The Dread Poet Michael

I discovered this Berthella martensi nudibranch at Shitiping, my local dive site in Hualien. I've never seen any others around the island; it appears to be unique. 🤔

#marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #nudibranch #eastcoastkin #photography

Yes, Virginia, it *could* happen here

Last thought:

Let's be clear about a chilling reality

The Lump's undermining our military and weakening our defenses

Its wars have removed all moral high ground, and any foreign powers(s) who decide to impose violent regime change on the US now have all the justification they need

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There is a Popeye cartoon from the *1930s* - nearly 100 years ago - that's a fantasy of Olive Oyl running for POTUS

When she presents her reforms to Congress, all the donkeys say "We accept!" and all the elephants say "We reject!"

I present for your consideration the Republican Party of today

The Pentagon is hanging the White House out to dry.
www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

This flap with Anthropic and the Pentagon should scare the socks off you if you still have any

Pentagon wants *all guardrails* removed from AI products it uses

No restrictions on mass surveillance or armed autonomous AI "vehicles"

That the Pent is *already* using "AI" for war planning is **NUTS**

Boring and pretentious

Sorry not sorry

Macro photography is such a delight

There are tiny worlds of wonder all around us

Endorse

When incompetence is seen as a virtue...

With the wind chill about 11° in Central Park this morning, my thoughts returned to Christmas in Peru. Here's a Sparkling Violetear we watched near Ollantaytambo. Sparkling Violetear is such a wonderful name, don't you think? 💙💚💙 #Hummingbirds #Ollantaytambo #Peru

Nice trick, evolution!

A quote from the last great Republican POTUS

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

No lies found

They just hate it when their plots are exposed

If they're shooting at you then you know you're over the target

"But but but we thought our playground was safe from bullies and face-eating leopards!"

Middle East crisis live: Kuwait mistakenly shoots down three US fighter planes, as US says Iran’s ‘reckless’ attacks threaten regional stability Israeli military says fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah could take ‘many’ more days; US crew bailed out safely after crash-landing, says Kuwait

When informed The Lump muttered "Losers!" 🤬 www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Lack of a clear Iran plan could suck US into a long conflict: ‘Where does this go?’ Fears that decision to strike could be open-ended as Trump comes under pressure to spell out his vision for Iran

Also part of Putin's plans

Did you see my recent post about Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby?

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Oil prices rise and stock markets dip as Iran war threatens global economy Brent crude up 13% in early trading with markets under pressure as US-Israeli strikes on Iran effectively close strait of Hormuz to shipping

Putin's dancing jigs while the world descends into chaos - just as he's planned for all these decades

Looking now like Bibi plans to rid the entire Middle East of Arabs/Muslims

Meanwhile we're left sucking our thumbs and peeing our pants www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Why is this always the headline?

Democrats are, in theory, the party for everyone who isn't a control freak or oligarch wannabe

*Of course* there's disagreement

Ye gods I'm tired 🙄

Once again the words of Dear Leader have been widely misunderstood

"No more wars" means "Once we install fascist-friendly governments in all the trouble spots we'll be one big fascist family and there will be nothing to fight about"

Missing Florida man found over a week later trapped in shoulder-deep mud Local crews rescued Andrew Giddens, 36, near a borrow pit after he faced freezing weather without food or water

Making real what the rest of us are only feeling 😟 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion and The Terror, dies aged 77 Award-winning science fiction and horror writer died in Colorado on 21 February with family at his side

Man oh man could this guy twist your brain

He starts with sanity and leads you into the twisty dark

The Charles Dickens one had me pretzelized... www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

How Florida’s term-limited governor is creating a ‘police state’ as his legacy Slew of bills in veto-proof Republican state legislature harm individual rights and concentrate power, rights groups say

Ole Kinky Boots finally realized he's about as popular as athlete's foot and largely dropped from sight

This is what he's been up to www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

One more time...

It's not just the Russiapublicans who are compromised

So are a bunch of old-line Democrats whose job it is to let the coup happen without meaningful opposition

And fake phobias at that!

It's so insidious and there's really no way to stop it

Give a bundle to your favorite politician's church or their kid's school and how are they going to refuse you?