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A square collage of nine close-up photographs of spring flowers in soft natural light against blurred green backgrounds. The blooms are mostly yellow and white and include cowslips, several varieties of daffodil and narcissus, a white daisy with a golden centre, a glossy winter aconite bloom with a green ruff, a bright yellow leopard’s bane daisy-like flower, and a starry lesser celandine. The arrangement creates a cheerful patchwork of early spring blossoms.

In Norse mythology the goddess Freya is associated with the return of spring. It is said that as she wanders over the earth shaking her curls, spring flowers flow from her golden tresses and a warm breeze is created by the swishing movement of her green cloak. #LegendaryWednesday

Reminder the Senate is expected to vote on the Save America Act this week. Please contact your senator and urge them to vote no. You may be seeing a lot of apparent “support” for the bill on social media, but it is not organic. Bot accounts have been flooding senators pages urging them to vote yes.

In 2022, Kinyei learned how to close her own stable door. Last month, she nearly followed a wild elephant family into the bush — so enchanted by Yatta's new calf that she appointed herself babysitter. The Keepers caught her just in time. She's seven and not ready.
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Piss-Drunk Pete Kegstand is super-obsessed with projecting an image of himself as some kind of Alpha Top Dog Lethal-As-Shit Warfighter™ — but let’s get real. the only thing Pete’s ever killed with his own bare hands has been a fifth of whiskey. and, of course, nothing says I’m the manliest hombré to ever punch war in the face more than stamping your foot and holding your breath until you turn blue because your precious fee-fees got all hurted and stuff.

Plastered Pete Kegstand is big mad at photographers for making him look like the dickbrained clown he is. I cover this and all the other dumbfuckery that happened in "this week in stupid," my every-Saturday round-up. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION to reading it. link is here: bit.ly/4bH0sOB

This moment from Feb 2025 may go down as one of the most prescient exchanges in modern diplomatic history. Zelenskyy warned Trump that while the United States may feel protected by an ocean today, a time could come when America would need help in war. Trump scolded him instead.

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.

1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

They either didn't know Iran would shut down the Strait of Hormuz or they knew and didn't have a plan.

Either way - just totally clear they don't give a damn about what this war means for hardworking Americans.

The better plan to lower gas prices is to

END
THE
WAR.

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 290

In late summer new #bumblebee queens mate before hibernating.
The queen stores the sperm collected in her body until she chooses how to use it the following year.
This choice determines the sex of her offspring.
#bees
#nature
#science
#insects

It’s #Friday folks!

Have the best #weekend you can.

You know the drill:

Be #kind
Be #gentle
Be #true
Be like #bees

And remember Mr President…

‘It's so important to make Russia happy
Make just one, Russian happy
Make just one heart to heart you, you sing to

One Vlad that cheers you…’

“And in the distance she heard the roaring of the Forest further out. Her husband’s voice was in it.”

(Algernon Blackwood "The Man Whom the Trees Loved")

🎨 W. Graham Robertson (1912)

#bookwormsat #booksky #bookillustration

Painting of ghostly figure in musty, murky forest scene.

‘The world is full of ghosts, and some of them are still people.’ ~ Peter Straub

@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a very supernatural #BookWormSat #GothicSpring
🖼️ Forest Ghost, Ladislav Mednyánszky, 1890.

Woman in blue gown and nightcap as ghostly figure stood between tree and bench with fence and foliage behind, painting.

‘Oh whence do you come, my dear friend, to me
With your golden hair all fallen below your knee
And your face as white as snowdrops on the lea
And your voice as hollow as the hollow sea?’ The Poor Ghost, Christina Rossetti. #BookWormSat
#GothicSpring
🖼️ Aksel Johannessen, c.1920.

People think I’m being alarmist when I say they are trying to make you dumb. They feel entitled to control how and to what extent you can access knowledge. They send their kids to tech-free schools while ensuring public school kids can’t read. They want you illiterate.

I still think about this one often.

They Can't Get Their Story Straight YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

Why are we at war?
What’s the plan?
What’s the timeline?
What’s the exit strategy?
We don’t know because they keep changing the story.
youtube.com/shorts/6YNc0...

@politicsgirl.bsky.social always makes a ton of sense!

The Iran/US/Israel war might have already broken the record for the highest number of AI-generated videos and images that have gone viral during a conflict.

Interestingly, I said the exact same thing right after the 12-day war in June.

Welcome to our brave new world of AI misinformation.

Two videos filmed in the immediate aftermath of the attack show multiple plumes of smoke within an IRGC base and medical clinic near the school, as well as the school's top floor.

The location of smoke plumes in videos correspond to visible damage in satellite imagery.

New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an IRGC facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school, where 175 people were reportedly killed, including children.

You can’t actually destroy highly enriched uranium (HEU). Bombing it doesn’t d anything to it.

One thing I admire about Red-winged Blackbirds--they really belt it out. This guy is putting everything into his song. Spotted along Central Park's Harlem Meer. 🎶🎶🎶 #Blackbirds #CentralPark #birding

Absolutely magical to see a magnificent Whooping Crane soar directly overhead at sunset. That's a seven-foot wingspan you're looking at! 🤍🖤🤍 #Cranes #Texas #BirdsSeenin2026

American Robins have returned to Central Park en masse. Amazingly, there were still some crabapples on the trees, which the Robins very much enjoyed. It's quite remarkable how easily they swallow them whole! 🍒🍒🍒 #Robins #CentralPark #birding

I know there are loads of Sandhill Crane fans out there. You may have never seen a Sandhill Crane next to a Whooping Crane--check out how big the Whooper is! 😍😍😍 #Cranes #Texas #Birding

Israel is planning to occupy Southern Lebanon.

Reminder: Hezbollah came into existence the last time Israel did this.

What horrors will be birthed from this latest maniacal blunder?

Moose calf peeking out from the forrest with mamma moose close by.

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Vermont is ICE’s latest target. If you haven’t heard this on the news, the information is being hidden from you. The government is trying to subjugate all the Blue and Independent states because that is what fascist governments do. The Ellisons owning all of mainstream media is part of that plan.