Birds in the alley this morning... Myrtle warbler: they’re pretty common for warblers; I often see them migrating in little groups (most likely the case here though I live at the bottom edge of their breeding range). Red-breasted nuthatch: these live in my neck of the woods (Mich) all year around.

& we're going the other way. I knew the 2nd administration would be bad, but I *had no idea* just how destructive to our country, its people, and even the planet it would be. All for a quarterly profits—while the Persians are prepared to fight for *a thousand years*. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/b...

You mean to tell me government can use common sense regulation for the common good (and to safeguard the future of the planet)? I wonder what that’s like (I live in the US of A). www.pveurope.eu/e-mobility/f...

Deny Ukraine membership in NATO, cut aid to Ukraine, promise Putin Donbas, praise Putin after he helps Iran, and now consider pulling troops out of Germany. How many gifts can Trump give Putin?

it is important to emphasize that this was *the point*. this was *intentional*. elon musk is a vicious white supremacist who thinks poor african children ought to die, so that the world can be whiter

yeah, so two things. first, i have been saying for some time that *this* is the message. and that it is a broad one that can fit a large number of concerns. and second, this dude has the juice.

I’m beginning to see a trend… This time, I don’t think he gives a damn.

Big,yuge new budget for the military (read gold-plated weapon manufacturers) but there's no food for the sailors on the seas or troops in the field. But then again, it's been like this a long time.

I used the word “schlub” here on this site and it got labeled intolerant. Anyone know why, is it Yiddish perhaps?

It’s all over now baby blue This cover by the fabulous Marianne Faithfull is better than Bob’s, like it was written for her. youtu.be/GXrJVloID8k

God, thank you people of Hungary

Elegy for a Vice President

Best Star Trek crew. wrong answers only.

Full Artemis Moon Watched the Artemis II blast off this evening, and then ran out to see if I could bag the moon at 100% illumination. Had some clouds & wind. I wanted to honor the four humans who were strapped to the top of that huge rocket: it reminded me of watching Saturn V launches as a kid.

He is a child who has to be entertained like a toddler with an iPad on a car ride. Except, instead of an episode of "Blues Clues," we're talking about the lives of thousands of U.S. troops and innocent Iranian civilians.

If John Kennedy (Louisiana) and Ted Cruz want to turn this thing around, I'm here for it. (The country-boy act was always been for show, for the base—they need to put their Ivy League educations to work for the common good for a change.)

If the human race survives the current lunacy, people will look back at this moment with extreme disdain. "The deal is an extraordinary transfer of taxpayer dollars, for the purposes of boosting the production of fossil fuels, while throttling offshore wind power." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...

Perhaps larger than “small but now non-trivial”

"He wanted to invade a European Union country not long ago, Greenland...and now he needs us. Frankly he can go fuck himself."

The Resistance hacked the crossing signal in Denver. Need sound up.

This is how you write a headline: get to the point. If Dems don't take this up and repeat it ad nauseam I'll renounce my membership in that caucus.

The Supreme Court is the linchpin to the horror that we are currently living through

Show somebody who absolutely rocks a hat and isn't Indiana Jones.

Does this cat hang out with Manchin and Sinema on the weekend?

Stocks rise when workers get laid off. It tells you all you need to know about the Epstein class.

“T.S.A. is being held hostage,” said Sheldon H. Jacobson...He said Homeland Security officials could choose to reallocate money to pay T.S.A. staff if they wanted to. “But nobody wants to take those steps, because you lose political chips when you compromise.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/t...

The 25th Amendment is RIGHT THERE. Cabinet members are just sitting there collecting a paycheck while he destroys everything.

You can't have Cuba until you finish your Iran. And you've barely touched your Venezuela. Finish your Iran and Venezuela before you even think about having some Cuba. And weren't you trying to save space for Greenland? Where are you planning to put all these countries?

Just a reminder that in January of this year, Trump and Hegseth decommissioned EVERY US mine sweeper. Yep. Every. Last. One. Evidently they could never imagine a scenario in which the US needed minesweepers. In Trump's America, we are governed by idiots.

Precision Scheduled Railroading gave us this, and Wall Street gave us PSR.

Billionaires have convinced Americans they have the "Best Healthcare in the World".

And now the war profiteers come out JFC. Are normie Rs brain dead? By the time they wake up we'll be a locked-in techno fascist white supremacist one-party-ruled oligarchy. At her 250th birthday, the American Experiment may well be over.

I think he's *finally* gotten himself into something he can't slither out of unscathed. Unfortunately nearly the entire world will be affected negatively by his selfish folly.

"It was easier than we thought..." I think we just witnessed the "mission accomplished" moment.

I didn't make this, but I like it...

In my naïveté I wondered why he would start this war, beyond the possible grift of course. His base wouldn't care, they seem to like military action. It would make Bibi happy, he can do to Iran what he did to Gaza. . . Then I see this, and makes total sense...

I'm out of words here

It's much worse than anyone realizes. In their new documentary “Earth’s Greatest Enemy,” Abby Martin and Mike Prysner reveal that the climate and anti-war movements are really one and the same—because the U.S. military is the worst polluter of all. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-u.s...

Downtown where the former Michigan Central crosses North Park Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan. #arthop #kalamazoo #kalamazoomi #kalamazoomichigan

⋯⋯⋯Social Murder “When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another such that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call his deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position

Fifth excuse to start this war: tail wags dog

Full Worm Moon: the moon is 99.6% illuminated this evening, taken a couple hours ago. I had some thin clouds here. If you have clear skies in the eastern part of the US early tomorrow morning (6:30 AM), look for a blood red moon (total lunar eclipse). #fullmoon #fullwormmoon #laluna #luna #moon

Tail wags dog

I’m actually not sure we can come back from “prediction markets for war crimes”, as a society. I think this might be it for us.

If you see this, post a Knight.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2S... "Where have all the flowers gone? Gone to young girls, everyone. Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young men, everyone. Where have all the young men gone? Gone to soldiers, everyone. Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, everyone.

As I scroll through triumphal pro-war tweets, thinking about this image a lot today:

Some talking head waxing poetic about our war equipment and tactics, etc. People are being burned alive as we speak, JFC.