Grumpy Old Buddha

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share videos, photos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines like these Arctic Terns, determined to switch incubation duties #SuperSeabirdSunday

Protests Grow as Corporate-Backed Biomass Projects Threaten Forests and Communities Communities and activists push back against biomass projects promoted as “clean energy.”…

Protests Grow as Corporate-Backed Biomass Projects Threaten Forests and Communities truthout.org/articles/pro...

250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."

www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

LAPD shoot US woman with a rubber bullet for trying to get into her home, they were blocking her entrance and there was no protest in sight.

“Holy fuck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…” ( www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlore) #3E #StopICE

Screenshot of a list of the 27 specific grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 16 of them in whole or in part, highlighted in yellow and listed below: "1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. 2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. 3. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither [Partial] 4. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. 5. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. 6. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. 7. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. 8. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: 9. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: 10. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: 11. For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: 12. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: 13. [Partial], abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: 14. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. 15. [Partial], and destroyed the lives of our people. 16. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us [Partial]"

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.

Donald Trump has committed at least 16 of those same offenses.

#NoKings

Love my Electric Car
Chevy Bolt EUV

Worker who leaked plans to build golf courses in Florida parks files whistleblower suit A former Florida state worker who leaked information about plans by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to build golf courses and hotels in state parks has filed a whistleblower lawsuit.

apnews.com/article/flor... who leaked plans to build golf courses in Florida parks files whistleblower suit

Gray-cheeked Thrush in Native Dogwood Tree
Oct 5th 2023
# wildlife-Habitat
#backyard-wildlife
#backyardwildlife

Corruption In Plain Sight Is Still Very Much Corruption The one neat trick that Trump and his supporters use to get away with institutionalized grift.

Corruption In Plain Sight Is Still Very Much Corruption
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Crows are smart as hell. There are a couple of books that go into just how smart they are. (I must admit I listen to most books on audio)

That is an easy one—garbage in, garbage out.

Ron, can see now that you are going to be a bad influence on me 😇

I am with you, Ron. I was not aware of that incident either. But I think that may be the main point: some people don't want to know. Historical events like this are often totally ignored.

A male chestnut-sided Warbler in a Redbud Tree, May 11th, 2025 #backyard-habitat

#backyard-habitat

A few of my favorite birds that have visited my yard this year.
Taken with a Canon SX70 (point and shoot), low light in our backyard. But it is always good in your backyard 😜.
Blackpole stayed for a few days. #backyard-habitat

Here's what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department A Texas oil executive from Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has been tasked with overhauling the federal agency that manages vast tracts of public lands.

apnews.com/article/hass... what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department

Reddish Egret White Morph
South Padre Island, County Park mudflats
Texas, United States

They're all lying pieces of shit

Well, there is a term called ya jinxed him. Declaring your lucky bird feels a little too risky to me. 😜

Texas Lawmakers Want a Charter School Network to Stop Paying Its Superintendent Nearly $900K. The School Board Says No. The rebuke from lawmakers and charter school leaders came after an investigation from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed that Salvador Cavazos, who oversees fewer than 1,000 students, is among ...

www.propublica.org/article/salv...

We should feel empathy for them and try to convince them that we are working to make a better country and world, welcoming them to join us.

Grumpy Old Buddha
‪@grumpyoldbuddha.bsky.social‬
Japan, Germany, South Korea have all moved manufacturing to the US. Canadian auto manufacturing plants have unions,

Fact check: nearly 70 percent of US money for Ukraine actually went to US defense industry to replenish the stocks of OLD stuff that went to Ukraine to use.

Much of which we would have paid to destroy as their lifespan expired.

SpaceX, which holds billions of dollars in government contracts, was penalized by the FAA for ignoring regulations. In response, Musk pushed for the resignation of the agency’s chairman.

“I don’t think the United States Senate should vote for a single nominee until this is over!” - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

observed a beautiful Purple Finch today

Thanks for the reply, I noticed him right away. GCF = Guilford County Farm.
sadly I hear the rumors are that Duka gained 40lbs and may have a drinking problem? It is going to be interesting to see that play out. hope to run into you birding sometime.

d thanks for the reply, I noticed him right away. GFC = Guilford County Farm.