This sign is doing important, dangerous work, and isn't scared of anything anymore.

I'm really enjoying the "I am Spartacus" energy that all these inflatable frogs are bringing to the protests.

If you feel a need to let out a powerful, cathartic scream from your balcony at 11pm on a weekday, you might as well also shout an explanation. Everyone's already awake, after all. It sounded like the kind of scream to release stress, but your neighbors are concerned for your well-being, stranger.

Before surgery, I was like, "Oh, I can probably go back to work earlier than I planned," but after surgery I looked at all the drugs I have to take for a week and I'm like "Oh, it's not just about strength, it's about drugs." I can go back to work a bit weakened, but I can't go to work on drugs.

Spoiler: The special event is the sidewalk ending, and a massive puddle.

I'm back to being strong enough to lift those damn scooters out of the middle of the sidewalk and put them somewhere more sensible again

Today I saw a my first goth of the season, indicating the end of the terrible Arizona summer.

Richie went up a mountain and brought flowers down for me.

I have done lawn yoga three days in a row without busting this post-surgery body, so I guess I can do whatever I want now (except apparently sit up unassisted from a prone position. That problem will be the next to get solved.)

Vevey has a lot of Charlie Chaplin themed public art

Someone stuck a fork in Lake Geneva.

Why does the Montreal airport beep so much? Never have I experienced quite so much beeping.

This sign is a liar, and it's blocking the curb cut.

PSA: The name Richie doesn't have a t in it, in most cases, because the name Richard doesn't have a t anywhere in it, and neither does Ricardo. Assume no t, unless the person in question specifies the eccentric spelling that adds a t.

Tiny lovebirds live in the Phoenix area, and I love them. They're not from here originally; they're the descendants of African lovebirds imported to be pets. Those birds escaped, thrived, and spread. I'll be biking through the park and a dozen tiny parrots will fly out of a tree, and I love them.

My internet rabbit holes for today are traditional glass making through history, and the relationship between Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe. Anyway, they were making art and making out during troubling times, when the world was scary and their health betrayed them, so we all can do the same.

They were gone for a while, then I was gone for a while, but now we're all back on our bullshit: me and the knocked over street signs on 3rd Ave and Adams

Sometimes I think, "Oh hey, why am I so much more anxious about absolutely everything lately? I mean, I was already really anxious, but this is perhaps excessive." and then I remind myself that everything is terrible and hypervigilance is a normal response

The surgeons probably thought they were putting this giant belly incision below my belt line when they cut me up, but they did not realize just how low this middle aged non-binary rides their pants. If I ever stop hating my body, I'm getting some crop tops and showing off this scar all the time.

Coworker Lydia has not forgiven me for being gone so long.

My doctor: You are not your body My therapist: You are not your thoughts Well, if I’m not my body or my thoughts, what the hell am I? And don’t say my soul, because if my soul isn’t made of thoughts, what the hell is it?

Medical billing companies: Y'all don't need to make it hard to log into my medical bill payment centers. Do not make anyone put in a verification code sent to their phone. Don't make them remember my birthday. If some total stranger wants to pay my medical bills, let them.

It's probably better not to make assumptions about the values of the majority of people in "red areas". It's probably better to fucking check and see first what kinds of barriers to voting exist. And what kinds of information the people there are getting. And whether Dems even run for office there.

Life is really complicated and the world is on fire, but my best friend came to visit. She's been cooking me and Richie just the best food. She held my hand while my post-surgical drains were removed. She helped me get more comfortable clothes. She filled our fridge. Life is so full of things.

The United States has the fewest national holidays, of all countries. We don't have national holidays that last longer than a day, and most are hard work days for the service industry. Even if you don't like celebrating the end of slavery for some awful reason, take the damn day, and demand more.

Do you ever kind of wish you could be abducted by aliens, just for the complementary healthcare?

No Kings protest in Phoenix is massive and beautiful and very gay. Happy Pride to all these good folks! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Happy Glorious 25th of May. Freedom, truth, justice , reasonably priced love, and a hard-boiled egg.

Look at this little art my brother sent me for my brother! It's a common grackle, which was my favorite bird in Tennessee. We have great-tailed grackles here in Arizona, and they are lovely, but it's so nice to have this guy here now too, in art. Karl will tag the artist in the thread.

It's a hard time for a median marker sign.

During my morning commute, I'm enjoying the endless dance of those fallen signs on 3rd Ave and Adams.

About to rehome an aloe plant that outgrew our apartment.

Again, with this poor sign.

This is clearly a trap, set by the fae.

I've been passing this one every work day, forgetting it exists whenever I actually have time to go downstairs and take a picture. Until now.

People are like "There didn't used to be so many neurodivergents in the olde days" Meanwhile, someone in the olden days invented a chair that rocks, so people can rock back and forth while relaxing, and everyone was like "Oh, I need that."

Two of my hobbies that go really well together are taking pictures of fallen over signs, and removing obstructions from bike lanes and sidewalks

America really needs to have the ability to do a vote of no confidence on a leader right now.

Y'all, someone has already edited Wikipedia for who has the longest filibuster, and that's just an extra little bit of beautiful. Well done, Cory Booker.

If they make you go back to the office at a job that can be done from home, put up union flyers. Maybe you'll get a union, maybe they'll go back to encouraging work from home. Either way, it's a win, right?

Can Studio Ghibli sue the White House for copyright violation and defamation, for sharing a horrific meme in their style? I would like that to happen.

So, everyone knows that the breach of security is a disaster and a crime, but can we also talk about how they bombed a whole apartment building to assassinate one man? They wanted to get that one guy, so they murdered his girlfriend and all her neighbors, too. That seems worth talking about.

Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer

One of the really nice things about being married is that when you catch a moth in your hands, someone else is there to open the door so you can let the moth out into the wilds.