Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

This is phenomenal.

My work/life (Buddhism) is heavily interested with and occupied by breathing. While Gertrude Stein does complicate the breath, I find her comma-less sentences also an insight into Buddhist practice:

Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky. But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭 #Astrophotography

A gentle reminder: the moon is very full, and very close. Perhaps choose tender patience today, for yourself and for everyone. Trust that release will come.

I believe that we are many, And I believe that they are few.

History repeats.

Come see Hank! Excited to also get behind a mic tonight for this essential local resource 🍊

A fresh, culturally relevant commentary:

It’s likely that this happened to them, in which case, again, this should be much bigger news. We can’t just disappear thousands of people without notifying anyone www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

From Thich Nhat Hanh's book, Call Me By My True Names. Published by @parallax.org #poem #books #writing

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

From “I speak with gravity.,” by Jane Hirshfield. Read the full poem: nyer.cm/HiFNZyu

From Marie Howe's book, What the Living Do: bookshop.org/a/862/9780393318869 #poem #books #writing

Caught on the wax 1 week early open.substack.com/pub/katermor...

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

President Trump directed the Defense Department to take a larger role in domestic law enforcement, including by “quelling civil disturbances,” in an executive order that comes as he threatens to broaden deployments of the National Guard in cities run by his political enemies.

"If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city. And if he has control of the policing in the city of Washington...Who's gonna tell him to leave the White House?" @gtconway.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social:

Is the Trump Regime forward-thinking enough that the federal forces being deployed to Democratically-run cities are designed to stay, acclimate and be used for voter suppression in the mid-terms?

@darthbluesky.bsky.social we thought you’d like to know that this Good Lad is two years old today. Happy Birthday, Obie ❤️✨

The secret to happiness is to know more animals then humans

The Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms once a year at night.

Today’s Featured Poem: “[redacted]” by m. s. RedCherries from mother published by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/redacted/

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

these two laws touching Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish, I say, will, on reflection, be found the fundamentals of all human jurisprudence

Behold: the beginning of the next iteration of enslavement. First, you remove a being from belonging anywhere—the protection of sovereignty. Then, you imprison them and use their labor for profit. The United States economy was built on slave labor and in order to grow it needs more. It’s intentional

"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning."

if any crave redress of injustice, they should exhibit their petitions in the street

New writing up over on the Bleeder: katermorris.substack.com/p/triptych-f...

Protecting our neighbors is how we build community TRUST. Nobody trusts the state, and with good reason. All we have is one another.

This is almost directly a scene from my new play, where a middle-aged AI white guy spends 3 weeks drinking in Mexico…👀

Guide for summer sky watch:

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This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10

Let us all remember today (with Love) that we can best operate and relate at our own scale.

this is the best way to end the day: protect life!!

Breaking News: The Mellon Foundation announced $15 million to support state humanities councils after federal aid cancellations left some in danger of collapse. The endowment provides crucial support to museums, historical sites, cultural festivals and community projects.

Cruel. This cruelty has to stop. It’s time for local government oversight of ICE including judicial approval of raids (similar to search warrants) for the protection of all of us.

These cuts are also to abused and neglected children’s advocacy groups in the United States. Our small office lost around $12k this morning, instantly. All we do is train volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children. www.cbsnews.com/news/crime-v...

The people responsible for this should know no rest www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Speaking of Court Appointed Advocacy for youth, the National CASA/GAL, the org that provides training, oversight, and funding for all local advocacy for abused and neglected children, just had their funding cancelled by DOJ. The Trump Regime doesn’t care about children.

If these were US children, they would have a Court-Appointed Special Advocate. Instead, they have no one. When you are a child, you have no say over which citizenship you hold, let’s all just remember this.