Rick

Acting Ensign Rhodey reporting for duty!

A mid-October pollinator.

Pollinators of September...

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.”

Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”

Want to feel old? In five years it will be Ramona Quimby-Age 80 🙂 Henry Huggins was first released in 1950.

Wonderful!

He's still the sweetest pup.

Who needs guard dogs?

Late Summer Pollinators

Shot of Kirk of crew from the Motion Picture.

It strikes me as odd that Akiva Goldsman wants to essentially redo TOS with Year One when there is technically an entire 2nd 5-year-mission offscreen between TMP & WoK. Not sure I’d want that either but I’d be MORE interested. The uniforms alone! And if they did it, the should def call it Phase II.

god i love host Hazel Brugger so much #eurovision

Totally getting Bowie vibes and maybe a little T. Rex/Marc Nolan too?

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Art Spiegelman Won’t Shrink Back From Controversy The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy.

Maus author Art Spiegelman’s next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco. He thinks he will struggle to find a publisher in the United States.

“I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”

Given the image at the top of the thread, I'm glad I didn't say Tuvix...

This is a tough one. Maybe pre-chip Data? He's quixotic, reflective, inquisitive, and, he's always attempting to grow. Throw in a dash of Londo and G'kar as well as...oops wrong universe.

Dog Days of Summer

I still remember when a friend from Brazil had me taste Cilantro, raw, before they mixed it in with some complimentary veggies and I thought it was akin to a bitter soap. Cilantro, baah!!!

A puffed out robin sitting on a thin tree branch in front of.a brick building. There are tiny red berries on the tree's other branches.

A puffed out robin sitting on a thin tree branch in front of.a brick building. There are tiny red berries on the branches. No leaves.

A puffed out robin sitting on a thin tree branch in front of.a brick building. There are tiny red berries on the branches. No leaves. This photo is similar to the other two, but the camera is zoomed in on the bird.

This afternoon, I found this little puffball sitting on a branch looking for berries in the bitter cold. It made the run to the Co-op/grocer worth it. We were, I guess, both foraging.

Roadie, a black lab mix, and Klaus, a brown-grey striped year old kitten, are resting on a couch together. Roadie is looking at the camera and his head is next to Klaus' back. Klaus is stretching and his eyes are half closed, denoting happiness.

Weekend snugglers. Roadie and Klaus on the couch...

Is that Finn from Saveafox? They are a great rescue organization and Finn was their youtube mascot!
www.saveafox.org

Bacon, a pitbull, looking at the camera while standing next to a kitchen chair

Bacon, a pitbull, looking at the camera from a slighly different angle.

Bacon, who passed away last year, was one of the kindest creatures that I have ever met. My friends raised him right and he did right by them. He loved them. His eyes sparkled with a keen intelligence. Despite being all muscle he was gentler than a mouse. He was a sweet puppy.

Awesome! The moments when this city lives up to its credo are the best moments!

Roadie, a service dog, sits in a car backseat with the AC on. The puppy is waiting patiently for their human who is running a quick errand.

Sorry for the repost. Typos in the original. Could not find the edit button. Roadie, my partner's service dog, waits patiently as they run a quick errand. Roadie has three legs and giant heart. He was abandoned as a pup and was a hit and run victim. He fought his way back to active service.

Maine Coon cat sitting on a kitchen shelf near a window.

My oldest friend's cat has more than a dash of elegance as he surveys the apartment, looking for his treats.

Hi, new people!

This isn't Twitter/ X /whatever.

Here has a more respectful culture overall, and those of us who've been here a minute would like to continue to keep our cortisol levels down.

*don't be a jerk in mentions
*don't put people on blast
*mute, block, move on
*have a nice day!

Hey science bro! I finally made it to bluesky! How do you like the app and how does the science community here compare to other media sites? Hope that you and Mister C. are doing well!