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A lovely evening for porch sitting.

Have visited DC a fair amount too for work since 2006 and again, I don’t think DC is unique from any city. This is all gaslighting to support POTUS.

School and work in Detroit from early 90s until 2016. I knew how to handle myself, where to not go (as with ANY city) and only felt truly unsafe twice. I’m 💯 with you!

A painting of a bird next to the words "thank you for demonstrating how much of a dumbass you are"

"Fire Clouds" Are Forming Above The Grand Canyon Megafire, Creating Their Own Weather System The Dragon Bravo Fire continues to rage.

For example

www.iflscience.com/fire-clouds-...

Apparently, none of them have been west of the Mississippi in the United States.

Markets tells us what work is VALUED, not its worth.

Paying millions to baseball players because of athletic ability is insane compared wages of a teacher who shapes our literal future, a MS degree research scientist driving medical cures, etc. The market unfairly/purposely keeps some at low pay.

Why funding "silly" science research leads to billion-dollar breakthroughs From studying desert lizards to breakthrough weight loss drugs, discover how seemingly 'silly' scientific research leads to world-changing innovations

Boing Boing wrote about my American Scientist essay on the importance of federal funding of basic research.

boingboing.net/2025/07/29/w...

Please offer when college students are not already in class, if possible. Many would love to attend.

500,000 barrels of DDT in the sea: Interview with documentary directors on California coast crisis Half a million barrels of toxic waste lurking beneath the waves just miles from California’s coastline sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller. Yet this environmental catastrophe is real, as…

500,000 barrels of DDT in the sea: Interview with documentary directors on California coast crisis

He has a staff to vet information and people. We pay for it. Maybe he or any one of them could’ve done their job?

“Improper ideaology”

Doesn’t sound authoritarian or sinister at all.

And the c-suite benefits hugely from each stock buyback.

Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon The US’s six largest health insurers reported massive profits last year, doling out billions on stock buybacks and divid

UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year.

Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.

This is why we need Medicare for All.

A painting of a bird next to the words "are you fucking kidding me with this shit?"

A painting of a bird next to the words "I am no longer surprised by this bullshit"

YouTube video by Happy Doggo Neglected and in Agony - This Bulldog Was Dying in Silence Until We Stepped In...

You will adore our new arrival. Turning a sad case into a brilliant outcome...

youtu.be/p6HNPLlxnfA?...

Planted lettuces for our wild bunnies, and chard for me.

They ate the chard. Lettuce is beginning to bolt. 😂

I absolutely love black currants.

Now I want some traditional Welsh cookies!

Are Coyotes Bad—or Just Misunderstood? After losing her childhood dog to a pack of coyotes, Radiolab’s Lulu Miller sets out to learn more about their true nature.

Coyotes are very friendly. They'll hang out with badgers, ravens, bears, raccoons...

"That this welcoming of another species, this befriending of another species, this is actually classic coyote behavior."

Prowling for Coyotes in Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pod...

A painting of a bird next to the words "is your normal bullshit not getting you enough attention today?"

This 👇🏻 in response to SCOTUS ruling about nationwide orders. It’s what is needed.

US’ top general tells lawmakers | CNN Politics The US military did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran’s largest nuclear sites last weekend because the site is so deep that the bombs likely would not have been effective, the US’ top general...

So the US wasn't the only country that could have done this bombing given it didn’t use the bombs or planes that the administration said it required?

So tired of the lies.

www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/p...

I would rather my taxes go to help:
Medicaide
Medicare
Social Security
Planed Parenthood
Veteran Services
National Parks
Services for the Native Americans
Weather Prediction
FEMA
Crisis Help Lines

Then to go to tax cuts for the rich, because they already know how to beat the system.

ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution - Christianity Today On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.

Persecuting Christians all while claiming the other side is doing it and ensuring Christian doctrine is enforced through SCOTUS rulings that conflict with their own recent precedent just to get a specific end result. Make it make sense.

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...

The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid

Infections in the teeth and jaw easily spread to the brain too.

Or for discriminating against certain other procedures. What of the suddenly think all plastic surgery is unwarranted? So much for that breast or head & neck cancer reconstruction!

They couldn’t interpret the law they way they wanted so they removed standing/ recourse?

Like parental rights being for everyone who wants books banned but not for those seeking med help. The outcome is predefined by the majority in every case - follow conservative/ Christian edicts or else. 🤬