The birds and the BCs

Four 7 week old border collie puppies piled on a toy jeep

border collie pups:
cause of and solution to
life's many problems

The Reproductive Freedom Fund of New Hampshire knocks down barriers blocking NH residents seeking abortion care. ReproFund helps surmount insurance restrictions, provider/service costs, transportation limitations, or other barriers. Please donate to show your support! fund.nnaf.org/fundraiser/6...

2014 Honda CBR600RR Glossy black and stunning Taking me everywhere I didn't know I needed to go.

black and beautiful
bring on the wind and s-curves
two-wheeled therapy

Wide-mouthed yawning, sleepy-faced red-tri border collie named Fife who is both a very good boy and also tired AF.

"you must be tired":
the fucking understatement
of the century

If the goals are to: remove bodily autonomy of people with uteruses, make people make more babies, disregard how different people need different care, and ultimately put people you do not care about at higher risk for severe health issues and death... here's yet another step towards achieving them.

because folks do not
need their physicians to have
access to science.

/sarcasm

April 12 2025 at 8am in central New Hampshire - a backyard scene of 1 to 1.5 inches of snow accumulated on the ground and wet, heavy, fat snow actively falling.

someone tell nature
to go home and sober up.
when will winter end?!

NH statehouse gathering on House budget voting day. Fife, red-tri border collie, looks on as he represents the dogs of democracy.

Fife, senior red-tri border collie, poses in front of NH statehouse as both the prettiest puppy in all the land and a representative of the dogs for democracy.

we, the people, are
sick of your bullshit. as is
democracy dog.

Or a small Italian... not entirely sure

Red city trash can with the words "FREE LUIGI" written on the top in white capitalized lettering.

garbage can protest
or this trash can trap contains
a moral struggle

Sleeping red and white senior Border Collie wrapped up in several fluffy soft blankets while we watch a miserable late March winter storm coat all the trees in layers of ice.

today is a day
made for snuggling in all
the cozy blankets

*nods in entire family is from filthydelphia and most extended family still lives there*

Visiting them is an --adventure--

That line got me chuckling pretty good.

Also Dana's character is *chef's kiss* perfect.

Natural window lighting illuminating a view of an office work station composed of an organization-owned laptop and entirely employee-owned peripherals (monitor, wireless mouse, split keyboard, cables/dongles, laptop carry sleeve) perched atop various cardboard boxes to create a pseudo standing desk.

tell me you work at
a grant-funded nonprofit
without telling me

i do not go 'round
asking for handouts often.
*this* is important

fund.nnaf.org/fundraiser/6...

Union Leader | ICYMI: NH Lawmakers Publish Op-Ed Calling on Legislature to Affirm Abortion As Basic Health Care — Reproductive Equity Now New Hampshire State Senator Debra Altschiller (D-Stratham) and State Representative Mary Hakken-Phillips (D-Hanover) co-authored an op-ed published in the New Hampshire Union Leader , titled “Abort...

hey there, new hampshire
electeds, why must you be
so embarrassing?

Especially my own reps and senator, one of whom was a vocal co-sponsor of the idiotic and insanely unpopular bill for the 15-week ban. That he "represents" me makes me crazy with anger.

Abortion care IS health care.

Oh, believe me, winter needs to go away so I can get back to more frequent rides...but also I live in a state renowned for having significant late winter/early spring blizzards, so who knows what will happen.

The snow or the riding?

Shiny black motorcycle (2014 Honda CBR600RR) parked next to a lake, with blue skies and wispy clouds overhead.

open season on
the twisties and dropping gears.
earliest* ride yet

*but snow forecast for Thursday

Fife, red-tri border collie, and his pizza toy snoozing on a fuzzy brown blanket on the couch.

Cèilidh, red & white border collie, snoozing under a multicolored afghan on her dog bed but with her head hanging off onto the floor.

Cèilidh (red and white border collie on the left) and Fife (red-tri border collie on the right) lying on their dog beds facing each other with their noses and front paws almost touching.

Wait, these aren't border collies...or birds... What is a pile of cute, little fluffball rodents doing in this post (house)?!

most recent photos
of my household zoo critters
promise no cheating

Deeply saddened and feeling even more broken by the actions of both of my senators from NH. They should have fought hard (or at all) and gave us something at the federal level to stand proudly behind. Especially with the GOP (but mostly the idiotic Free Staters) ruining my state locally.

sunday bird science
aves song diversity
best soundscapes at dawn

IWD Protest March - backpack with sign attached that says "pro choice raise your voice" three times. Photo by Marc Nozell used under a Creative Commons license

resist fascism
neuter the patriarchy
raise your fucking voice

New Futures all day advocacy training

Rep. Mary Jane Wallner generously giving her time to talk about her long history in NH's legislature.

advocate training
care of new futures' rockstars.
your call to action

@newfuturesnh.bsky.social

nothing beats watching
democracy die via
data visuals

Red tri border collie stands far off on a snowy path in a field with tall trees nearby and a blue sky with wispy clouds overhead.

wooded trails help me
clear my head and fill my heart
with my best red boy

*resistance leaders we didn't expect but I'm here for it

nps* hoists up
banner that represents now:
we are in -distress-

...---...

oh! I know this one.
say it in unison, y'all:
this be fascism

Excellent, thank you!

RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump's health secretary, over Democrats' loud objections Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wins confirmation to be President Trump's secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The vote was 52 to 48.

ain't it ironic?
quit career, earned MPH.
public health now dead

I love a great cosmic joke at my expense, but this fucking sucks.