Two photos. Same room. Same flags. Same astronauts. In one, the President stands with them, smiling, centered, human. In the other, the President sits scowling, rambling, diminished. Four astronauts. Two presidents. And the faces tell you everything.

Sadists and vandals. Trump & his cronies think they're in a video game. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/u...

Vandals and pillagers!. Every single Republican senator voted to despoil a pristine wilderness with a copper mine. Why? For what emergency? Revenge on Minnesota? May they get their just deserts ASAP. Bastards. (And may the plan never come to fruition.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.

Even his cultists on Truth Social aren’t thrilled with this one from the demented megalomaniac.

Why has Congress not been called back into session to address the emergency of Trump having committed--via his threats to Iran--and planning to commit war crimes and possibly starting WWIII? I can only hope that military leaders will follow the law and not Trump, but I'm not holding my breath.

Below, the response I received after writing to the WH objecting to Trump's Truth Social post of this morning. I am not religious, but this letter makes me ill. It's a desecration of Christianity and a Christo-fascist view of history.

Nicki Minaj sounds a lot like Trump. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is what it looks like without a United States Congress.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Roanoke VA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/crooked/even...

Can anyone help me ID this fungus? Found in VA on the ground in leaf litter in mixed woods today, May 31. iNat keeps sending me to Amanitas (which it clearly is not) and Russulas (which I doubt). It's very hygrocybe-like (waxy, broad gills). #mushrooms #fungi #mushroomID #mycology

DARVO on steroids. (Deny, Accuse, Reverse Victim and Offender). "ActBlue's internal turmoil, lack of a functioning legal team, possible retaliatory actions, and failure to take fraud seriously [impede its ability] to deter fraud and comply with federal election law," via three GOP lawmakers.

Can nobody stop this man? Seriously. Not Congress, not SCOTUS, not a single person in his cabinet or among advisers--e,g. his raft of cynics and cowards. Also not economists, not bankers, not Wall Street, not citizens, not the plain old facts. Astonishing. Below: from WSJ 10 Point.

Has anybody noticed that the words "girl" and "woman" have become--for right wingers--terms of ridicule & contempt? Fox News mocks Peter Navarro's "girl math." Jesse Watters: "When you sit behind a screen all day, it makes you a woman . . . " wapo.st/42nDYfR

From The New Yorker Daily, April 1, 2025

Hungary as mirror for USA's future. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Efficiency as defined by Elon Musk.

There is no rhyme or reason, just maniacal pleasure in destroying things at random, at whim.

Whatastrategy. Just ignore those who disagree with you.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...

I am so ashamed of Hungary, land of my ancestors, and doubly ashamed of the United States. Thank goodness much of the world sees Trump for the monster that he is. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...

Let the WH know what you think of today's horror show in the Oval Office with President Zelensky. My letter is in the comments below. www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

How does one contact Pres. Zelensky? His official website does not have a "contact" function. I would like to leave a note of abject apology for the disgraceful way he was treated in the WH and tell him not all Americans are contemptible and some of us are cheering for his poor battered country.

Do it, Trumpsters.

Can someone please recommend good brands of ink for fountain pens? I have been using cartridges in my Lamy and my Faber-Castells but would like to up my game. What are good fountain pen inks just for writing--not calligraphy or drawing. Thanks! #fountainpens #fountainpenink #fountainpenlove

Now that the entire American public has been marginalized, subject to the whims of sadists and vandals,under attack by the gleefully lawless, those of us who have enjoyed the privileges of middle class white Americans are getting a little taste of what the truly marginalized have felt all along.

This at least partly explains why the GOP is so gutless about Trump's transgressions.

So now we have TWO certifiable nut jobs in charge of the US gov't.

Strong words, eloquently spoken. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3qa...

We may have one little protein to thank for all the poetry in the world! www.rockefeller.edu/news/37279-a...

Fungal erotica!

Fungi erotica! @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social

I have identified the critters below as Trametes gibbosa on the left and Galerina marginata on the right, but am seeking info on how otherwise to get mushroom IDs on Bluesky. I miss the mushroom ID sites and interactions on Fb (having quit Fb). Advice, pls? #mushroomIDs #fungi #mycophilia #VAfungi

Good advice at a time when one teeters on the edge of despair. We’re not helpless! Here are 10 ways to defend democracy open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...

Nauseating. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

Dear Fountain Pen Community: I own several Faber-Castell Ambition fountain pens and one Lamy Studio pen. All of them have stopped working despite numerous attempts to soak and clean them. Does anyone have any ideas about what might be wrong or what to do? #fountainpens&ink #fountainpens

50 Protests 50 States 2/5/2025 Roanokers: If you can't make it to Richmond, show up at the Poff building in Roanoke, 12 noon. Richmond: 12:30 @ Bell Tower. rvamag.com/community/ri...

WT actual F??? The US can now deport US citizens??? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...