do we have the song of the summer yet, cause if not, what about this classic? @timheidecker.bsky.social

Democratic candidates -- ESPECIALLY in Mich. -- need to leverage this💩 🥬 outbreak to help disengaged voters to understand how/why politics/voting impacts their daily lives. Things like food safety & public health infrastructure matter & they require politicians who commit to funding them.

between the poop lettuce and ash falling from the sky, Michigan is having a pretty memorable summer

i had no idea this would become so literal

In the midst of a multistate cyclospora outbreak, reminder that the CDC last year scaled back a program that monitored, among other things, cyclospora. There's money to pay for pools, ballrooms, bombs, ICE, etc. but no money to fund our most basic food safety? www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

modern country music is essentially 90% lists of nostalgic (or otherwise non-threatening) nouns (cherry-red ragtop, lemonade stand, rope swing) and 10% tepid barbs thrown at New York City

*internal screams intensify*

again with the ballroom 🙄

living in America in 2026 is just being in a state of constantly getting ripped off

Thanks to the Pistons for the first piece of national news in 2026 that doesn't give me hives

DEEETROIT 🏀

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Me and fall warblers (and gulls) (and most shorebirds….) (….and a lot of ducks)

Need a laugh? Something lighthearted to break up the doom scroll, perhaps? Explore the world of the ocean sunfish and the Bostonians who love them.

These might be the most bleak costume ideas in the store (and the irony that everything in there was, like, 30% more expensive than it would’ve been last year). Who is the audience for this tariff tunic costume? “I’m essentially a spreadsheet!” So much Halloween fun! 🥲

I just received notification that my share of the Facebook privacy settlement is headed my way via paper check. Can't wait to spend what I anticipate will be $3 on something special. Take THAT Zuckerberg 😃

Sure why not? I’m in

Another day, another greedy billionaire telling us that, actually, we should be paying *more* than we already are. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

In the last week, greedy billionaires have easily convinced me to cancel Hulu, HBO and Disney+. (Adding to the list of Target, Amazon Prime, Netflix and others). I don’t miss any of it. More time and money for cooler shit, like planting native plant like this cute little New England aster! 🤩

If nothing else, I got my bird of the day 🙄

Wavy-lined emerald moth. Their caterpillars attach pieces of dried flowers and other plants to themselves as camouflage. Nature! 🤩🤯

This Monarch is just about ready to emerge! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🦋

Last night/tonight 🤞🏻 this little guy makes it!! NATURE

Ever look around and think “wow, nature is unreal”?? We are so lucky to live on this planet. (photos taken in RMNP & Brainard Rec Area, Colorado)

Bug of the day. 🤩🫅🦋

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Today’s bug: bordered wedge-shaped beetle. For anyone in the US’ Midwest, plant some Mountain Mint that’s native to your region. It’s far and away the most popular thing I’ve ever planted. Everyone (but the deer) loves it.

A new part of my daily mental health routine is watching and IDing the bugs in our native plant beds. It’s very peaceful and I recommend it. This guy is (I believe) a Perplexing Bumble Bee (common name).

orcas are the cats of the ocean

Reviewed Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue last night. My ninth time seeing him live and he's better than ever. Also a reminder that I *need* to get back to NOLA soon 💜💛💚

<health care system on verge of collapse. masked men disappearing people from the streets. climate crisis> Me over here with my little nature blog about otters: 🥲 But sincerely, my latest post celebrates these resilient creatures that have long captivated the internet. 🦦

ICE agents leading shackled and handcuffed children thru the loading dock at ICE detention facility in downtown LA

Related: Quit Amazon Prime, Netflix, Target, Spotify and Instagram this year (quit TikTok last year), and I don't miss any of them. Still some more digital/consumer detoxing to go, but it's a start, and I don't foresee going back to any of them

STG, if I see *one more* advertorial in a supposed legit news publication that raves about Prime Day deals 🤮🤮

Reviewed Jason Isbell's Grand Rapids show: "While mainstream country radio is dominated by pablum, pandering, flat caricatures of the 'average American' and 'Southern guy/girl,' Isbell fills seats and sells records by exploring the darker, more nuanced aspects of familiar themes..."

loving this brutal heat wave, are there any politicians or movements that are specifically working toward delivering more of these

*world is burning* . . uh, here's my happy little blog post about the mental health benefits of birding. Getting out there is good for us!

(part 2) Get out and read "Careless People," if it's not already on your list. The audiobook is great -- read by the author, who is entertaining as hell, even as she's sharing the most outrageous, shocking and terrifying look at the reality of social media manipulation.

While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!

I'm reading (more accurately, devouring) "Careless People," the book Zuckerberg and co. tried to suppress, which only made it more popular. ANYHOW. Zuck's favorite president is Andrew Jackson and he loves Augustus Caeser. Tells you everything you need to know about the guy.

I haven't purchased anything from Amazon since 2/18. For a brief hot second yesterday I reconsidered, thinking Bezos was going to do right by the consumer on this one. But then this. Good thing I haven't missed Amazon's overpriced junk anyhow.

We were so close to losing them forever. But then we brought them back. Now, the current US administration has its sights set on weakening policies, including the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, that protect birds like the bald eagle. We never learn 🦅❤️‍🩹

This is, simply put, the single most delusional thing I’ve ever read.

"And we are all so sick and tired of seeing things as they are....And the fields are just fields and there ain’t no Lord/And everyone is hidden and everyone is cruel/And there is no shortage of tyrants and no shortage of fools"

every day + the futility of knowing he can and will

A joyful, uplifting Nick Cave concert isn’t what I was expecting from 2025, here we are! [Masonic Temple, Detroit; 4.19.25]

See ya in June!