Purple sunflower star on eel grass at low tide
An orange sunflower star explores the eel grass. A group of people and one dog are visible exploring the beach in the background.
Saw a spectacular number of sunflower stars this weekend while tidepooling. 🎉
Closeup of a vintage tile floor circa 1910 using square and rectangle tiles.
A gray tortie named Harley sitting like a loaf wearing a taco outfit to keep her from licking her fur off. She is a rather thicc taco.
to be clear this is not just for torment it is a medical taco but regardless she will plot the death of her humans
Einstein at a blackboard
Obviously a smarty, and look at that hair
A three panel photo of the desert paintbrush inflorescence in red, light orange and yellow. From Wikipedia This paintbrush is under half a meter in height and has bristly gray-green to purple-red herbage. It stands in a clump of erect stems, each topped with an inflorescence of somewhat tubular yellow green flowers. The flowers are encased in bright red to orange-red bracts, sometimes tinted with purple, and usually fuzzy with a thin coat of white hairs. The upper leaves and bracts are divided into 3–5 segments, while the lower leaves are undivided, long, and narrow.
Shades of Desert Paintbrush.
I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
Album artwork with printed lyrics was part of the charm. And then, when visiting friends, seeing their music & picking what to listen to, etc
Mamdani hasn't had time to really think about all that space he now has, because he spends most of his time at City Hall and around New York City. He tries to keep a semblance of his old life by getting around the city on foot, by bike or train. "If you spend every single day driving around in a tinted window security detail, you will have a very specific view of the city," he said. "You actually meet other New Yorkers and you break out of the bubble that so many have come to expect of politics, where politicians only seem to be spending time with other politicians or the people who donated to make them politicians."
I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example.
www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...
His monolougue to a black woman about his family’s history in the Klan is really disturbing
The combo of the laundry basket, the owl muppets, and the parent projecting “touch my babies and I kill you immediately” is really working here
The blueberries are flowering! #hurrayforspring
the Star-Tribune is reporting that the Minnesota State Fair has ruled against the use of quinoa in the crafting of Crop Art submissions, please be aware of this change as you prepare your Crop Art
My feed at the moment is very much Team Stegosaurus
Oakley on a walk on April 15, 2025
Viola spotted this lil beauty of a ruffed grouse from her lookout window. Nobody can go by without Viola knowing.
Snow clearing equipment is a common spring sight in Fairbanks. Oak, of course, has to supervise.
Our mailbox held together with bungee cords. This is yet another common sight in Fairbanks in springtime. It’s quite uncommon that they make it through snowplow season unscathed.
April in Fairbanks.
When they tell you not to blink or smile in your driver’s license photo
In a first last month, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the shift to clean energy.
JD Vance says your mechanic should be more careful when talking about auto repair.
“Musk’s data centers will probably bring in only a few hundred jobs while consuming millions of gallons of water a day and more electricity than is needed to power all of the homes in Memphis.”
A cheerful cluster of pussy willow branches show off their fuzzy catkins in the sunshine.
Spring is finally starting to spring around here, though if the forecast is correct, we could be buried under snow again by the weekend.
AOC: What law would you want to make?
Closeup shot of some pretty pink weeping cherry blossoms.
The first few Virginia Bluebells in blossoms.
Flowers that were tiny buds yesterday went all bloomy today.
#bloomscrolling #flowers #gardens
Great Horned Owl portrait
Monday vibes? Great Horned Owl just before a Cooper’s Hawk chased it away. 🪶 🦉
one of many reasons i will never accept abandoning my trans siblings or the broader queer community for the purposes of "a bigger tent"
I was glad to see Lilac Coffee move in there (not weighing in on the building itself)
A small tan butterfly with wispy tails at the bottom of the wings. A thin white line forms an m shape on the lower wing.
White M Hairstreak
#butterfly #nature #photography
a small dog poking out the front of a cargo bike on a dirt gravel trail
Archie's first 20-mile bike ride
Astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch in their orange astronaut suits as they sit inside the side of a helicopter after it has landed
LOL, trying to stay offline and do my work, and friends are sending me
"LOOK AT THIS NEW PIC!" texts ....
This one is worth it.
First PoC and first woman to go around another world. Don't stop talking about this point. It's important.
#ArtemisII
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.
"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”
“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."
azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
this woman can fix you
