That Iowa Ginger

Literally what my MIL with NPD said to my son before telling him about all her friends who are sick or dying.

Buffleheads are my favorite not regular ducks to spot! Favorite time was when I was driving home from lunch in the suburbs and glanced at a tiny little suburban pond and was like "wait ... that not a mallard." They're so cute. Not as cute as pied billed. But cute.

It's "not a mallard" season for ponds and lakes too.

Iowa during migration is so cool. My red-winged blackbirds showed up a couple weeks ago and are currently yelling. Killdeer and vultures will be here any day now. Soon it will be mf warbler season baybee

This is not a joke: I need someone to check for a lost stuffed animal on campus at UT-Knoxville outside Thompson-Boling. DM me for details.

Photo of a woman wearing a shoulder brace. Caption: Shoulder Pain is Not From Sleeping Wrong. Meet The Real Enemy

I will destroy her

Literally gasped in horror.

I received mysterious packages like that before, although never with so much paper trail. In my case(s) it was someone who got my address and name and used it to make an Amazon purchase, which they could then rate as a verified purchase to boost sales.

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

The more wars you start, the more you can end.

I don't feeeeel like we stay at this one hotel a lot, but the waiter just said, "you guys sat at this table last time."

Regret to announce that we’ve reached Wrong Coat season. Every coat you wear from now til mid April will be The Wrong Coat for the weather

A fox trots across my front sidewalk.

I slept through the night and didn't wake coughing for the first time in a week AND I saw a little nature friend in my yard. It's going to be a good day.

Same for cats but it's dark magic.

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

I didn't get to do a photo with Gigi the Eastern Screech Owl (hit by a car), but I love her too.

Me meeting an ambassador kestrel a couple weeks ago and trying not to grab her and give her snuggles (check out my hands in the second photo)

I don't think anyone pretending there isn't an effort underway by Republicans to eradicate trans people from public life can be taken seriously at this point.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports

"It's fine for YOU to be fat if you want, but being fat isn't for ME though."

But I'll also be honest. Seeing my horrible, fat shaming MIL almost shit her pants on GLP and not lose noticeable weight was very satisfying.

I re-watched episodes of @gamechanger.dropout.tv instead of the SotU. @inwadiwe.bsky.social charming a cat and @erikaishii.bsky.social delightedly lining up tiny nesting @samreich.bsky.social dolls was infinitely better for my soul.

Yeah, but it isnt helped when Starting Line says STG is the only Democrat left and don't even mention him. Regular people I expect not to know because he is relying on word of mouth against a very popular incumbent. Starting Line though? Come on now.

Our homeowner insurance shot up $300/month, so we switched providers. You would think I'm asking the mortgage company to solve global warming, not pay the escrow. They're about as helpful as my printer.

Announcing a 2nd season of Heated Rivalry already?

How dare they.

But let's be honest. It was hockey dudes fucking that made it popular among the masses.

This guy is def not tainted (see what I did there) with ulterior motives.

"Turek himself is on the advisory boards of at least two fertility companies, Legacy and Future Family, and the co-founder of AlphaSperm, a company offering pre-conception nutritional supplements for men."

Alpha. Sperm.

Highlighted "Alas, there are no homunculi crammed inside the smallest human cells." The paragraph continuesn "Yet recent research in fertility and urology suggests Hartsoeker’s image could work metaphorically: Sperm can be a proxy for the health of the person who produced it, giving insight into far more than fertility."

This line really speaks to the quality of writing in the piece.

But have you considered this one random dude's uninformed opinion tho?

The lack of awareness of female health in this article and thread is astonishing