BugLady 🎨🌿🦋

Kinda a bunny, yes?

gray squirrel against yellow wall, the shadow of his tail is visible at left

The word "squirrel" comes from the Greek word skiouros, combining skia (shadow) and oura (tail). The Squirrel of the Day for February 15, 2026 demonstrates #sqrlpix

"I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again" Notes on changing brains. And Brians.

I wrote about the "I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again" guy.

I think he shows why Trump being a dogshit president temporarily solves many of the Democrats' worst problems with the media. And we have to take advantage of this moment.

I feel the same way. Better come for me now.

a cute furry green monster with black horns sitting in a brass goblet and smiling sweetly.

Frederick.

You'll find out about his favourite hobbies in my next book launching this spring! Get notified here: buff.ly/x2fhjWH

#book #monsters #monster #cutemonster #cuteart #watercolour

Interesting....😍

Bowl featuring barren landscape with cracked surface and two astronauts on the horizon looking up at Earth, fracturing from a central point in Washington DC.

Bowl featuring barren landscape with cracked surface and two astronauts on the horizon looking up at Earth, fracturing from a central point in Washington DC. Side view.

Bowl featuring barren landscape with cracked surface and two astronauts on the horizon looking up at Earth, fracturing from a central point in Washington DC. Detail of astronauts and Earth.

Invasion: Earth. Very fun commission and a throwback to one of my first bowls.

International Lessons on Democratic Backsliding and Recovery The United States can learn from other countries that have faced challenges to their democracies.

The United States can learn from other countries that have faced challenges to their democracies. Here’s how: bit.ly/4rkbpeC

It suddenly occurred to me that if the accusations and damning interviews and defecting members of the GOP keep mounting, he might die simply as a way to escape punishment.

(Which wouldn't be good, exactly, but we'd be rid of him)

KEEP UP THE PRESSURE!

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.

Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

A horned lark, a brown bird with white belly and black markings around its head, chest, and eye. There is a yellow tint to the feathers on its face. Its standing on a dry grass ground with snow visible on the ground in the background.

An eastern towhee, a bird with a black back/head, orange sides, and white belly. It’s standing on snow.

A female northern cardinal, a gray bird with red wings, crest, and tail feathers. It’s standing on a bare, thin branch

A white-throated sparrow, a bird with a brown back, white belly, grey chest, and black cap. It has white stripes along its head and yellow markings by its eyes. It’s standing on snow.

Back at Parker River, MA today and finally got my lifer snowy owl!!!!!!! It was a distant scope sighting so no photos, but winter isn’t over yet…

Lots of fun glamour shots of other species! Pictured: horned lark, lifer eastern towhee, northern cardinal, and white-throated sparrow 🪶🌿

Headline: Immigrants who say their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 cases. It's a historic high. Graph: A line chart going from Jan 2009 to Jan 2026 showing very few habeas cases until Trump’s second term, where the line takes off nearly vertically, showing more than 6,600 cases in Jan 2026 alone.

The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more cases, known as habeas petitions, filed in federal court in the last year than under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.

➡️ Read more (with @texastribune.org): https://propub.li/4tDklgE

If you meet someone online and the relationship develops fast, they might be a scammer! Slow down …

the FBI deleted this tweet

might’ve hit a little close to home for the director

if you're a republican, this is, like, *the* type of guy you absolutely cannot lose like this

Happy Valentine’s 🐾💗

This is why they think *everyone else* is using paid protestors or paid crowds, because they do it all of the time. If they didn't, about a dozen people would show up for their sad, angry rant-fests.

Hard truth. Look, I don't make the rules.

Sadly, it's really the only thing that ever works. All of history is my proof.

A hero.

Art is inherently political. I guess some artists haven't learned that.

Artists for Palestine UK @Art4PalestineUK Arundhati Roy “Disgusted” by Berlinale jury's remarks, and says “history will judge” artists who refuse to speak out on western governments’ complicity in Israel’s crime of genocide in Gaza - as she pulls out of the festival

Indian author Arundhati Roy has withdrawn from the Berlinale after jury head Wim Wenders said filmmakers must “stay out of politics” when pressed on Gaza. Roy called the remarks “unconscionable.” More 👇

Trump's fans recognize their guy even when his name isn't expressly mentioned. That says it all.

AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

Despite Budget Surge, ICE Fails to Make the Country Safer The administration has diverted law enforcement officers from across government to help ICE but has increased arrests only of immigrants with no criminal conviction.

The Trump administration has diverted law enforcement officers from across government to help ICE, resulting only in increased arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions. bit.ly/4rhSwZI

I keep making my art because it's the only ting that keeps me from despair. I want to live in a better world, and I have to keep going to get there. Gonna do it one sketchbook page at a time. Keep going, sir, I think it's worth it.

The Repeating History of US Intervention in Venezuela A look back at The Nation’s 130 years of articles about Venezuela reveals that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

As shocking as the Trump administration’s abduction of Nicolas Maduro was, a look through The Nation’s archives reveals that US intervention in Venezuela—and hunger for its old—goes back over 100 years. Richard Kreitner lays it all out here.
https://bit.ly/4bMj9B7

Watch Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Reject the Politics of Trans Abandonment As some Democrats retreat, Pritzker doubles down on protecting the most vulnerable.

I transcribed the speech here: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-illi...

I hadn't even seen that yet!

And meanwhile a Russian athlete could of course wear their Russian flag on their uniform. Well the Ukraine Post just put the guy on a stamp, wearing his memorial helmet. We know who the good guys are.

Well this is definitely an excellent shot! I love their little faces.