In preparation for the release of Benoit Blanc 3, I rewatched Glass Onion the other night. I’d forgotten how nicely they skewered Elon Musk in that movie. Not that the rest of the characters showed up all that well either, but at least it had a fittingly Bondian ending. Also had Hugh Grant.

Abu Ghraib, as expected, came home to us.

Today I put on one of my old work shirts as a break from my normal Aloha retirement wear, and discovered that the GOP-spurred equivalent of the “freshman 40” had a significant (p<0.02) effect over the past year. I don’t need to iron my shirts now. When I put them on, the wrinkles just stretch away.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I have always found that comforting because my motives have always been ulterior, and my intentions bad.

Laces out, Butker!

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky A bit esoteric, but reminds me of grad schl

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

Im getting my pancake hand back! This is the first of the batch; the „pan‘s cake“ is usually for the cook, since it’s crap, but this one looks ok!

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky Really wanted this when I was starting out!

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky Booksale!

So, there are two movies I like to watch over and over again: Ghostbusters and Bullet Train. Just pure pleasure. There are plenty of others I like (Shrek and Mystery Men make a good pair for obvious reasons), the two Austen “and”s, the great Leone trio and the Kurosawa epics), but they’re perfect.

Got our Christmas lights festooning the porch all lit! It really is much easier if you don’t take them down the previous year..

I finally watched the Thursday Murder Club. What a pleasure! What a cast! Richard Osman is truly a giant among mystery writers, and he’s a pretty good one, too!

Like Daffy Duck, I’m not like other people: I don’t like pain. It hurts me.

Wow - the Botskis (both local and international) seem to have mounted a concerted attack on Bluesky. Don’t forget to report as well as block! Lies count as misleading content.

Germans don't like shoddy cars. "Tesla Model Y ranked last for reliability among nearly new cars in Germany's TÜV 2026 report. 17.3% of Model Ys failed serious safety inspections; common issues included brakes and suspension." #TeslaTakedown www.autoblog.com/news/tesla-m...

Our day-after excursion was to the best Little Lamplight in the Appalachians. A mile and a half of trudging through delightful* caverns and tunnels. It got us out of the cold and into the temperate humidity of the caves. * if you’re not claustrophobic, anyway.

The dead bat symbol is in the sky above #Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery today as the Natural Sciences Collections Association (@natsca.bsky.social) committee gather to try and make the world better for natural history collections and the people who work with them.

May I wish a perfectly cromulent Thanksgiving day to all who celebrate Saint Gorgeous - the patron saint of stuffing.

Looks like Stephen Miller has his Reichstag Fire

Of course we have to have a demonstration of why everybody hates Moral Philosophy Professors.

Watching season 2 of A Man On The Inside and I am now laughing repeatedly at each episode. If you liked The Good Place, I cannot recommend this highly enough. The first season was more serious, but this one is really rolling!

I decided to try A Man On The Inside, and ended up just watching season 1 yesterday. The first thing that hit me was how nice it was to see so many old friends (familiar faces, anyway) from The Good Place, and then the realization that this is the other side view of the human path that we saw there

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky maybe stretching the brief a little..

This morning was a bit cold, raw and breezy, but it turned out to be a good day for sparrows! No exceptional ones, but lots of the normal ones: White-throated, Song, Swamp and Field, plus Juncos. Some singing, all active and noisy.

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

Assault by Clay Higgins after being asked who didn't vote for releasing the Epstein Files.

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky Almost forgot!

'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.' h/t @cocacolakid

Last view of the fort, plus some Shovelers that got close enough for the phone camera.

Fort McHenry still guarding the approaches although the Key Bridge is gone. Lots of ducks and grebes near the shore, as well.

Colonel Armistead still watching over Fort McHenry, making sure the flag is still flying.

So, back in the faraway time when this country joined the war against the original Nazis, we took some pride in the fact that our military swore an oath to the Constitution and not (as the Nazis did) to The Leader. MiniGoebbels feels that our troops swore an oath to The Leader of America.

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

The wind is a mixed blessing: stirs up some, quiets others. But in the feeding zone of shrubs and vine tangles, there can be a lot of activity including Purple Finches and friends. Also, some tasty-looking pancake Polypores(?)

It’s a bit too windy for my favorite habitat; everything is moving, so sparrows and late warblers don’t show up as much and drop down faster. Alas..

The raptors are up, but no big boys yet. Lots of activity at all levels, but a bit challenging!

It’s a cool, windy morning as a cold front approaches. With more Golden Eagles seen moving through in the past couple days, I have a good feeling about the birding!

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

One good thing about nighttime bathroom sessions is listening to the wheezy Fox barks in the stillness out back. The omnipresent daytime traffic noise is gone at 2am.

ICE abducted a 57 year old US Citizen and Veteran along with 11 others, outside of the Portland ICE Detention Center. 11/11/25

What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

I was thinking about why it is so hard for Republicans to leave The Party, and I think it comes back to tribes. We're tribal primates, and we each belong to some number of tribes in our lives: family, state, church, hobby, work, etc., etc. These clans have varying degrees of overlap, from none 1/

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky

Impressive how quickly the bots are reaching almost human levels of sentence construction. They're starting to create posts, not just reply with short sentences to other posts. Although, I suppose those might just be scammers. They still always give themselves away in the replies, though.

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you’ve shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, #Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky