"Are you ready for Christmas?" If by that you mean am I poised to do all I can to avoid shops and the gormless lying face of festive celebrity capitalism then thank the Goblin Animist Gods that these dispiriting mopwater days are getting lighter then yes, you bet, I am absolutely fucking ready.

'Rising of the sun' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart #December1st

Please enjoy this Jim thread, complete with savory alt text.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

J just came out of a thick slumber to grunt and groan at the black-and-pink themed Kars for Kids commercial. He’s still in there. ❤️ #Hospice

THREAD. The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside. 1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.

Sanderlings running! Ocean waves! Gulls by the hundreds! In case you need a two minute break from everything. #birds 🌿 🧪

Perfection in engineering is on display right here. In another life I built watches in NY, but none of this caliber.

100% this. How is it that suddenly our beautiful brains are insufficient? Do not buy into the fantasies of billionaires.

My people 💙🔥

Customer: A SALUTE TO THE SUMMER OF LOVE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1967  THE CAR IS DECORATED WITH ART FROM THE ERA DMV: resembling or inducing the hallucinatory effect produced by taking a psychedelic drug (definition from Google), a bunch of old cars on ANI Verdict: ACCEPTED

I dust my house. My AI Robot watches. "It should be you doing this." "Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark." "That's not why you were invented." "These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise." "They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them." "Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."

My life is so damn abysmal right now I’m gonna doomscroll to cheer myself up.

A photo I took of my cats making their way back home after killing a man.

Dr. Goodall was an outstanding human whose philosophies and skills helped shape my lifetime. Her impact was transformative, and the world is a new shade of dark without her light. 🌟✨

Happy bday poet W.S. Merwin, b.1927, NYC. “On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree” “We are asleep with compasses in our hands. ” “come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain”

portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL

In a sane country with competent leadership, the 50 highest-ranking Democrats would call a press conference to denounce what just happened as a threat to the republic and demand Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office. I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

This tall drink of water with the candy-corn face is the saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), native to sub-Saharan Africa. They can be almost 5 foot tall (150 cm), with wingspans of 9 foot (270 cm). They're wading birds, fishing in shallow water of lakes & wetlands.

My morning email from Ghosts of DC revisited this gem from 2013. Were you there? I was. Yes, I’m old. 😎✌️🎶🎶🎶 #RockandRoll #Music ghostsofdc.org/2013/03/04/t...

We all need this smol dog today.

A birthday salute to John Coltrane. Here's the first three minutes of All Blues. 💙🎶🎶🎶 #jazzmusic #jazzsky youtu.be/-488UORrfJ0?...

What I’m wearing to the Rapture.

I was on FB in 2010 when I read the following: “I don’t date women who read books.” It was a stunning and revealing statement from a middle aged, upper income, seemingly normal white man so comfortable in his willful ignorance it took my breath away. My perspective was forever changed that day.

Speaking of Rock Creek Park: “Rock Creek Park turns 135 this month and the National Park Service is hosting a series of Punk Rocks! special events.” www.popville.com/2025/09/rock...

More ray-less sunflower love, this one just beginning to bloom today and looking gorgeous and a little alien 💜

Photos from a Sunday evening garden walk. This time of year is difficult for me. The gardens are full. There's so much beauty, but the hours of daylight are growing shorter. It's almost 6:00 a.m. and it's still dark outside. Maximum appreciation and gratitude, but knowing it's the grand finale. 🌱

Call to Action: Mass protest at Washington D.C. on November 5th. Plan accordingly. #3E #RefuseFascism

Friends, I have a question. This broken branch sticking straight into the ground is from a silver maple I planted 38 years ago. It is about 5” in diameter at the base and is about 30 feet long. Is this large-scale cicada damage? Yikes! 🌱

I’m looking through my old porch videos and see this. Raccoons, anyone? 😱🤣 #RuralLife

Chaos paused, having stumbled upon a festival of readymade mayhem.

Hummingbirds are currently on my cardinal flowers and salvia. No photos, simply an appreciation post. #WitnessWithoutaCamera #NativePlants #TheLittleThings #SunsetinNorthAmerica

Every day the news is like “the US government announces that meat can be sold without saying what animal it is & they are also mandating a return to mercury thermometers,” followed by “RFK Jr. has removed the coloring from Twizzlers in a major win for everyday Americans & their health & pocketbooks”

The fence people are distrustful, yet totally intrigued, by this orange day lily. 🌱

Cool, cool

Morning friends 🌞

So let me get this straight. In the last *week* a praying mantis jumped on me, a possum made a house out of my trash can, and I encountered a mouse eating an ice cream cone. I feel like the Disney Princess of Philly Trash Girls 🥹

i do not want to feel things i want a collection of interesting rocks

Sipping tea and easing into the day 😎

next time you're in a national park, take some photos of the signage and upload it to help these archivists www.404media.co/save-our-sig...

Me, triumphant: Behold my bag of flies!

Me walking in a forest full of fireflies in the Netherlands, earlier this week.

There are some strange hummingbirds in Arizona. Coati, Portal, AZ

Crab-apple 🦀🍎 (🧑‍🎨: Rob Foote, 'Samples from the Lab', www.robfoote.net)

In a world gone wrong, you inspire me. Thank you! Here is a Pale Beauty (Campaea perlata) found on my front porch at dawn.

At 2:45 I was about to leave Frederick MD and the sky was looking scary. I drove 75 mph for 10 minutes until the sky opened up and a gust of wind almost blew me off the highway. 😱 We formed a line at 25 mph with flashers on for the rest of the ride. So. Much. Rain. 🌬️💨💦😳 #mdwx

Some nice storm clouds boiled up during the drive home. Thunderstorms popped and triggered flooding this afternoon. #mdwx