Photo I took of these wonderful people (the faces of whom I’ve blacked out) singing happy Birthday to their lovely old dog at a bar I was at tonight in Portland
I was at a dog-friendly bar in NW Portland tonight and a table behind me started singing Happy Birthday and then I realized it wasn’t for a person but a really old dog who was wearing a crown and he was old and fucking adorable and I love this city
I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️
A citizen group working to prevent large data centers from being built on prime farmland are seeking a noise expert who can speak to detrimental effects of noise from data centers, especially low frequency sound. They're able to pay.
Any recs, incl names/contact info, asap would be so appreciated 🙏
Please add me to your list. Sorry I missed it. 😔
Gingko - a spotted salamander, being a large black salamander with golden splotches, peers from her little cave of moss.
As we havent checked you in with her for a while:
Gingko believes that you should take all the time to hide in a pile of moss you need and supports you (from her own pile of moss)
I made lemon bars yesterday (with my homegrown lemons) but I didn't take a picture. 😔 #CookieParty
This is one of the most important stories of the week that you probably missed. The trump admin is basically taking something that belongs to all of us & giving it to political hacks & corporate donors. It’s an outrage & we should push back hard.
“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees”
Wisconsin Supreme Court justices have a profound responsibility: protecting the rights of the people and delivering on the promise of equal justice under the law. Judge Chris Taylor is the only candidate running for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court with a proven record of delivering on that promise.
"Eat dessert first" is always a winning policy.
Sounds like they think you might faint at any second now.
a gray and white pitbull mix puppy sits upright in a secluded kennel. her blue eyes are droopy and exhausted. she has an I.V. connected to her front left leg. a blue gloved hand reaches out to gently pet her chest.
This is Tokyo. She got parvovirus and developed a complication where the intestines fold into themselves, causing a life-threatening obstruction. She needed surgery to remove 6 inches of intestines and supportive care to survive. You can help us cover her extensive care below ❤️🩹
1510.fan/tokyo-bsd
This post and comments are epic 🤣
“'It was all a way of threatening and being very menacing in a way that perhaps would inhibit us from advocating the way that we had been,' said Sen. Mary Kunesh, DFL-New Brighton." #MinnesotaStrong #FuckICE
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After several years with no blooms, it has bloomed again! #FlowerReport
Genius 😂
Blooming azalea with magenta blossoms growing under redwood tree.
Light purple wisteria blooming along fencetop arbor.
On the first day of Spring in No. Cal. -- azalea and wisteria are in full bloom #FlowerReport during an unprecedented heatwave.
Here's a thought-- use some of that massive ICE budget to pay the TSA agents instead of using ICE agents to intimidate the traveling public. Airport security is clearly not the highest priority.
I no longer have confidence in our postal system. I often end up paying extra for tracking and half the time that's not accurate, especially when mailing to a rural area.
That recipe is nearly identical to the one I have that was printed on the jar of Peter Pan peanut butter in the olden days (1960s).
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Beautiful purple, white & yellow crocus flowers popping thru brown fall leaves next to a rock.
It’s official! Happy Vernal Equinox!
My resolution to overturn the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision — H.J.Res 122 — has now been co-sponsored by 72 Members of Congress. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c....
I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!
I have a question. What cookbook (cookiebook) is that?
Heat-Related Deaths ARE Preventable. LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK. The temperature in your car can quickly become deadly!
Never, Never, NEVER leave children, disabled adults, the elderly, or pets in parked, unattended vehicles! weather.gov/safety/heat-children-pets
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I have a tree like that.
I have a hellebore that I bought from a garden tour many years ago. It has the most beautiful flowers but it's so hard to get good pictures of them because they face downward.
If you're a service member being ordered to prep for deployment for the War in Iran and you have moral and/or ethical misgivings on all this, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the G.I. Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
