BlueSky used to be just birds, but then I polluted my feed with a bunch of news sources. I’ve been an activist, donated $, & tried to help stop the madness. We have failed. For health reasons, I can’t handle the cortisol rush from anger every morning. Our country is unacceptable. Taking a break.

The “Manet and Morisot” exhibit at the Legion of Honor Museum was exquisite. What a fantastic and rare friendship and collaboration they had — a nonsexual, professional relationship between a man and a woman in the late 19th century, two giants of Impressionism. San Francisco.

Tiles at the Lincoln Park Steps, San Francisco.

Sea Cliff, where fabulously wealthy people live in San Francisco. But the beaches are all public in California, including the jewel of China Beach at the center.

Admiring the Golden Gate Bridge on an absolutely perfect San Francisco day yesterday.

Pile of harbor seals on a rock overseen by a single seagull. Golden Gate, from Lands End, San Francisco.

Alligator lizard along the trail

Did the empty container ship hit the sailboat? No, it sailed right past it. Golden Gate, just past Lands End, San Francisco.

Pretty Arabic tiles at El Mansour restaurant, San Francisco

San Francisco is the kind of place where you can find a compost bin along a nature trail. 💕

My husband in text to me: “Here’s a news story that has nothing bad in it and is about a helper in our neighborhood.“ 🥰 www.inglesidelight.com/san-francisc...

Fog filling the valley between Mt. Davidson and San Bruno Mountain in the early evening. #SanFrancisco

Up on Reservoir Lands at dusk. #SanFrancisco

Many people are saying that Trump’s State Of The Union could go on for at least two hours. Join @moveon.org, @meidastouch.com, and some of your favorite Members of Congress instead: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...

Trying to get the last bit of life out of my aging crabapple tree. Pruned it this winter after years of not doing so. It’s past its 25yr lifespan… advice is to just plant a new one. We’ll see how it fills out this month.

Sunday evening sky.

Going to be a lovely day.

Awakening

"To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival" Wendell Berry

Then living on the South Side of Chicago, my dear late mother and I volunteered together on Jesse Jackson’s first presidential campaign (& on Harold Washington’s, first Black mayor of Chicago). RIP. Keep hope alive. #RainbowCoalition Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

This should infuriate everyone. Palantir must be destroyed. boingboing.net/2026/02/10/p...

This is a stupid headline, but Randy Villegas is a terrific candidate for Congress in CA-22. What he wants to be is the Democratic member of Congress who represents working people in California’s Central Valley. He’s a fighter, not a DINO who votes with GOP. 1/2 calmatters.org/politics/202...

Rep. Stansbury: “The United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex trafficking scandal and influence peddling scandal in the history of the United States, and Donald Trump is right at the center of it.”

Sunset over the Pacific Ocean, from a hillside in San Francisco

For anyone who needs cheering up... here's Britain's smallest bird having a bath today in a woodland puddle. 😁😍🐦❤️ #birds 🪶

True art. True humanity. What the struggle is all about.

Market at Octavia: Ride in Unity - Alex Pretti, Stand with #Minneapolis #sanfrancisco #reneegood #alexPretti #iceout

Human banner! I was right in the center of the “I.” It was a beautiful experience being among other people who care. Love San Francisco. #AbolishICE Gift link www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...

Java Beach has a new exterior paint job to go with its location at the train car turnaround at the beach. #OceanBeach #SanFrancisco

I see a large shark and a dinosaur have joined us on the beach to set up the #humanbanner to say #AbolishICE and #NoMoreLies. Ocean Beach, San Francisco, Sunset Dunes

Minnesotans on Lake Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis. Jan. 30, 2026. 📷: WCCO-TV

Looking forward to being part of this human banner tomorrow! #AbolishICE

Afternoon moon

Springsteen releases new song: "Streets of Minneapolis": Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst... We’ll remember the names of those who died On the streets of Minneapolis

Here it is. It's the whole interview. Incredible woman

San Francisco — join us on Saturday morning to spell out “Abolish ICE” with our bodies! Organizer Brad Newsham’s website is in 2nd post. Meanwhile here is the registration link. #AbolishICE #HumanBanner #SanFrancisco www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

Good morning!

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

The top of Mt. Diablo, across the Bay from San Francisco.

On the ground in downtown Minneapolis for the ICE Out march.

A sidewalk in San Francisco

The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.

Good morning, San Francisco

Super chill… live music and cool people hanging out after sunset at #SunsetDunes in San Francisco. Love our City, love our parks.

Ocean Beach from Beach Chalet, San Francisco

Beach strawberry blossoms - California native