Aunty Bear

A close-up of a porcupine walking right to left across a snowy field.

trundle, trundle, trundle 😍
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GOP STUNNED: Democrat Flips Reliably Republican Texas State Senate Seat Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election in a Texas state Senate district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a Texas state Senate election in a reliably Republican district that Trump won by 17 points in 2024

The fluffy orange-striped tail of a tabby cat is all that is visible (of her) in an open drawer (otherwise) full of striped dish towels.

Hmmm ... which stripy thing should I use to dry dishes?

NEW: All Aurora Public Schools will be closed tomorrow due to staff shortages (anti-ICE strike). Denver Public Schools will deal with staff shortages on a school-by-school basis.

Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”

Letter: Trump is coming for Grand Staircase-Escalante. Keeping public lands public requires action — now. Letter: Trump is coming for Grand Staircase-Escalante, with the full support of Utah’s congressional delegation. We must bombard their offices with calls to stop this.

Letter: Trump is coming for Grand Staircase-Escalante, with the full support of Utah’s congressional delegation. We must bombard their offices with calls to stop this.

Photo of the South Platte Hotel, with a weathered exterior and boarded-up windows.

I know that spot! Nice to see a photo from its halcyon days.

Colorado just updated its rules of professional conduct to specify that the use of AI implicates a number of rules and an attorney who uses AI may be subject to discipline for a resulting violation.

A bobcat leans on a glass door, looking right into the camera that took this picture, amidst a recent snowfall.

Meanwhile, at my aunt's house... If you're cold, they're cold?

A Bohemian Waxwing on a branch surrounded by red berries. There is blue sky in the background. The bird is facing right and the head feathers are slightly raised. The bird is light brown with peach patches above and below the eye. There is a black bank over the eye and a black patch on the chin.

Bohemian Waxwing #birds

Big fluffy black and tan husky mix with bright blue eyes and a puzzled expression - her baby corn teeth poking out from under a curled lip.

Same dog, now smiling happily.

for the self-promo tax: when she’s asked who’s a good girl/when she finds out it’s her

As the Trump administration targets NCAR, scientists rally to defend the ‘mothership’ of atmospheric research A letter published by the National Science Foundation asks for ideas to dismantle the research hub. Scientists are responding en masse.

As the Trump administration targets NCAR, scientists rally to defend the ‘mothership’ of atmospheric research www.cpr.org/2026/01/28/s... #copolitics

A gray tabby cat shrimping on teal bedding, his back foot, white like he's wearing socks, next to his very vacant face

no think only shrimp

Ride for Alex this Saturday. Meet at noon in city park at the MLK statue

Ride for Alex this Saturday in Denver. Meet at noon at the MLK statue in City Park. #bikeden #bikedenver

If they ban whistles switch to cowbells. It'll be fun for all the Gen Xers.

Because we need more cowbell.

Close up of a female northern cardinal in the snow. She has a very orange beak a red dipped crest and black face mask.

#birds #snow #photography

A fluffy cream-colored Samoyed dog wearing a rainbow glitter sign that reads F*CK ICE stands at the top of an outdoor concrete stairway that has a glass and steel railing. Behind him and below at street level is a downtown intersection with lots of lights. The dog is licking his chops.

It was a good night for taking to the streets of Denver and making a couple hundred new friends (Fizzy’s, not mine; only one of us is an extrovert). It’s always a good night for fuck ICE

He was bound to drop that scarf in some time zone or other.

Night sky view of the Orion constellation shining through thin clouds above a snow covered mountain range

It’s more than a Great Basin, it’s a GREAT basin.

Sirius and Orion above the Toiyabe Range.

A rooster in a black cowboy hat, eyes shadowed in a mysterious cowboy fashion

A chicken in a tan cowboy hat, its face mostly obscured and only the beak peeking out

A rooster looking unimpressed in a black cowboy hat with a string of pearls around the brim

May I interrupt the horrors to show you pictures of my sister's chickens in cowboy hats

www.5calls.org

Not one rep should have an empty voicemail by Monday ☎️

If you’re not calling, you’re not doing enough

A Siamese cat is laying on a large cushion, resting his head on a multicolored pill case, and cuddling a roll of paper towels. A pile of blankets is in the background

Anything is a pillow if you put your head to it 🤔

A new ope.

The NSF just released a "dear colleague" asking for ideas to inform its plans to restructure the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

This includes proposals to repurpose NCAR's Mesa Lab, an architectural icon below the Boulder Flatirons, for "private use."

A little black-capped chickadee glances down over its left shoulder and shows of the frost crystals that have formed on its eyebrow and nostril feathers on a frigid morning.

A little black-capped chickadee sits puffed up on a metal hook with frosty eyebrow and nostril feathers on a frigid morning.

Frosty faces on the chickadees today. These tiny birds maintain a body temperature of 40C - that's a 70C gradient across only a few centimeters from the outside air to the bird's core! These little guys blow my mind. #birds 🌿

A Red-breasted Nuthatch on a snow covered branch. The chest is light copper and the chin is white. The head is black with a white semicircle above the eyes. The bird is looking at the camera.

Good morning #birds

In addition to this, there is a feed you can use called "the Gram" which will only show you posts with images posted (no reposts) by people you follow, and I find that is a great feed to default to when I'm stressed! I rarely go on my "Following" feed tbh.

Colorado AG launches online form to report federal agent misconduct - Sentinel Colorado "If you see misconduct from a federal agent, we want to hear about it. Please document it and report it to our office."

Colorado AG launches online form to report federal agent misconduct

“If you see misconduct from a federal agent, we want to hear about it. Please document it and report it to our office.”

sentinelcolorado.com/metro/colora...

#ICEraids #ICE #copolitics

The diminutive owl sits on a branch facing us while looking to our right. In its jaws is the body of a dragonfly, 1.5 wings left. The length of the dragonfly is almost as tall as the owl is at the shoulders. Thankfully for the owl its feet are at least normal size, I.e. comically huge.

#feedingtime for #birdoftheday, here’s one of my favorite little guys, a Northern Pygmy Owl with a dragonfly meal. Video clip in comments showing its very hungry chicks after it landed with what’s left of a chipmunk, with vocalizations. Lake Tahoe, California

Pink, green, and blue pillars of aurora and lake reflections

Pink, green, and blue pillars of aurora

Some beautiful aurora from Williamsburg, Virginia tonight during a G3/4 solar storm!

#aurora #eastcoastkin #photography