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If you need three peaceful minutes, this was our hiking break by a lake today. Sound up for a very vocal frog, some birds, a fly or two, and Beckett having a scratch.

Always pay attention when you’re out hiking, a wild animal could be stalking you.

The term narcissistic personality disorder was coined by Heinz Kohut, an Austrian-born American psychoanalyst, in 1968, but it’s been around as long as mankind has existed. Yet people still do not recognize and understand NPD and its consequences. And now we have our own Emperor Nero.

Bonus fungus photos: Me trying to be artsy with some guttation on a polypore. #fungifriends “Guttation is the expression of metabolic byproducts from mushroom metabolism that can be seen oozing out of the fruiting body.”

ICE is met with a strong resistance from the Chicagoans that they decide to retreat and leave the scene. Don’t give them any rest!

Bari Weiss always fails up. Always. CBS news is a joke. This is an article from an internet shitposter on CBS News and yes they spelled Zohran Mamdani's name wrong.

A fungus photo a day: 1/4 Since I was seeing some early Amanitas I decided to go check out the only spot where I’ve found peachy colored ones, and voila! Had to post the baby first because the color 😍, scroll ⬇️ for more… #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

#Washington Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. Fuck Pam Bondi! The loss of her law license and her subsequent removal to federal prison CANNOT come quickly enough!

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

I just got my 13th COVID shot a month ago (the new 2025/26 booster). It’s so easy and painless. Doesn’t make sense not to do this when it could cost you your life.

He’s talking about his own death a lot more lately— let alone on the return from a Walter Reed visit.

There are still a lot of people out there who want some magnetic leader to rise and lead them, and don’t realize that the longer they wait to take initiative to get involved themselves, the longer this nightmare will continue. If you want something done, do it!

Plus the increased levels of strokes is being glossed over along w all the other long Covid effects. People don’t accept that this is a vascular disease that lives in your body after acute infection subsides. Just like chickenpox hides until you’re older & brings on shingles. It’s not “just a cold”.

⚠️ A few days ago, a lorry carrying #chickens caught fire, leaving countless birds trapped inside with no way out. 💔 There's no need to eat chickens or their #eggs. We have so many alternatives to choose from. 🐔 Tragedies like this can easily be prevented by choosing #vegan.

This made me laugh out loud. If you have never lived with someone with narcissistic personality disorder this may not feel familiar to you, but the lies these people will tell to try to put a spin on their failures so they can claim they aren’t really failures can be so deeply ridiculous.

Bonus fungus post: These western jumbo gyms/Gymnopilus ventricosus certainly were eye-catching. I love the one by itself in the gap in the roots, “You go have your party, I’m going to stay at home and read.” #fungifriends

This regime is damaging our infrastructure, our economy, and our environment.

This guy… 🥰

History is only dangerous to those who WANT to repeat it

A fungus photo a day: 1/11 (Yes, I said eleven!) I found so many 🍄 yesterday but this was the most amazing, a whole colony of inkcaps/Coprinus!! Page down for the 10 photos I took and then at the bottom is a video of them all! Pretty cool!!! #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS! Also tagging the #coven and @amiberger.bsky.social @quinncy.bsky.social

I’m going to keep repeating that one reason why they are escalating violence is because they know they are wildly outnumbered. It is a sign of weakness, not strength, that they are tear gassing and pepper ball shooting and slamming protestors to the ground and dragging them into facilities.

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

Was it Dr. Spaceman?

YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS! Also tagging the #coven and @amiberger.bsky.social @quinncy.bsky.social

I saw myself as maybe all in for J.B. Pritzker But I am losing faith, rapidly. Police state fascism in America is bigger than Trump. It's backed by Democrats just like Republicans. And it's not going anywhere

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.

ROOFMAN – Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst are good together in this stranger than fiction story. But there’s little impact as the movie smooths over its inherent complications – e.g., the systems that'd make this military man turn to a life of crime – in favor of feel-good storytelling. #TIFF50 📽️

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president. Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

If you need a calm minute, from today’s hike when the sun came out briefly while it was raining.

Bonus fungus photo: First witch’s butter/Tremella spotting of autumn today. #fungifriends

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79. people.com/diane-keaton...

A fungus photo a day: Not my fav photo I’ve taken of fairy parachutes/Marasmiellus candidus (scroll down to see two favorites) BUT the cool thing about this one is what looks like snow all around them are hundreds of tiny baby ones.🥹 #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Donald Trump wants to open the spectacular deep Pacific Ocean to drilling and mining. It's a global emergency: resistors in the government say we need to flood the public comment process before it’s too late! action.eko.org/a/trump-atta...

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.” Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Appears the Trump admin’s reduction in force has hit housing hard this evening. Reports that all CDFI fund staff have been let go. HUD appears to have lost 442 staff. Yet another federal cut that will make providing affordable housing in the US all the more challenging.

This is not a border crossing. There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior. This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

A fungus photo a day: I found these Ossicaulis yesterday on some small pieces of rotting wood, so I could pick them up to photograph (and then put them carefully back). The delicate details on these tiny guys… More photos below. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Bonus fungi post for today: saw some more early amanitas yesterday. Two more below. #fungifriends

call the grammar police, i’d like to report a series of crimes

How to make every employee hate you immediately. Also, every single person gets the threat behind “to know that we are aligned on achieving a shared vision.”

I should have mentioned that if they can’t get respect they’ll settle for fear because for people like that fear is a form of respect, and control and revenge are sources of great enjoyment.

A fungus photo a day: I found these Ossicaulis yesterday on some small pieces of rotting wood, so I could pick them up to photograph (and then put them carefully back). The delicate details on these tiny guys… More photos below. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Would you separate these two just for milk? That's what you're paying for. Please try dairy alternatives 🙏💚 #animallovers

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.