such.a.beautifulmess

sticks are unbelievable

“we show up for the people who need us to bear because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny.

this is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. “

minnesota witness statement re: alex pretti’s murder by federal agents, 01/24/26

this is stunning 🤟

Another Weird Week
Thanksgiving Edition

“The Prince”
Agaricus augustus

northern california coast beneath a ceiling of redwoods, douglas fir & sword ferns

#fungifriends #mycology #nature #fungi #photography #pnw #humboldt #gratitude

deep sigh between turkey & pie

#thanksgiving #gratitude #landscape #photography #humboldt #pnw

a drawing of a person with glasses and purple hair ALT: a drawing of a person with glasses and purple hair

goin’ all out!

it’s almost like there’s some malicious incompetence going on here

absolutely heartbreaking 💔

they’re like mapquest in the 90s

i have no idea what you said but my goodness, this is beautiful ❤️

a little ditty from the elders:

🎶 uck you! i won’t do what you tell me! 🎶

16 x for those in the back

🎶 uck you! i won’t do what you tell me! 🎶
🎶 muther-ucker!🎶
🎶 uggh! 🎶

wallflower: i like to blend into the background
fungi: hold my beer

#fungi
#fungifriends

“I have few illusions, but I feel a responsibility to work towards the things I consider good and right…

There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.”

Václav Havel,
Czech playwright and dissident

would you rather be right or would you rather be happy?

my man, #hafiz dropping reminders & revelations from antiquity

#bloomscrolling

the faded sun is perhaps my most reread favorite of all time - i blame it for my getting a kindle after dropping its glorious weight on my face 12 too many times

parable of the sower by octavia butler was recently reclassified from dystopian fiction to dystopian realism 🫤

i’m sorry 😂😂 what did mike say was the most threatening thing he’d seen recently?? 😆😆

so so thankful to all our parents who fought for our ability to join 10s of thousands of people full of pride!!
and thank for those of us who will fight to not go back 🫶

#pride
#sfpride
#notgoingback

a quote by rev. dr. martin luther king, jr. “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. america, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. there is nothing, except a tragic death wish, to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war.”

as we continue to double down on america’s ‘spiritual death’, how do YOU light a candle in the dark?

post me pics or tips - i could use ‘em 🫶

‘flood the zone’ is a central tactic in the ‘So You Wanna Be an Fascist?’™️ manual

meant to decapitate public deliberation, exhaust the opposition, shift focus, undermine trust, and achieve long-term power consolidation

‘flooding the zone’ is an essential tool for all budding fascists! do it today!

i’ve been watching for this for months now 🔍🔍🔍

and the very very public sound of a squeaky tank at a birthday party

peace doesn’t pay enough, apparently

but, but he sent the national guard to ‘liberate’ citizens from their democratic governments, didn’t he?
oh well, while there they might as well ‘protect’ peeps from sleeper cells activated by bombing iran
right?
they might have to burn whole neighborhoods, but by golly, they’ll smoke ‘em out!
/s

‘let them mention my squeaky tanks one more time!’

along with cancelling over $70 million in funds for SLATT (State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training) programs that provide training & resources to state, local & tribal law enforcement officers to help them identify, investigate, & prevent acts of terrorism, targeted violence, & hate crimes.

not to mention using the national guard to ‘liberate US cities’ of any threat posed by suspected sleeper cells - i mean he didn’t write that EO for nuthin’