to be. The Guardian

Petition from California Trout organization in support of the Roadless Rule, via Action Network

No nature, no farmers, no food is a lot more accurate.

Heart rate variability. One night sleeping with windows open led to significant increase in HRV. Anyone else ever had such a positive result?

🍀 I understand it’s all sorts of positive things having a lizard on your front doorstep. 🦎

Also read Kinship With All Life by J Allen Boone to further your belief in the Japanese missing cat method.

Breakfast @scalzi.com

🍁 Happy Halloween! 🍁