Most prescient, clear/eyed work of writing I’ve read on reorg. Read it. Then act. “Call your senators. Call your representative. Not next week or later. Now. Tell them this is not a reorganization — it’s the destruction of a federal agency by executive fiat and that Congress must intervene.”

#birds - Making some feathered friends with my daughter at a local park yesterday. A good time was had by all!

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho... If you're interested in the history and reasoning as to why DHS is so broken, please check out Garrett Graff's excellent piece linked above and below. This is the ONLY summary that I've seen thus far that accurately tells this important story!

@glennkirschner.bsky.social Apologies for the screen grab, but my question was way over the character limit.

Another fine Parisian morning! Taken around 0900 on January 7.

#birds - After exhausting the supply of seeds I'd gifted to my feathered buddies, this intrepid bird decided that a closer inspection was in order.

#StareDown - an Eastern bluebird, and a couple of Cooper's hawks. The hawks appear to be staring 'through' me...

From Walden Pond - a lifetime ago.

#birds - From the archives - Lake Naivasha, Kenya, September 2013. Photos taken by a friend of a friend while we were on a guided boat tour of the lake.

Real life Ratatouille. (Paris - 15th).

When people care enough to watch out for those less fortunate…THAT’S what makes America great. 👏 🥹

#WeekRforRock - Dinard, France on part of the GR34 trail (the old Customs route).

On a trip to Saint-Malo, France last week, my daughter caught this iPhone shot of the joy and chaos of a group of kitesurfers enjoying a blustery afternoon off of Plage de Rochebonne. There's nothing like the ocean to help put everything back into its proper perspective...

Just a dog (not mine), on a beach in France, living his best life.

#photography - Saint-Malo, France, the old city on a cloudy day.

#birds - a juvenile Herring Gull in Saint-Malo, France enjoying life near Plage de Rochebonne (Rochebonne beach). Saint-Malo is quite unique and special.

www.npr.org/sections/the... I recently became aware of this incident, and the surrounding "conspiracy" that the weasel somehow shifted us into an alternate reality / timeline. It makes as much sense as anything, and the timing is totally right - 2016. Please send another weasel to fix it! 😁

Organ mountains 🏔️ New Mexico

From a 2017 visit to Turkmenistan: the Darvaza Crater, some "locals" in the Karakum desert, the desert, and a shot from Kunya-Urgench. (The trip was from Ashgabat to Kunya-Urgench / Daşoguz, and back). A beautiful country with some, um, "idiosyncrasies."

The weather is cooling in Paris, but there is still a lot of color! From today at Parc André Citroën in the 15th arrondissement. #flowers

Let's remember this...

A few items that caught my eye recently in Paris' 5th arrondissement (some near rue Mouffetard / the Institut Océanographique is on rue Saint-Jaques). #streetart

Wouldn't it be the ultimate troll if Jill Biden posted daily pictures of Joe's normal, healthy ankles? 😀

Better pay attention to this one folks marygeddry.com/p/stablecoin...

Some feathered buddies enjoying the spillway adjacent to 'The Oval' in Milford, NH. (Posted this the other day, but forgot the #birds tag!)

Some feathered buddies enjoying the spillway adjacent to 'The Oval' in Milford, NH.

More Chihuly glass at the Maker's Mark distillery in Loretto, KY.

Chihuly glass at the Maker's Mark distillery in Loretto, KY.

Some pretty amazing cloud formations in Santa Fe, NM tonight.

#Streetart - From historic downtown Overland Park, Kansas, near Santa Fe Drive and W. 79th Street. Props to 'Scribe,' who painted both.

Looking out on Knik Arm from the North Coastal Trail in Anchorage, Alaska. High tide June 22, 2025.

#Streetart - Downtown Anchorage, Alaska

#Streetart near N. Hereford Street and N. Lombard Street in Portland, OR.

Tacoma, WA. - Ruston Way looking out to Commencement Bay. It was a magnificent day in the PacNW! #Birds

Tacoma, WA. - Point Defiance Pagoda #Flowers

Tacoma, WA. - Point Defiance Gardens #Flowers

Tacoma, WA. - Point Defiance Rose Garden #Flowers

Kent, WA - The view from Tahoma National Cemetery.

Tacoma, WA - on N 51st Street between N Winnifred Street and N Highland Street. (Near the Antique Sandwich Company, though I prefer fresh sandwiches...so I didn't stop in.) #StreetArt

Parc Saint-Lambert Paris 15

#Flowers from Suzanne Lenglen Parc in Paris' 15th.

Some local blooms from the past week. #flowers

Just a quick note of thanks to @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for generously sharing her time and insights with the American Library in Paris through a thought-provoking discussion of issues related to privacy, technology, and artificial intelligence. Best wishes to you and the Signal team!

A couple of cool murals near Square Saint Éloi in the 12th arrondissement. #Streetart #Paris

Just a quick note of thanks to ‪@meredithmeredith.bsky.social‬ for generously sharing her time and insights with the American Library in Paris through a thought-provoking discussion of issues related to privacy, technology, and artificial intelligence. Best wishes to you and the Signal team!

A few random shots of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux in Normandy, France. Also a sad "sign of the times" from a café adjacent to the cathedral. I'm sorry that "Karen" has entered the vernacular of Bayeux.