Tony Whetstone

Trump looking very uncomfortable in a tux, he resembles the old Adam's family character "Lurch"

"You rang?"

American white pelican spreads his wings in the green marshy area of Webber Lake.

Seen from the water, a river otter raises his head in the blue water, with thick pine trees on shore.

Water lilies in the marshy area of Webber Lake, Truckee California.

Pelicans, river otters, and water lilies. Webber Lake, Truckee CA.

And I don't think pushing conspiracy theories is "asking questions" in good faith.

Every July turkeys flock to Sacramento for the annual Running of the Bicycles:

#wildturkeys
#AmericanRiverParkway

July 4th 2025

When maga mike has rung the bell
That sounds our nation's final knell
For every fool who wished them well
I pray awaits
A special place in hell.

The blue nose of a kayak in aqua water. Another blue kayak in the distance. Green trees cover two hills on either side of the water.

We put in Lexington Reservoir as the winds rose. It was fun paddling upwind and I felt strong. Three miles later--winds now at our back--it was mindfully quiet. You could spot occasional fish jumping, marvel at seabirds dinner-diving, and savor the intermittent scent of eucalyptus trees.

Tired of being told the things I care about are just a distraction, while the things someone else cares about are where I should be directing my attention.

Tall pines surround a camping tent.

Sugar Pine Reservoir, a small island surrounded by water, and the pines in the distance.

A beagle standing on his back legs in a kayak, staring into the lake water. Another kayaker and Pine Forest turn the background.

Hated to miss No Kings Day, but you have to make camping reservations pretty far in advance. This is Sugar Pine Reservoir, and it recharged my spiritual battery.
#beagles
#paddling

Redwood Forest with fallen redwood serving as a sort of planter, a variety of ferns and trees growing out of it.

Redwood National and State Parks, always feels like coming home.

I worked in a couple of restaurants on the beach many years ago. It was not uncommon to "86" some of the characters we got out there. Doesn't mean we hurt them in any way. It just meant we refused to do further business with them.

I'm not aware of the extent of Fox "talent." He seems to have employed a lot of them, I'm just dreading what could possibly be left.

Is this the cream of the Fox News crop that is running our country--or is there a bottom of the barrel still to come?

Idiocracy.

They think they can get all the science they need from podcasts, YouTube, and tictok.

In most of the rest of the interview Pence was falling over himself to kiss Trump's ass.

Bradford Werner

I'm just finishing my first pass through grade 2 repertoire.

Closup on a black music stand, with classical guitar sheet music. Under the stand is a blue rug with a partial view of a beagle's Head and shoulders.

My music coach is pretty low key unless there's a cat at the window. He never complains when I play the same piece for most of a day, and he never points out my mistakes.
@thisisguitar.bsky.social
#beagles

Yes definitely. And any number of his bootlickers! When I said "the least qualified among us," in my mind the "us" meant people who never would have worn a maga cap.

Pardon my naivete, but it was my impression that people were idolizing him because they thought he murdered someone.

F*** yes it's going to work a lot better than murder.

You start with a completely false premise. We have means to hold the health industry to account. The courts are still working pretty damn well, despite trump. You don't jump to murder just because it's difficult to get your way.

When we start condoning murder, we make the least qualified among us our new leaders, people who are equipped with nothing but a gun.

a person is hanging from a rope in the air with mountains in the background ALT: a person is hanging from a rope in the air with mountains in the background

Government by Bungee

NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

White Male America first:

You got me, but it's only when he wants to say "hello" to other dogs...or protect us from a strange cat, or a random creak in the house... We call him the little guy with a big voice.

Vladimir.. Vlaaaaad, Vlaaaaad, now stooop it!

It wasn't "warrior culture"...it was warrior couture.

Not warrior culture--warrior couture!