For the #BlueSkyArtShow here is some #flow at #OvalBeach, #Saugatuck, #LakeMichigan #MidwestBeautiful #photography #Naturephotography #EastCoastKin

Thanks for nothing, Rupert Murdoch. You win. Asshole.

"Let them eat liver" says RFK Jr

Could this be more adorable?

In case you missed it…here’s the facts-only version of SOTU

A reminder that white nationalism isn't just abhorrent, it's stupid.

JUST IN: Kevin Sorba has a tip for the ladies.

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

Wow.

For the #BlueSkyArtShow, Feb 14, 2026, #Wood is beautiful! #photography #naturephotography #midwestbeautiful #michigan

Democracy Docket is not on Substack. From the beginning, I made sure it had its own tech stack. It's more expensive, but it assures independence from corporate interests and that its content won't sit aside Nazis. You can support it by joining truly independent media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

The geniuses over at the Washington Post just fired 300 journalists because they alienated their audience in 2024 and 2025. Yet, they are still at it! Support independent, pro-democracy media by signing up for Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Listen to every song. So much talent and charisma.

For the #BlueSkyArtShow Feb 7, 2026, since we can't look at the sun for long, we mainly savor what #Sunlight illuminates: clouds, plants, sand, water #LakeMichigan #OvalBeach #Saugatuck #MidwestBeautiful #Michigan #Photography #EastCoastKin

This makes me smile

Monsters

This is a beautiful picture, but it is #notabee. It is a bee-mimicking fly. There are several traits that diagnose it as a fly, but in this pic the easiest to see are the stubby little antennae. #insectThursday 🧪 #naturephotography #mimicry #batesianmimicry

I just canceled the @washingtonpost.com after years as a subscriber. The reason is the shedding of talent and the rightward drift of the editorial page.

The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand. Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day at #OvalBeach #Saugatuck #Michigan. Next to the big lake, blown sand mixes with blown snow sometimes in layers. #Photography #NaturePhotography #MidwestBeautiful.

For the #BlueSkyArtShow, Jan 31, 2026, here's a brilliant sunset over #LakeMichigan in #Saugatuck, shown in black and white to reveal the textures of the gorgeous #Clouds #photography #MidwestBeautiful

For the #BlueSkyArtShow, Jan 31, 2026, some #Clouds in a sequence when a summer storm swept across #CrystalLake #Michigan #MidwestBeautiful #photography

Wonder why there is such a contrast between what the critics think and what the bots, sorry, audience reviewers think?

Waking up in a #polarvortex #winter, I sometimes think of Robert Service's #poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/... #poetry

Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona June 2015. Shot on an Iphone 5s #slotcanyon #arizona #antelopecanyon #nature #photography

Among the giants of Sequoia National Park, California ❤️

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Wow. This is devastating. www.science.org/content/arti...

ICE-holes applaud after shots ring out, killing Alex Pretti. Fucking animals. #FuckICE #FuckDHS #FucktRump #Resist #ProudBlue #Pinks

Why are their feet the same size?

More on the theme of #Cold for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Ducks floating among floating ice by #Holland #Michigan lighthouse near #LakeMichigan. #eastcoastkin #photography Talk about cold!

More on the theme of #Cold for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Snow sticking to a fence #photograph #eastcoastkin

More on the theme of #Cold for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Snow sticking to a moveable fire pit and stump seats

How appropriate that #Cold is the theme of today's #BlueSkyArtShow (temp on waking up is -14 deg F). So here goes: #LakeMichigan during a recent polar vortex winter #saugatuck #saugatuckstatepark #photography #eastcoastkin

For the #BlueSkyArtShow Sat Dec 27, 2025 I celebrated #Christmas #Holiday at Oval Beach, #Saugatuck #Michigan #MidwestBeautiful #photography #eastcoastkin

For #BlueSkyArtShow on Dec 13, 2025, one of my #FavoriteThings are #bees, and here is my favorite of my favorite. Asian rock bee Apis dorsata, here in Sri Lanka. Hornet-sized workers protect exposed comb by forming protective curtain of 10,000-40,000 bees. #naturephotography #insects #photography

Trumps brain MRI results show: In the left side there is nothing right. In the right side there’s nothing left.

Good morning #Bluesky friends.. each sunrise promises a new day of hope... @rhfineart.bsky.social

Genius

Inspiring

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

Another example of how #small is beautiful. Red raspberry slime mold fruiting bodies on birch log. #Maine #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #naturephotography

Even #small things can have big consequences. A worker bee (Asian rock bee, Apis dorsata) on her exposed nest in Sri Lanka, holds a drop of water on her tongue. Like mammalian sweat, the heat taken away by evaporation helps keep things cool. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #bees

For the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday November 1, 2025 here is an #Autumn vista at #LakeMichigan #Saugatuck #Michigan #MidwestBeautiful

Weird output from Google AI: I wanted to compare the actual path of Hurricane Melissa to the path that had been predicted, and the AI overview goes on about a "Fictional" hurricane. Strange. #AI #science #climate 🧪 #weather #hurricanes #melissa

What is it like #inside a #honeybee hive? You would see several parallel combs covered with workers, doing their jobs. It would be dark. This is a view, in red light, which we can see but bees cannot. From an installation at Gallery Project in Ann Arbor. #BlueSkyArtShow #insects #photography