"Barack, you gotta look at me." At the grand opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center, former First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a speech that brought the former president to tears. This is love. Love of husband, love of a president, love of a country.

The Obama Library reflecting Pool 🪩

Aside from the bright green hue of the water, the product of what is reportedly one of the largest algae blooms in recent years, the "industrial-grade swimming pool topping" that Trump chose is already peeling off in sheets. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

A full Scottish - evening edition. Wee dram of Springbank (possibly the world’s greatest generally available (🙄) whisky, and Walker’s Shortbread Rounds, clearly the world’s finest shortbread cookies. Ahhhh…

I drove a senior citizen to the polls today. He was approached by one of the anti-LGBT school board candidates as he departed the car. He told her to fuck off and get a life.

I like spiders 🙂

March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need." June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks..."

Compare and contrast. #G7

Norway fans are rowing their way up the escalators in Boston

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Everyone shut up I finally got a video of Jyn doing her cartoon snoring thing

I’m surprised they haven’t added ivermectin to the reflection pool yet to try and rid of the algae

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FALLINGWATER by architect Frank Lloyd Wright: Built in 1939.

Another “exciting” weather day here 😜

Forget about his reactionary politics. Forget about the part that Ryan Nelson is apparently a stone-cold psychopath. I don't believe ANYONE who parks a vehicle like this is fit to be a federal judge. We As A Society must have standards. ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/the-senate...

In a nutshell.

A comment on the previously posted article:

American Avocet stepping out! Dig those blue legs #birds

Scenes from a garden:

Brewery Nonic and their Scottish Ale “Tartan” - one of my local favorites…

“Scots discovering tailgating” could be a real Prometheus stealing fire moment

A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow

When your wife a) understands Father’s Day, and b) understands your OCD 😜🥰🤣

Ketchup hitting wall in 3…2…1… 😳🤣

Happy cross-eyed Caturday. #Caturday #rescuecats

Bluesky watching scaffolding together

I figured we could all use a little smile at the end of the week. This little black bear cub was an absolute joy to watch. He/she was having a blast running up and down trees while their mom munched on grass. #mammals 🌿

I wouldn’t be where I am today without the love and support that Michelle has poured into me over the years. Her story — from her South Side roots to the White House and beyond — is a central part of the Obama Presidential Center.

This made me laugh.

We are well and truly blessed to live here…

Man what a lunch! First Purple Cherokee was finally ripe and so i did my favorite thang. BLT and an Arnie Palmer. Thats as close as ive been to a religious experience! 🤣☺️🙏🏼🍽️🍜 🍅🥓🥬🍞🥪

OB-GYNs release their own vaccine schedule, rejecting RFK Jr.'s meddling arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Oh no I just got a text message that the dog I do not own is digging up someone's expensive garden in Toronto where I have never been. Sounds legit. Better respond and see what sort of bank information they need to get this resolved.

just wait til US energy secretary chris wright who has degrees in electrical engineering from MIT and UC Berkeley learns about batteries

Nailed it here. 👇

I may never win the lottery, but I did stumble upon a food truck that sells delicious beef bourgignon this afternoon 🔥

Made a bit of egg salad for the first time in YEARS - and it’s delicious!!!

My team was ahead at halftime and suddenly the other team scores just enough points to win. How can this be legit?

President Obama should go to one of the next Knicks games wearing a tan suit.

🪶A TUTI for your Tuesday! (The 4 letter code for Tufted Titmouse is TUTI.) A female Tufted Titmouse with a beak full of bark strips for her nest- photo by Wendy Miller. Tufted Titmice nest in natural cavities, unoccupied woodpecker nest holes, and nest boxes. Only females build the nest.

I really could just watch this all day. Follow @davidzinn.bsky.social for more whimsy

Aww - thank you, Ellen - wonderful praise coming from an artist!

Our peonies LOVE the last 3 rainy days and have all decided to pop at once!

In a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire larkspur is grown for London florists along with cornflowers & Nigella. It’s quite a sight just now-some floral dopamine for you 🌿:

An excellent cartoon. 😂 Can't see a credit for this, if anyone knows then please post. Very apropos though - lol.

I genuinely wish the Democratic Party was half as capable as they would have to be to steal all these elections.