I love this from the senators in my native state.

Here's my peace plan. Get the fuck out of Ukraine's sovereign territory, and we'll maybe, possibly, after a while, think, at least a little, about asking (nicely) the rest of the world to remove sanctions.

I still haven't heard that we're invading Little Rock, which has the fourth highest crime rate in the nation. Or maybe Salt Lake City, which has the 17th.

A barred own in North Mountain Park in Ashland, Oregon this afternoon. We had quite the stare down for a while. #birds

Just a nice photo of a birding friend looking out over the upper Rogue Valley, which is under a thick inversion. This is from almost on top of Mt. Ashland in Oregon yesterday, where we were searching for a rarely seen (in these parts) Snow Bunting, which we heard but did not see. #birds

Back from a few days at Sacramento and Colusa refuges in California. Saw many thousands of geese and other waterfowl. Witnessed the female mallards viciously chasing each other and got a few decent photos. #birds

The Democrats’ new platform: Hope it works out. Jesus we’re screwed.

Yikes. Mamdani bringing fire.

This is utter insanity. The millions that voted for this bullshit deserve all the bad shit that's about to happen to them.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/16-... Did ABC try to independently verify these Numbers? No. No they didn’t. It’s a fucking press release.

This is a ring-billed gull, common here on the West Coast. I got this not particularly great photo earlier this week one evening out at Emigrant Lake in southern Oregon. If you're new to bird photography, this is what shutter priority jacked to 1/4000 will get you. Canon R7. #birds

Went over 400 followers today. I try to block scams, honeypots, and bots, so I think y'all are mostly legit 😁I try to say or link to useful things or maybe you're here for the birds, models, and bikes. I'm a certified nobody, so I'm honored to have this many! Thanks.

I didn't. But I do now. I'm not necessarily surprised but I'm appalled.

This is awesome. 333 days in a row, weather be damned, the people of Georgia are in the streets. I hope we get there (or don't have to get there) but there's way too much whining and moaning and finger pointing going on - just on our side. We're working really hard to fuck this up. Let's not, OK?

Regarding the shit dump video. People think that goes too far? NO! It’s exactly what they voted for. They are thrilled. The only thing that would make them happier would be if we actually died in pools of shit. That’s exactly what they think of us.

So now we're threatening Colombia (not Columbia) because His Shitty Majesty got the truth thrown in his face. Again.

Had a stare-down with this heron last evening at Ashland Pond near Ashland, Oregon. A pair of herons nested in the immediate area last spring and summer but the partner seems to have headed on south. This one was standing on one leg up in a dead tree. #birds

Just considering what the response to the protests will be. Besides a shit ton of lying, probably a doubling down on voter suppression. If they weren’t scared before, they are now.

Can Soros afford all this?

I mean this sincerely. What. The. Fuck.

Canada Goose in full honk. Nice tongue. Captured last evening near Talent, Oregon. #birds

Yes, because beating up women is not important to Christian Nationalists who believe in 6000-year-old earths.

A thread worth your time.

Kind of an interesting undercurrent on BlueSky I've seen lately is this telling people what they should say on their timeline. If you want to make a general point in an original post, fine, but don't go on somebody's timeline and tell them what to think. I'll say what I fucking want.

Today was October Big Day where birders were asked to bird at least SOMEwhere before midnight. I chose a location called Ashland Pond, in the northeast part of Ashland, Oregon. The photo is a Black Phoebe just leaving its perch on wire fence. #birds

Truly a terrifying scene in Portland. No wonder the Feds are so afraid 🤣

Because I'm mad at China, I will impose a very high tax on Americans.

The money James and Comey are going to make on malicious prosecution cases will be epic.

"We" are feeling more strong because the Trump administration, regardless of how dangerous they are, are bumbling idiots. Even the smartest of them. They are self destructing through no effort at all on the part of Dem leadership. It's easy to act tough when your enemy cuts his own leg off.

I'm reposting this to say I WISH the editor would have saved me from myself. It was embarrassing.

I hereby declare my membership in ANTIFA. Come and get me, gurrrl.

Outstanding

Pritzker has it right.

Shout it from the fucking rooftops. Also maybe burn some flags.

This is the plan.

This northern shoveler isn't doing anything in particular, just looking dapper in its autumn feathers as it floats yesterday on one of the sumps in the Klamath Wildlife Refuge. Nice to see the sign shutting down the HQ had no partisan references and a stern warning to potential poachers. #birds

It would be so easy for the national media to simply call and interview the Portland fire chief to find out what's burning.

I love fall sports. Cycling championship season. Baseball playoffs. College and NFL football. But it just feels like a lot of bread and circuses right now.

These people are having so much fun causing pain. In all my 69 years I never wanted to see any group of people hurt. That’s changing.

They had deals. Trump killed them.

But windmills are the problem. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Remember when the guy at a Charlie Kirk speech asked when do we get to use the guns? I’m wondering the same thing.

When Trump said he'll lay off Dem federal workers, he's once again moving the red line farther and farther out. It's not a big leap from there to disenfranchising Dems across the country, taking away Social Security or other benefits only from Dems, and countless other ways to punish us.

I know these are common around here, but it was pretty cool that this young Red Tail Hawk came down and perched on a low branch maybe 30 feet away. Common but still majestic. Hope its ready for winter. #birds

What they mean by “politicized” is it helps people we don’t like. www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...

A non-breeding goldfinch has breakfast in the morning sun. Taken last week at the Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. #birds

Long billed dowitchers are on the move. Taken last week at the Ankeny Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, these birds breed in the arctic and migrate all the way into Mexico and Central America. #birds

My spouse just went to the store. Tylenol was on the list because my back hurts. I'll let you know if I'm somewhere on the spectrum by next week. Maybe my daughter, who IS, can do an accurate dx.

The old coffee dudes and I were speculating on what would happen if Trump were to "go away" in the next days, weeks, months. Would MAGA collapse? We leaned toward yes but not without a fight from the Heritage Foundation, which owns Vance. I argue it's a cult of Trump and relies on him to continue.