Ah, technology.

Over on FB I currently can't post anything due to a bug in their code. (I get a popup about reels that won't go away.)

Here on Bluesky I'm subject to a character limit. (Clearly not everyone is.)

Makes it a bit hard to be expressive.

"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." - Robert Goodloe Harper
The voices of history (note also Kipling's "Dane-geld") know how to treat with bullies if we only listen to them.

Dane-geld 1 IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation To call upon a neighbour and to say:– “We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight, Unless you pay us cash to go away.&#8…

Those who are paying the DON-geld need to brush up on their Kipling.

www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_d...

Once again we hear the musical question:
"Does that star-spangled banner yet wave
o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"

No, it does not. Because we ARE not.

Free? Not while masked thugs grab people off the streets.

Brave? Not when so many kowtow to Trump in fear of retribution.

When I heard they had elected an African woman to head the IOC, I visualized someone a number of shades darker.

There was a reason why I applied for benefits BEFORE DT took office.

Cataracts.
In nature I enjoy them immensely, all the way from the musical whimsies of small streams to the majestic roaring of large rivers.
In my eyes? Not so much.
The optometrist says both eyes are eligible for surgery, so I'll be getting that done when Kaiser finds time for me in their schedule.