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Downward angle of Giles Corey's memorial. A stone tablet inscribed with "Giles Corey Pressed to Death Sept.19, 1692." Scattered on the tablet are gifts and offerings: berries, leaves, pine cones, sticks , a shell, and a little red crocheted bear.

Giles Corey's stone tablet at the Salem Witch Trials Memorial.

Refusing to plead guilty or not guilty of being a witch in order to pass land to his heirs through a legal loophole, Giles Corey was crushed to death by rocks stacked on top of his body over the course of three days. #31daysofHalloween

Trump, the Supreme Court, and liberal hero Newsom are teaming up against trans people.

Trump, the Supreme Court, and liberal hero Newsom are teaming up against trans people.

The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Trump in bringing back “gay conversion therapy.”

This practice involves physically abusing teenagers to try to turn them heterosexual, including with electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea.

Thanks. I went for the first time to Salem on the 4th of July. It wasn't October packed, but had a nice crowd and fireworks at night.

Downward angle of Giles Corey's memorial. A stone tablet inscribed with "Giles Corey Pressed to Death Sept.19, 1692." Scattered on the tablet are gifts and offerings: berries, leaves, pine cones, sticks , a shell, and a little red crocheted bear.

Giles Corey's stone tablet at the Salem Witch Trials Memorial.

Refusing to plead guilty or not guilty of being a witch in order to pass land to his heirs through a legal loophole, Giles Corey was crushed to death by rocks stacked on top of his body over the course of three days. #31daysofHalloween

Zoomed out picture of white circular moon in faint pinkish sky wedged between two trees out of a line of autumn trees with green, red, and brownish-orange leaves. In front of the trees is a swathe of green grass followed by a line of brownish red taller grass, and in front of that more very green shorter grass.

October moon.
#31daysofHalloween

Closeup of Hen of the Woods, a polypore mushroom. Background is the bark of an oak tree.

Hen of the Woods sprouting from the base of an oak.
#31daysofHalloween

Closeup of a chipmunk skull resting on top of a split shagback hickory nut shell. Other split shells with green exterior and tan interior are in the background.

Chipmunk skull among Shagbark Hickory nuts.
#31daysofHalloween

I have encountered a coyote on this boardwalk rounding a bend. We were both shocked

Wooden boardwalk zig-zagging through tall grass. In the background there are trees with red, orange, and green leaves and a blue sky.

Marsh boardwalk in autumn.
#31daysofHalloween

I'm not sure if she is giving cover to Centrist Democrats that take donations from big donors and interest groups (some that also fund Trump and MAGA politicians).

These Centrists sometimes vote with MAGA. We should absolutely get rid of these politicians. They're united with billionaires.

One small oblong orange pumpkin hanging off a green wire fence. There is a White Wood Aster on the left, a rock and wooden fence behind the pumpkin, a garden post on the right followed by flowering dill in the foreground.

My sole pumpkin of the year.

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

Democratic Socialists and progressives traditionally run grassroots campaigns relying on small donations from many voters.

Centrists, liberals and moderate candidates traditionally rely on billionaire donors. Often the same billionaire donors as MAGA candidates.

Vote progressive.

Happy October and first day of Halloween.

Trump's going to saturate polling locations with ICE in Democratic cities using "illegal alien" votes as the reason.

The army will be used to create ID checks. Declaring war on blue highly-populated cities and sending in troops now is a way to determine the strength of resistance later.

Cross Orb Weaver wrapping its prey in silk.

Screenshot of a NYTimes headline and subhead that reads: "N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Move to Capitalize on Adams’s Departure Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa hit the campaign trail on Monday after Eric Adams left the race, while Andrew Cuomo called donors." Highlighted in blue is "while Andrew Cuomo called donors."

Same as it ever was.

Jeffries having praise for Adams and no endorsement for Mamdani is a perfect summation of the current class of dem leadership.

Subservient to their donors with exactly zero loyalty to actual Americans.

Jeffries is not just a coward - he’s a stupid coward - his message resonates with no one.

Photo of Eric Adams

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ends his reelection campaign.

It's kind of a fun hot-cold game trying to locate them by the potency of their smell.

Right, they do smell like a dead animal. That's an interesting specimen.

Centered is a cylindrical red fungus with brownish green spore mass on its top half. It is coming out of the ground.

This alien-like protrusion curving out of the earth is the fruiting body of a fungus known as the Devil's Dipstick, a type of stinkhorn.

The green slime on the top half is a spore mass, dispersed by flies attracted to an emanating foul scent.

A phallic shaped fungus rising out of mulch. The cylindrical body is white leading to a brown cap with a white circular opening. Small flies are gathered on top.

Flies marching on top of a Ravenel's Stinkhorn.

Black and white cat sleeping against a human leg on a couch.

Lazy Saturday. Procatinating.
#caturday

A graphic of 10 different sticker designs. On the bottom right, it sayhs "Vote now at zohranfornyc.com/stickittotheman"

It's time to vote...for an "I Registered" sticker!

Two days ago, we put out the call for new designs and *hundreds* of you came through. We picked our top 10 and now it's time for you to make the final call.

Polls are open until Sunday at 10am at zohranfornyc.com/stickittothe...

Pressure is swelling against Israel and its genocidal campaign because of constant action from progressives, despite Republicans and Centrist Democrats working in union to stop change.

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

Thousands marched in NYC today to oppose Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations and to demand action to end Israel's genocide in Gaza.