High Desert Otter
@ottermd37.bsky.social
Gardener, cook, writer, physician, rescuer of old dogs. Aspiring shitposter. Lover of the ironic, the sardonic, and the generally unserious.
I have faith in dogs and in soil biota. At this point, that's about it.
I have faith in dogs and in soil biota. At this point, that's about it.
Pinned
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
@kenwhite.bsky.social has summed up the tortured rationale of our logic-challenged War Sec and his acolytes more succinctly than I thought it could be done.
I think I'm in love with Newsom's press group. I might vote for them for president.
December 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I think I'm in love with Newsom's press group. I might vote for them for president.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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Ritual humiliation is a MAGA fetish.
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Ritual humiliation is a MAGA fetish.
@kenwhite.bsky.social has summed up the tortured rationale of our logic-challenged War Sec and his acolytes more succinctly than I thought it could be done.
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
@kenwhite.bsky.social has summed up the tortured rationale of our logic-challenged War Sec and his acolytes more succinctly than I thought it could be done.
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Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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People have been so kind to Bobby during the more than two months that he has been in his clinical trial at Ronald Reagan Medical Center at UCLA -- the support that he has received while his doctors are "rebuilding" his kidneys has brought him this far!
Chip in $10, $18, $27, $50, $100 or more!
Chip in $10, $18, $27, $50, $100 or more!
December 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
People have been so kind to Bobby during the more than two months that he has been in his clinical trial at Ronald Reagan Medical Center at UCLA -- the support that he has received while his doctors are "rebuilding" his kidneys has brought him this far!
Chip in $10, $18, $27, $50, $100 or more!
Chip in $10, $18, $27, $50, $100 or more!
@bencollins.bsky.social The Onion has captured the condition of HHS to an unparalleled and dreadful degree.
theonion.com/fda-approves...
theonion.com/fda-approves...
FDA Approves New Drug That Reverses Effects Of Narcan
SILVER SPRING, MD—Praising the drug’s ability to quickly and effectively increase fatalities amongst the nation’s opioid users, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new nasal spray Wednesd...
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
@bencollins.bsky.social The Onion has captured the condition of HHS to an unparalleled and dreadful degree.
theonion.com/fda-approves...
theonion.com/fda-approves...
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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We love our furry friends! Every year thousands of cats and dogs end up in shelters across New Mexico. That’s why we are so grateful for Animal Humane NM and other shelters who care for them on their way to their forever homes.
youtu.be/ZM9paYZTZOE
youtu.be/ZM9paYZTZOE
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November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We love our furry friends! Every year thousands of cats and dogs end up in shelters across New Mexico. That’s why we are so grateful for Animal Humane NM and other shelters who care for them on their way to their forever homes.
youtu.be/ZM9paYZTZOE
youtu.be/ZM9paYZTZOE
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“Washington, DC is now a totally safe city. And you can walk down any street in Washington, and you’re going to be just fine. And I want to thank the National Guard.”
– Trump yesterday, lying that Washington, DC hasn’t had a murder in 6 months. There had been 62 murders in DC the last six months.
– Trump yesterday, lying that Washington, DC hasn’t had a murder in 6 months. There had been 62 murders in DC the last six months.
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“Washington, DC is now a totally safe city. And you can walk down any street in Washington, and you’re going to be just fine. And I want to thank the National Guard.”
– Trump yesterday, lying that Washington, DC hasn’t had a murder in 6 months. There had been 62 murders in DC the last six months.
– Trump yesterday, lying that Washington, DC hasn’t had a murder in 6 months. There had been 62 murders in DC the last six months.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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Every time I do one of these book and art giveaways I get a bunch of unfollows from the anti-book-and-art-giveaway crowd and I always just think, That's cool. I get it. Free books and art are two more of the major blights of the modern world, alongside climate change denial and sex trafficking.
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Every time I do one of these book and art giveaways I get a bunch of unfollows from the anti-book-and-art-giveaway crowd and I always just think, That's cool. I get it. Free books and art are two more of the major blights of the modern world, alongside climate change denial and sex trafficking.
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Massie: “I am sorry if one of your billionaire donors is going to be embarrassed because he went to rape island. How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when there are men, rich men, in handcuffs being perp walked to the jail. And until then, this is still a cover up.”
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Massie: “I am sorry if one of your billionaire donors is going to be embarrassed because he went to rape island. How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when there are men, rich men, in handcuffs being perp walked to the jail. And until then, this is still a cover up.”
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Trump welcomes MBS to the White House today to discuss a new arms deal.
Trump's family also has lucrative ongoing real estate deals with the Saudis.
He'll overlook the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to pad his pockets and boost the bottom line of the military industrial complex.
Trump's family also has lucrative ongoing real estate deals with the Saudis.
He'll overlook the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to pad his pockets and boost the bottom line of the military industrial complex.
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump welcomes MBS to the White House today to discuss a new arms deal.
Trump's family also has lucrative ongoing real estate deals with the Saudis.
He'll overlook the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to pad his pockets and boost the bottom line of the military industrial complex.
Trump's family also has lucrative ongoing real estate deals with the Saudis.
He'll overlook the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to pad his pockets and boost the bottom line of the military industrial complex.
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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Before anyone gets mad at Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, listen to Kate. Justice Jackson didn’t side with Trump: she issued a temporary stay to prevent a rushed ruling that could let presidents exploit shutdowns to bypass Congress. Her move protects SNAP recipients & constitutional checks & balances
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Before anyone gets mad at Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, listen to Kate. Justice Jackson didn’t side with Trump: she issued a temporary stay to prevent a rushed ruling that could let presidents exploit shutdowns to bypass Congress. Her move protects SNAP recipients & constitutional checks & balances
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