Sam Waller

View from the London Eye, with raindrops on the windows.

London's Tower Bridge

As handsome as ever. ❤️

ICE is recruiting agents with incentives, massive ad campaigns. Sheriffs aren't happy. ICE just made it more attractive to become an immigration agent, with a $50k signing bonus. But are they hurting local law enforcement in the process?

ICE is recruiting agents with incentives
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Am I a tourist now?

The Elizabeth Tower from across the Thames.

"We're about to find out if Kennedy is serious."
I'm not holding my breath.

Such dedication!

Because the hallmark of the Trump regime is incompetence.

Oh yes, the language is often quite beautiful.

It's what can happen when a country has an established religion.

Unless he is the center of attention, he has no interest in what's going on.

It seems the entire Ivy League is going that way.

Last year, the DOJ brought charges against the CEO of Fat Brands for a range of financial crimes totaling $47 million.

During the 2024 election cycle, the CEO donated nearly $20k to Trump and Republicans.

Today, the DOJ dropped the case against him.

Funny how that works.

He's not going to see applications because he's not going to look at them.

Cover of Open, Heaven a novel by Seán Hewitt.

Some novels have taken me to unfamiliar worlds and introduced me to exotic characters. This is not one of those novels. Reading this novel produced for me a seemingly clairvoyant evocation of my own life experience, and recalling people whom I have met. It is a brilliant, haunting accomplishment.

Smoke from Canada has arrived in Sister Bay. The air smells smoky, too.

I, in my infinitesimal life, will,
at least for tonight, keep these lovely atoms
before I must return them to the stars.
-- Ellen Bass

Two fawns are watching me.

Lying is the essential modus operandi of the Trump regime.

Real.

I don't understand why Republicans fear the Epstein files. Don't they know that MAGAs would be proud that their leader is a pedophile?

The dictator will dictate.

Another useless Republican Johnson

I've gone again to pay my respects to the perseverance tree who has endured many setbacks in its long life, but yet continues to grow.

“The First Homosexuals” Is a Defiant Celebration of LGBTQ+ Life The exhibition is diffuse with a sense of urgency to document this history against aggravated societal and governmental threats of erasure.

A sensitive review by Debra Brehmer of the Wrightwood 659 exhibit The First Homosexuals
hyperallergic.com/1028459/the-...

Wooden building with walls covered in names painted onto it.

detail of wall with names painted onto it in multiple colors

Visited the Hardy Gallery, where Charlue and I painted our names together fourteen years ago. They have since been painted over.

The Washington team should rename itself to honor our president: The Washington Orangeskins.

Yes, but bagels. Where are the bagels?