Said the blackbird to the turtle, "mind if I take a seat?"

#Turtle #RedWingedBlackbird #JPegsFolder

A definition of insanity is repeating the same thing with the expectation of a different result.

After thousands of yrs of recorded history, in which gay and trans have always existed, nothing has eradicated them. Because they are a part of the human expression, they continue to be born. Kids who are born into communities with no mention of them are still who they are, though will struggle with being different. Let people be who they are, suddenly they are all around, because they always were.

“Trump’s UFC circus has already hit a snag, with the bright lights on the White House lawn being blamed for partially blinding flight crews approaching a major U.S. airport.“

“Conservative Trump critic Bill Kristol noted that the UFC spectacle “captures something about this moment in our history. After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump.”

Well stated.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mma_ufc/trump-eviscerated-for-defiling-dc-with-tacky-ufc-spectacle/ar-AA25B89s

#Gull #JPegsFolder

Looking at wifi networks around me that I can pick up. A new one, in which some gives their gmail address. Should I email a howdy do? I am guess that the Bell XXX ones probably have their generic pwd. Someone turned their printer on, it's not locked. I wonder if I sent a printing job their way if I could just go down the hall and pick it up? Or maybe just sent them a pretty picture, mysteriously. :). The other one is Springflowers. Lovely.

Ooooh…workers are back. Overtime! Maybe it will actually happen. 😃

Checking the Kennedy Centre live stream. There is a bit of a crowd, but not sure if they are waiting for the tear-down or for a buss, since it seems to be a bus stop.

And, geesh, this is a slow process. Apparently the judge denied the most recent protest to keep it up.

RE: https://mastodon.online/@parismarx/116733078957156283

This is beyond nuts.

People trying to rewrite history--and we have some of those in Canada, trying to reframe the Residential Schools--are really missing the point. We NEED to know our history. It's what we use to measure how far we've come and where we need to go.

I guess for some of these folk, they don't want to go anywhere.

Also, you know why the deal appears to favour Iran? Because orange bloated warthog just randomly decided to start bombing the hell out of the country to distract from the Epstein files. People were murdered in an attempt to protect him from the truth.

Any peace deal should just be "US stops bombing and attacking Iran." Iran should have to do nothing.

With regards to nuclear abilities, a country with nuclear weapons has no business telling other countries with they can do.

"“Very dishonorable people to deal with,” Trump continued in his social media post, which did not include any new threats of a resumed military campaign. “With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith.”"

Says the man who bombed a girl's school in the middle of peace talks.

I'd take the Iranians' word over his. That is where the US standing is. Iran seems more trustworthy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/12/trump-iran-peace-deal-leak-00960515

Just saw a video in which some Rep women were interviewed, expressing that they are fine not being allowed to vote, with their daughters not being allowed to vote. Too many liberal women getting abortions.

What the actual?

Not a great shot, it was a dark, rainy day, but it's a hummingbird, sitting under a pomegranate!!!!

#Pomegranate #JPegsFolder #Hummingbird

He was soooo patient. I took my time with some photography here and he just sat down and surveyed his realm until I told him we were moving on. :)

#RhodesianRidgeback #DogsOfMastodon #JPegsFolder

Bred to fight lions, this fellow was nothing less than a sweetie pie, who would patiently walk with me as I walked a large property in California. After my first experience in the area in which a cougar encounter was a feature, I took him and his pal out with me. They loved the walks, they didn't mind my dawdling to take photos, made me feel safer and dogs are always great company, so any excuse to be in their company... :)

#RhodesianRidgeback #DogsOfMastodon #JPegsFolder

#LongTailedDuck #BirdsOfMastodon #JPegsFolder

Canada built the freaking bridge.

"The CA$3.8 billion cost of construction is funded by the Canadian federal government, to be paid for by bridge tolls. The bridge itself will be owned equally by Canada and the state of Michigan."

The US gov is trying to extort us.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/gordie-howe-bridge-opening-delayed-9.7231287

""The administration remains committed to securing the best possible deal for the American people," the statement read."

This is a person in Colorado who was duped into signing a petition she thought was something else & is warning fellow state folk to be careful.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZa1gtUJlYo/

I stand corrected: “The Republican gubernatorial hopeful filed his candidacy from the Colorado Department of Corrections, where he is serving a 48-year sentence for murdering a 21-year-old woman. Thomas pleaded guilty to the heinous crime less than three years ago, and he’s apparently ready to use it as a launching pad for a career in politics — never mind the fact that his felony incarceration makes him legally ineligible to run for governor.“

What the actual hell? He has admitted to…