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California native. Forensic anthropologist. Physician in underserved areas. Potty mouth, no apologies. Multi-ethnic, Navajo genes. 3 rescue cats. Radicalized at 13. Snarky as fuck. My autocorrect is sentient and exists solely to make me appear illiterate!
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"Since early November, more than 120 seabirds — primarily western grebes, a diving creature with red eyes and sharp yellow bills — have been rescued along the Central Coast after a mysterious one-square-mile oil slick appeared off the Santa Barbara coast." #Birds
Rescued Seabirds Released Back to the Wild Following Oil Slick
More than 120 oiled seabirds have been rescued along the Central Coast since early November.
www.independent.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"Since early November, more than 120 seabirds — primarily western grebes, a diving creature with red eyes and sharp yellow bills — have been rescued along the Central Coast after a mysterious one-square-mile oil slick appeared off the Santa Barbara coast." #Birds
Wednesday morning in our little valley and 1920s citrus fruit label similar view.
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Wednesday morning in our little valley and 1920s citrus fruit label similar view.
Little Broken Beak and having her dinner.
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Little Broken Beak and having her dinner.
So here's Jimi.
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
So here's Jimi.
We watch mostly noir, neo noir and classic horror/sci-fi and last night we watched Freaky Tales, which I found to have a wonderful beginning and kind of enjoyable, if calculated following sequences. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was watching an updated, funkier Love Actually.
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We watch mostly noir, neo noir and classic horror/sci-fi and last night we watched Freaky Tales, which I found to have a wonderful beginning and kind of enjoyable, if calculated following sequences. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was watching an updated, funkier Love Actually.
Of interest regarding vaccines and autism:
The CDC’s updated webpage references two unpublished analyses by Mark and David Geier as purported evidence of a vaccine–autism link. Two studies were conducted by Mark Geier, MD, and his son David Geier.
The CDC’s updated webpage references two unpublished analyses by Mark and David Geier as purported evidence of a vaccine–autism link. Two studies were conducted by Mark Geier, MD, and his son David Geier.
December 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Of interest regarding vaccines and autism:
The CDC’s updated webpage references two unpublished analyses by Mark and David Geier as purported evidence of a vaccine–autism link. Two studies were conducted by Mark Geier, MD, and his son David Geier.
The CDC’s updated webpage references two unpublished analyses by Mark and David Geier as purported evidence of a vaccine–autism link. Two studies were conducted by Mark Geier, MD, and his son David Geier.
So. Perhaps I am incredibly annoying and merely voicing my opinion about the most innocuous subjects results in vitriolic attacks due to my annoyingness or Bluesky is in the process of being infiltrated by an inordinate number of assholes who are, apparently, not MAGA types. Disconcerting as Hell.
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
So. Perhaps I am incredibly annoying and merely voicing my opinion about the most innocuous subjects results in vitriolic attacks due to my annoyingness or Bluesky is in the process of being infiltrated by an inordinate number of assholes who are, apparently, not MAGA types. Disconcerting as Hell.
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Last week, Amnesty International released a detailed statement documenting that “Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by continuing to deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Last week, Amnesty International released a detailed statement documenting that “Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by continuing to deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.”
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Just thought I'd mention that the House of Representatives has worked a total of 108 days this year.
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Just thought I'd mention that the House of Representatives has worked a total of 108 days this year.
I was reminiscing about the past LA days with an old 70s feral pal and we were trying to explain Chicken Boy to my husband, who taught at George Washington Law for 22 years. Some shit is so inimical to geography that you just can't begin to explain it to someone raised in a different time/place.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I was reminiscing about the past LA days with an old 70s feral pal and we were trying to explain Chicken Boy to my husband, who taught at George Washington Law for 22 years. Some shit is so inimical to geography that you just can't begin to explain it to someone raised in a different time/place.
Here's little Broken Beak eating millet. I watch for her every day, just to make sure she's eating. Worried about her ability to feed her nestlings next spring.
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Here's little Broken Beak eating millet. I watch for her every day, just to make sure she's eating. Worried about her ability to feed her nestlings next spring.
Reading the bilge sent to physicians by the CDC and the FDA makes me want to pull a Sylvia Plath.
December 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Reading the bilge sent to physicians by the CDC and the FDA makes me want to pull a Sylvia Plath.
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Trump reposted content from 16 accounts last night that turned out to be from foreign-based ‘MAGA’ users. meidasnews.com/news/trump-r...
Trump Reposted a Slew of Foreign-Based Accounts Monday Night
Trump shared 25 posts from 16 accounts labeled by X as based in other countries or possibly using a proxy to change location data
meidasnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Trump reposted content from 16 accounts last night that turned out to be from foreign-based ‘MAGA’ users. meidasnews.com/news/trump-r...
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Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Consider the ramifications. Read the language in Sen. Bernie Moreno's (R-Ohio) bill to establish that citizens of the United States “must have sole and exclusive allegiance to the United States." The “Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025”.
A shame we don't have a real Supreme Court.
A shame we don't have a real Supreme Court.
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Consider the ramifications. Read the language in Sen. Bernie Moreno's (R-Ohio) bill to establish that citizens of the United States “must have sole and exclusive allegiance to the United States." The “Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025”.
A shame we don't have a real Supreme Court.
A shame we don't have a real Supreme Court.
Poor little bird who is missing the top portion of her beak. She seems to be quite active and appears to be enjoying her sunflower seeds.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Poor little bird who is missing the top portion of her beak. She seems to be quite active and appears to be enjoying her sunflower seeds.
My husband got me a bird feeder cam for my birthday installed it yesterday. Big on the wish list. So many sweet little guys visiting. I saw that one particularly scrappy wren is missing his upper beak and cried when I saw his injury but he seems to be doing well. I'll try to post a video of him.
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My husband got me a bird feeder cam for my birthday installed it yesterday. Big on the wish list. So many sweet little guys visiting. I saw that one particularly scrappy wren is missing his upper beak and cried when I saw his injury but he seems to be doing well. I'll try to post a video of him.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
The boys are beat. Snoozing with their pals.
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The boys are beat. Snoozing with their pals.
Evidently the Guard will "feel a little more secure" with the DC police providing security for them!
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Evidently the Guard will "feel a little more secure" with the DC police providing security for them!
Tonight's moon.
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Tonight's moon.
The Shadow is enjoying a lazy afternoon basking in what's left of the sunlight.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Shadow is enjoying a lazy afternoon basking in what's left of the sunlight.
Our traditional holiday dinners have been, for 30 years, in Indian restaurants. Sadly, we live in an area that requires excessive driving to reach one, incompatible with our holiday consumption of champagne. This year we are making do with frozen Indian entrees from Trader Joe's. And a pecan pie.
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Our traditional holiday dinners have been, for 30 years, in Indian restaurants. Sadly, we live in an area that requires excessive driving to reach one, incompatible with our holiday consumption of champagne. This year we are making do with frozen Indian entrees from Trader Joe's. And a pecan pie.