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May 20, 2025 Today was a rough day for administration officials on Capitol Hill as Senate committees held hearings on the 2026 budget requests for the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and ...

May 20, 2025

The Boss!

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The end of a light colored floating dock, against the dark water of the river. On the corner sits an adult Corn Snake, head raised to catch the rising sun, as well as watching for the rowers who practice here. The snake is a beautifully patterned mix of dark brown/orange squares and chevrons, against a lighter orange body. A bit of white is visible on its throat.

Same snek, but now looking down into the water.

Sure. Be that way. I haven't seen a Corn #Snake in the wild in ages. So of course one tries to hitch a ride with @glhow-rows.bsky.social during her sunrise #sculling session today.

#herps #rowing

Sunrise on the Cape Fear River Dark water as a small dot of light kisses the horizon.

The sunrise was lovely too.

The Twilight Zone (Classic): The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street - Quick To Kill YouTube video by The Twilight Zone

What Twilight Zone episode would you choose to consider as a metaphor for the daily news?

Dan Fogelberg - Souvenirs (50th Anniversary) (Full Album - Official Video) YouTube video by Dan Fogelberg

50th Anniversary Edition? OMG has it really been that long? #imnotthatold

A full orange solar disk. There are several small sunspot groups scattered around the disk, and one very large grouping near dead center of the disk.

#Sunspot cluster AR 4079. Large enough to see with eclipse glasses if your skies are open. Here seen punching through the clouds with Nikon p900 and mylar solar filter.

This is the largest active region of the year, and about half the size of the "Carrington Event" spots.
#Astrophotography

Some blue sky of my own #sculling #mastersrowing #capefearriver

Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit Col Susannah Meyers removed amid reports she distanced base from Vance’s criticism of Denmark’s oversight of territory

Thou shalt suck up or thou will be removed

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Or Ted Cruz?

As a negotiator, I disagree that "...the best strategy in a negotiation is to convince the other side that you are crazy." It's a great way, in fact, to get the other party to get up and walk away from the table. I'm guessing we'll be seeing many of our historical global partners do just that.

April 2, 2025 (Wednesday) Just five months ago, on October 19, 2024, The Economist ran a special report on America’s economy.

April 2, 2025

A screencap of Elon Musk's tweet, "Defund NPR. It should survive on its own." With a pie chart below labeled, "Space X revenue" that shows the federal government funds 35% of Space X's revenue. Another pie chart beside it, labeled "NPR Budget," shows that only 1% of NPR's budget comes from the federal government.

NPR gets 1% of its funding from the feds. Meanwhile, Elon's Space X is BUILT by tax dollars.

We can't be any clearer: This isn't about fiscal responsibility.

This is about silencing independent journalism while billionaires keep cashing government checks.

We're not falling for it.

The Trump Doctrine: Breaking Trust at Home and Abroad How Betrayal and Chaos Are Redefining America’s Role in the World

Trump’s legacy is one of broken promises—bankruptcies in business, betrayals in politics. Now, he’s wrecking trust in America’s alliances, economy, and government. Once trust is gone, it takes generations to rebuild.

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April 1, 2025 Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.

April 1, 2025

March 31, 2025 On April 1, 1861, Secretary of State William Henry Seward wrote an astonishing letter to President Abraham Lincoln.

March 31, 2025

Senator Cory Booker...respect
#speakup

In the 2024 election, an outright majority of North Carolina voters pulled for Democratic candidates in both chambers of our state legislature.

And yet, Republicans still hold a supermajority of the state Senate, and are 1 seat shy of one in the state House.

Musk is holding a rally in Green Bay as part of his ongoing attempt to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. In response, grassroots groups and community members will gather to protest and send a clear message: our democracy is not for sale.

View from the rowing club dock. Yellow sculling blade divides the reflection of the gray sky and blue on the river.

Stern view from my sculling boat. Looking toward an island. Blue Sky showing through an opening in the clouds. The river reflects the blue Sky on the starboard side and the gray sky on the port.

It's been a minute, but today was another lovely day on the Cape Fear River.

This screenshot of one of many stories that remind us #truthmatters

Desecration of burial monuments is wrong.

Full moon reflecting pink off the water and the shoreline of tall grass.

Sunrise behind a mist and rising over still water just off my port oar.

Reposted my man's blood moon picture. This is what I saw on the Cape Fear River this morning. #whywerow #mastersrowing #sculling

Full Moon tinged bright red by all the simultaneous sunrises and sunsets on Earth during a lunar eclipse. A couple of stars are visible to the right of lunar disk.

Max #LunarEclipse from Frog Pond Farm.
A Full #Moon that has many names, yet answers to none.
#BloodMoon #WormMoon
Nikon p900 - didn't look promising enough to setup Seestar before bed.

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