From my brilliant friend Kate:

My thought for the day….

Given the abundance of neurodivergent scientists, it is far more likely autism created vaccines than the reverse.

Black dog with tan eyebrows gets a big hug from his favorite person - in an inflatable Garfield costume. Side eye to the camera shows mild alarm.

Happy Halloween from Jazzy! #garfield #halloween #dog

A very young grey tabby short haired cat examines a yellow and brown sunflower in a bouquet of August flowers.

Garden bouquet; curious cat.

I love these pavement flowers. 🌱
#wildflowers #boulder #colorado

Lightly fragrant stocks, pale pink cluster of flowers rise over fresh green foliage.

Cornflower, that beautiful summer blue.

Mullein, a thick spike of yellow flowers above soft furry leaves at the base.

Queen Anne’s Lace, I think. Frilly white umbels over ferny green foliage.

Flowers by Bear Creek, an urban multi-use path in Boulder, CO. Late July street flowers - I love them!

A woman wearing a hat and her teen daughter wearing an orange camo halfblood tee shirt smile with the Oslofjord behind them.

About a dozen small boats afloat in a little cove on Malmøy, Oslo.

A teen girl in board shorts and a bikini top wades in the water near Malmøy.

A teen girl wearing an orange shirt and hibiscus print board shorts watches small boats from the bridge between Ormøy and Malmøy, Oslo.

A long walk to the sea. #oslo #oslofjord #malmøy #norway #norge #fjord

Oslo botanical garden - spectacular this week. 🌱

Oslo botanical garden - spectacular this week. 🌱

Dog rose - deep pink, two delicate single blooms with yellow centers and several buds.

Blue salvia

Blue lupines

Blue and yellow columbine

Blooming in Boulder, CO

Dog rose - deep pink, two delicate single blooms with yellow centers and several buds.

Blue salvia

Blue lupines

Blue and yellow columbine

Blooming in Boulder, CO

A clump of white daffodils with a small yellow center. The Flatirons of Boulder, CO lie in the background.

Closeup of a white daffodil with a frilly yellow center.

Morning walk today was full of flowers. Snow forecast for tomorrow! #spring #boulderco #daffodils #garden

Looks like home! It’s so beautiful in the spring.

A lime green spray of linden blossoms just opened, early on an April morning.

Pale pink and white crab apple buds just starting to open, glowing in the sunrise.

Linden, very early this year, and lovely crab apple. Beautiful morning light. #blossoms #garden #spring #sunrise

Close up of Poppy, a 5 month old grey tabby, with a white muzzle, black stripes, and large golden eyes.

My pretty girl Poppy #caturday

A close up of Poppy, a six month old grey, tan, and white tabby kitten, looking over her shoulder at the camera.

Good morning, friends! Poppy is ready for #caturday adventures!

A grey spotted and striped tabby cat stretches on the floor, looking at a dangling feather toy.

Grey spotted and striped tabby shows her white speckled belly while playing with a feather toy.

Poppy loves #caturday

Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America” It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy

"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:

oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...

I’ve been thinking about it all day.

Love it. So glad to see you here - I’ve missed you since I deleted the other place.

Black fluffy dog explores the brush near the pond. White snow covers the ground and flocks every branch of trees and bushes.

First light of morning. The sky is pale blue and green, reflected in the snow that covers the ground and flocks the trees.

Three trees covered with powdery white snow in the pale blue early morning light.

Early morning. Very cold. Fine white snow covers the world. Dog is having a wonderful time.

A quilted felt heart, tiny stone crow fetish, gourd shaped candle, small cactus, and a picture of a red poppy clustered together.

Love one another, today and every day.

The Flatirons in Boulder, CO are lightly covered with a hazy cloud in the early morning sun. Frozen pond and trees in the foreground.

The sun rises over a snowy field. A bright circle of light - a sun dog - centers the sun.

A freshly plowed sidewalk on a snowy street lined with bare trees. A black dog turns in the distance.

Winter sunrise. Veiled mountains. Happy dog.

A goose twice the height of the tall teenager wearing jeans and a black hoodie admiring her. The goose wears an Egyptian headdress that reads Wolfgang A Mozart Loca del Cairo. It stands on a wooden cart.

Denver Art Museum, today. Maurice Sendak’s Goose of Cairo. My child loves art. And water fowl. Perfect.

Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤

The Platte River reflects the partly cloudy sky and an arched steel bridge with dramatic X and V shaped trusses.

The sun shines through the clouds above white water in Cherry Creek, lined with large flat rocks, near where it flows into the Platte River.

Confluence Park, Denver CO today

We Need To Get Off The Internet | Defector I will admit, there was a point at the start of New York magazine’s profile of the jubilant young Trumper right when I started to get nervous. The article opens on Inauguration Day, depicting a party…

We need to get off the internet 🎁

“Praise the Broken Promise of America” by Alison Luterman Praise deep mineral veins under rich dirt, and fossilized remains of dinosaurs turning themselves into gas for our benefit. Praise the exhausted earth, miles and miles of subsidized corn and cattle…

My friend sent this to me today. I love its complexity of emotion. I have always loved the brutal and beautiful literature of America. Beauty and truth spring from troubled waters.

www.rattle.com/praise-the-b...

The Flatirons - the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Boulder, CO. Snow covers and shrouded in clouds. Twisted bare trees in the foreground.

A very fluffy, medium sized, black and tan dog leaps in the snow.

A woman with light skin and grey hair wearing sunglasses, a green, yellow, red, and white plaid scarf, and a black puffer coat smiled at the camera. A snow covered pond, trees, and the Foothills of the Rockies are behind her.

Moisture in the sky and on the ground in Boulder. Water. Life. Beauty. Joy. Gratitude. Love.