Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I'm confused. Is this going to be a protest like in the past? Or are people just supposed to vote that day? 000 0
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 15/10/2026"Honey, just put it on the tray. Don’t tell my manager, and I’ll get you to the good poker table." 000 0
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 15/10/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1... "But he apparently draws a line when his son’s former fiancée does not show proper appreciation for the courtesy of being stashed in Athens—Athens!—and then lands in the newspapers looking like an aging waitress cadging tips from marks in a casino.theatlantic.comKimberly Guilfoyle Broke Trump’s Most Important RuleThe president doesn’t seem to care about corruption; he cares about embarrassment. 100 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Nutmeg Mannikins on our feeder. We used to just see a few occasionally, but this year we have quite a flock. They're pretty little birds, native to southeastern Asia. They're also called Scaly-breasted Munias or Spice Finches. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Scaly-... 000 0
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 14/10/2026We have quite a little flock! I just shot this a few minutes ago. Hope they aren't crowding out the goldfinches and house finches. 110 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 13/10/2026static.klipy.comReasonsimbroke Eating PopcornALT: Reasonsimbroke Eating Popcorn 000 0
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I hope she gets even by dragging all the skeletons out of the closet. 010 1
Reposted by Connie McDowellDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Like Fredo in The Godfather. 2739582 395
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Trump’s October Surprise "Ukrainian officials have long believed that Trump’s foreign policy focuses on opening up business deals—and the potential enrichment of the president’s family and friends—over the defense of democracy, human rights, or territorial sovereignty." tinyurl.com/mr3d2my6theatlantic.comTrump’s October SurpriseJust ahead of the midterm elections, the president again helps Russia. 010 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There are a few who are regulars at our tube feeders -- very cute little birds. 120 2
Reposted by Connie McDowellThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12/10/2026The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an abrupt attempt to force Ukraine to surrender and to save the Russian economy, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues:bit.lyTrump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal ClearThe president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. 32301128 301
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 12/10/2026He has offered no condolences for the recent deaths of Ukrainian children in Russian bombing raids. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTrump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal ClearThe president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. 000 0
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 12/10/2026thus demanding that Kyiv give up its most effective weapon while asking nothing from Russia in exchange. He has not criticized Russian attacks on Ukrainian power plants or factories, even those owned by American companies. 110 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 12/10/2026He lifted sanctions on the import of Russian diesel fuel, in violation of the letter and spirit of laws that he himself signed. He has threatened to stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine, unless Ukraine agrees not to target Russian refineries, 110 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Excellent essay by Anne Applebaum. "In the past 72 hours, Donald Trump has dropped all pretense, torched a couple decades of American policy, and undermined 18 months of his own diplomacy. 110 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I'm not seeing him now -- must be spinning a cocoon somewhere. 100 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 10/10/2026To confirm the ID of the caterpillar, Claude asked for a photo of its tail horn and ID'd it as a rustic sphinx (Manduca rustica). 110 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Claude identified the plant as a "Iochroma, most likely Iochroma cyaneum (often sold as violet tubeflower or "Royal Blue"/"Indigo")" and said it's in the nightshade family. When is first saw the caterpillar I thought it was a rolled up leaf. It was big! 210 2
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I had one of those too a couple of days ago. I didn't know what it was, but Claude identified it for me. I'd never seen one before. 110 1
Reposted by Connie McDowellMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026This is as treasonous as it gets 1681179156439 17.9K
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What would you expect from a secretary of defense who posts juvenile videos of people being blown up in boats and a president who puts on cage fights on the White House lawn? 000 0
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 09/10/2026From William Kristol's article in the Bulwark - Citizens or Voyeurs? www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...thebulwark.comHegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff FilmNeo-fascism as spectacles of violence. 000 0
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"Another familiar feature of fascism is the transformation of politics into spectacle. Fascism wants to reduce active citizens to passive observers, indeed into voyeurs—especially voyeurs of cruelty and death. Such degradation of a democratic public is key to fascism’s project and to its success." 110 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I wouldn't expect less from a president that held cage fighting on the White House lawn. 000 0
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Not much of a surprise from a president who stages cage fighting on the White House lawn. 0103 10
Reposted by Connie McDowellRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Because it’s gonna cost that much to fool voters like we usually do with culture war bullshit to distract them from how badly we fucked up the economy with incompetence and another new Republican war. 781415300 1.4K
Reposted by Connie McDowellGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/10/2026... Who is lacking in morality, conscience, empathy, remorse, and impulse control, and whose only concern if a city (in any country, including ours) were to be wiped off the face of the Earth, would be how it affects him. 481401211 1.4K
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And they never show that on TV clips of the press conferences. 000 0
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You were pretty cute back then and still good looking, maybe a little more distinguished looking. 030 3
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 24/09/2026He didn't seem too scared of us -- just sat there for several minutes. 110 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We had two young bobcat cubs show up this evening. 120 2
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Cool! I have three raccoons who've been visiting at night. One comes by himself and has been coming for over a year. There's a new pair who show up occasionally. I put out a tub with water, hoping to see an owl bathing, but the raccoons love it. 020 2
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So cool! We have two feeders out here in San Diego, but only see a few at a time. What are you feeding raccoons, as pictured in your profile? 110 1
Reposted by Connie McDowellGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Members of Congress from both parties should be demanding Trump undergo a full neuropsych exam. Enough of his crazy bullshit about passing the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. 2044127966 4.1K
Reposted by Connie McDowellTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump’s Monumental ObsessionThe president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself. 1332718726 2.7K
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I wish I could find folks in Mexico to talk to about how they spend their winters there. 011 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We still have three showing up. I keep expecting them to be gone when I get up, but there they are gobbling up mealworms and jelly. They're always together -- wonder if it's a mom and her two kids. 110 1
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Love those guys! We had them in the backyard when I was growing up. Wish they'd come around our backyard. 120 2
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 18/09/2026That's going to be my new name for him. That and deranged orange felon. 012 2
Connie McDowell @connie3140.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Is he getting makeup tips from the detailed deranged orange felon? 000 0
