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A monarch butterfly perching on a leaf, rendered in a monochromatic (B&W) image.

My conventional brain says bright colors are a major part of what makes a #butterfly attractive. But then I was just fooling around with #B&W and came up with this. The shape, lines and patterns are pleasing, no? #photography #monochrome #naturephotography

UTAH… this is not a game…

My orchids are having a moment 😊.

A monarch butterfly seen from the side and slightly above, with its wings spread wide. It is resting on a green leaf and there is other out-of-focus green foliage in the background.

Just a wee monarch #butterfly to cheer up a dreary Monday. Sterling, Virginia, USA. 14-August-2025. #insect #insects #insectphotography #naturephotography

A monarch butterfly seen from the side but slightly turned toward the camera. The butterfly has its wings spread halfway and has landed atop a cluster of small purplish-pink flowers with thin green leaves. The background is out-of-focus green foliage.

Monarch #butterfly -- always a delight to see. Sterling, Virginia, USA 14-Aug-2025. #insect #insects #insectphotography #naturephotography #nikonZ8 #LRC #TopazPhotoAI

A monarch butterfly seen from the side resting amidst a clump of bright yellow-green leaves and pink flowers. The butterfly is in focus but most of the flowers are very soft creating a dream-like appearance.

A monarch #butterfly in a dreamy setting. Sterling, Virginia, USA. 14-Aug-2025. #insects #insectphotography #naturephotography #invert #inverts

JD Crowe: My cartoon about Moms for Liberty vultures ruffled some feathers, so here’s another one A vote for any of these hand-picked 'Klanned Karenhood' candidates is a vote against our library. A vote against our community.

Satire and mockery are powerful tools to resist #tyranny, #authoritarianism, and #christo-fascism (which has no resemblance to authentic Christianity). Here is an absolutely brilliant example. "Klanned Karenhood" FTW! #USAPol www.al.com/politics/202...

Your feeble attempt to defend Trump's authoritarian takeover of DC was nauseating. Trump's theatrical deployments of federal agents and troops will do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to reduce crime in DC. You should join your MSNBC colleagues in denouncing Trump's hyperbolic exaggeration of crime in DC.

I've lived in #Washington #DC area 50 yrs & can assure you that #Trump 's militaristic foray into policing is total #authoritarian bullshit. Actual crime is down. Yes there are bad neighborhoods where crime is too high esp after dark. This nonsense won't help and is very unpopular with the locals.

A beagle mix wearing a collar and vet sitting on her haunches on a taupe-colored sofa.

Please say hello to Eliza, our Beagle-Feist mix 9 month-old puppy, just adopted from the HART animal rescue group. Wonderful, smart, sweet and a total love bug. #dogs #pets

US military is buying Tesla Cybertrucks to use as targets for missiles Elon Musk is getting his wish; Tesla Cybertrucks are going to be used by the US military, but perhaps not...

Someone has finally found a good use for the #Tesla #CyberTruck, although at ~ US $100K they make rather expensive targets. #Musk #news #USApol
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

I have never seen a more literal example of 'shooting the messenger' than this.

The very clear message is that the BLS head will be fired if they do not produce numbers that meet Trump's approval.

In related news, these are the last set of BLS job numbers we can assume have not been doctored.

Two butterflies in different positions atop flat-topped pinkish flowers with many tinyblooms. The butterflies are black and blue overall with white or orange spots on the wing edges.

I enjoy #wildlifephotography but I'll never be a serious naturalist. I just don't have the patience to study the details necessary to tell me whether these butterflies are black swallowtails, pipevine swallowtails, or dark morph eastern tiger swallowtails. Virginia, USA 29JUL2025 #invert #inverts

When Tucker Carlson refers to someone as 'important', it means 'supports my hate preferences'.

A five-lined skink is shown crawling vertically down a tree. The skink is mostly dark brown with light brown stripes running the length of its body. The bark of the tree is a very light gray, almost white, providing good contrast with the skink. Some out-of-focus green foliage appears in the background. The photo has been cropped digitally such that it is a very tall but narrow photo that fits the proportions of the skink.

Skinny photo of a skinny skink. Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia, USA 29-July-2025. #herps #naturephotography

ALT: "Partial capture of FB screen. 'Sponsored' appears at upper left, with an 'X" in a circle in upper-right. There are 2 notification icons with circled numbers in red next to them mimicking actual FB and Messenger notifications. The text says '9 New Messengers, Await... us.facebook.me'

Heads-up to any who use #Facebook on a PC browser (not mobile devices). [Spare me the lecture on why I shouldn't use FB.] You may see something like this in the upper-right corner. It looks a lot like legitimate FB and Messenger notifications, but it's just a link to very sketchy ads. #security

Wow, my mouth is watering just looking at that beautiful dish.

Woofer with little subwoofer…. 🥰
Good boy keeping the little one calm… 🐶

A woodpecker is seen in profile facing left perching on a branch against dense green foliage. This juvenile female red-bellied woodpecker has no red anywhere, just a plain gray head and striated black and white wings.

I've seen both male and female adults, but here's a juvenile female red-bellied woodpecker. No red anywhere. Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. 29-July-2025. #birds

How about 'Powdered Wig Propaganda'?

For all you both sides asholes

Trump ordered purge of 'unpatriotic' signage from national parks. How one California spot complied A Muir Woods exhibit became the first in the nation to be altered following President Trump's executive order in March that sought to restore federal sites that since 2020 have been changed to perpetu...

Since I use 'Teach Honest History' as my tagline, this kind of news story really disgusts me. Truth is patriotic, dammit! We can handle the truth. #USAPol #history #nationalparks #muirwoods

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I'm hoping many people will. I think this is a good example of #pareidolia

Why yes, I believe you are correct!

An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly is seen with its wings upraised on a log next to a dark lump of animal feces. In the out-of-focus background behind the log among the green marsh reeds there is what is likely some clump of brown leaves or other plant matter that, with a little imagination, appears to be a human face.

I guess this is an OK photo of an Eastern tiger swallowtail #butterfly checking out a hunk of scat. But what I really want to know is who is that sinister Guy Fawkes-like character with the crooked nose & thick mustache lurking in the marsh on the other side of the log? #photography #imagination

Yes, and ceiling fans are nice. But when it's in the 90s, I'm miserable without AC. Glad it's fixed now.