Jessee J. Smith

And by “year,” I mean “two months.”

The bow of the Ever Given container ship, labeled “The crushing despair of everything from the past year”, run aground, while attempts are made to free it by machinery labeled “you, doing your best”.

My first tigers of this spring! Cicindela tranquebarica, loving the warm sunshine at Shawnee Lookout, Cleves, OH.

I personally will continue to use "Gulf of Mexico" because our president is a wrathful felonious nincompoop with the intellect of paramecium and I do not consent to his cartographic buffoonery

I cannot think of a freedom more basic, more fundamental, than that of self-determination.

to whomever sees this and still needs to know it

trans rights are human rights, and trans people are who they say they are

you are valid and you are loved

Weird, isn’t it?

Beautiful work! So well observed and so nicely finished 🤩

The joy of living is the best revenge ❤️

As a recently minted Guardian of Liberty, I salute you! (And I got not one, but two cool stickers.)

You either take off or you don’t; you can’t fly by degrees.

I had the pleasure of being the first human to walk the Lodge Pond trail at Fernald after the big snow. So serene and peaceful, and such generous sunlight!

Welcome back, stranger! 🌞

I love Moby Dick, and I’ve read To Kill a Mockingbird, but I’ve yet to get around to The Catcher in the Rye.

Texas's anti-drag law is unconstitutional, federal judge rules, permanently blocking enforcement The ruling from a Reagan appointee leaves Matthew Kacsmaryk's ruling defending West Texas A&M's drag ban as an outlier in drag cases. An appeal is expected.

NEW: A federal judge in Texas struck down S.B. 12, the state’s new anti-drag law that includes both civil and criminal penalties, declaring it to be unconstitutional and barring state officials from enforcing it.

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CARTOONS OF THE DAY 🫤

(Cartoonists are rallying around @anntelnaes.bsky.social as she leaves the @washingtonpost.com )

I’ll consult you before buying any lotto tickets.

I'm delighted Bluesky seems to like my cats as much as they do.

Thanks for the shout-out! We collected over 128,000 records between the two methods. I'm still reviewing observations on iNaturalist...just under 4,000 to go.