“Annie, are you tough enough?” Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness.

The porta potty pump truck came today. You don’t know how much joy that brings me! Someday I’ll get a septic system at The cabin.

i feel like this is a lesson against AI in data analytics

Black Girl Lost keys posted about vertical Heterophoria which prompted me to seek a dr who diagnosed me, solving 40+ years of neck, back, and shoulder pain.

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

Opera singer strikes soothing note for premature babies in French hospital. Aline Martin of the Opera national de Lorraine sings lullabies, Disney tunes and hymns to soothe babies. "We've noticed that the vibrations of the human voice, especially the lyrical voice, have a comforting quality"

Michigan Avenue right now.

I see a lot of people saying that a person charged with a crime deserves the chance to prove their innocence. Please stop doing this because you have it backwards and this is really important. It is ALWAYS the government's burden to prove a person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

They’re absolutely trying to create a crisis that doesn’t exist

I don’t think the people shooting priests think they’re the good guys

This is what the states should’ve been doing from the start to stop lawless ice goons. About damn time.

I did the animal chores. Boooo

I want to replace the goat pen gate. I only have about 1 hr of usable daylight left. I also need to finish some animal chores. The adhd brain wants new! Fun! Exciting! task. The Grown Up brain wants the boring chores done first. Stupid grown up brain!

Case in point on the larva snacks for chicks

Hugs @lostcitymagic.bsky.social . I can’t reply directly, but I wanted to send all my love on this heartbreakingly rough situation.

So fucking do something to fix it, maybe? Sue? Force a quorum? Anything? At this point you are just whining and choosing to be helpless.

My bad conspiracy theory is that Apple purposefully makes the keypad extremely difficult and prone to error as well as sets autocorrect to be overly aggressive and wrong, every time a new iPhone is released, so you get frustrated and buy a new iPhone.

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

From Friedrich Kellner’s diary

I’m pretty sure a gnat flew in my ear and now I have to go to the ER because otherwise I’ll never focus again

Read more about your rights when interacting with military troops or federal agents at aclu.org/deployment_kyr

The people who now zip tie children would have been the guards leading them into the gas chambers

Just to break down how Trump screwed Iowa farmers: -The U.S. slaps tariffs on China -China retailated by not buying U.S. soybeans -The U.S. bails out Argentina -China strikes a deal to buy Argentine soybeans qz.com/trump-argent...

I made waffles today and was gonna share a pic but this seems like a bad time…

Owls! And Coyotes. Lots of crickets and frogs. The moon has risen above the tree line, but there are some wispy clouds mostly covering it. Two Days until full moon, so the forest has an eerie glow

Reminder that if you are interacting with law enforcement in Illinois, this IS a stop and ID state. Also, aside from identifying yourself and asking if you're free to leave, the ONLY thing you should say to law enforcement, state or federal, is:

Anyway I'm still doing free Know Your Rights trainings for anyone who wants them. If you're part of a protest group in Chicago or anywhere in Illinois and want a free know your rights training (or free legal support for your action), let me know! [email protected].

queen shit, rest in peace

A friendly reminder that if you go to a church where the pastor supports the regime that zip tied children in Chicago, you don’t have to go to that church anymore. Remember, at a certain point, complacency becomes complicity.

“Before the Georgetown roundtable, El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told RNS he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE.” “The bishop advised Catholics considering joining ICE that ‘you can never attempt to turn off your conscience.’” religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c...

how someone talks about greta thunberg is the quickest personality test there is

Greta Thunberg is dominating global headlines. Everyone’s eyes are on her.

Hubby asked me To sew him a lopsided ummm “pincushion” doll. For reasons.

Impatient ducks

I need to pitch this idea to the @hallmark.bsky.social channel: they remake all their super cheesy Christmas rom-coms, but change it to be about Halloween, and all the dialogue, actors, sets, etc is identical, other than they are

Duck pool water changing day

One of my favorite things this summer was sitting on the tailgate of the truck after dark, when it wasn’t stiflingly hot, and throwing the ball for Pandas (the dog).

My husband relayed a story from his work week wherein he told the PM they were going to experience “death by a thousand shortcuts” sooner and later and by FSM, I will be stealing that!

BREAKING: The First Circuit rejects the Trump administration's request to greenlight his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, stressing that the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment leaves no room for Trump's interpretation.

Our report on the return of the Epstein-Trump friendship statue in DC. The statue was taken down by the Park Service and was damaged in the process. But the creators reassembled it to the delight of many on the National Mall! Full episode drops later tonight on YouTube youtube.com/@jimacosta?s...

The US Government is shut down because we elected a petulant child as president who has neither the ability or inclination to compromise due to his ego and ignorance.

Almost every vet I've met has said to me, "It's too bad that pets can't talk, b/c we'd know what was wrong & what to do about it, if they could only tell us." Almost every woman I've met has said to me, "I wish my doctor would listen when I tell him what's wrong, so they knew & could treat it."

Wow. Fuck Apple and Tim Cook.

Reminder to file your royalty claims for books Anthropic (AI company) stole from you through pirating websites. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Stop shoving Copilot for Teams at me, MS. Unless you want to analyze all meetings to show how men talk over women, hepeat, and mansplain To change the behavior of the offenders, I’m not interested.

🇬🇧 Sarah Mullally has been named the new Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England -- which can trace its origins to the Roman empire -- and the global Anglican community. 📷 Ben Stansall

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.