Thank you. Definitely not easy, but we'll make it through.

We lost one of our dogs this week. It was sudden and a shock to us all. And it makes me think of the ways we deal with grief and how private it can seem despite it being such a universal emotion. If you survive any distance in this world, you will grieve. It's OK. It's a natural part of being alive.

This is not good. Praying they find a way to contain it.

There's a certain musty smell that always reminds me of the Spelunker's Cave to this day.

I predicted Trump would tank the economy back in 2016. It's clear now that he was only stopped by a GOP that wasn't yet fully submissive.

🤣 Yep. Going to pass soon. Like a kidney stone.

I mean... you know. Whatever, nevermind.

Didn't know you're back in SA. Foreseeable future sounds extended. Hope all is well.

Oh, man. We loved going there when we lived in DC. Saw Return of the King there! Why must beauty fade?

My stocks are so tired from winning they just keep falling down.

The president of the U.S. literally did a sales pitch for one of his top donors in front of the White House today. Man, at least our super-corrupt presidents of the past tried to HIDE their corruption and give their supporters a little cover.

If only so many weren't afflicted with so much wool over their eyes.

Blocking accounts that constantly tell me to abandon all hope. In life, there is only action or surrender. And impotent despair is surrender.

My life is full of people to the left of me politically, and so many of them are struggling to find joy right now. It's hard to see. And it makes me worried that opposition will wither beneath despair.

Got an MMR vaccine today because doc told me that, being born in the mid-70s, I probably never got a second. Anti-vaxxers are shattering herd immunity, so it seemed prudent.

Happy birthday!

a man and a woman in a kitchen with the words " i 'm back baby " ALT: a man and a woman in a kitchen with the words " i 'm back baby "

Look at that typo.

Asteroid is like "they seem to fine handling that destruction thing just fine on their own."

In the end, I do believe in the American people and their distate of any overbearing authority. I don't believe in the Dems ability to wage a credible fight. And that's what concerns me.

Thanks, man.

Elon so blatantly bought the president that it's hard to call it corrupt. Corruption implies some subterfuge. This thing includes sweeping flood lights and a marching band.

I need my Bluesky feed to have some humor. Too much gloom and doom to make the experience anything but anxiety-producing. Recommendations for more chill follows?

Praying for your mom to recover fully and enjoy many another great day at the casino. 🙏

Enough people have thought it that Mirriam-Webster has "idiot" as its first definition, albeit acknowledged as slang. I'd say the nimrods are winning this linguistic battle.

Still working on getting this place tuned, but trying.

That too, lol

I've got things so tightened down that it's OK for me. But outside of that? It's all edge lords, crypto bros and porn bots.

I'm everywhere. An inescapable force of South Texas energy.

My pro tip is to live in South Texas. 😆

This really puts things in perspective. Thanks to Traces of Texas reader Stan Watty for sending it in!