Cheryl Arbonies

Why Escalation Favors Iran America and Israel may have bitten off more than they can chew.

"Every option now carries political costs and risks; the initial strike may have solved a tactical problem, but it created a strategic one. Given these realities, the wisest choice may well be for the United States to accept a limited loss now rather than risk compounding losses later."

Gas prices usually go up fast and come down slowly. And the Arab countries have already ceased production in several cases. Can Trump bend reality to his will?

If three people and one Nazi are having dinner together, then four Nazi's are having dinner together. That's how this works.

Two completely unrelated facts:
1. There are only about 3,000 billionaires in the entire world.
2. These things are exceedingly easy to build.

This is usually our snowiest month. It may hit nearly 80 degrees in about a week. This does not bode well AT ALL.

a tan long-haired dachshund with incredibly floofy ears sits with his front paws on a window sill and his nose pressed up against the window. he's accompanied by his stuffed squirrel friend. their reflections stares back at them. Stevie the dachshund does not see the irony in watching for squirrels with his squirrel friend. he's too busy being locked in on the happenings outside his window.

This is Stevie. He's on squirrel watch. His stuffed friend is also a squirrel, but he's one of the good ones. 14/10 (IG: longdogstevie)

I think the Israelis, who have organized and driven this war, may be the people who will make this decision. If they stop bombing, I will be interested.

Nevada, the driest state in the Union, comes in fourth, thanks to CCM and Rosen kissing that billionaire ass. Our electric bills haven’t risen much, but god forfend that you might have a patch of veg that needs watering in the summer. Water. Let’s talk about water.

The long term being approximately 10,000 years?

Wax Begonia (Begonia cucullata) sidewalk spillover from a window box in the Gayborhood, shot in 2018.
(This one is for new follower @norska11.bsky.social, who apparently likes Begonias)
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Pavementplants

Bumblebee on dandelion

Mahonia

Primroses

Insect on snowdrop

Bumblebees and butterflies are now emerging from hibernation. Growing nectar-rich plants like these can be a real lifeline for hungry pollinators – and letting dandelions grow is one of the easiest ways to help! More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/bre...

Green Hellebore for @haggewoods.bsky.social

#WildflowerHour

Pale yellow Primrose flowers and purple Sweet violet flowers against a stone wall.

Pretty Primroses and Sweet violets at Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. #SignsOfSpring #WildflowerHour

The wonderful puff of Yew Tree Pollen #LordAncrumsWood #NewBattleAbbeyCollege #SignsofSpring #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

Primrose

#WildflowerHour

A Purple toothwort flower in grass.

Purple toothwort in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social. #WildflowerHour

Yellow tinted catkins of Goat Willow against a background of scrub, sky and lake

Sunlit sulphur yellow #SignsOfSpring amongst the twigs of the lakeside Goat Willow. #WildflowerHour

Sweet Violet

#WildflowerHour

Very few consumers in the world, maybe 1 in 8, are shielded from the rise in gasoline&diesel prices (in that their government subsidizes fuel prices). A common mistake is thinking that being an oil exporter will shield consumers. Only switching to clean transport&energy does.

This will be MANDATORY if the Dems hope to re-establish a democracy.

Procurement, Capacity and Soverignity When your contractors are also your enemy

New, from me: Trump's retribution against Anthropic is over the top. But it should cause Democrats to think about how they will deal with contractors like Musk or Ellison when they return to power.
What do you do with vendors working to oppose you? 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/procuremen...

Trump’s “Warflation” Has Just Begun If he were trying to increase prices on purpose, would he be doing anything differently?

When economists say the president can't really do much to change gas prices, what they mean is he can't do much to *reduce* gas prices. Turns out they can do a lot to raise them
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-iran...

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@miamiherald.com

Not. Going. Away.

I bet those elderly bats dream about their younger days when they would go clubbing every weekend.

It may not happen soon, but Mitch Bradley should remember that he can be recalled to duty someday and court martialed for ordering murder.

Baturday
Bat World Sanctuary

🛢📈KUWAIT HALTS OIL PRODUCTION DUE TO THE CLOSURE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ #OOTT (

Very curious how China is considering all of this.

boy in retrospect, really shouldn’t have elected the worst person in the entire country president. that, it appears, was less than wise