Two Eurasian collared doves on top of a bird-feeder pole, one with its body facing left and one with its body facing right but both looking at the camera. The doves are white with darker tail feathers and a gray line across their shoulders. Green leaves in the background.

Today’s alt #birdoftheday theme is #pigeons&doves. These two are guilty of something…

I assume you mean Summerville and not Centerville.

Measles is spreading in South Carolina. Could it make people vote for a pediatrician? Dr. Annie Andrews is running for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat. She's one of several doctors seeking office during an election midterm year where health care issues are front and center.

Measles is spreading in South Carolina. Could it make people vote for a pediatrician? 19thnews.org/2026/02/anni... via @19thnews.org

There may be no turning back this climate crisis As warming breaches a critical threshold, scientists fear cascading consequences.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My wife grew up around here. She used to hear this story as a kid, but couldn’t be convinced to check it out.

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

Democracy dies of heatstroke.
What a tool Bezos is--imagining having that kind of money and still being afraid of Dear Leader.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

YouTube video by DJKevinTV1 The Summerville Light - Short Story

The recent earthquake got me thinking about the Summerville light ghost story that originated right here on Sheep Island Road, and I found this video that I hadn't seen before. I think I like the headless train conductor version better... www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNlh...

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

'Flawed economic models mean the accelerating impact of the climate crisis could lead to a global financial crash, experts warn.

Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash, they said, as “we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks”.'

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I didn’t feel this, although I’m right on top of it, but the story has a little history of the 1886 Summerville/Charleston earthquake that was the most destructive ever to hit the East Coast.

Sixteen or so great egrets standing in or near a pond. The egrets are white with orange bills and eight or nine of them are reflected in the water. In the shore across from them is a great blue heron and a few anhingas or cormorants are near the water to the right of most of the egrets.

An egregious ingress of egrets I guess, but I digress… #birds

Vonnegut Estate, Authors, and Student Plaintiffs Take Utah to Court Over the Freedom to Read - ACLU of Utah In Vonnegut v. Utah, plaintiffs argue that portions of HB29 (Sensitive Material Review Law) are unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment.

www.acluutah.org/press-releas...

I’ve always just said trash can, no mention of its mobility. Wheelie bin is a lot cooler though…

I recently read 3 consecutive books by 3 different British female authors. 2 were mystery writers and 1 was an environmentalist. Oddly, the term “wheelie bin” came up in all 3 books. Turns out it just means a trash container with wheels, or to use it in a sentence: It’s wheelie bin a long January…

South Carolina Is America’s New Measles Norm The state’s measles outbreak could soon be bigger than West Texas’s. Are the two connected?

www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

Hundreds protest ICE in Charleston over weekend - Charleston City Paper MORNING HEADLINES  |  Hundreds of people turned out in two weekend rallies in Charleston to protest brutal immigration enforcement by the federal government in Minnesota.

charlestoncitypaper.com/2026/01/26/h...

A mute swan cleaning its feathers on a lake . The swan is white with black around the eyes and an orange beak. Its body is facing right but its head is turned around to clean its feathers. The lake appears dark green with white ripples.

Today’s #birdoftheday theme is #swans. A mute swan at Swan Lake and Iris Gardens in Sumter, South Carolina.

South Carolina’s Unions Stand in Solidarity with Minnesota Workers Calling for End to ICE Occupation South Carolina AFL-CIO President Boris Gibson released the following statement about the Day of Truth & Freedom on Friday, Jan. 23 in Minnesota:

South Carolina’s Unions Say They Stand in Solidarity with Minnesota Workers Calling for End to I CE Occupation holycitysinner.com/news/south-c...

Administration Censors Climate Science, Harms Visitor Experience at Historic Fort Sumter To censor and erase sound science at this park, where the first shots of the American Civil War rang out, is a deep insult to the Park Service’s hard work and legislative mandate.

"To censor and erase sound science at this park, where the first shots of the American Civil War rang out, is a deep insult to the Park Service’s hard work and legislative mandate." www.npca.org/articles/112...

Evening sky with a white crescent moon on the top of the photo, three out of focus geese or ducks appearing black against the light blue sky beneath the moon, a white streak of a distant airplane just ahead of the birds heading up and a bare tree on the bottom right as the blue sky turns to yellow.

Beautiful weather for an evening walk. -Summerville, South Carolina.

‘I’m not done yet:’ Fired Navy leader enters coastal SC congressional race as a Democrat Nancy Lacore, former chief of the Navy Reserve, was sacked from their role in 2025 is launching a campaign for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District.

This will be interesting. A top Navy official running as a Democrat in what once was a purple district in South Carolina.

www.postandcourier.com/politics/nav...

Great crested fly-catcher perched on a brown fence post. The bird has light brown feathers on its crest that get lighter down its back. Their bellies wings are brown with white stripes and more orange towards the ends. It has dark eyes and a light orange beak and white feathers on its belly. The bird is facing to the right with its beak open and has a variety of green leaves in the background.

Today’s #birdoftheday theme is #singing. A great crested fly-catcher belting out a tune in the backyard.

MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.

Thanks!

Thanks!

Two eastern bluebirds perched on top of a feeder pole with a fake black metal bird between them. Both birds are facing to the right and both are similarly colored with blue wing feathers, light blue heads with a dark stripe across black eyes and dark beaks. Their bellies are white turning to light brown closer to the head.

Today’s #birdoftheday theme is two of a kind. Two eastern bluebirds - one having a bad hair day…

FACT OF THE DAY. 17 January 1967. An article in the Daily Mail reported there were 4,000 holes in the roads of Blackburn, Lancashire. Beatle John Lennon used the article as the inspiration for lines in the classic song A Day in The Life on the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

Trying to describe it in alt text was interesting…

It is a cool cover.

Cover of the book The Joyful Environmentalist by Isabel Losada. The word Joyful is in black block letters shaded in blue and black stripes. Each letter in a square withJ, Y and U in green and O, F and L in yellow. The O has spokes and red arrows showing direction of rotation. Environmentalist is below that with black letters larger at the ends and smaller in the middle with a yellow background giving the illusion of looking into a corner. Below that is a drawing of a green tree with white leaves with black fork tailed birds flying around it and an orange sun with rays above all in a light blue background.Isabel is written below that in black with larger letters at the ends and smaller letters in the middle with green, white and yellow slashes around the word and below that Losada, each letter in a box with alternating red and yellow backgrounds. Below that is the quote in white letters “this is the joy we need in our lives “ attributed to George Monbiot in yellow against a green background.

Last year I read a number of gloom and doom climate change books, so this year I’m going more “joyful”. It actually is an enjoyable read chock full of tips to reduce your carbon footprint. #booksky

It's unfortunate that most locals don't even know about this area on the old shipyard, it really is pretty cool.