Brett Taylor

Well, the movies tell them existential threat doesn't look like this (where are the explosions, the car chases?) and that the avengers will come along later to set things right.

They don't have to resist. They just need to grab the popcorn and watch.

Believing your own lies is culturally fatal.

I love following your posts, Mary. But ...

Only a tiny proportion of Americans are seriously resisting. The rest are, at most, virtue signaling. When the current regime falls there is always a risk of another future hard right victory.

We need to face facts. They can't ever be trusted again.

Missed this until just now, Jaelyn. Thanks :)

I seriously think that as we get older this "sleep nights, be awake days" thing is our primary mission. Like ... in order to level up as an elder, I need to defeat this dragon ...

Morning BlueSky'ers .... looking for an online course on inflammaging, cellular senescence, or both that is aimed at the medical peer, but not at the expert immunologist / biologist.

Would love a pointer as I am not having much luck with Herr Google ...

(Thanks)

British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read - London Daily “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

Well, this is pretty bang on ....

londondaily.com/british-writ...

Well, Derek, for starters you can get off your ass and get out to the July 4th protests. You can write your representatives, whether municipal, state or federal, demanding action, or commit funds to legal aid.

Maybe you already do these things? But if not, don't clutch your pearls at me.

What a polite way to say that the pigeons were hungry ...

Minneapolis. San Diego. Gloves coming off, folks. Good on you!

Our walk this morning. Truly beautiful.

Great song :)

Hahaha ....

YouTube video by Andy Graham Ronan the Sea Lion Headbangs to Heavy Metal

Brother can keep a beat ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN_z...

Best joke of the week:

"What's the difference between Pierre Pollievre and a toilet?

... A toilet has a seat .... "

:)

From Reddit; I am stealing it shamelessly because I love it.

Now's the time, progressives, to talk about electoral reforms in Canada. A decent, intelligent leader in need of some deals. A bedraggled NDP that needs to see a more appropriate vote to seat ratio, in the position to provide those deals to a minority government. Electoral convention now, please.

So the plovers are back, people :)

Mind your dogs on the beaches, k?

Vancouver ... "thinking of you" seems to be such a small statement this morning. But we are.

So if anyone is interested in community driven social history projects, our group in the tiny community of Port l'Hebert Nova Scotia would like to show off ... I am so proud of their work :). This is how we keep oral, local history alive!

eplhstory.ca

What are you supposed to do? Folks .... look at other countries and their ongoing mass protests against corruption and injustice.

You are SUPPOSED TO RIOT!

Get your asses out on the street, people. Cowards don't make history. Not good history, anyway.

So, bluenose bass players of Bluesky ... How does someone who is 185 years old and relatively (<2 years) new to the bass find jam partners on the south shore of Nova Scotia? I am going to be cabin bound for the summer ... halfway between Liverpool and Shelburne ... and I would love to play.

So. Does anyone have contact information for the lead design engineer for KitchenAid?

Because I want to suggest that they make a video of this person disconnecting the water line. As a form of punishment for their many, many sins.

Perfectly sane ...

From Reddit this morning ...

George. It is who you already are.

Americans need to stop talking about what is going to happen ... They need to stop clutching their pearls and get their lethargic asses out on the streets.

This shit is going down. This is exactly who you are.

YouTube video by Doug and the Slugs - Topic Day By Day

I know I am an old fart ... But it occurred to me that this tune is a particularly apt right now.

music.youtube.com/watch?v=g4t0...

(Turn it up)

You might want to chat with an orthopod or sports med specialist ... My partner went through this so I have some idea as to what fresh hell it is ... It might well be that an injection of steroid is just the ticket (I am NOT an orthopod .... )

Is this a frozen shoulder? Because sometimes an injection can help that. Not clear if it is the injection of fluid that liberates the adhesions, the local anaesthetic they put in at the same time allowing you to mobilize, or the steroid.

You are not alone though ...sleep dep / pain is hard.

Amongst others. It has been more than a decade. A group of us would just wander the eastern shore and stop wherever the map / view seemed to be telling us to :).

Drove by it on surfing trips many weekends ... :)