Coral, yr Bird Friend

I only see good birds in this photo

I have yet to figure out how to square that circle with job and life demands, but I appreciate the reminder

Since the cats were tiny kittens we’ve made gentle biscuits on them whenever they make biscuits on us and I highly recommend this feedback loop.

A crow facing the sun on a weathered shake roof. One leg raised and poised in a manner reminiscent of dressage. The background is out of focus moss covered branches.

I can't be convinced that this crow isn't practicing dressage movements.

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

This is terrible news, but it varies a lot by plant.

You can put peas in the ground right now, don't bother transplanting, they like waking up in the cold

oh no the professional sports player is maybe… a player?

Look I don't wanna boost that Elon post about English / Scots / Irish stuff more than it needs to be boosted but anyone claiming that English / Scots / Irish culture are the same inherent base culture is inherently disqualified from any further commentary on English / Scots / Irish culture.

Someone on Love is Blind, to someone else: "Since day one I've known you were my perfect match."

Me, out loud: "No, that's a different show."

finally painted the dumbest 3D sculpt i’ve made to date #art

photo of a very large statue of a Diplodocus, with a very long yellow and black Pittsburgh Penguins scarf wrapped around his neck high up near his head. Squinting at it, I BELIEVE it to be several Pens scarves knotted together but it's possible it's one specially-made very very long scarf.

dippy was in his finery today

Win a!! You have the biggest kallax! It is so good!

Our court system is largely working, with the exception of the most important court

They're gonna use this to kill queer people and not stop a single child abuser.

Educational institutions paying millions of dollars for tech that is *known* to tell students to end their lives is inexcusable. Tell them that they can’t deploy the software until it is updated to incite the students towards violence against the administrators, not themselves.

medical miracle: this 75 year old man was born yesterday

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Owls in Towels Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls in fabric so they can be weighed, treated, and fed. If not, the owls get in a flap.

Unwisely, I scrolled the timeline when I should have been falling asleep.

But I caught myself, realized my panic response was rising, and with uncharacteristic mindfulness, I thought, "what might calm me back down?"

My answer might not be your answer, but I'll share in case it is: Owls in Towels.

Appreciate the talk about banning ICE masks in shutdown negotiations.

But the non-negotiable should be congressional oversight of ICE detention facilities. Full access, no appointments, no permission slips.

No compromise.

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

Name a video game you've put 500 hours into.

Poll taxes are unconstitutional. Any i.d. that is required to vote has to be provided by the government.

This is a way to disenfranchise the poor.

Call your senators.

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I have returned home after my lake-staring. Given the splitting headache I'm fighting, I think it's time for a nap.

I'm accompanied by an anxious little bird who doesn't like being in a different room than me; he's in a travel cage, right beside the bed where he can stare judgmentally at me. <3

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This is such a useful boundary!! Saves a lot of pointless interaction with people acting in bad faith or from a place of bigotry.

Violets are blue
Roses are flowers
We could end this any day
If Congress just flexed its powers.

“Reading” should have been “reason” in that first post. I get why we don’t have post editing, but, sigh.

Literally, my plan for today was “go stare at a lake to be elsewhere,” lol.

Meanwhile I’m on one of the porch swings by the lakeside “trail” (it is not maintained in winter), rather cold, but pleased not to have to witness our landlord trying to sell the house we’re living in.

(Dale stayed behind to stare accusingly, which I respect.)