Sam Kavanaugh

In monochrome portrait is the lovely "Daisy" the Mule Deer fawn, resting backlit in the dappled afternoon light on a hillside above me so we're just about at eye level with her and those long lashes and enormous ears. I would also call this her 'fluffy' coat, IYKYK. Zen in black and white.

Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder & joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily & I must return the gift.
~Robin W. Kimmerer

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#StunDay
#ClassicMono
#Mammals 🌿

Google search results featuring the AI blurb and picture of a bear next to a hand drawn abominable snowman.

Google’s AI overview for the search “kodiak bear size” features a diagram that compares it to the abominable snowman

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

My dad first signed up for Twitter to follow live sports and he’s a freak about U of I. One day he said to me “Twitter is abuzz about Illini golf,” and I was like dude you only follow Illini sports accounts. And that’s how every reporter feels Charlie Kirk was the most important person in the world.

Also, @brandyjensen.bsky.social, they way I enthusiastically nodded when you mentioned the teeth episode. I somehow think about that one like once a month!

Great write up on the piece of media that has consistently fed my curiosity more than any other.There’s no better way to learn something than to find in it that contagious joy of discovery, and no better way to live than to seek discovery in the way this show exemplified.

Update: they are technically still covering them (maybe?), but won’t cover covid shots specifically at CVS. They will still cover flu shots there though, so this is just some pre-compliance bullshit

Everyone involved in this decision is a coward who will directly cause death and suffering.

As of this morning, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is not covering Covid vaccines.

Had one of the new ones scheduled with CVS, who just called me to say they couldn’t do it. I’m even one of the approved risk groups listed by the vichy CDC, but it seems they don’t care. @bluecrossmn.bsky.social

One of my little moments of joy today: the dragonflies are migrating overhead, and the nighthawks have followed.

Yes, but it doesn’t matter. Even if we get a competent and trustworthy government again for some period, everyone should know that it can’t last unless structural and constitutional reforms are made. The fascists are among us and unless they are structurally disempowered, they’ll be back.

A medium sized apple on an apple corer, which is attached to a kitchen counter. This picture smells tart amd maybe slightly over-ripe

An overgrown potato garden. Sam is leaning into the picture with a goofy grin on his face and a freshly pulled potato plant in his hand. There are at least 8 red potatoes of various sizes that have come up with the plant

Early harvests. Pomme, pomme de terre

Cross the Courts Off the List We have enough information to conclude that the law won't save us.

The integrity of the midterm elections is the last big test of the system’s ability to restrain a dictator. Don’t ask what comes after that.

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I follow the NBA, but intentionally do not follow the draft or offseason trades because getting GM-brained about my team can really sap the enjoyment out it for me. Plus it’s so fun every season to be like “who the heck is this guy!” and “Kevin Durant is a Piston now??”

Damn only 4 short of MVP consideration

Berlin is the most enthused, but Greenland has the better form. Bern is not making weight

Former L&B employees, please live out my fantasy of being asked to scab one day just so I can do thing from Braveheart where I am walking into work, stop at the picket line, and take of my work uniform to reveal a union shirt underneath

If you are making it a blocklist, I’d be interested in subscribing to it.

Zero respect for the federal department head resigning in the face of doge attacks. If you actually believed in the mission you would use your power to throw sand in the gears, fight for it while you can. Stepping away keeps your hands clean while stranding everyone else. Pure cowardice.

Congrats!

I mean, literally, the answer to this is "I am federally prohibited from telling you anything about my students without a subpoena or judicial warrant; if you have a subpoena or judicial warrant, please submit it to [Legal Officer/Office] to ensure it is in compliance with all relevant federal laws"

There’s been a pretty deafening silence from Dems so I don’t really expect much, but on an opposition level, people really need to start getting over the fact that “that’s not legal” is not a defense against fascism. And that stopping the tides of fascism often involves the doing “illegal” things.

Andy Reid, wearing a slightly stained sweatshirt that just says "empathy"

consider looking up and sharing the information around the rights everyone still has if they encounter ICE or other law enforcement.

here's the more MN specific info:

What are some examples of soothing your different senses? Is it just like experiencing something positive via that sense, or limiting sensory input, or something else?

That's fair. My memory is too rose-tinted and really just focused on the splash bros.

Your comment brings up an interesting Q about the definition of a dynasty tho: does the term apply retroactively? I think (?) I
consider them to be from the 2014/15 season onward

I liked the warriors way more than the chiefs (though I don't dislike the chiefs). Mahomes has been doing incredible things as a QB, but watching those Warriors was like watching the game be reinvented before your eyes. Granted, they got a little stale near the end, as all dynasties do (esp. w/ KD)

Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...

Congrats!