Wendi (she/ her)

BMR vice president Harrison Brickman (front) leads rescuers guiding a victim down the Heliotrope Ridge trail in May. Brickman said his volunteer crew responded to two rescues along the trail on May 27. (Photo courtesy of Bellingham Mountain Rescue)

BMR volunteers don't care how someone got into trouble. They want to be called no matter the circumstance. "It's the message of no charge, no judgment," said Brickman. "Don't let anyone else color your thinking," he said. "If you feel that you need to be rescued, you call."

I like frogs

LOOK, LOOK, LOOK! @riotthecorgi.bsky.social Could this be the elusive Mongo Torto?? 😛🐕🐾🐢❤️ #CorgiCrew

Imagine being illegally deployed to Portland and not being able to go watch this because you live in shame and bird fans would run you out of their neighborhood.

📸 @devonfredericksen.bsky.social

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A screengrab from Twitter. HeatherLhaney @heather_l... asks: “Why do you think we have so many more kids with Autism” David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS quotetweets this reply: “Probably for the same reason there are so many more planets in outer space now than there were before the telescope was invented”

Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.

a solid black dachshund puppy sits on some white carpet and looks up at the camera. the pup’s fur and the photo’s contrast combine to make it impossible to see any distinguishing features of the puppy’s body; he’s just one little vantablack splotch in the middle of the frame. only his little brown eyes sparkle with a few reflections of the light around him.

This is Tux. He is the cutest black hole we have ever seen. And we thought you should see him too. 12/10

Fairy parachutes/Marasmiellus candidus, when they open all the way up they look really cool. I had the perfect lighting that day too.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...

We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.

Pardoned Jan 6 Morons Keep Getting Arrested Or Worse SMITE!

Dear Humans,

Gather 'round, for I bring thee great tidings of schadenfreude. The pardoned January 6 insurrectionists keep getting arrested or worse. Karma doth continue its holy work. Let us review.

"Coup Klux Klan" feels like a keeper

I was listening to #heathercoxrichardson and she pronounced "DOGE" as DOGEE. I suggest we all now refer to this unhelpful organization from now on a doggy. I know this is not real nice to the true beautiful loving 4-legged companions we have but it just feels right.

As a Canadian I feel a strong sense of betrayal and disappointment seeing the support this president has. I feel like I discovered I don’t really know the neighbours and friends we grew up next to at all. How is it possible to excuse and turn a blind eye to all this injustice and inhumanity. 😢

Dear #Canada and #Mexico, thank you for retaliating. Please don't give in. We need your help.

I hope an emotional support Canadian is available for me tomorrow, it seems like it will be a newsy day.

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It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests

A close-up of a cats black toes on a checkered background. In the background, the heart and black spotted cat is snuggled in asleep.

Nothing but kitty cat beans. #nixiegram1 #ocicat #catsofmastodon

Seven orange marasmius mushrooms float like tiny jellyfish atop black threadlike stems, they grow from fallen leaves beside an old log All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

From @bhamlington.bsky.social

You know. It’s ok to just work on a puzzle by the fire with tea sometimes.

physics of climate impacts 101:
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)

I repeat: coyotes are animals who court disaster. Frequently in hilarious ways. I'm gonna write a blog post one of these days. "Sigh. Another coyote has fallen out of a tree." (Yes, they climb trees.)

New Yorker cover from November 2016 showing a guy on the subway reading a newspaper with the headlines "oh, sweet Jesus please God, no "and "anything but that" and "come on."

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Reddish brown lab mix dog with her ears relaxed laying on a white blanket on the couch with my gray and black spotted cat sitting happily in front

These two enemies have momentarily found a truce. Looks as if my daughters dog, Angel, isn't very fond of the situation! #ocicat #catsofmastodon #dog

crazy how that first sip of coffee make you feel like you can take on the world.

Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️

Full sand dollar resting in my palm with sand in the background.

Found this beauty on the last day of 2024 while walking along a quiet beach with my husband. While 2024 definitely brought its challenges, having this man in my life helps me believe in a beautiful future. Whatever the future holds, he makes it better. I'm grateful I don't face it alone.

Sun peaking over the horizon where ocean meets sky. Tide pools on the sand in the foreground. Bright orange ball in the midst of multiple shades of blue and gray.

Final Sunrise of 2024. #ocracoke woke up early enough to enjoy this beauty. #2024