Jumping Frog
@lw-smiley.bsky.social
Math/Physics, Engineer, Programming, Wiccan Sympathizer, Retired, I ponder the 1000 year storm. Vote Blue! Likes or reposts not necessarily endorsement. signal: lw_smiley.86
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A flower still life in oil on gessoed board from nearly a decade ago (sold). The camera distorts the difference in size between the painting and the subject but gets the colour pretty acurately (an excellent DMC-LX5- still in use)
#oilpainting #stilllife #flowers
#oilpainting #stilllife #flowers
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 AM
A flower still life in oil on gessoed board from nearly a decade ago (sold). The camera distorts the difference in size between the painting and the subject but gets the colour pretty acurately (an excellent DMC-LX5- still in use)
#oilpainting #stilllife #flowers
#oilpainting #stilllife #flowers
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February 8, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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Another still life, this time featuring pelargoniums, a wooden lizard and a wooden bird with a long beak, poppy seedheads and autumn colours in the leaves outside the studio window. That old earthenware pot with twisty handles is a favourite. Oil on gessoed board, 2019.
#oilpainting #stilllife
#oilpainting #stilllife
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Another still life, this time featuring pelargoniums, a wooden lizard and a wooden bird with a long beak, poppy seedheads and autumn colours in the leaves outside the studio window. That old earthenware pot with twisty handles is a favourite. Oil on gessoed board, 2019.
#oilpainting #stilllife
#oilpainting #stilllife
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Still life in oil sold at a Cambridge Drawing Society exhibition in 2020. This one shows quite a bit of impasto built up during the process of composition.
#stilllife #roses #studio
#stilllife #roses #studio
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Still life in oil sold at a Cambridge Drawing Society exhibition in 2020. This one shows quite a bit of impasto built up during the process of composition.
#stilllife #roses #studio
#stilllife #roses #studio
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Seniors earned their Social Security and Medicare benefits by working and paying into the system. Receiving those benefits isn’t up for negotiation.
I promise to always protect the benefits millions of Arizonans depend on.
I promise to always protect the benefits millions of Arizonans depend on.
January 31, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Seniors earned their Social Security and Medicare benefits by working and paying into the system. Receiving those benefits isn’t up for negotiation.
I promise to always protect the benefits millions of Arizonans depend on.
I promise to always protect the benefits millions of Arizonans depend on.
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Mark Grantham (Canadian, b.1966)
"February on June Street, Halifax," 2015
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"February on June Street, Halifax," 2015
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 1, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Mark Grantham (Canadian, b.1966)
"February on June Street, Halifax," 2015
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"February on June Street, Halifax," 2015
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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In *Texas*
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:34 AM
In *Texas*
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Donald Trump is suing the federal government for $10 billion. That is your money. Never in our history have we seen something like this. The billionaire President always has a new plan to make himself richer, but never a plan to make your bills more affordable.
February 1, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Donald Trump is suing the federal government for $10 billion. That is your money. Never in our history have we seen something like this. The billionaire President always has a new plan to make himself richer, but never a plan to make your bills more affordable.
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
January 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM
JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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Just kinda seems like refusing to tell us which ICE agents murdered Alex Pretti undercuts the idea that they’re wearing masks to protect themselves — rather than to be able to kill people with impunity.
January 26, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Just kinda seems like refusing to tell us which ICE agents murdered Alex Pretti undercuts the idea that they’re wearing masks to protect themselves — rather than to be able to kill people with impunity.
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“They are using the mechanism of armed officers with masks who are killing citizens to create disruption so they can use more force to eliminate the possibility they could be removed from office and suffer criminal sanctions for the crimes they are now committing”
January 26, 2026 at 3:20 AM
“They are using the mechanism of armed officers with masks who are killing citizens to create disruption so they can use more force to eliminate the possibility they could be removed from office and suffer criminal sanctions for the crimes they are now committing”
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I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
January 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
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AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
It's amazing how many Nazis among us there are.
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
It's amazing how many Nazis among us there are.
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Here is also what I think. Sensitve photo warning
There is ZERO hopes of fixing this agency
Affidavit of witness below
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
There is ZERO hopes of fixing this agency
Affidavit of witness below
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 25, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Here is also what I think. Sensitve photo warning
There is ZERO hopes of fixing this agency
Affidavit of witness below
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
There is ZERO hopes of fixing this agency
Affidavit of witness below
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Behold my patsies.
I made the pastry with LARD & butter. Chopped the veg & meat myself. And like the little red hen, sod anyone in the house who complained.
I made the pastry with LARD & butter. Chopped the veg & meat myself. And like the little red hen, sod anyone in the house who complained.
January 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Behold my patsies.
I made the pastry with LARD & butter. Chopped the veg & meat myself. And like the little red hen, sod anyone in the house who complained.
I made the pastry with LARD & butter. Chopped the veg & meat myself. And like the little red hen, sod anyone in the house who complained.
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Alex Pretti wasn’t a part of “engineered chaos.” He was a nurse who cared about people. An individual. What is “engineered chaos” is what this admin is doing in blue cities to justify invocation of the insurrection act.
January 25, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Alex Pretti wasn’t a part of “engineered chaos.” He was a nurse who cared about people. An individual. What is “engineered chaos” is what this admin is doing in blue cities to justify invocation of the insurrection act.
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I saw his tweets. This is why I'm taking a breath before commenting, because my first reactions here are not printable.
Miller, too. Tweeting like a psychopath.
January 24, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I saw his tweets. This is why I'm taking a breath before commenting, because my first reactions here are not printable.
Are we there yet?
January 25, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Are we there yet?