Daily bunny no.3368 is getting rained on

Given the news, you may want to put your John Hancock on this actionnetwork.org/letters/impe...

The speech we need tonight. Let us reach for our highest ideals, not be dragged down into our basest failings. So mote it be. Happy 250th 4th of July www.youtube.com/live/JztQx56...

250 years after the first No Kings Day, America is rejecting another mad king.

#July4 #LangstonHughes

#libertyandjusticeforall #fourthofjuly

My Independence Day Resolution: write more action letters. Call on the companies I work with to do better: use less plastic packaging, fix their supply chains, etc. And support others in doing the same with resources. What's yours? #fourthofjuly #solarpunk

A reminder for today. We must hang together, or surely we shall all hang separately. Take care of each other. Stand up for each other. Fight for each other and a better tomorrow, in the USA and everywhere. *Modern artistic version of the Join or Die cartoon of 1754 by artist Coyote Prince*

A playlist for the Fourth. Put on the tunes and keep fighting the good fight! #America250 #FourthofJuly playlists.ibroadcast.com/syqRnWBS0Kk

#July4th #America250

#climatechange #heat #comeonamerica

Given that a lot of the West is on fire this year and fire restrictions are a wise idea, this is the year to consider alternatives to lighting some explosives. Kids' sparklers? Cool. Mortars? Maybe consider some of these ideas. anurisjourney.com/ways-to-cele... ecofriendlybliss.com/eco-friendly...

I wonder if this year the citizens of Massachusetts will hear the ghostly hoofbeats of that steed. We surely are in the hour of need. #folklore #fourthofjuly #comeonamerica

Heads up Western folks. This is no joke share.newsbreak.com/iw4ldam6

Some welcome alternative programming for July 4th: share.google/Qu7XEaitlkpx...

Did I hit my goals? Yes! *Switched my newsletter host over *Solidified my manuscript *Got Draft 1 half-written *Did one call with conservationists to research ecological restoration, scheduled another *Kept the ball rolling in the time of year when I work 12 hour days. Huge achievement right there!

Aw, a snuggly post. Let's see... Jen feels safe in Bunny's room. Bunny feels safe anywhere her people are. Tweak feels safe in small spaces, or her coding rig. Kevin feels safe in the past and its ephemera. Or Aidan's company. Inyoni feels safe on the farm. Aidan feels safe with Naomi and Kevin.

Last week’s deadly heatwave in Europe and this week in the US highlight that worsening summer heat is becoming a shared global experience. While heatwaves made worse due to climate change affect us all, heat’s dangers are felt unequally — and outdoor workers are particularly vulnerable.

The Aces High, Jokers Wild series has SO MANY SCENES of fighting the security and enforcement corporation that took over law-keeping and security work in the USA. Outsmart, outmaneuver, outfox is the name of the game. When the enforcers aren't there for the citizens, they shouldn't be there at all.

Hoo baby is there ever PTSD. Everyone in the original series has a bit. Even in the forthcoming series, the kids see their parents working through the remaining memories of trauma and struggle. But they do overcome. That's the key. Art by Laya Rose

This week's book review is a nod to all the people who fight the good fight. An important read by @simkern.bsky.social , and one that has lessons for us all. Enjoy. www.oetearmann.com/travel-docum...

If you're going to be protesting in defense of the soul of our country next weekend, I recommend taking this training. Take care of yourself, take care of each other! act.womensmarch.com/signup/heat-... #protest #America250 #WethePeople

Marriages are big turning points in the Aces High, Jokers Wild series. The three that get celebrated on page: Aidan and Kevin, Janice and Milo, and Tweak and Inyoni.

If you want to do one small, good thing today, sign this petition. People are being given decades' long prison sentences for attending protests at ICE detention facilities. We have to speak up for them. act.womensmarch.com/sign/DefendP...

Hm...this is a multilayered question At the civic level, it's tough. Seeing my country go so far down hurts. At a professional level, it's challenging and good. At the personal level, it's not bad. Found a new publisher. Ended some worn out relationships. Started some new ones that do me good.

My crew: www.oetearmann.com/personnel-page A lot of the crew wouldn't care either way about what color they wear, but a few do. Yes Pink Yvonne All the kids Janice, on the right day Blake NO PINK Tweak Kevin Aidan Lazarus Damian Liza

In the West the climate change isn't coming. It's already here. And our concepts of property ownership is making it worse www.rmpbs.org/news/outdoor...

"The trouble is we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain." -LeGuin

"A narcissist obsessed with a reflecting pool is the peak of life imitating mythology." - Guy Curtis [No idea who created the Trump as Narcissus artwork, sorry.] #DonaldTrump #trump #reflectingpool #gop #politics #dc #WashingtonDC #narcissist #narcissism #mythology #art

Okay, I just watched Strange World finally. This. THIS. We need more movies like this. *HUGS SELF*

💛 cutest sleeping bumblebutt ever 🌿💛💛🖤💛🐝🖤💛💛🐝

I've written lots of birthdays through the first series, but this is the first one in the new series. A big, important birthday!

Fathers are main characters in the New Deal series. There's Bunny's two dads: Inyoni Amanzi, laid back and patient on the one hand. Kevin McIllian, mercurial and clever, on the other. There's Jen's dad Cameron, who needs support. And there are less good dads causing trouble for everyone else.

For this, here's a snippet about sun-cheese!

Catching up again! Freedom is the whole point of the Aces High, Jokers Wild series. Not just freedom as in screaming eagle patriotism, but true freedom, as in autonomy. Freedom from want, from surveillance, of choice. Freedom from fear. Freedom to exist in dignity. For all peoples. Everywhere.

I've been trying to read this book of folklore and Irish tradition all day. I left it open this morning during ritual... and now I'm reading it tomorrow

A Midsummer Fire Charm *bring to the fire a posey of flowers and symbols* In one bunch together bound Things for the burning here are found Both good and ill Thousandfold let the good things spring Wicked things, fast withering, Let this fire kill! Art by Evelyn Sai #folklore #witchsky

A good day for dancing, as the world stands still and takes a long breath. *Art by unknown artist, if known please comment!

#witchsky #pagansky #midsummer

Blessings of the Midsummer! May we all reap a bright harvest *Art by Danielle Barlow

Our 10 year anniversary hike was a perfect metaphor for our marriage. Ran into some surprises? Supported each other in sorting them out. Walked side by side over shifting ground Saw some really great things Smiled in each other, perfectly content (and the cat yelled for attention while we kissed)

Notice what feels good today, no matter how small Image: www.instagram.com/alantgordon

My characters react...dangerously to bullies. And the bullies usually regret it in short order.

What is folklore? Happy 11th birthday to #FolkloreThursday.

#QueerPrompts Aces High Jokers Wild Mascot: Um...if I say Bon Jovi will you throw things at me? The New Deal Series Mascot: A meadowlark

#QueerPrompts Yay hobbies! Aidan: engraving art Kevin: vintage media enjoyment, reading Tweak: mechanical tinkering. Coffee plant cultivation. Coffee roasting and brewing Inyoni: reading Alice: knitting Norah: wildlife filming Jen: tea making, cooking, dance Bunny: parkour, dance, gardening

#QueerPromts catch up! In the Aces High, Jokers Wild series, 7 owners of 7 corporations set down their own codes of conduct. Some of the corps have anti-LGBT restrictions. Some don't. Everyone is stuck obeying one of these codes. All of them need to come down. www.oetearmann.com/aceshighjoke...