Past is prologue.

So it feels weird that I will be going to Fort Massac Encampment where there’s representation for three historical kings (and one nascent republic) on the same weekend as the “No Kings” protest. I can’t really get out of it as I’m a trained scout parent, but wondering how I can make it work subtly.

Oh this is SO going to bite Trump’s team in the behind (not necessarily Trump, unfortunately). The traffic controllers are already calling out. The moment this is official, air traffic will come to a halt (further there’s already been one or two stoppages) and it won’t be all.

We might have thought a "post truth" world would stem from politicians presenting "alternative facts", or mis- and disinfo going viral. Turns out AI is doing the job more insidiously and comprehensively than that. Society has embraced a technology which is fundamentally incompatible with truth.

My interest level in the AI “actress” in one image:

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

It was a rough week last week. I wish I’d had the courage to be more than a witness for a friend. I love them, but must work on my bravery, it seems.

hmm. i feel like perhaps a middle ground between "you need to follow your dreams blindly" and "following your dreams is an idiot choice" may in fact be reasonable

These changes feel so slow. Too slow to be the companion I want to be.

Bumpass Hell is a geothermal region in Mount Lassen National Park. It’s an area filled with boiling pools, bubbling mud pots and the ever present sulfur vents waft the breezes to entice your nasal senses. 😉 It’s a great place to (safely) see geothermal forces in action. Well worth the hike in/out !

Hey #RVA...Richmond is heating up. sometimes #airconditioning doesn't work. Here are some #tips to #staycool #summer #heatwave #swamp

There are changes in my life afoot. Who knows what happens next?

For many people, Sundays used to be a time of solace; a soft place where they experienced belonging, felt an abiding sense of community, and believed they saw the face of God, if only for a few moments. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/sunday-mou...

I am grieving many things right now but I feel the US has totally given up on supporting life on earth. We will become a failed species because we never learned anything about being good stewards of our small blue planet. EPA Is Closing Its Scientific Research Arm www.huffpost.com/entry/epa-is...

I take this debate and raise you literally any policy/membership decision in Scouting America #uccsynod

What’s so interesting about this is that the denomination that inherited their history has pretty clearly done a 180. @unitedchurch.bsky.social interestingly their #UCCSynod is finishing up tomorrow. #IntotheDeep

Sitting at the 4th Plenary of the #UCCSynod the business is underway! This is resolution committee presentation and voting time!

Ice cream at the #UCCGeneralSynod

If you say “Christians don’t care about the environment,” that is largely untrue. Evangelicals don’t care, but there are many denominations and interfaith orgs that take stewardship of the environment seriously, actually.

Good news/follow-up to this. We decided to hold off a month on this particular campout!

I wanted to go, but in my zeal to create a summer camping trip (the troop rarely camps in July and August for some reason) I forgot to check what MY schedule might look like… 1/2

a ruthless predator, alligators will sometimes use jazz hands to lure musical theatre people to their deaths

It’s been a busy week for this scout mama. Second son returns home today from first weeklong camp. I spent the first week seeing him settle in easily and work well with his troop as well as getting trained on the towers. Loved it! #scoutingamerica #scouting

This is something like the ninth ped/bike death in the #STL area in a week. Where are all the leaders and self-described advocates around this issue? Why the deafening silence and appalling lack of real action to hold increasingly violent and reckless drivers accountable?

Watching Cat TV.

Not in St. Louis, but from there and how am I feeling? *crying* I wanna come home!!!

Missouri Legislature is going into a special session starting next week. I hope #StLouis gets the recovery funds it needs!

On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.

A party where we all did things from this book would go so hard

“If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.”-Oscar Wilde

Reconnected (or at least talked to) an old friend from the past. Wish our paths had re-crossed at a very different point in our lives. Wish he’d had communication with us while pursuing a dream. It would have been heartwarming had he done so. I would have needed it given my mom’s passing coincided.

The update on the household kitties. It’s not often and still supervised, but we’re getting somewhere.

What my weekend consisted of. #scouting

Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it

On the Patriot’s Day, let’s remember Benjamin Franklin: “we must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately. “

New kitty in the family for DDs b-day. Meet Wisp!

A lot of people seem to think following the U.S. Constitution is optional—like picking which shoes to wear in the morning. It’s not. If you’re within the boundaries of the United States, the Constitution applies to you.

A Christianity that gets offended at the idea of a society using its resources to care for one another is a Christianity that has abandoned Jesus a long time ago.

Libraries play a critical, if informal, role in employment & training by providing internet access and connecting people with career resources in their communities. Plus, obviously, materials that help people improve their knowledge! So it's extra gross the deputy secretary of labor is gutting IMLS.

“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

I don’t care at this point. My 22nd Amendment Pledge will cover this, and the same for any other subsequent president that has had 8-10 years in office (in the case of a VP ascending to the presidency).

Everybody remembers the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs and the Great Depression. What got us out of it? A combination of WWII (triggered by Japan, but we were half-in the way we were w/Ukraine before Trump circa 2025) and rebuilding Europe.

The Washington Post can confirm that Gen. Tim Haugh, the director of NSA and chief of U.S. Cyber Command, was ousted tonight along with his deputy, Wendy Noble. That's a big damn deal. CYBERCOM is one of the 11, four-star unified combatant commands.

We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy. Third time’s the charm, I guess.

I REALLY hope our area follows up with a repeat of the tenant Strike that brought the country to the New Deal. It would be tenant strike 2.0 in our case. I have a thread where I tell about it. In 1933, the first known publicized integrated strike occurred just south of Sikeston, MO.

Good morning everyone! This household is safe from the storm last night! There were two on the ground in our area and we even had our local TV news weatherman have to go hide while he did his report. There’s reports of damage downtown. I hope my friend’s candy store is safe.