Shed more molecules today. More ready to be dispensed with, tomorrow. I came across more cotton, linen, and even silk handkerchiefs in some mixed textile bags that mom had squirreled away, many still with their little gold stickers on them, meaning never used. In an economic collapse, those […]

Can only watch this because all four people survived. Jets look like they're doing the cloaca to cloaca thing. https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/mountain-home-air-force-base-locked-down-after-plane-crash/277-ffa1e9e6-e66a-41a2-84af-f3090359cb41

RE: https://sfba.social/@jeridansky/116577279723821276 I understand. As the magnificent @RebeccaSolnit says, a vote isn’t a valentine, it’s a chess move. #vote #vote2026 #california

@ai6yr Just listened to another Articles of Interest podcast ep. about outdoor-gear, and guys modifying and innovating, and I think you would like it. Season 7: Gear Chapter 3. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/articles-of-interest/id1455169228?i=1000735349682

"I think that the Catholic Church in many ways is going to be the adult in the room on some of these debates about how we are going to integrate AI into the rest of our society," said Meghan Sullivan, a philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame who directs its ethics institute. "For […]

I would ditch my third-party app if the native Mastodon iPhone interface would return to the top of the feed/timeline with just a tap, somewhere, after I scroll scroll scroll down for a while. @imanijoy

Owning their art. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-interdicasterial-artificial-intelligence-commission.html

Cassidy Loses His Primary in Louisiana, as Trump Vanquishes Another GOP Foe Senator #billcassidy, a 2-term #republican who voted to #convict #trump in his 2021 #impeachment trial, could not muster enough votes to continue to a runoff next month. #revengepolitics #mafiastate #authoritarianism […]

First time flowers have formed on the native Western Azalea I planted about eight years ago, in the backyard. Up until now, I thought it wasn't getting enough sun. Two flowerheads are better than none. #Bloomscrolling

Bought the "Manager's Special" lamb shanks, then remembered I still haven't cleaned the potato carnage out of the oven. 👀

Once dismissed as weeds, native plants are now flying off the shelves | Grist https://grist.org/solutions/once-dismissed-as-weeds-native-plants-are-now-flying-off-the-shelves/

Another book I should just stick in a tiny library somewhere. Copyright 1946. #bookstodon

Major news! A state court in Kansas has just blocked the states gender affirming care ban! Nobody is at our desk right now so we can’t draft up a story but you all deserve to know this incredible news. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...

Black robes and white hoods Supreme Court rejects Virginia's bid to restore congressional map favoring Democrats #politics https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-virginia-redistricting-democrats-republicans-fdd33b89ac29cf2806f790f9b22ee2e9

‘Staggering’ number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk and more https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01285-2 But, for context, UK and US are among *least* misinformed populations, the same survey finds.

#Bloomscrolling Blue-eyed grass on the #mendocinocoast

Tom Gauld in New Scientist, last year

One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California #kerncounty #california #thegreatdepression #undefined #photography #dorothealange https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017770796/

When the rivers run dry, whole ecosystems collapse. This is not a drill. #wx

#3GoodThings 1. Shed more molecules from storage today. I have to keep reminding myself that objects that held memories for my mom do not hold memories for me. She will not feel bad when I donate them. 2. 99¢ avocados 3. So-called "baby" name books. Ever […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

RE: https://mastodon.online/@USelaine/116473059232824471 I finally stopped in to this shop building when the proprietor was there, and she said there used to be a building attached to this one. As far as she knows, it was a closet to the long-gone building that had cut in to this one. She […]

The governments in Havana & Washington have been engaged in secret negotiations for weeks, with no signs of progress. For #cuba, the goal is to end the #energy #blockade. For the #US, the talks are [purportedly] focused on ending the government’s grip on the economy & ending political repression […]

The panicles of the bunnytail grass near the beach are having their reproductive moment — and they are so cuuute! Also, sadly, belong around the Mediterranean, not here. Even sadder, they are growing where the *critically imperiled* spineflower grows […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Palantir was initially funded by In-Q-Tel, the non-profit venture capital arm of the CIA, and has been working with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has been criticised by civil liberties groups. It works with several other UK government organisations, including the army. The […]

#LagoDiGarda, day 4 * slow day while partner tries to go paragliding (spoiler: never worked, too much wind in the valley even though things looked well up at the Monte Baldo launch site, and the waiting took so long we nevwr made it to mini golf) * finally a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Sen Patty Murray: I asked Director Patel to pass on my thanks for FBI's work stopping a crook who scammed Medicare out of $205 million. He obliged. Only problem? Trump pardoned that scammer. So which is it? Should the FBI keep uncovering fraud, or should Trump keep pardoning these crooks?

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RE: https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/116570667522862197 THIS IS PURE DELIGHT

It’s hilarious to me when people claim something they said/did while drunk was out of character when, say, Pliny the Elder popularized the phrase in vino veritas over 2,000 years ago.

Observed many Howell's spineflower plants today along the Old Haul Road leading to the Ten Mile dunes. This is the only place they exist in the world. #mendocinocoast #botany

Home of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California. They bought twenty acres of raw unimproved land with a first payment of fifty dollars which was money saved out of relief budget (August 1936). They received a Farm Security Administration […] [Original post on mastodon.ozioso.online]

Wow. A real piece of work, in so many ways. Classic non-apology, to boot. https://www.ncronline.org/news/bishop-bransfield-whose-scandal-rocked-west-virginia-diocese-dead-82

Secret trail. #mendocinocoast

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From one of Grandma's cookbooks, a recipe in the leftovers section that includes "liquid" and "food material". #recipe

The effort is being led by Martin Kulldorff, a biostatistician & #vaccine safety “expert” who rose in prominence during the #pandemic as a critic of #covid restrictions & vaccine mandates, & is now the #health dept’s chief “#science” & data officer. Career scientists at the #fda & #cdc are […]

The wide-ranging inquiry is a top priority for #rfkjr, who sees #vaccines as a “potential culprit” in various #neurological &#autoimmune disorders, including #asthma & #allergies [absurd]. It resurrects research into a number of ideas RFKJr has espoused, including whether vaccines are linked to […]

You know what's way better than SpaceX? Baby goats.

I voted. #plushtodon

RE: https://social.coop/@Anibyl/116536032933322042 everything went right extra points for no signal #bikepacking

James Cagney and Dorothy Parker at the Cocoanut Grove https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30817

You get so used to having a dumpster fire president but even that can’t keep your brain from hurting when he conducts ‘negotiations’ by ranting incoherently at adversaries on his own for-profit social media site.

The Arnold children and mother on their newly fenced and newly cleared land. Note strawberry plants. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general caption number 36 #Arnold #WesternWashington #ThurstonCounty #MichiganHill #Washington […] [Original post on mastodon.ozioso.online]

I've seen "tips" for husbands on Mother's Day like "don't cook a meal at home for your wife, because then she's stuck doing the dishes" ...are the straights okay? (No, I know they aren't) Literally who cooks a meal as a gift and doesn't also do the dishes 😂