Magnificent

A nudge beneath the wrapper, a thin whisp of colour. The cocoon trembles as its time arrives. Wings emerging softly. A bright hope that the sun will welcome. A gentle breeze drys new colours and invites a new partner to the dance. #vssdaily whisp #vss365 wrapper

Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks at rally before his detention today. www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/p...

fascinating how we know how far away things are in the sky www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdOX... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFMa...

"Free DC" action model wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/free...

Monarch laying eggs on milkweed

Fawns chowing down on the Japanese knotweed patch

It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....

White M hairstreak resting on Japanese knotweed leaf in area heavily browsed by deer. Amazing mimicry as false antennae wiggle as the hairstreak rubs its rear wings together.

Set up a deer cam to capture our mom doe browsing the Japanese knotweed. Lady fern and sensitive fern on the right and goldenrod on the left all emerging through the subdued knotweed.

"Be a drop and trust there is an ocean behind you". It's easy to feel down these days, but Dr. Sawin always inspires me with pragmatic and active hope and motivation. We can multisolve these polycrises.

Ed Martin's latest target: Wikipedia. The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Unsurprisingly given the conditions their client remains in, Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed their opposition moments after Roberts stayed the order that would have returned him to the US www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

Good sign. #handsoff #handsoff2025 #uspol #protest

Asheville, North Carolina #HandsOff

Great crowd in Stamford CT at Linda McMahon’s WWE. #HandsOff our schools!

Amazing turnout in Stamford, Connecticut #HandsOff

#HandsOff Stamford.

Isn't this "administrative error" precisely why everyone should receive due process in a court before Trump sends them to a foreign prison where we have no control over their return?

A Maryland man who was in the U.S. legally was deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there because of an “administrative error,” Trump administration officials said in a court filing on Monday. The man has lived in the U.S. since 2019 and his wife and 5-year-old child are both U.S. citizens.

“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.” Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.

Now more than ever 🏳️‍⚧️

Tried flax spinning for the first time today.....It's a process.

Getting the old family great wheel from my brother this weekend. Can’t wait to get it up and running

Developing a playlist of background music for our spinning/weaving classes. Any suggestions? #handspinning #spinnersofbluesky#weaving

Made my first set of bobbins for old spinning wheel