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Just another grifter

Little Bits, PoliticsMay 2, 2025898Views 0Likes 0Comments

Smug AF Karoline Leavitt is married to a man with several mil to his name (that public records show). Yet she still owes $325,000 in debt for her failed 2022 Congressional campaign in New Hampshire -- debt which she didn't initially disclose with the Federal Elections Committee, and only revised recently. Says the article, "She owes more…

Oh, no! Not the first instars!

NatureApril 30, 2025842Views 0Likes 0Comments

While I delight in this time of year, when the earth warms more and more by the day, and the much-missed green comes out in full force, I lament to inform you (those who care, at least) that I have spotted the first instar of the dreaded, invasive and really difficult to squash (because they're…

US exports to China … in 1784

Little BitsApril 30, 2025847Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the various and sundry rabbit holes down which I travel, I was poking around and learning about the colonial American economy and life then when I encountered an article about American ginseng and how plentiful it was in Vermont in particular, as well as the Appalachians and much of the eastern forests of the…

Two worlds

Cultcha, PoliticsApril 28, 2025783Views 0Likes 0Comments

Fox News vs The Economist (and pretty much every other national and international publication) on Trump's first 100 days as Felon-47. I guess it's easy to think he's a very stable genius when you get fed lies and propaganda all the time. For reference, do remember, Rupert Murdoch and Fox News 100% knew Biden had won the…

Ladies, we have a situation!

Little BitsApril 28, 2025822Views 0Likes 0Comments

Off to the ballet we were -- three of us. A Saturday matinee and a girls' afternoon afterward. Heading out of my home, I had grabbed the purse that went best with my outfit, made sure my basics were in there -- wallet, keys and cell phone -- and off I went, first picking up one…

The hubris

NatureApril 28, 2025824Views 0Likes 0Comments

The hubris I have experienced in believing I could contain the yard weeds -- by dint of labor and pulling them by the roots, a few focused chemical applications and sheer determination -- has been shaken to its core. Defeated, deflated, I am. When I was a kid some 50 years ago -- and with my…

Did wittle ewon’s feewings get hurwat?

Cultcha, PoliticsApril 28, 2025784Views 0Likes 0Comments

Said it before, and I'll say it again: There is absolutely no question in my mind, whatsoever, that Elon is manipulating Twitter to the extreme in support of his perspective, machinations, and whatnot. A Twitter user since its early days in 2007, I've never once had an issue with my account. About half a year ago, I…

How the world sees /trump

Cultcha, PoliticsApril 28, 2025897Views 0Likes 0Comments

This week's cover of The Economist. Kinda says it all.

Gaslighting like a champ

Cultcha, PoliticsApril 28, 2025878Views 0Likes 0Comments

If you don't understand what gaslighting is, check this video out. Karoline Leavitt yammers on about how "leakers" at the Pentagon won't be tolerated when -- as we know -- part of what was "leaked" was how Pete Hegseth broke national security and Defense Department communication and security protocols in using Signal to discuss/share specific military…

The Americas!

NatureApril 28, 2025806Views 0Likes 0Comments

If you haven't yet discovered the show, The Americas on NBC, treat yourself! Exquisite photography, storytelling, music. Phenomenal insights into nature. Beautifully told, shown, shared. This is not your mother's National Geographic show, or if you're my age, the Wild Kingdom of my childhood. Oh, and Tom Hanks narrates the show. Just lovely.

wtf fb?

Little BitsApril 27, 2025855Views 0Likes 0Comments

Ima WTF on FB. My feed, as I'm sure yours is too, is filled with ads, posts from pages I don't follow and a whole lot of irrelevant whatnot. So, I select the "Friends" feed option, and my feed is filled with posts from 4 days ago, 2 days ago, 5 days ago, 3 days ago. NOTHING…

Radical Rhode Islanders …

Little BitsApril 27, 2025816Views 0Likes 0Comments

More rabbit hole bits. (I'm organizing and cleaning out some articles and notes I've gathered.) The colony of Rhode Island was founded between 1636 and 1642 by five separate and COMBATIVE groups, all of whom had been expelled by or left the Massachusetts Bay colony for "disputative reasons." Independent, combative, banished. They did go on to become fierce…