The dark-eyed juncos are here. Winter is definitely coming. #🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky #juncos #naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer

The problem with "negotiating with Republicans on health care" is that it's worse than dealing with hostage takers. Hostage takers want something else. Republicans don't. They just want to kill the hostages. It's the goal, not a threat. You can't negotiate that.

$13 MILLION?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?! How much did they owe other publishers? WHAT THE HELL? HOW DID IT GET THAT BAD? #LibrarySky #BookSky #GLAMs #skybrarians #publibs 📚

It'd be super cool if literally any reporter asked weak-ass little Mikey "I've Never Touched My" Johnson if he can define Marxism for everyone, since he loves talking about how Democrats are all Marxists. We all know he doesn't know what he's talking about, but let's get him on the record 😎

A thing in the AI Discourse that offends me? There's so much focus on using AI for accessibility. As if disabled people don't deserve human effort and expertise? Like, I get it: making something accessible takes a lot of work and thought and, crucially, listening to disabled people.

When you are this cute, does anything else really matter? #🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky #mallardducks #naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer

Now that everyone knows AI's a bubble economists need to start reporting growth figures with AI companies subtracted out. It's getting weirder and weirder hearing "we're not in a recession" while every week more shops close and unemployment figures rise.

And too many will not give those up. They benefit them.

Mom tax! (Ms. 8 actually gave that freely as she had a few of these in her Halloween stash)

Mooned!

There goes my heeeeeero.....

Yep. Totally me right now. repost from @healing.and.cptsd Who can relate to this duck??

Watch him as he throws

Yep. Totally me right now. repost from @healing.and.cptsd Who can relate to this duck??

😂😂😂 *plays air drum solo*

a man was just found not guilty by jury lollification

There goes my heeeeeero.....

Mooned!

Mom tax! (Ms. 8 actually gave that freely as she had a few of these in her Halloween stash)

There’s no such thing as “conservative feminism.” They’re co-opting the label “feminist” as a shield against critiques of their misogyny. But you can’t be a feminist if your entire platform is stripping rights from other women to hand them to men.

Said a hip-hop, the hippie to the hippie The hip, hip-a-hop and you don't stop rockin' To the bang, bang the boogie, say up jump the boogie To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

For anyone who says “not all white people,” whenever I talk about White America reelecting Donald Trump. It’s VERY similar to “not all men!” during the time women were sharing #MeToo horror stories they’d experienced with men.

When they let go of individualism and start thinking collectively... A few other aspects of WS Culture, too. www.whitesupremacyculture.info/characterist...

That's a fact... 👇🏼

I've already had enough with trying to "assimilate" into "polite society." Too many of u'all don't think I'm enough no matter WHAT I do.

If you're not willing do what you can from where you can moving toward closing the gap, we also are not on the same team. If you say there will always be a divide, you're telling a person with my intersections you want to keep me in the underclass.

And now for something completely different: While I rarely get Starbucks, I adore this kitty. #ItsTheLittleThings

In other news: Former Major League Baseball player John Rocker thinks he's still relevant.

So...Closer to Roddenberry's vision of the World. ;) 🎉🥂🖖🏼

And now for something completely different: Golden gingko branches on campus.

Much as I despise Sen. Schumer, Mayor Mamdani and Comptroller Lander are a dynamic duo. (Granted, I'm DCish, but part of my heart lies in Brooklyn and Queens thanks to family ties and chosen family ties.)

I see ppl clamoring for @bradlander.bsky.social to run for Senate. I honestly hope he stays. Zohran has a good head on his shoulders AND he's going to need good people staying by his side. It's ultimately up to him, though. Also: Where can this DCish denizen get a "Good Fucking Riddance" tee? ;)

Also... Don't mess with the Zohran. (That's my pop culture oriented brain for you... ;) )

A lot of was done in SPITE of the Democratic Party leadership status quo, and we would do well to take note. 👇🏼🧵

While I will ultimately defer to their judgment since they live in the City, I will also rail against anyone who dismissively says I don't have skin in the game. Mayor-Elect Mamdani's victory is big in so many ways.

I'm DCish. My FIL grew up in East Flatbush, I have chosen family in Rego Park with whom I'm very close, and colleagues all over the City. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Sadly enough, the powers that be *will* use Mayor-Elect Mamdani as a bogeyman. I'm not falling for it, since that's been in the WS playbook for years. I worry about others, though...

No. Hell no.

I know how they got to that point. Because we’re a few steps behind, living through the “getting to that point” right now in the UK.

A European starling. So gorgeous. #🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky #starlings #naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer

Look at the size of that wing! This is a juvenile red-shouldered hawk. #🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky #hawks #naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer

Northern flickers everywhere! #🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky #northernflickers #naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer

The cuteness! #woodducks #🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer

If the sub didn’t split, you must acquit!

HOLY FUCK! feminegra.com/president-cl...

It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history. She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.

I put the "and" in Maryland. Colleagues and friends put the LAN there. ;)

I put the ‘er’ in New Jersey.

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

It's almost the end of the year. Did you get your calendar yet?