Sammy Gainer

A trail of colourful bushy plants wedged between a large rock on the left and a mound of loose blue purple slate on the right topped with a tree with rounded leafy foliage

Nature and Slate

A reminder: state-mandated mourning and censorship of dissent are basic signs that you have an authoritarian government. Just saying.

A close-up of a white coral fungus growing from the forest floor, its branching stalks shaped like delicate antlers against a backdrop of moss and decaying wood.

I'm so happy mushroom season is finally getting underway. I found some crown-tipped coral fungi on a damp log. Every branch ends in a tiny crown. 🍄 👑

#photography #mushroom #fungi #macro #nature #pnw #mushrooms #naturephotography #macrophotography

Waddles the Staffy gets a whiff of Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang

I unintentionally started a book club tonight with Separation of Church and Hate by @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

When poetry takes shape…

Artist: Robin Wight
Staffordshire, UK

When Theodore claims my chair, there’s literally nothing I can do about it. It’s his chair now.

The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon” Margaret Wise Brown constantly pushed boundaries—in her life and in her art.

Many readers now think of Margaret Wise Brown titles like “The Runaway Bunny” as tranquil introductions to storytelling. But the books, like their author, were radical for their time.

A dleeping woman surrounded by colourful waves of energy.

A close up of the traditional watercolor and acryla gouache painting of Beyond the Quiet.

Newsom FTW

#EpsteinFiles

In case I wasn’t clear…

Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

pretty weird how there's always billion dollars just lying around whenever ICE needs concentration camps but there's never any money when children need healthcare or a simple school lunch. oh well just one of those things I guess

This is stunning, bravo

Models: Matt and Bryce

#XingPhotoStudio

You deserve a break. Stop healing. Choose violence. go batshit insane. do it for the plot.

mood.

加油台灣 😅

Here are my top 10 summer dogs of all time!

The gutless won't share

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.

Just like an early heads up.

July 4th is canceled until further notice.

There’s nothing to celebrate about this shit show anymore.

When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.

Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

When did Slowbro become a Beyblade??