amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

We watched some of the SyFy Twilight Zone marathon. After seeing Eye of the Beholder again the theme of an ugly authoritarian bellowing "we must conform to the norm!"-- to shun beauty and push everyone into mimicking that same piggish ugliness -- spoke to me like never before. #TwilightZonemarathon

Say Green Party Jill Stein voters, might want to rethink throwing your vote away with the rabid wolves coming from the right. An entire field of critical scientific endeavor purged because of political scare words: “climate alarmism.” This is Stalinist Lysenkoism writ large.

It probably wouldn’t be quite this idyllic, but sometimes it’s still possible to imagine this Bedford Falls timeline rather than the Pottersville timeline we’re stuck in right now. Let’s make sure we switch it back there again.

Halloween’s super-scary at the White House this year. 😐

Comet Lemmon over the Hood Canal and the Olympics, near Seabeck, Washington last night.

My favorite signs from yesterday. Not bold, controversial, or loaded with slick graphics. Just a quiet voice, witness to events now and in the past, a whisper reminding us of the elemental rightness of these words... and what is so very wrong about what is happening to our country right now.

Some photos of the northern lights a year ago, from Seabeck, Washington.

Early morning sky over the Olympics #HarvestMoon #photography

Yeah…the city is burned to a crisp.

Took these photos of a pileated woodpecker in my backyard. A pair has been hanging around in a stand of firs just to the south, but occasionally probe some snags I'd left in the yard for just this reason. #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

If Stephen Miller dislikes being compared to Goebbels, maybe he should stop giving speeches clearly inspired by him.

Hi! I was homeless. That's me he wants to kill. If you don't know me, hi, I am pretty nice, I think. I'm a privacy lawyer. I drive a cute yellow Bronco. I do art. I have two really fluffy Maine coon cats. I volunteer at food banks when I can. This guy would have killed me for being homeless.

Well said.

Gift link for this article: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

For years, MAGA partisans have employed various tactics to prevent the imminent pain of cognitive dissonance. Now Newsom is forcing them to see what Trump looks like without the distorting force field created by Trump’s showmanship: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Congratulations, Texas, on becoming the most racist state in the Union. It gives me no pleasure to say this about my home state, which I once loved.

Vladeck: There’s one video showing a DEA officer telling a D.C. resident he couldn’t drink alcohol on his porch—D.C. law says exactly the opposite. It also highlights how these officers aren’t even trained in the laws they’re purportedly enforcing.

Superman has been firmly anti-shitbird for a long time.

A western tiger swallowtail butterfly in a mock orange —a native here in the PNW. #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography

A focus stack of speedwell blooms complete with bumblebee…24 exposures, Canon R5 with 100mm macro lens. #Bloomscrolling #flower #flowerphotography #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography

😂

Some eagles on the Hood canal yesterday

Some photos of eagles taken over the last two weeks, Hood Canal, Washington.

#BlueMonday…a sunrise in Monument Valley, late March.

Boiling it down to the basics, there’s no success here.

By the skin of our teeth. It shouldn’t be close. The First Amendment is abundantly clear. But we were lucky this time.

Lib owning is getting rather expensive

🔥 GOV. WALZ: “When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has? Government just big enough to fit in your bedroom, womb, and apparently now your toy chest… Trump is picking the winners and losers — the billionaires are winning and the rest of us are losing.”

We’re in hell.

So ICE has a mandate to prosecute Thoughtcrime now?

NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

Yes, yes it is.

Russia and Hungary applauded Trump, of course. The rest of the free world, no. This is how far the United States has fallen in the eyes of the world. Kamala Harris said “We’re not going back!” Too few listened, so now we are. www.reuters.com/world/world-...

The Republican Party, of course.

What Kara Swisher said.

They damn well should. Every Republican that doesn’t is a willing partner in the burning of the United States into the ground.

I’ve never been so ashamed to be an American. We distilled the essence of the very worst of our country and put it in the White House to poison the world. And we’re just five weeks into this administration.

I’m taking a day off from Meta per this suggestion from Robert Reich, in addition to the other Feb 28 boycotts. Spending more time on this platform today…and liking it more and more.

Atlanta Federal Reserve bank forecasts 1st quarter NEGATIVE GDP growth of -1.5%. Is the economy great again yet?

So…Russia backs Iran, who sponsors Hamas and Hezbollah. Yet Netanyahu wants US to let Russian bases remain in Syria, because Turkey, a NATO country. Odd…it’s almost like Netanyahu wants to boost Russian influence in the region, ultimately helping their adversaries. www.reuters.com/world/israel...

Kash Patel lives with a fraudster and big time GOP megadonor in Las Vegas. Why is it that with these MAGA “leaders,” accusations are always projection?

MAGA priorities

We tried to tell them.

Typical MAGA politics — claim they honor “democracy” by acting on the will of their voters, then run away from them.

Everything’s terrible, so took some photos of my cat.

Good thoughts on this day.