Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu… YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Not a god damned thing. A failure to hold rapists and murders to account from the top down.

And, BTW, I begrudgingly admit that you’re not wrong.

Thanks for taking your valuable time to address this obviously critical matter. So grateful for this welcome back to Bluesky.

A beautiful black Coachwhip visited this morning and was not at all interested in leaving. Got absolutely snippy when I tried to point them to the exit.

I’ve emailed the league for comment. There’s still time to fix this.

Firing Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the head of the BLS, is like…

…blaming the scoreboard when your team is losing.

…shooting the weather man for a rainy day.

…unplugging a smoke alarm to extinguish a fire.

…trying to drive a car blindfolded.

…smashing a thermometer because you don’t like the temp.

Photo of a Western Screech Owl fledgling perched on a broom

Yeah, I know. Our patio is a mess and we need to sweep.

Surprised to see three sets of eyes staring in through the window this morning. How did they fit into into the Saguaro boot! They winked, panted, rested, and bobbed under our back porch all day. Dad kept a watchful eye and chirped alerts each time a th Cooper’s Hawk perched nearby.

I’m grateful that mother screech owl allowed me to snap a few shots of her under our porch earlier this week.

A Western Screech Owl perched on a porch roof support beam peers over a ceiling fan blade

A Western Screech Owl perched on a porch roof support beam peers down at something in the ground below.

A Western Screech Owl perched on a porch support beam with closed eyes.

Must be crowded in the Saguaro. Mom perched under our patio all afternoon.

A scorcher for sure!

Looked like a really bright satellite, had a halo surround it for a few seconds as it continued east

Nor I

They’re pretty darn cute at this age. #javelina

The all seeing sleepy eye. #westernscreechowl

We do!

A Western Screech Owl pokes it’s head out of a hole in Saguaro

A Western Screech Owl looks out the side of a hole in Saguaro

A Western Screech Owl recedes back into a hole in Saguaro

Finally met our backyard neighbor! Last week I noticed the Western Screech Owl poking her head out of a Gila Woodpecker hole in the Saguaro we call “Agudo.” Went out this evening in hopes of seeing her and lucked out! I may have have woke her up 😬Maybe we’ll get to meet some owlets soon?!

Tucson represent!

A Weatern Screech Owl perches on a bare mesquite branch, looking to the side.

Absolutely giddy to see this guy. We’ve heard this Western Screech Owl after dark lately. Tonight I saw it swoop in out of the corner of my eye. Funny how my brain immediately recognized that this wasn’t one of our other routine feathered visitors. Long exposure and heavily processed. Love these!

Photo of a Sonoran Desert landscape basking in the low light of a setting sun under dark rain dark rain clouds

Beyond grateful.
It’s been months and then some since our last rainy day. ☔️

I am grateful for the sacrifice of the Ukrainian people and their President. It was they whom were disrespected today.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

Well played Canadia

Oh, Mapquest… How you doin’?😉

It was. Gabe was such a positive force

Finally hiked Davidson Canyon from the Gabe Zimmerman trailhead. Still. So. Very. Dry. Here :-( Sad to learn that we tragically lost Gabe in the horrific shooting that killed five others and injured 13 here, including Gabrielle Giffords, January 8th, 2011.

A Ladderback woodpecker clings to a diagonal branch

We’ve seen more Ladderback Woodpeckers visiting this year

Nice hike out Camp Hope trail this morning. Photos of Rincon Peak don’t do the view justice.

View looking up between two arms of a tall Saguaro cactus

Close up photo of the pleats and spines of a Saguaro cactus.

Close up photo of a gash under an arm of a saguaro cactus.

A tall, five-armed, Saguaro cactus

This is Agudo, the star of many of my IG posts. Boy, could he use a drink.