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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

People are saying... Trump and Hegseth are proposing some new medals for the USS Lincoln crew. (And please save any faux indignation about respecting the sailors: I was one, for six years including both a Vietnam Nam tour and sailing into the Gulf of Oman. Sailors have a sardonic sense of humor.)

Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Sounds like the perfect resume for dealing with Trump

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Minutes ago, the sparrows were squawking up a storm

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"My"wild backyard bunny enjoying a morning snack of Black-eyed Susans.

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Public estimation in MSM would improve if, in cases like the following, they pushed back a bit more: When Trump said "Do you know something I don't know?", the reporter simply should've said "yes." And if pressed for what, she should have said "I know that you advisors are lying to you."

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Yeah 😆 Mine still works!

VHS tape rewinder in the shape of a car: pop the hood, insert tape, and it "auto" (pun intended) rewind da. When done, hood slowly pops open.

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My porch plants in bloom. These are "legacy" plants (and "volunteers") from relatives long passed.

No idea what this plant is. It's a volunteer with teeny tiny white flowers that yield little 'berries' in clusters of five or six.

Asparagus fern. Another volunteer, this one coming up in an orchid pot. Have had that orchid 20 years, but the fern only came up 3 years ago.

G'ma's geraniums, pink blossoms on long stem

Amaryllis, red blossoms back-lit by the morning sun

Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

As usual, Trump will make a decision in

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Took a while for me to figure out it was a file format problem. Evidently Bluesky won't accept Apple HEVC. After trying a few converters, I found one that works, sort of: iMovie

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The Hooded Oriole came back again today. 🙂

Bright orange/gold bird with black throat, gripping a spindly branch of purple potato bush (with a few as yet unopened reddish passiflora buds); weathered fence panels in back.

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I don't have a camera inside my birdhouse, but just this morning I see that my starlings have fledged. 🙂

Two baby starlings on the left following their parent on the right. Dymondia ground cover in the foreground, marmalade bush in the back, sandy soil (dug up by gophers) in between.

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I would like to see a picture of your cat on a black velvet blanket in dim light. This is my brother's cat—probably 142nd cousins.

A close up of a black cat, so only eyes are easily visible

Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

My prettiest backyard visitor 🙂

Hooded oriole on thin branches of a tree mallow under gray skies

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Why didn't the agent just trip him?

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Look what just visited my backyard! (Still there now!) 25 years here and I've never seen one. Google Lens suggests it's a Green Heron. That is one patient bird: we watched each other for an hour. 😆 (I tried to load videos, but Bluesky refused.)

Same bird on weathered wooden patio chair. Wooden patio table leg behind; brown plastic bird bath on ground under the table.

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Anyone know what these are? Found a dozen in dad's garden—different sizes, leathery, very slimy on the inside except for the white strips which were tough as cartilage. Google Lens suggested reptile egg or stinkhorn mushroom. There's no odor (yet). I think they're alien eggs.

Unknown: ~1.5x0.5", squishy, leathery exterior. Found about several inches underground in loose, wet soil along with ~dozens of others of varying sizes. The little 'roots' (mycelium?) appeared to be attached.

Same unknown object split open and laid on a dry leave. The 'shell' is bunched up in the upper left; the greenish stuff is exceedingly slimy (like banana slug slime); the white ribs running through the pinkish flesh are rigid like cartilage.

Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Bridalveil Falls Yosemite

Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Harvest their seed pods and spread their joy. They have really high germination rate. I planted 9 in the front yard; two years later I had 100s 😊

My front yard full of poppies (gold/orange). Also a hand full of sweet freesia (white flowers).

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

No King's III (20260328)

Trump as a King Cobra (snake) coiled in the Straight of Hormuz. His two tiny hands (with three fingers and talons) are holding a drum of oil (10W—because he's a lightweight) and a toy rocket (Model 45-47, because of course). His open mouth includes fangs and a serpent's tongue. Above his head are the words "No Kings", and above the "KIN" is a gold, serrated crown.

Trump as a baby wearing a soiled diaper and holding a jester-on-a-stick. The jester is thinking Trump has "TDS" (Trump Derangement Syndrome"). To the right is a 'quote' bubble, "LO IQ" (suggesting it's the baby that's low IQ). Under that is a roll of toilet paper labeled "EO" (Executive Orders). The title text is "No Kings," and the caption text says "Fight Fascism." There are two swastikas with red strike-out slashes.

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

@thedavidpakmanshow.bsky.social David, in your Monday 3/23 show, you stated that Trump's quoting a CNN poll that said he has 100% support is "totally false." But...

Screen shot of CNN's Harry Enten standing in front of display purporting to show that Trump's approval among his MAGA base is 100%. Harry is saying that 'Of course there are GOP who disapprove (of the Iran War), but they are not part of the MAGA base.'

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This is the "home" tree they were abandoning. This hole is about 6' above the ground. The trail to their new tree was about 20'

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I don't think these guys migrate every year, but they were definitely migrating from one tree to another.

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Pigeon showering in the small solar fountain I originally set up for my hummingbirds (who do stop by to drink on the wing). But the pigeons have really taken to coming by and bathing several times a day.

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Caption: "Trump in the Offal Office"

A man sitting at a desk with flags and gaudy gilded curtains behind. Photo by ntnews.com.au

Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Caption: "AG Blondi [suc] [[sic]] dotting an imaginary'i'"

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Sphinx moth—easier to follow (in slow mo)

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Rock pigeons frequently visit my backyard, but this morning I noticed one had white 'leggings.' I couldn't tell if they were feathers or something else. Ideas?

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Trump lied about the Insurrection Act: 4 POTUS invoked it, 8% not 48%; and Bush invoked it once, not 28 times

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Steffn @steffnw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The wild rabbits that visit my backyard have taken to eating the seed I leave out for the birds. This morning I saw one of the birds, while attempting a landing, bonk one of the rabbits in the head. No one was harmed. 😁