Laura Botts, a/k/a Ell Bee

Bear enjoys refreshing swim in pond

Finally some good news

This is how you get Mad Cow

Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me

Just got to the Mall and saw this sign, which no one is going to top.

#HandsOff2025

The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim—

Oh.

Thank you to whoever made this

An extremely stocky and muscular ox, painted by George Garrard in 1813.

"they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak"

our beef:

A photo of a sculpture made of colored Sculpey Clay. The sculpture is based on the Richard Scarry drawing of 6 mice riding in a car made out of a triangle block of yellow Swiss cheese. The little happy mice poke their heads out of the holes in the cheese. It's really cute imo, he popped off when he drew this one. The entire sculpture is about three inches long and fits in the artist's hand.

Another angle of the same sculpture.

Another angle of the same sculpture.

The original drawing by Richard Scarry. It has words under it that read "Have you ever seen a cheese car on the highway?" No Richard, I haven't, but I would cry from joy if I did.

I have made CHEESE BOYS

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

HASKELL FREE LIBRARY & OPERA HOUSE We need your help! The City of Stanstead and the Haskell Free Library and Opera House are calling on the public and media to  stand with us against the U.S. government’s unilateral decision to...

Obligatory kvetching about this timeline. Library resistance. Help if you can.

"[We] are calling on the public... to stand with us against the U.S. government’s decision to shut down the primary Canadian access point to this world-renowned one-of-a-kind heritage landmark"

www.haskelloperahouse.org

Google Lens led me to this from 2022: www.facebook.com/share/p/16Ba...

Now, more than ever, Elon is running aMusk.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER GUTTING INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM & LIBRARY SERVICES By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administrations executive order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted American institutions and the staff and services they offer. show up FOR OUR LIBRARIES American Association

Dear Congress,
Libraries are the place we all belong. The place where Mister Rogers’ neighbors collide at the library to help one another. We come together to embrace library joy. What good is the world without libraries and museums? ❤️‍🩹

Call, email Congress! Help libraries & museums! We need you 💛

[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]

Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate

a spectacular crescent of golden-brown wrinkles is laying atop a soft, lime green blanket. each of the precious rolls from one end to the other no doubt came from an elaborate and precise lamination process and not just a casual plop. some might see what they believe is a shar pei puppy, but that can’t be it.

We only rate dogs. This is a very cuddly croissant. We understand the confusion between puppies and pastries, but please only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10

February chaotic greenhouse dopamine 🌱🪴🌿

ADHD: because that thing that took 27 days to start, took 27 minutes to finish.

A thing I wish more people knew is that measles is basically the most contagious disease in the world

To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.

Please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...

Now do "classical gas". Season 4 / Episode 17

♪ so we'll march day and night ♪
♪ by the big cooling tower ♪
♪ they have the plant, but we have the power. ♪

Accidentally clicked the wrong button in my trivia game, resulting in a new version of the Jane Austen classic, _Pride and Fish_.

Senna alata - Wikipedia

Senna alata, maybe? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senna_a...

👀 NEW: the current under secretary of State for Management, Ambassador Tibor Nagy, has sent an email regarding OPM's request for five accomplishments: "No employee is obligated to report their activities outside of their department chain of command."

A red tailed hawk looking at the camera, besmirched

Me when some drugged up crybaby billionaire thinks not responding to a single mass email is cause for removal. 🪶

I feel sorry for Americans. I had no idea they didn’t have shower be able to flush toilet or even read under the light of a bulb before Trump 😳🥲🥲

NOTHING can destroy a Cyber Truck….😎😏
#WorldBollardAssociation

YouTube video by Schoolhouse Rock America - Three Ring Government - Schoolhouse Rock

Seems like a lot of our politicians and media need a refresher from Schoolhouse Rock: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKSG...

BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data

NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore

BASH: You are the government