Support your local farmers market, they are the gems of civilization ❤️ this one courtesy of Licking Creek Bend and friends, every Sat morning in front of The Line hotel in Adams Morgan #DC.

Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.

71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted

A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.

gizmodo.com

Went for a great night walk with the Rat Rangers of DC Responsible Rat Management (www.dcratsolutions.com), a local nonprofit coalition aiming to shift the city away from poisons and towards solutions that actually work. Check out their flyer for ways you can help!

Here’s a truth that lands harder every year.

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I have a hypothesis that cloud storage and the proliferation of data centers are a symptom of the existential fear of impermanence.

Folks who say "I'm not against technology but data centers don't belong HERE" are implicitly saying someone else should have to deal with them, i.e. good old NIMBY-ism. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Either take a principled stand with the associated pros and cons or gtfo.

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

My protein shake company sent me a free sample of some creatine product and I was idly reading the package... what in the actual fuck? Don't dig that up! That's sacred! There are bog mummies in there! 😦 Soylent Green is people! (But seriously, peat is a major carbon sink and this is very stupid.)

Still wondering why people are fed up with the system?

Best trail signage. "THIS."

We've lost a lot of really famous musicians this year, but I think none who made such a positive impact in the world as Dolly Parton. Oh that we should all be remembered so fondly and for such good reason. 💔

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I guess they got tired of saying Millennials ruined things so now it's sobriety ruining things 🙄 literally anything but late stage capitalism... #shutupNYT

There are no transgender athletes in South Carolina. They're banned by state law. Taiwan, however, produces most of the semiconductors in the US, and is the lynchpin of US policy in the Western Pacific. Anyone that votes for her is a an even bigger idiot than she is.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

perfect synopsis of modern Republicanism

www.nature.com/articles/s44... AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO2 emissions than they avoid, primarily via fossil fuel supply pathways (i.e. AI increases the sourcing and effectiveness of fossil fuel extraction and use at a magnitude several times greater than it improves renewables).

AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model

nature.com

*sighs, resets the "Number of Days Since Sticking Paintbrush in Drink" counter* #WIP #artsky #painting #watercolors #birds

Reminder to vote tomorrow in South Carolina, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Vermont, and Alabama! And thank you in advance to everyone heading to the polls and to all the poll workers!

Behold, the dun skipper on giant hyssop. #nativeplants #nativebugs #inverts #bugsky

Data center land use regs, tax incentives, etc that may have looked like a good deal for a city or county before hyperscalers (say, because of a colocated tech campus) now look like a very very bad deal. goodjobsfirst.org/cloudy-with-...

This jay has developed a faintly smug expression and I don't know how to feel about that... #WIP #watercolors #painting

SOS send help am cat-trapped.

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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It's a good thing this isn't my primary profession because I sure am slow at it... 😑 #WIP #watercolor #painting

Stop doomscrolling and go look at these spectacular watercolors. womeninwatercolor.com/2026-award-w...

2026 7th Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition

The 2026 7th Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition received over 1750 entries from 59 countries. The award winners definitely represent the best of the best.

womeninwatercolor.com

Oh fine I GUESS if you gift me cute watercolor paper I SUPPOSE I should paint something... *mutter mutter* #WIP #watercolors #artsky

My partner and I (both from rural backgrounds) have been saying this for years and I am SO GLAD someone with some political reach is finally echoing it. Cannot emphasize enough how important it is that Dems reframe to suit their audiences. How we say things matters. www.npr.org/2026/07/29/n...

To win over working-class voters, Democrats need to stop talking about democracy

Working-class voters have moved away from the Democratic Party. Winning them back is key to the party's future, a new reports shows. But first, the messaging has to change.

npr.org

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Virginians, tell the State Corporation Commission you oppose the merger of Dominion and NextEra! The proposed merger creates an unprecedented utility monopoly, reduces competitive energy markets, and hands localized grid oversight to an out-of-state corporation. www.scc.virginia.gov/case-informa...