Buttigieg on Duffy: "I love roadtrips. I love America. I actually took a taxpayer-funded roadtrip lasted about 7 months. It was in Afghanistan. This is something very different. To make roadtrips unaffordable & then go around celebrating your own roadtrip is actually why people are frustrated about"

We've had grandkids running around the house for the past several hours, so I haven't been keeping up with the news. Just hoping for some good news... lemme check.

The sellout begins. Before the month is over Republicans will have totally fallen in line behind Dear Leader as he takes China's side in this decades long standoff. Just like he did with Ukraine, Trump will take the side of the strongman dictator. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

The Bird of the Day theme is "water droplets", so I thought I'd have to dig into the archives for one of those birdbath splashers. But then I remembered Mallard Filmore dripping in the Stones River. #BirdOfTheDay #waterdroplets #mallard #drip #wildlife #originalphoto #middleTN

Something tells me it was meant as an insult when the leader of China gave Trump a gift of rose seeds to replace those he paved over in the Rose Garden. Bill Maher said the Chinese served "orange chicken"... We're so proud.

An accurate portrayal of the modern south. (courtesy of Clay Bennett of the Chattanooga Times Free Press) #Tennessee #redistricting #gerrymander #racists

It's hard not to hate your state's representatives when they blatantly discriminate against our friends and neighbors. #Tennessee #gerrymander #redistricting #Memphis

Our neighbors have a beautiful golden retriever (and that's the last nice thing I'll say about that dog) who barks furiously at us if we're out in our backyard. They immediately run out of their back door and clap for their dog to come back inside. The dog barks, they run out and applaud. Rather

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

Hey yall I guess BlueSky changed the way uploading videos work and there is a size limit now, which I am too techdumb to find a workaround for so…here’s a link to my latest video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2bx...

This is unbelievable. The president is going to settle his $10 billion dollar lawsuit he's filed against the IRS (for releasing tax returns he promised he would release) for $1.7 billion, to be divided amongst CONVICTED INSURRECTIONISTS who assaulted Capitol police officers on Jan. 6th. FFS...

Pruning out the old dead blackberry vines isn't hard work, it's just work... work I should've done three or four weeks ago. Heavy sigh...

Thought this was an actual news piece! Still laughing!

And a war to distract us from the UFOs to distract us from the Epstein Files to distract us from Venezuela to distract us from the ballroom to distract us from the Reflecting Pool to distract us from the tariffs to distract us from the iPhone grift to distract us from ICE to distract us from...

Someone out there will try to explain this plate's features to me...

You knew as soon as that golden statue went up in Florida, someone would get the meme machine cranked up.

I noticed my neighbor sitting in her car with the engine running. Forty minutes later I'm walking the dog and she's still there with a running engine. I didn't know if I should check on her or MMOB. Tapped on her window. She said she was filling out a form on her phone, thanks for checking on me.

If you're in a bar having a nice evening with friends, and suddenly the bar fills up with loud, obnoxious racist Islamaphobic sociopaths, do you stay and argue with the assholes, or leave for another bar? Leaving Twitter after Musk's scum arrived was an easy call.

I'll always associate the whine of a helicopter's engine with Donald f'n Trump. That idiot lingers for half an hour answering shouted questions from the press while the engine's whine. He can't hold those press gaggles inside before he leaves the building? Jesus, I hate this asshole. FDJT

It would be about time…

An old friend called in exasperation after arguing with two other mutual friends about Trump. They were defending Dear Leader, and laughed at his various accusations, saying, "Name one lie he's told!" I reminded him not to try to teach pigs to whistle. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Today's Bird of the Day theme is "locked on", with a focused stare. I humbly submit a female rose breasted grosbeak, a house wren, and a yellow crowned night heron for your approval. #BirdoftheDay #rosebreastedgrosbeak #housewren #yellowcrownednightheron #birds #wildlife #originalphotos

Do we really need to worry about yet another military adventure? Trump has conducted illegal strikes on boats in international water, kidnapped another nation's president, and bombed Iran. Is Cuba our next? Someone take the keys away from Grampa before he hurts someone. #TrumpCuba #Cuba #OMG

The Bird of the Day theme is "raptor" (I'm never sure...). But here are two photos of the same red tailed hawk in flight. In the first she's carrying a rabbit back to her aerie, and the second shot is after she's dropped it off for her fledglings. #BirdOfTheDay #raptor #redtailedhawk #circleoflife

FB reminded me of this series of pix from this date six years ago when we had a redheaded visitor. Wish they stuck around all year 'round, but they're rare at our feeders. Here's my Bird of the Day offering! #redheadedwoodpecker #BirdOfTheDay #inflight #suetlog #birds #wildlife #nature #originals

I'm not a fan of modern country music. But I can get past the delivery to pay attention to the lyrics, and this song resonates. Tyler Childers wrote and sang this during the BLM protests over George Floyd and others, but it applies to what's happening across the country in red state legislatures.

Want to end this gerrymandering bullshit in the south? Mess with their college sports. If black athletes boycotted universities in states that eliminated black representation, those teams will most certainly suffer. Want to make MAGA hate Trump and this SCOTUS? Fuck up their teams. #Volsky #NCAA

Walking the dog earlier, I saw what I thought was a large dandelion blossom (larger than a baseball). But I'm sure it's some other weed variety. Anyway, the dog stood still long enough for me to point a phone at it. #nature #blossom #prettyweed

Every time I see an article with a GOP representative saying something totally off the shithouse wall, I know our very own state embarrassment will be the rep in question. Tim Burchett couldn't embarrass TN more if he whacked off during an interview while whistling Christmas carols. FFS...

So Tennessee republicans can blatantly strip majority-Black Memphis of representation 9-0, but virginia voters VOTE to redistrict and it gets struck down? What a country. 🇺🇸

State representative Justin Pearson was prevented from attending the committee hearing that resulted in his district being gerrymandered across multiple county lines. The legislature's sergeant at arms blocked the door. Someday, this photo will be as iconic as any from the Civil Rights era.

Looking for a "photogenic" Bird of the Day? How 'bout a male bluebird (complete with shiny talons, like million dollar nails)? #photogenic #BirdOfTheDay #bluebird #birds #blueskybirds #originalphotography #middleTN

I could not have said it better!!!❤️💯

Just bought a bottle of Willie's Remedy and I'm curious to know what "dosage" BlueSky folks would recommend for someone who has given up the green for more than a decade. Anyone tried this? Any thoughts you'd care to share? #WilliesRemedy #curious #needadvice

The day will come when Dems have the power to subpoena members of this administration before House and Senate committees to defend their actions against the American people. I want those hearings televised, and people perp walked into detention afterward. These bastards deserve what's coming.

Our garden is small, but we'll get a lot of veggies out of it this summer. Recent rains have helped, because the drought was killing progress on some of the plants. #middleTN #gardening #vegetables #collards #tomatoes #onions #squash #zucchini #greenbeans #kohlrabi #broccoli #cauliflower #okra

The thing you have to remember about Epstein, is that he was two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon.

Hitler and his wife didn't attend the surrender ceremony. Mussolini and his mistress were hanging out in Italy, so they were no-shows, too.

Sometimes it's helpful to have visual aids to show how these GOP bastards destroy what we pay our taxes to provide.

Our state legislators have changed a law that expressly forbids them from doing what they're doing- drawing redistricting lines between apportionment censuses. But their MAGA master in the White House said "Jump!", so they're hopping like frogs to comply. We're so f'n proud... #TNlegislature

"MAHA" in a nutshell

Anyone else get “blocked” by some rando and wonder what pushed their last nerve? It would be helpful if they would explain why they’re blocking, so I could do it more often. This uncertainty is baffling…

I sometimes think Marco Rubio might be the only stabilizing individual in Trump's regime. But then I hear him talk, and I find myself wondering "what kind of speed is this sumbitch snorting?" Trump puts people under his thumb in order to humiliate them, and Rubio volunteered for this bullshit duty.

Someone asked me to repost this one. I was shooting a female cardinal snatching bugs above the surface of Reelfoot Lake in west TN, and decided to get artsy-fartsy with the contrast and exposure. A friend framed this shot for her mother... #BirdOfTheDay #cardinal #reflection #diffuseglow

Any BlueSky gardeners growing peaches? I've been told we should "thin" our peaches in order to get larger fruit this summer, so I've been plucking hundreds of them off of limbs that are already sagging down. Thousands in the tree! If I'm screwing up, let me know! #gardening #peaches

The Roberts' Supreme Court will go down in history as one of the worst in American history, with one monumentally bad decision after another. Whenever this SCOTUS is in session, or rights and environment are at risk. #claybennett #Robertscourt #SCOTUS

I was a sophomore in high school on May 4th, 1970, when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on campus protesters at Kent State University, killing four students. #4deadinOhio #KentState #howmanymore

The Bird of the Day theme is "mouthful", any bird with a mouthful. This should qualify... A yellow crowned night heron with a large crayfish, taken at Murfree Springs wetlands in Murfreesboro, Tn. #BirdOfTheDay #yellowcrownednightheron #originalphotography #wildlife #nature #birds