Water and woods

Small body of water with trees around it

Boardwalk over swamp.

Hike yesterday at the Thousand Acres Swamp.

Dirt trail in the woods.

Hike today at Whiting road preserve in Webster.

9pm on a weeknight, making second dinner for both kids. Pasta for one, pizza bagels for the other.🙃

Snow with wooden bridge over ditch

Snowy field with trees around.

Winter hike this morning, Sherwood Fields in Penfield.

#rochesterNY

Gale Presents: Udemy - Rochester Public Library Udemy is now available to all City of Rochester residents via the RPL website. Udemy is Gale's version of a Lynda.com resource with many video courses on many topics including, Finance & Accounting, L...

roccitylibrary.org/spotlight/ga...

One of the programs I've been wanting to learn has some training available through Udemy, which I can access for free through my county library!

I've dabbled with map tools, and want to learn ArcGIS.

Visited the local cat cafe today with the family. Teen now wants to adopt a bonded pair.
We already have 3 cats.

It's a pair of orange tabby and white boys.

As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up on Whistles - Truthdig Activists in a growing number of cities have distributed thousands of whistles to help neighbors sound the alarm about immigration raids.

www.truthdig.com/articles/as-...

Two rows of black gift bags with "Tribune Trailblazers" gold stickers.

Healthy snack trick or treat treck was fun Thursday. Enjoyed connecting with campus colleagues.

#CommunityCollege

A colleague mentioned red meat being bad for diverticulitis. Quick search and I found a study Harvard did.
On men.
I'm sure there's more out there, but side eye to studies with limited representation.

Pond with gold sign in front reading "tribute Trailblazers".

In two weeks I'll be participating in my first 5k (walking) to help raise funds to support our students. Team page is new, I just set it up this week.

donate.monroecc.edu/site/TR/5KWa...

#CommunityCollege

Looking forward to the 25-26 academic year. I'm participating in a campus leadership development program. I'll have the opportunity to learn more about campus and my colleagues.

#CommunityColleges

Last year I'd signed up for a customer rewards program that wasn't free. Went to log into my account on the store's website but no info there about the program.
Used thier contact us form, hopefully they can figure it out.

"Graphic with 'Anthropic' logo on left, circuit-like design. Right text reads: 'Authors: You May Be Part of This Class Action Lawsuit. Anthropic AI Lawsuit Explained.' Modern, tech-themed design."

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.

All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.

For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

River with stone footbridge over it, tall stone walls around.

Looking up river with mist from waterfall

Waterfall with trees behind, the top half of trees lighter.

Letchworth yesterday. Perfect summer day for a hike.

#rochesterNY

A few years ago I got FB adds for the specific thermostat husband was looking at online.

Teen looked at it on our wifi network. The only social she has is Pinterest. (With private boards and no comments isn't really that social)

The internet of things. Husband got an FB add for the fancy perfume I bought for our teen.

White woman with Grey "we are one" shirt. Lettering are progress pride colors.

Parade banner. Progress pride flag background with letters reading "Union Strong".

Local Pride yesterday, marched with our state level union (NYSUT). Union values are social justice.

#UnionStrong

FFS. His stuff is ick enough for adults, shudder at the thought of kid version.

I had to skim that (as an ADHD'r with depression and anxiety). It says something about society when ppl turn to a machine for a non judgemental connection.

24-25 school year is a wrap. Two half days for my kids due to the heat.

NEW: The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a 2021 censorship law can't be used to ban teaching about race and gender in Oklahoma's higher education institutions.

This is a win for academic freedom and the First Amendment.

Rainbow background with white text reading "Union Strong ".

Made with Canva.

#UnionStrong

Blue sky with bits of pinkish clouds and tree branches. Light and moon in picture.

Sky picture orange clouds in center blue on edges.

Evening glow on a spring day.

I filmed this yesterday on my way to Lousiana where my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk is being wrongfully held by ICE. I’m there now demanding her release. More to come.

I checked the profile on the person who commented on my post in our union group. Saw they had shared turning point usa contact to thier page.

It's bad enough that our international students are being disappeared and having visas randomly revoked. Then people chime in about following the law and supporting terrorists.

Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands (Gift Article) Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

It’s time to arrest the president. Something must happen or we are going to rapidly see the loss of all freedoms we enjoy. I don’t know what else needs to happen for every fucking alarm to be ringing. Read this piece on what they demanded of Harvard.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

🚨 Also—The Trump admin is going back into the database where they quietly changed students' immigration statuses to now quietly change the reason why, to simply: "Other"

Some say this isn't just to back away from previously weak rationale, but to make it harder for students to try being reinstated.