Evening #walks 📷

Watched The Odyssey and was reminded how weird it is for reactionary conservatives to complain about a "woke" production of an epic whose themes are guilt and responsibility for civilization-destroying violence

All my life I have been fortunate health-wise. No surgeries, nothing critical that I couldn’t handle. I never took it for granted. Not for one minute. Then, things changed. Seemingly overnight. And the only reason I found out was a broken shoulder which led to a series of tests. 1/2

I deplore it when a person is criticized, or in this case, attacked, because of their physical appearance. Sure, I could have some choice words for this guy on that front, but I’m going to go with a soulless sociopath whose only path to relevance is surrounding himself with the same.

Woke up this morning with my lungs feeling like it’s 1985 and I spent last night dancing to Madonna in a smoke-filled club.

Orange You Glad Its Friday. Wildfires from Canada is the big topic in Chicago. View from Thursday of the "smoke show".

This is the thing. You can’t sell a lie when the day-to-day survival of the populous is impacted by the polar opposite of your claim.

A president should probably be impeached if it’s so obvious he’s about to lie to the Americans people that major broadcasters won’t air the speech on their channels.

A reporter for the Wall Street Journal says both NBC and ABC are declining to carry Trump’s speech live tonight.

To say the scenery in Scotland is breathtaking would be an understatement. These are all shots taken today on a tour north of Inverness into the far reaches of the Highlands. #scotland

It turns out it's possible to threaten to unleash untold military destruction while still sounding like an abject nerd

Happy 80th Birthday to the incomparable Linda Rondstadt (HT @daisygrace.bsky.social ). Aside from her one-of-a-kind voice, I always loved that she hung out w/ridiculously famous rock dudes & was completely unfazed. Here she is covering Elvis Costello as only she could. youtu.be/lVfdRkA0s9A?...

Poet and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou (c.2000) by UK photographer Jane Bown #womensart

Jeden Tag wechseln die Blüten in der Wildblumenwiese. 🌸🌼 The blossoms in the wildflower meadow change every day. #eastcoastkin #coloraday #bluetue #bloomscrolling #ECK

BREAKING: NYC Mayor Mamdani signs new law that says you don't have to go to work if your pet is asleep on you or just being extra cute.

Have become attached to the personalized greeting thing. Concerned about my mental health.

I’m that annoying person who has a song for their ringtone, but you know what? Periodic reminders from Stevie sometimes gets me through the day. youtu.be/RxsBc5p-dPU?...

Well, if it’s #terriertuesday, please indulge me in sharing my favorite photo of my sweet Scottie, “Brindle-pup.” ❤️🌈

Worth remembering that some of the largest firms on The Street turned the IPO roadshow into a theme park and inadvertently revealed a primary difference between fiduciary financial advisors and banks that happen to have a wealth business. Fiduciaries are not in the business of selling products.

We spent a couple of hours hiking in Wisconsin's Wyalusing State Park, where the Wisconsin River flows into the Mississippi. The moment I opened the car door, I heard a Prothonotary Warbler singing. He was wonderfully cooperative! 🎶💛🎶 #Prothonotary #Wyalusing #birdsseenin2026

Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences

RIP 💔

Sunday #sketch

So, SO good. “In fact, one of the very best things about the show is that, like its hero, it isn't cynical. Sugar lives in the elegant Hotel del Corazon — the Hotel of the Heart — and this seems just right.” www.kuow.org/stories/coli...

On land: half-staff On water: half-mast

so Lindsay Graham's lifeforce was absorbed by Mitch, got it.

Excellent sub-posting aside, Gene Hackman was such a brilliant actor.

Wishing Sea Rocket Clear Skies and Safe Travels Friday evening Sea Rocket was seen flying south over the pier at Montrose and has not been observed at Montrose since. Our little momma has begun her migration to her secret wintering grounds. Safe travels, Sea Rocket!

Anyway, here’s Sting w/a harmonica assist from Stevie. Happy Sunday ☀️ youtu.be/vBmV3BCQv6E?...

I’m discovering that it takes a concerted effort not to get pulled into the vortex of darkness these days. My nature is the opposite of that, but I have to remain vigilant. I have a friend in Australia named Selma. Originally, my first blogging friend from way back when I was “HollyGL.” 1/2

The first clear crisp winter day we've had in Pōneke / Te Awa Kairangi in ages. Delta and I had a lovely walk along the beach to Te Ara Tupua this morning 😍

If it’s England vs Argentina I’m rooting for robert mueller and the rule of law

I have to confess I love when these men flop around theatrically. It’s so camp, yet so elegant. Oh, you have a problem? What if you tried to solve it by falling down. Is it sportsmanlike? Not really. Is it funny to see world-class athletes act like sixth-graders trying to get out of gym class? Yes.

Like a dagger to the heart.

I got a great look at a Scarlet Tanager in the Indiana Dunes State Park that had been spotted by one of the youngsters in a family of five. Great to see (and I love tanagers)! 🥰🥰🥰 #Tanager #IndianaDunes #birdsseenin2026

Amazing how many people over the last few years have moved from person I sometimes disagree with, to person I disagree with who is also unpleasant online, to genuinely bad person whose soul has warped beyond recognition. the politics of our times are like a solvent for decency.

Ahead of England v Norway in the World Cup, enjoy this classic from my old pal Patrick Kidd in The Times

feels like a real landmark of impunity that major corporations are making federal crimes part of the interview process

They could have made this map any color.

Why not the sun?

Pushing through to the weekend. Let’s do this. youtu.be/IxQS6lfn0yU?...

More. Of. This.

The reason Platner has gotten roughly 10x the discussion of any of the panoply of rapists & sexual harassers in prominent positions on the right is that everyone - left, right, center, media, *everyone* - has internalized that conservatives just don't care and so there's no point talking about it.

This weekend, it's the Race To Mackinac. The world's largest annual offshore race with 260 entries going 333 stature miles...and it all started in 1898. Keep your eyes to Lake Michigan on Friday afternoon and on Saturday in the middle of the day from the Chicago shoreline.

Just when I think I’ve reached the pinnacle of mortification, I stumble upon the realization that there is no bar too high.

The thing about Trump flailing into pure incoherence as the eyes of the world are upon him is his whole demeanor says he thinks he's absolutely nailing it.

I’m surprised Higher Ed hasn’t crafted a way to guard against AI-related cheating by now. Their livelihood kind of depends on it.