I read this last week and it really stuck with me:
That feeling you had right before the second plane hit the towers: The knowledge this was real evil. Knowing it was about to change things forever.
THAT gut-sick sensation follows me every day.
( so I have tea with my good boi)

The reason the 47s gov't gets away with so much is because of the US system. People MIGHT care, but are stuck in merely providing or aspirational Temu addiction. Happy with 2 weeks vacation. US workers don't know it could be better. Don't know they can demand better.
Here's a fun video.

Mental health break:
Late season leaf-peeping

Tank the Turtle. Because you deserve 8 secs of peace.

I placed my Insta360 in the river and got this yellow-bellied slider . He's totally menacing at 8 inches long.

Here's a hummingbird at my feeder. Not as fun to look at maybe, but at least it's a real bird.

Happy Passive Aggressive Saturday ya'll!
Taking my sunrise stroll with my deaf dog getting all the dogs riled so the asshats in the AirBnB can't sleep.
1. Don't support that company
(DOGE tie)
2. Be better tourists! They come to nature to be loud AF. Just stop!

Ideological
Corruption
Enforcement

We are now a police state..
More surveillance, less oversight.
Larger budget than Marines and FBI but without training or accountability of military courts.
A civil /bureaucratic function with military weapons.