Mickey is our engineer cat, always trying to figure things out. Here, he's checking out flickering sunlight being reflected from the outdoor birdbath onto the top of the window trim.
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Mickey is our engineer cat, always trying to figure things out. Here, he's checking out flickering sunlight being reflected from the outdoor birdbath onto the top of the window trim.
Here are the "northern" lights visible in Oklahoma tonight. This is an 8-minute time-lapse I took just holding my phone as steady as possible.
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Here are the "northern" lights visible in Oklahoma tonight. This is an 8-minute time-lapse I took just holding my phone as steady as possible.
The scene looks so calm, but 30 seconds earlier, they were boxing with each other.
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The scene looks so calm, but 30 seconds earlier, they were boxing with each other.
Nehi likes to dab in his sleep
September 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Nehi likes to dab in his sleep
No filters, just stopped and snapped a photo as I was about to feed the horses this morning.
September 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
No filters, just stopped and snapped a photo as I was about to feed the horses this morning.
Everything's always fine until it isn't.
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Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Everything's always fine until it isn't.
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This afternoon's bike repair assistant spent more time stealing parts and tools than helping. Mostly, she just wanted to play.
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August 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This afternoon's bike repair assistant spent more time stealing parts and tools than helping. Mostly, she just wanted to play.
@scooper2.bsky.social
@scooper2.bsky.social
Punkie enjoys a late summer evening.
August 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Punkie enjoys a late summer evening.
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First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.
The Enshittification of American Power
First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.
wrd.cm
July 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.
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Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which was an ancestor of the tomato. www.wired.com/story/scienc...
Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato
Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which was an ancestor of the tomato.
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August 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which was an ancestor of the tomato. www.wired.com/story/scienc...
Charli enjoys the cool grass after another sweltering July day.
July 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Charli enjoys the cool grass after another sweltering July day.
Circles are always the preferred resting spots, even if they don't quite fit in them.
July 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Circles are always the preferred resting spots, even if they don't quite fit in them.
Tag and Flop enjoying a nice summer evening.
July 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Tag and Flop enjoying a nice summer evening.
It's a suction cup! It's a frog! It's both!
July 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It's a suction cup! It's a frog! It's both!
I wouldn't have pegged Mitty for a fan of coreopsis, but he wears it well.
July 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I wouldn't have pegged Mitty for a fan of coreopsis, but he wears it well.
Whelp, even dirt clods get grey hair, I guess.
July 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Whelp, even dirt clods get grey hair, I guess.
The Sirius strategy for cooling off when the heat index is 105: Find some shady, cool grass for your back, then radiate as much heat as you possibly can out your front.
June 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Sirius strategy for cooling off when the heat index is 105: Find some shady, cool grass for your back, then radiate as much heat as you possibly can out your front.
A morning nap in the catio is even better when you have a napping buddy.
June 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A morning nap in the catio is even better when you have a napping buddy.
Nothing to see here. Just a tiny piece of yellow petal enjoying the day. Come on over bees, it's fine.
June 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Nothing to see here. Just a tiny piece of yellow petal enjoying the day. Come on over bees, it's fine.
I know it's hot, Smokie, but technically it's not even summer yet.
June 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I know it's hot, Smokie, but technically it's not even summer yet.
Tendi camouflaged in her natural element, a barn stall.
May 31, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Tendi camouflaged in her natural element, a barn stall.
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Worth reading. Scott Pelley’s Commencement speech at Wake Forest commencement.news.wfu.edu/2020s/c2025/...
2025: Scott Pelley - Commencement News Archive
Good morning, everybody. What a beautiful day. What a beautiful North Carolina day for a graduation. Incredible. Thank you, President Wente, Provost Gillespie, members of the Board of Trustees and Kat...
commencement.news.wfu.edu
May 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Worth reading. Scott Pelley’s Commencement speech at Wake Forest commencement.news.wfu.edu/2020s/c2025/...
So I almost dropped my phone trying to take your picture. It wasn't THAT funny.
May 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
So I almost dropped my phone trying to take your picture. It wasn't THAT funny.
Air Canada flights 1, 2, 3, and 4 taxiing downwind for takeoff.
May 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Air Canada flights 1, 2, 3, and 4 taxiing downwind for takeoff.
My arm is now a pillow and can't be used for anything else for the remainder of Patty's nap.
May 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My arm is now a pillow and can't be used for anything else for the remainder of Patty's nap.