Question for anyone who makes things (professionally or personally or somewhere in between):
What would you do if you had a whole year, fully funded, with the one requirement that you NOT make anything for public consumption during that year?
If Republicans hate the CA and VA redistricting, they can thank the person responsible - Donald J. Trump.
None of it would’ve been possible without his leadership on this issue.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
5 rabbits on a green background. One carries a battle axe. One is wearing an oversized knight helm. One has 3 daggers floating above its back. One sits with the handle of a flail in its mouth. And a very small bunny has the handle of a large sword in its mouth.
Drawings of a pigeon and crow on a pale yellow background, surrounded by items like dandelions, bottle caps, feathers, and French fries. In one drawing a blushing crow offers pigeon a gold watch while pigeon (also blushing) offers him a bottle cap in exchange. In another drawing crow tinkers with a Rubik’s cube in his claws. In one drawing pigeon sits on a nest he built from French fries. And in the last drawing the pair are nestled together with pigeon under crow’s wing, while crow covers him with dandelion blossoms.
Drawings of cats and sushi rolls. One cat is a calico in a sushi costume. Another is a gray tabby pawing at a roll. An orange tabby in a sushi costume paws at a different roll. Another cat lounges in its back. A bengal cat in a sushi costume is trotting.
A collection of bat-eared foxes. Two brown foxes are running, three are creeping, a light gray one is side eyeing with its tongue out, and a dark gray one is curled up and yawning.
Animals (small)! Some have food, some are food! Some have swords for revenge! Some are delinquent on their taxes and are wanted by the IRS (cute!)
“Remember your training” I admonish myself as I try something I never trained for.
It's official: The House has sworn in Democratic Rep. Analilia Mejia.
Everybody move! Resident with the first incoming CA Latino governor since 1894 coming though!! 🏃🏽♀️➡️
#VoteForBecerra
Fashion in full force at the SF Cherry Blossom Festival 2026 7/14 3 red Shibas on leashes wearing colorful Japanese robes
One of the Shibas in a beautiful green floral robe
Black and sesame Shiba in a blue Japanese robe. The Shiba is tall and slender and looks tres chic
there was a Shiba parade in San Francisco and all the shibas wore yukatas it’s too much
Trinity College is hiring a VAP in Japanese History to teach a pre-1868 survey and a natural disasters seminar for 2026-27. Search committee asks for a cover letter, including a brief explanation of their teaching experience, CV, and names of two referees to lidija.petrus@trincoll.edu by May 4.
Meanwhile in a dystopian, rain-soaked Los Angeles in 2019. #Film Blade Runner (1982), directed by Ridley Scott.
NEW: Rep.-elect Analilia Mejia (D-NJ) will be sworn in as U.S. House member within the hour.
Further narrowing GOP majority
An Octopus cyanea reveals itself and launches itself away
The 130th Boston Marathon brought strength, endurance, and joy to our city from all around the globe. Congratulations to our winners and everyone who competed today in the oldest annual marathon in the world!
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, Black Tulip (oil on canvas, 1975)
Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...
The Boston Skyline silhouetted against a very blue sky over the Charles River
This does seem like a pretty ideal day to watch other people run the Boston Marathon!
The U.S. Navy has confirmed the loss of a $238 million MQ-4C Triton reconnaissance drone over the Persian Gulf, adding to more than a dozen unmanned aircraft reportedly lost during the ongoing war in Iran.
Lilies of the Valley, violets and forget me nots, ferns, small butterfly. Painting.
Lilies of the Valley, Albert Durer Lucas, 1888.
Fernando Botero (Columbian, 1932-2023)
Oranges, 1997
Botero Museum, Bogotá, Colombia
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
A red tailed hawk starting to take flight off a telephone pole with high voltage signage
Caught a red tailed hawk album cover today. 🪶
A slightly grainy, zoomed-out photo of the launch of Artemis 2, showing the rocket plume climbing into the blue sky.
I took this photo of Artemis 2 with a TLR film camera from the 1950s
@spacescout.bsky.social
Some more of my work from Artemis 2
Name your fav Futurama quote.
Illustration of a girl sitting on a guardrail by the roadside. __ #kimgakaku #art
Onward.
Ma Yuan's studies of the properties of water, southern Song Dynasty China, ca. 1190 - 1225 CE
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Ma Yuan's studies of the properties of water, southern Song Dynasty China, ca. 1190 - 1225 CE
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Ma Yuan's studies of the properties of water, southern Song Dynasty China, ca. 1190 - 1225 CE
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I've never been the flashiest candidate for any office I've run for. But I have the experience. I know how to fight, and most importantly, I know how to win.
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Humbled by the huge crowd at our Fighting for the California Dream town hall in Los Angeles today. This is a campaign on the rise, folks.
