I’m seeing the third bath of baby juncos this year! Are you seeing lots of babies?

Like AOC, 90% of his appeal to many people is that’s he’s attractive. They’re both the product of influencer culture.

Nixon's resignation letter.

Fifty-one years ago today.

"Agents stormed our restaurants in a show of force that went beyond anything reasonable or humane. They raided the heart of our business, tore through our spaces, and left behind a trail of fear, confusion, destruction. Our kitchens were flipped. Our walk-ins emptied. Food trashed. Doors broken."

I had a bunch late spring/early summer but I haven’t been hearing them lately.

Another excellent article by @lyndamapes @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social, this one focused on one of my favorite species - Swainson’s Thrush. So nice to see the HJ Andrews @uslter.bsky.social linked to wintering grounds in Costa Rica. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Book cover The Cunning of History

There’s a book you might like - it’s hard to read but timely

He’s an influencer culture candidate. Like AOC and Beto, they’re glib and confident and have nice smiles, and people are sexually attracted to them, so in our messed up society, we elect them to public office.

I'm going to dismantle all the lies in this meme
Fuck the alt text because they don't deserve it.

Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”

Front Page of the Day:

He will not be deterred.

#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files

Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson (via his “1517 Fund”) invests in Rainmaker, a cloud seeding startup in El Segundo, which has a growing community of uber Christian “Tech Bros,” including Rainmaker’s Augustus Doricko & Valar Atomics’ Isaiah Taylor who attend a church tied to Doug Wilson. 1/

A tiny orange rosebud in a tiny vase on a wooden table

Some ripening tomatoes that are too close to the ground and are being gradually eaten

Cut this rose sooner than usual to see if it will open and last longer. And I think it’s slugs eating my tomatoes - but they haven’t gotten to the cherry tomatoes, and those are amazing, so it’s ok kinda. #gardening

Or set up a genetic rescue: bring in other subspecies of priests from other regions and release them in Ireland to breed with the native priests.

August 8, 2025 (Friday) During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed he could stop Russia’s war on Ukraine with a single phone call.

🧵 This jumped out at me from "Letters From an American" today:

The surprising association has led Democratic political strategist Simon Rosenberg of Hopium Chronicles to speculate that Putin might possess “some form of the Epstein files” that Trump would prefer to keep from seeing the light of day.

TikTok video by Huda

This is not an apology.

She made a video spewing antisemitic conspiracy theories, accusing Israel of being responsible for WW1, WW2 (because I guess time travel is a thing), 9/11, and October 7.

This is a baby-voice nonpology that literally says nothing.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ktY6MC/

Seriously, buy from Black owned business instead of this antisemitic culture vulture, Huda Kattan!

Because Beauty Bakerie is no more, but there are so many Black-owned businesses that need our support in this economy instead of the Arab Kardashian from TEMU!

www.reddit.com/r/BeautyGuru...

A few illustrations from William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922). Read the whole book, and see more of its images, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/korean-fairy-tales

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.

This is my approach with self-checkout, I seem to always need a real, employed person to help me. I wouldn’t have simply left when the dog boys showed up at my desk, but I don’t have that kind of opportunity.

Microstylum morosum or the "Giant Prairie Robber Fly" living up to their name - what a HUGE fly! 🫡

NE Oklahoma, iphone video (wish it would've locked the color balance while filming!)

The astonishing thing about Watergate, in contrast to today, is how the President was actually shamed into leaving office.

Imagine that: shame.

I have no idea what I personally can do about any of this. Trump and his people are breaking laws right and left, and there’s no enforcement. Do I make a citizens arrest? I can make a phone call but they don’t care what I think, I’m one of the people they want to die.

It’s time to wake up - we are literally on the verge of losing our democracy if Donald Trump cheats his way to those seats in Texas.

US to rewrite its past national climate reports US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.

The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.

Indigenous Group Wins Land Claim Over Slice of Metro Vancouver An Indigenous group won claim to hundreds of acres of metropolitan Vancouver after a years-long trial and landmark judgment at British Columbia’s supreme court.

An Indigenous group won claim to hundreds of acres of metropolitan Vancouver after a years-long trial and landmark judgment at British Columbia’s supreme court

From "Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance" (1922), a set of 30 lithographs by the Jewish artist Issachar Ber Ryback. In the series Ryback depicts scenes from his home village in Ukraine before it was destroyed in the pogroms following WW1. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/s...

Desperate Trump Attempts To Flush 14-Year-Old Masseuse Down Toilet WASHINGTON—In a frantic bid to dispose of damaging evidence amid ongoing scrutiny of his relationship with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a desperate President Donald Trump reportedly attempted to flush a 14-year-old masseuse down the toilet Tuesday. “Oh Christ, c’mon, Ashley, don’t get stuck—uh, just gimme one second in here!” Trump said as […]

Desperate Trump Attempts To Flush 14-Year-Old Masseuse Down Toilet
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The Saturday edition of the virus update is now out with the latest news and data of the day.

This Week's Covid Numbers Show Big Increases Over Last Week In The US! youtu.be/1GxoiX0C3g8?... via @YouTube