#dontRideThatRuss

Kelly Ayotte is the Mike Johnson of New England

Did he live nearby?

Oh, dude. So very sorry.

Went to the M.B. here in Maynard… drove up and down 4 parking lanes along with many other potential shoppers. Mayhem. Left w/out even finding a parking spot. Ended up at the nearly as busy Shaws across the line in Stow.

Slice of buttered sourdough on a plate with a squiggle of molasses over it.

Black strap molasses. 😉

YouTube video by Ambient Hikes With Russ ASMR Ambient Snowshoe Hike - Captain Sargent, Stow, MA

Lalala, got bored waiting for wife to wake up, so I made a YT channel: “Ambient Hikes With Russ.”

No voiceover, no music. Only some of what I’ve seen and heard while out on trail.

Demolish that subscribe button.

youtu.be/MVxn7p4EqGg?...

There will never be enough bicycle subcultures

(Save your kids old bikes, we got work to do)

“The purpose behind the release of herbicide on the villages remains unclear.”

Israel has been dumping herbicides throughout southern Lebanon as part of a concerted ecocide campaign to render the region uninhabitable. This has been going on for months with Lebanese journalists & environmentalists regularly reporting on it.

The BBC: we don’t know why the Israelis are doing it

We all need a big reduction in the price of beer…

Suburban sunrise with snowy yards, trees, houses and utility lines. A slush T-intersection dominates the foreground.

Test post, non-HDR, to check for murkiness…

I’m just gonna chop up the dining room furniture and burn it in our fire pit, which I put in the center of our living room.

2/2 I shoot in RAW often on my phone, using 3rd party camera apps. This allows me to capture brighter highlights and more detail in the dark areas.

Problem is, most apps (BlueSky, FB, browsers) do not _display_ HDR, they just end up squashing the dynamic range into a muddy mess.

1/n Bleh. Finally figuring out why so many of my photo posts end up looking so murky when compared to what they look like after editing. (See the sunrise I just posted).

HDR.

Photo of a sunrise over a suburban scene with snow covered yards, a slushy T-intersection, overhead utility wires (some also snow covered), snow covered trees and houses.

#frontPorchSunrise, Maynard MA

Photo of a jar of Trader Joe’s Hot & Sweet Jalapeños

Did someone say sweet and spicy?

Image of a person in a suit hands in cuffs behind their back… words above and below “REMINDER: ANY MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT WHO VIOLATES THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS SUPPOSED TO BE REMOVED FROM GOVERNMENT NOT WARNED. NOT VOTED OUT. ARRESTED AND REMOVED”

when we were saying back then that schumer showed republicans how to win next budget fight, this is exactly what we were talking about

Lincoln Continental Mark V

Lincoln Continental Mark V, rear angle revealing that is has been El Camino'd

i saw an incredible specimen today

Trump Says Tariff Refunds Will Be Tied Up In Litigation Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said consumers, not big corporations, should get refunds.

Most of the taxes Trump imposed on imported goods last year are illegal, the Supreme Court ruled, but it seems unlikely American consumers will get their money back

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Trump has never said anything as critical about Vladimir Putin or any Russian war criminal as he did today about the majority on the US Supreme Court.

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.

Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.

a man in Oklahoma was speaking out against a data center in his community. He went a few seconds over time and the city had him arrested for trespassing

Large banner of Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquarters The DOJ has traditionally operated with a degree of separation from the White House to prevent the department's powers from being abused for political purposes.

“Hanging that banner should put to rest any doubt that Donald Trump has hijacked the independence of the Justice Department. He — not the American people — is the only client DOJ’s current leadership serves." www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

So overnight south Korea gave life in prison to a former leader for attempting a coup and the UK arrested a prince for ties to Epstein. The bar is so low and we refuse to clear it

It appears one can actually arrest people in high places, and even jail them for life. That is something to remember when leaders start to talk about healing instead of jailing. If we can’t trust politicians to end elite immunity, they must not be elected to office.

Scott Castaneda @scott_castane...-12h @tmorello I use to be a fan until your political opinions come out. Music is my sanctuary and the last thing I want to hear is political bs when i'm listening to music. As far as i'm concerned you and Pink are completely done. Keep running your mouth and ruining your fan base. @howfink Replying to @scott_castaneda and @tmorello What "Machine" did you think he was raging against? The dishwasher?

U.S. Military Moves Into Place for Possible Strikes in Iran

In this entire piece there is not a hint of even a semblance of a legal argument for how a war of this scale would be legal or authorized.

There is quite simply no legal or constitutional authority for Trump to launch a war of choice against Iran.

None. Zero. Nothing.

Me: I'm giving up using Microsoft Office until Easter.

Him: How do you think that's gonna go?

Me: It will be Excel Lent.