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Some good stuff happened yesterday, let's keep doing good stuff.

not to bring the vibe down, but my guess is that after tonight Trump will probably double down on gerrymandering, voter suppression, and intimidation as tactics to disincentivize Dem turnout ahead of next year‘s midterms. (with margins like these, it won’t matter, but it’s a time to be vigilant)

YouTube video by Little JEMs The Sleeping Baby 3 SD 480p

I think we've done it friends!
The Baby and I are proud to present our Halloween production of The Sleeping Baby. 🩰

(for anyone needing alt text, the video description is in the Description section at the link)

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Okay, I have The Baby's Halloween video uploading, but I'm also doing the work around version if bluesky takes too long or thinks the file is still too big. Work around says about 25 minutes.

👍

I'll give it a bit and then I'll try my work around that I used to use with the bird app.

It's an iMovie file. I have it uploading right now, bluesky is just taking forever. It is over 2 minutes though.

Hold on, the file's too big...

Ugh, this audio editing is killing meeeeeeeeee. All the video clips are in the editor and audio is 50% done. I have to finish that and then it's transitions and title cards. I have to break for dinner, but I'm gonna aim for 9pm Central standard time for upload. 🤞 Baby was mostly well behaved 👀

A 10 inch diameter loaf of twisted babka bread made with dough that's dyed purple and orange. The twists expose homemade blackberry compote and ground pistachios. The top is garnished with globs of honey glazed chopped pistachios, halved blackberries, and pistachio cream that has been thinned with milk enough to drizzle over the top in toxic green colored shatters. The babka is sitting on a cooling rack on a table.

Here's my second place entry from the Halloween baking contest (it's supposed to be a zombie brain)

Flavors are orange, pistachio, and blackberry with cardamom and anise.

Brown and white guinea pig looking into the camera while wearing a gold flexible foam tiara like Aurora from Disney's Sleeping Beauty. In the background is a printed photo of Sleeping Beauty castle at Disneyland.

The smol human is here this weekend, so Halloween photo session with The Baby won't even take place until tomorrow.

She appreciates your patience. In the meantime, here she is partially dressed up to wish a friend happy birthday.

You can't even buy a hot rotisserie chicken from a grocery store with SNAP, ZERO nail or hair salons can take funds from an EBT card you racist shitburgers.
Ron Johnson is a lying treasonous bigot and I will never forgive Wisconsin for chosing him over Russ Feingold.

Trans people have warned for years that these anti-trans policies would hurt far more than just trans people.

This country has stricter requirements for getting food aid than for being able to starting a fucking war

Most likely don’t have this on the Election Day radar, but felony disenfranchisement is on the ballot next week in Virginia, an unusually harsh state for denying voting rights to people with criminal records. Major reform may be coming there, and Tuesday is pivotal.

Here’s what you need to know:

Somebody got new toys

She hates baths MORE than clothes. I'm gonna need good snacks for bribes though, that is true.

I tried it on her (how I know it's too big) and she did NOT like it 😭

Deatil from a light blue tutu made from tulle. While there is nothing in the photk for scale, the tutu is pet sized, but still a bit too large for a guinea pig.

It's too big, but I think it will work with some alterations. The photo session is going to be a nightmare 😫

A reminder that anti Muslim bigotry and hate continues to be a risk free political strategy. But it also endangers everyone else. Case in point: ICE and the erosion of foundational civil liberties is an outcome of post 9/11 “anti terrorism” legislation.

It's so tiny compared to the red tails 🥹 smol hawk

If we had fallen ass backward into the playoffs maybe I wouldn't have any expectations, but we had the best record of any team 😭 We're playing like it's April again.

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I've only seen one juvenile around here, about 5 years ago. Our fish birds are herons - blue and green.

Their photos are so pretty 🥹 We didn't have as many goldfinches out this year as we normally do and I've only ever seen one Oriole. I love colorful birds.

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🦅 ⬅️ was definitely not this bird

It seemed proportional, just small. Very small compared to the red tail hawks that are everywhere here.

Now I want to see one 🥺

Front cover of Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide by Stan Tekiela. A North American Robin is photographed in the center and a plug for the companion CD of bird calls is in the lower right corner.

Pages from the book Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide showing the Cooper's hawk at rest, soaring, and as a juvenile. A text description including taxonomic information and a home range is on the facing page. The Ciopers hawk is dark with a light underside and barring on both the belly and wings. The tail has three dark bars on the upper side. The juvenile is brown mottled on cream.

I've been following along in my field guide, trying to compare photos of birds y'all are suggesting to the photos. I appreciate everyone's help. 💗