It’s moments like this that have led me to have severe side-eye towards Bernie Sanders for a long time.

Alan Parry (b.1940) Butterflies and Alliums. acrylic on canvas, 2016.

That’s the most cat thing ever, with sass. 😹

Learned a new lil astrology tidbit tonight. In classical astrology, the 3rd house was known as the House of Heresy. Default rulership is Gemini, with Mercury ruling Gemini. 9th default is Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter and can concern organized spirituality, like religion, amongst other topics.

So, a quick story. I have been at @comicpalooza.bsky.social, been swamped with long lines almost the entire weekend so far, and there was this very nice gentleman named Jin (not sure of the spelling). He came the first day and said he was bringing books the next day to get signed. 1/

Rewatched The Never-Ending Story. Used to have a dog that looked so so much like Falkor (less flying, although he did like to RUN). Anyhow, movie still holds up. Short and sweet. Keep making those wishes so Fantasia stays alive!

sometimes I wonder if people in other fields have any clue what we go through as women in computational fields... (graph from: www.npr.org/sections/mon...)

Here’s the tea!

Picked up a crochet kit for cat bookmarks, missed the “Intermediate” label. I do have some other crochet kits I already have that hopefully are more basic, would like to give it a try. Did try knitting a long while back, made like a cozy to put under a coffee cup. Maybe a couple? Trying again.

Miniature moss forest within the forest, in beautiful Scotland.

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i don't care what the people who saw the leaks say about the finale. i'm gonna go see it in theaters to support Goose and the crew AND to spite these bozos! maybe i'll even see it twice! or three times! and no matter how it ends, i'm gonna have a DAMN good time! and will continue to love TADC!

Over on Twitter, Nancy Mace bragged that she is the most anti-trans member of Congress. Bragging about being the most extreme bigot is wild. People keep responding by pointing to an old tweet of hers from 5 years ago where she said she was pro-LGBTQ. Seems like such a funny fact check in there.

Plum headed parakeet: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

Happy 66th Birthday Kent Hrbek! The first baseman of the 1987 & 1991 World Series Champion Minnesota Twins was born in Minneapolis on this day in 1960! #Herbie #MLB #Baseball #History #MNTwins

Wrote a page in a new journal. A fragment, a jotting. It’s something. Have been resisting writing again, despite feeling that pull deeply. As I have for so long. Going to try to get back in the habit, with room for easing in. I can be gentle and compassionate with myself, as I would with others.

SMASH

She transitioned 🤯

Song currently rattling around, perhaps adjacent to my mind. Should be fun dreams tonight!

I have accidentally had vulnerable emotions, and my Capricorn Moon is performing an audit. Tsk tsk.

Oh, it’s one of those images where they’re all really the same thing, just viewed from different angles! Got it, got it. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ That last angle deeply distorted the view and made it hard to see clearly for a while, like a funhouse mirror. Silly warped glass!

this was HR 2616 which also bans books by or about trans and nonbinary people from schools START CALLING YOUR SENATORS NOW CIS FRIENDS TRANS KIDS NEED YOU

Did not have on my bingo card the Etymology Nerd coming out in favor of using the r-word, and yet here we are. Fascists have been demanding they can use any and all words that they please, namely slurs and derogatory words and phrases. I have seen people use the r word. Cannot see them the same.

Sister just sent over picture of her and brother-in-law on red carpet in Cannes. They have one of their short films screening there today. So so cool. They have put in so much work into their craft, and I love seeing them enjoy that and getting honored for their work. Manufique!

🐧 🐧 BETWIXT THREE TERNS 🐧

This bird probably speaks French. It has strong opinions about the work of Salvador Dalí. Let's meet the Inca tern (Larosterna inca), so-named because their native range matches the area of the Inca Empire. We're going to HAVE to talk about that mustache first... (📷: San Diego Zoo & Safari Park)

This is a cat checkpoint. Relinquish your most recent cat photo from your phone.

Kickstarter has reverted their policy changes on Adult Content! They issued an apology, siting Stripe as the reason. The pressure we put on them worked. This is a step in the right direction. But the threat of Stripe remains. It’d be great to see KS end ties with them & process payments elsewhere.

but i’m a crepe i’m a weird dough what the challah am i doing here i don’t boulanger

So uhhhhh this big payout Trump gave to himself and his buddies also settles any lawsuits from the US government against him, his companies and family members and also says that all of those people including himself can never be sued by the US government again in the future no matter what he does.

Today is the last day of Taurus season. Rest up, have tasty snacks. Indulge your senses. Wiggle your toes in the grass. You know what you stand for and why. Keep at it. Tomorrow may twirl and whirl. Today, put limoncello—sparkling water, liqueur, your choice—into stemware and swirl. Bull-ieve.

Finished Hob’s Barrow. Haunting story, this one will stick with me I think. Looked at some people’s thoughts on meaning… and I think I may see another layer in the palimpsest than I have heard others mention. That however may be one to ponder in silence. Or to leave where it belongs.

Continue to work on this daily. After a lifetime of hypervigilance, it’s challenging to change these patterns. Worth doing, both for myself and others.

Why did Gandalf keep returning to the Shire to blow smoke rings with Bilbo, yet never settled down there? … … … He couldn’t bag the hobbit.

Insomnia last night, vertigo this morning. Hard to admit when I’m having a hard time and not just power through it. Trying to get better at it. Over the weekend got together with a longtime friend (back to 5th grade) and explained when asked what led me to saying I was disabled. And it is a lot?

Mt St Helens May 18, 1980 I just cannot imagine what seeing this would've been like. The person who took this photo had to abandon their car and escape with the motorcycle. 📸Richard Lasher

Why are Castor and Pollux the Gemini twins and not also Helen and Clytemnestra? Both pairs born from an egg. Both have a mortal twin (Castor and Clytemnestra) and a twin blessed by the gods (Polydeuces—Pollux—and Helen). Both born from Zeus swanning around with Leda and then Tyndareus too (awful!).

Watched Marie Antoinette for the first time (somehow), very much enjoyed. Have good memories of being in a lot of the locations where they filmed. Went to a masquerade ball in the gardens at Versailles once. Was really moving seeing quarters where Marie Antoinette et al held at the Conciergerie.

If you’re a writer, write “I waited” without saying it. I stepped outside to look up at the full moon, in all her glory. The waning moon, bit sliced off each night. Quarter. Crescent, like a sickle. The empty void of the new moon. The growing gibbous. Quarter again. Waxing closer. Full. Again.

Good lord, don’t do this

it’s up to 1407 comments, well done! we still need more! reskeet, comments, keep it going!

The Sun in Taurus is currently conjunct Algol—the star that’s Medusa in the constellation of Perseus. Also known as the Demon Star, the Gorgon Star or Algol Lilith. Often seen as an ominous portent. So, advice for today? Keep Calm. Don’t Lose Your Head.

Everyone shut the fuck up and watch this video of a goat screaming.

Editor: You get those photos of Steven Spielberg and E.T.? Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. Editor: what

a little thought experiment for cis folks out there take a second and actually contemplate this think about it how does it make you feel?

A stunning photo of dark clouds topped with a bright rainbow, a rare event called cloud iridescence Original post

Inside the Tomb of Ramesses VI there's a painted relief of the goddess Nut, believed by many scholars to be an ancient celestial depiction of the Milky Way. via James Lucas

Juniper Blessing singing Tom Petty’s Wildflowers at the New Mexico School For The Arts in 2024

Started playing Hob’s Barrow again. Even in a game I’m getting the cold Shoulder!