No truer words were spoken. It’s not difficult to imagine the evolution that created Trump, but humility certainly wasn’t part of the equation. Humility isn’t a weakness, it’s the strength to acknowledge one’s flaws and improve. Trump’s need for affirmation is an insatiable thirst without a quench.

Several of his recordings are some of my favorites. ☹️

Not long ago hubby and I saw a relationship "expert" on a show say that disruptions are important for healthy relationships. So I've started asking him at least once a week if he needs me to disrupt his life. 😂

Bartenders are particularly skilled at dealing with assholes

Oh. Well. Huh. I suppose we all have to accept the quirks of our spouses in the interest of marital harmony sometimes. 😜. For the record, I would never turn down the offer of bougie coffee. 😂

Why? Is it nostalgic or something for him? Are his taste buds defective? Surely he's had good coffee before, right? Is instant just easier for him to make? Trying to wrap my head around why someone would *choose* the worse coffee option...

close-up shot of a tiny apple on the tree, some green leaves around it.

large rose bush with pink roses, some red brick landscaping pavers and dark mulch also visible in the garden bed, part of my house in the background.

We have a baby apple (also cherries and peaches but I didn't take pics of them)! And y'all, this rose bush is 6x6ft! 😳😍. #gardening

screenshot of fact sheet from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (c3) and Planned Parenthood Action Fund (c4) with first bullet point highlighted in yellow: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/68/a6/68a6c411-5e28-4112-b7ec-ce3bc3043574/fact_sheet_c3c4.pdf Republican Lawmakers and President Trump are Decreasing Access to Birth Control and Dismantling the Health Care Safety Net H.R. 1 [the "Big Beautiful Bill"] and its provision “defunding” Planned Parenthood to try to block patients from using Medicaid at Planned Parenthood health centers — combined with the months of withheld Title X funds in 2025 — left entire communities without access to basic care. As attacks from the Trump administration and its backers in Congress continue, health care costs are rising for patients and communities, as other providers cannot fill the gap left by Planned Parenthood health centers. IT’S EVEN HARDER TO GET BIRTH CONTROL Taking away access to birth control and basic care creates contraceptive deserts in more communities *In 2025, over 50 Planned Parenthood health centers closed across 18 states, including over 20 closures since H.R. 1 was passed. Nearly all closures occurred in contraceptive deserts. • When people cannot afford the full cost of contraception, they rely on a network of publicly funded providers that offer free or reduced-fee care through public funding, primarily Medicaid coverage and Title X-funded services for individuals living with low-incomes or uninsured. *Planned Parenthood health centers serve one-third of all female patients seeking contraceptive care at publicly funded health clinics. • Over half of the counties where a Planned Parenthood health center closed now lack any Planned Parenthood provider. In those counties, these centers provided the majority of contraceptive care for low-income women in those counties

The war on birth control access is well underway, it's just less explicit

Planned Parenthood says 50 of its clinics closed last year as a result of an anti-abortion budget provision—and nearly all of them were in contraceptive deserts (link in alt). Translation: it's now harder to get birth control

my hand holding a mug that says "stay wild" and filled with coffee and cinnamon dusted milk foam.

Drinking coffee out of my National Park mug in honor of #EarthDay today. Gonna plant some things later, too.

Just noticed that tomorrow is Administrative Professionals Day, which means I need to bring my assistant coffee. 😂. #iykyk

Also hearing he has pardoned a lot of sinners

Also bring back manners. I don’t know why we let them rename it as being politically correct but it’s manners. calling people the name they want to be called? manners. Minding your own business? manners. Not accosting strangers in the bathroom demanding they show you their privates? Manners.

We have an overseas trip planned this summer. Maybe I should hop in the kayak and start paddling across the Atlantic now. Might be just as safe as this option...

MAGA Inc, where record unpopularity among voters translates directly into record slush fund cash for campaigning

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
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Report: Structural barriers keep 815,000 Alabamians from the ballot box A new report finds systemic obstacles disproportionately affect Black voters and adults with disabilities, with 21% of voting-age citizens unregistered or inactive.

"Nearly one in five adult Alabama residents is effectively 'missing' from the state’s elections due to systemic barriers that disproportionately affect Black voters and adults with disabilities." www.al.com/news/2026/04... #voting #Alabama

Figure showing number of competitive grants mentioning women from 2015-2025. The number was rising until recently, with a precipitous drop in the last year.

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years.

Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”

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Worldwide, girls and women are far more likely to be killed by their intimate partners or family members, than complete strangers.

Gonna spend the next two years spamming every elected Dem about the concept of "damnatio memoriae." Chisel his name off every inscription. Build over the various Trump Towers like they're Nero's Golden House. Remove him from physical memory, not to forget but as a sign of disrespect to the man.

That's exciting! Fingers crossed for you!

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Tl;dr: Support the liberal arts & fund the damn public universities like we used to

Straight up milking the market

$10 Billion of OUR tax dollars getting shoveled into Trump's gilded pockets.

Ok, I'd actually watch baseball if I got to see the dog on split screen. 😍

See, we can have nice things. More of this, please.

upshot of a very tall tree, it has shaggy bark that's peeling up along the trunk, blue skies can be seen at the top along with other trees.

keyhole shaped cave entrance, it drops 150 feet straight down.

This morning's hike on Monte Sano mountain. 4 miles and I did not have to crawl on my hands and knees up the side of the mtn (like last hike), so I'm saying this one is #stephapproved. 😂

tuxedo cat laying on her side next to a cat tree with a "wtf" look in her eyes.

Me, in the curbside grocery pickup area when the delivery person tells me they gave my order to someone else by mistake and have to go re-pick my groceries..... It's been a whole year this week, anyone else??

Company backed by Trump sons looks to sell drone interceptors to Gulf states being attacked by Iran A drone maker backed by President Donald Trump’s two oldest sons is trying to win contracts with Gulf countries under threat by Iran and protected by the U.S. military led by their father.

Let’s be clear about what’s happening here.

President Trump launched an unauthorized war against Iran. Gulf countries are now under attack and desperate for protection. And Trump’s sons just signed a deal with a drone company actively trying to sell weapons to those countries.