How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia Political pressure must be brought to bear—through the courts, the press, and the states, but also applied to legislators while they still have any power left.

Worth reading.
Keep focus, keep working the levers that matter.

#FiftyFiftyOne

And more, including my favorite sign, which rode in on a surfboard.

The people of Maui showed up today!
Wailuku, outside the State Building.

Excellent poem!

Green Acres: TransPixley Airlines YouTube video by jathatcher

American's aviation system has so much to look forward to in the new world!
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Autumn Lockwood Makes History As The First Black Woman Coach To Win A Super Bowl | Essence Her historic Super Bowl victory cements her legacy and paves the way for more Black women in the NFL coaching ranks.

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Female ice skaters break gender barriers with couples pairing | REUTERS YouTube video by Reuters

There are so many ways and places to keep keeping on.
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Some of the happiest words in the English language.
Thanks King County Elections. And friends, you have until
Feb. 11th to get those ballots postmarked or slipped into a dropbox .

Excellent advice, Tom.
I know there's limited functionality here. But at the same time, I'm not peppered with junk the way I was on FB. At least, not yet.

Sweet!!!

And if you want to make one of these of your own, just pour some strong tea or coffee on paper, blow it around or move the paper to create drips and cool shapes. Then go to work with a pen with a fine point. Meditative and fun!

Tea stains on paper.

Those of us who've made the move from FB tell each other we miss some parts of the beast. I long for the memories section. Google Photos does that. I stumbled on this from four years ago, when we were all locked in our houses. You can play, too -- find photos on your own and post 'em.

Godspeed, David Lynch.
It's a fine thing to leave a trail of beauty behind.
I'm grateful and sad.

As you were.

Seattle Humane is taking in pets from California. Here's how you can help Dozens of pets from California will be in need of homes here in Seattle next week.

Here's something you can do to help four-legged wildfire victims. Seattle Humane is taking in rescues from LA.
Give the love and you'll get some back.

Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.

Let's hope she can pull that off.
Enshittification is the worst.

He's probably getting just a titch of help from the AI.