“The idea that a civilization might destroy itself is both ludicrous and likely.
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We are pathetically inadequate at long-term planning, idiotically primitive in our destructive urges and pathologically incapable of simply getting along."
- Brian Cox
screenshot of a dictionary definition of kakistocracy: government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state. "the danger is that this will reduce us to kakistocracy" • a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens. plural noun: kakistocracies "the modern regime is at once a plutocracy and a kakistocracy"
this word takes up so much space in my head that i'd rather be using for other things
I think that if the asshole Republicans force a “talking filibuster” to stop the SAVE Act, democrats should read the Epstein files into the Senate record. #fuckdonaldtrump
The establishment is in full panic mode.
When they can’t debate ideas, they have to manufacture doubt.
An old man looking into the camera (i.e. self portrait 🙄)
Old man take a look at my life, I’m a lot like you are.
Chickadee staring in the window.
They do that. Ours move all the way around the house to look at you through the nearest window. We can no longer leave the front door open. Send reinforcements. 😊
This painting of a place in the woods is so realistic in detail, the bark on each of the several tree trunks so finely done, you really might think it is a photograph on first glance. It is only if one looks closer, between the trees & even in the green grasses and plants on the ground, that you might see the soft, blurred traces of Impressionism. Renoir has also captured sunlight streaming into this woodland so beautifully, dappling trees and grass in light and shadow. It seems such a simple painting yet it’s anything but. We cannot fathom how he was able to paint something so perfectly true to Nature, yet give it that softness of Impressionism at the same time. Renoir is so much more well known for his portraits of French life, intriguing glimpses of people in the every day, at theatres or country dances…as well as countless nude “bathers.” So this beautiful woodland scene came as a surprise to us. So simple a scene…and yet so full of the complex details of every tree, leaf and stem of grass, in and out of the streaming sunlight. Absolutely gorgeous…At least, we find it so. ~💞
Dans la forêt de Fontainebleau -Pierre Auguste Renoir, oil on canvas 1866 #art #Impressionism #trees
One could be forgiven for thinking this is a photo-so exquisite are the details in this #woodland #painting More renown for his portraits of French life-& bathers-this view of #Nature is gorgeous.🌳~💞
A totaled front end of a white car next to a billboard advertising an Accident attorney.
Ad placement is key.
Mirrored Mountain Majesty - Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia 🇨🇦
#reflection #lake #blueskyartshow #calm #tranquility #mirror #pano #photography #landscapephotography #clouds #travel #britishcolumbia #panorama #nature #snow #sky #naturephotography #mountains #forest #hike #canada
Everyone stop what you're doing, the Mariners are selling fries, nachos, and fish and chips in ferries now. www.mlb.com/mariners/bal...
Graph showcasing the latest poll by Evanston Roundtable, with a photo of Kat covering her mouth so excited about what she sees. Copy reads: WE HAVE THE JUICE! Daniel Biss: 24% (no change) Kat Abughazaleh: 20% (+3 since last poll) Laura Fine: 14% (-2 since last poll) All others: 10% or less Undecided: 17% (-5 since last poll) March 9-10, 2026 survey of 741 likely Democratic primary voters using text-to-web and IVR phone, commissioned by the Evanston RoundTable.
This is a two way race.
There’s some very magical off trail petroglyphs and carved rocks in that section of the park.
A conquistador on a horse with outsized helmet. A boulder that’s a 3D model of the pueblo.
Sacred spots. 🪶
Sun shining through a Pacific Nortwest forest
A flower in the forest
Shinrin-yoku (Japanese) – the relaxation gained from bathing in the forest, figuratively or literally
pacific tree frog about 2” long fully grown in a garden bed
Pacific Tree Frog blending in very well on a grape vine. Little guy is a bit hard to see 😊.
#Photography
#Nature
#PNW
It’s that time of year when the chorus of tiny Pacific Tree Frogs fills the evening air.
Some things are still perfect.
AIPAC sees we have the momentum, and they are panicking.
Here’s their latest attack ad, and my reaction:
Much different than Dire Straits but beautiful. Needed this for our Sunday morning...
youtu.be/w-OfUq5HXX8?...
July clouds New Mexico.
A bird eating a nut from my hand
These chestnut backed chickadees 😊
NF of Hoodoo Peak from Newby Ridge, Sawtooth Wilderness, WA
#mountains #wilderness #pnw
#freedomofthehills #beauty #awe #wonder
Two wading birds silhouetted by the light and reflected in the water's surface.
The theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #StandingInWater.
Gone for a bit of an arty one today. Two waders which I think are probably redshanks; bills a bit short for godwits.
#birds #photography
Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:
🌳Los árboles: protagonistas silenciosos 💚
as a constant-yet-fluctuating disaster, which for most people mostly happens in the news, but if you work in a related field it's changed everything, and at any time the effects can randomly devastate someone you know or somewhere you live,
this presidential administration is weirdly like COVID
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Time to shift to the “goods” sector and out of the “wait, that used to be a job in 2026?” sector is now.
Join a maker space. Learn to make things.
Go to a Trade School. Creating > Analyzing for a living.
Size of the US service sector relative to imported services and to products made
For those that aren’t preparing for the USA economy to be decimated by #AI in the coming five years I present the “this is why our economy will collapse” in one easy-to-understand chart.
The time to look at yourself and prepare now is…now.
Poutine and routine rhyme for a reason 😏
"The things that will DESTROY US are:
POLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLES;
PLEASURE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE;
WEALTH WITHOUT WORK;
knowledge without character;
BUSINESS WITHOUT MORALITY;
SCIENCE WITHOUT HUMANITY;
and worship without sacrifice."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Red canyon walls and blue sky in NM
I’m in the #PNW and have this NM pic in my phone from my last visit there.
I know that spot ❤️!
#StreetArt by #SupoCaos in #France Cévennes 2025…
