Photograph of the spindly branches of a tree sprouting many tiny leafbuds. Background is a clear blue sky with one cloud that almost resembles a heart (icon version)
New growth.
#photography #spring #trees
Anhinga with spread wing pose, Brazil
A classic Anhinga pose, as the bird attempts to dry its feathers due to a lack of waterproof oils.
(Brazil 2022)
Good Morning #UglyDogs! Quick update. Just caught Wade Marrs coming into Takotna. Team is perky and very vocal. Looks like several contenders may be taking their 24. Riley Dyche bypassed Takotna and is on his way to Ophir. He’s currently camped on the trail. #Iditarod54 #MusherSky
Bingo card update so far
Color photograph. A black and white kitten is perched on a brown dresser and leaning towards the camera. You can see her tail in the background as if sprouting from her head and between her ears.
That’s definitely not a secret antenna I’m using to pick up important transmissions like
‘Treat bags opening…’
‘Pets and cuddles imminent…’
‘Playmates ready for zoomies…’
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
Just remember, when It Finally Happens, Donald Trump won't be able to hear your wild celebration but all his lickspittles and failsons will.
"We took idiosyncratic passages out of context from longer, often challenging works, and asked a supercomputer to render them more palatable in isolation. Which version do you find more palatable in isolation?"
In water green with tree reflections, two white swans swim toward each other
Two white swans curve necks and narrow gap between them, still swimming
Finally two white swans draw close and barely touch, bills down - it looks like a heart shape
The Mute Swans had a graceful little dance with a slow approach and necks bent - they drew closer, still with curved necks ... finally ending in a heart shape from which they gracefully withdrew and passed by one another (2022) #SpringGroveCemetery
I have a persistent daydream of being pulled out of a deep sleep by the sound of cheering and car horns, and I'll know precisely what happened.
Close up of a Bohemian Waxwing eating red berries. There is snow on the berries and blue sky in the background. The bird is taupe with peach above the beak and on the cheek. There is a black band over the eyes.
Bohemian Waxwing #birds
Okay, here's what I think is going on with Wade - I think his tracker sent a bad update. The reason I think that is because his speed is unreasonable. He's not off the trail.
Macro shot of bright pink peonies in a vase. There is one red peony in the lower right corner. They are all fully opened so that we can see their golden centers with longish strands of stamen. The red one is more like a carnation with the center of the flower hidden by the shorter, wavier petals.
#MacroMonday
#ColorADay #PinkMon
Pink peonies 🩷
#ECK #Bloomscrolling #Peonies
Satellite view of Alaska showing the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race's northern route marked with a red line and yellow location pins. The trail stretches from Anchorage in the south, heading northwest through checkpoints including Wasilla, Yentna, Skwentna, Finger Lake, Rainy Pass, Rohn, Nikolai, McGrath, Takotna, Ophir, Cripple, Ruby, Galena, Nulato, Kaltag, Unalakleet, Shaktoolik, Koyuk, Elim, Golovin, White Mountain, Safety, and finally Nome on the western coast. The dramatic aerial perspective shows snow-covered mountain ranges (including the Alaska Range), the Yukon River, and the vast wilderness these mushers and their dog teams traverse over approximately 1,000 miles. This is the Northern Route visualized from space with the camera moved so far back that a large part of the curvature of the earth is showing - just to be able to see the whole track in one picture.
Why is there all this fur in the servers?
Mapping servers spinning.
Trackers bribed, bots greased.
This is the Iditarod 2026:
Yes, this thing is big. That is either the curve of the globe or the rim of the world. Whatever you believe these days. 😬
#UglyDogs
#MusherSky
#Iditarod54
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
Iditarod 2026 via drone. 🐕🐕🐕
If you missed the Ceremonial start to the 2026 Iditarod, Sasha has a great thread full of pics and information. #mushersky
Gavin Newsom vetoed a 2023 bill that would have stopped the unscrupulous practice of county governments using foster children's benefit checks (e.g. social security survivor benefits) to reimburse themselves.
The bill was sponsored by @ib2real.bsky.social, himself a former foster child.
Waiting for Jaye and Megan to get back from running dogs. You can uh...sorta see the trail going into the background, it was very windy and blown in
Visiting underdog feeds, a mushing store in wasilla
Sign pointing to the Iditarod headquarters
A dog food ladle i picked up at underdog - my kinda souvenir
Some more alaska things
Next order over $100 will receive this gift set! Includes an original painting, two prints, a sticker & a magnet.
Yay for #Iditarod fans who shared clips of the ceremonial start on YouTube already - here's Jessie Holmes taking off! youtube.com/shorts/CTB8Q... #MusherSky
Disability accommodations are a rare thing that actually trickles down. You like curb cutouts? Auto-opening doors? Jar openers? Ramps? Hand rails? YOU’RE WELCOME
Even as an abled person you use disability accommodations every single day.
Supporting accommodations actually helps everyone.
Whether you know anything about sled dog mushing or not, guess who'll win and follow along with the Iditarod! Join the fantasymushing.com game, pick 7 mushers to follow and see how you do compared to about 1000 others from all over the world!
Waffles the giraffe at the San Antonio Zoo. Today is her third birthday
The San Antonio Zoo is not on here but today is Waffles the giraffe’s third birthday and I just felt like this was need to know information today, with everything else being so terrible
#UglyDogs Espy did a thread about the origin of the @igivearod.bsky.social
If you can't afford to contribute that's totally fine. The world is an expensive place these days. A boost post is always welcome!
My new mantra- thank you!
Sorry, although that is cute, it is not the squeaky video. Here it is!
I feel like Syvie needs this giant ball....
@muppybean.bsky.social
a bingo card
a blank bingo card
Bingo begins at the race start, not the ceremonial start, of course. I'm not here to police your bingo playing, apply squares as you prefer (or make your own). Please note I *love* the live chat, I'll be in there solidly til the Red Lantern #iditarod54
