Brandee

@bcontroversial.bsky.social

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Working towards a better world, one kindness at a time. Probably going to get political. Definitely going to post pics of my dog.

2 American coots (black birds with white beaks) and 6 of their babies with little red heads floating in the water behind some reeds.
A red cattle dog with white markings.
A black tern in the sky.
A male yellow headed blackbird on a thin branch in front of tall grass. It's partner is to the right of it and much more plain looking.
A bookshelf filled with books and several keepsakes: 2 small clay bears, a trilobite fossil, 2 small rocks, and a Mexican tile with a stylized jaguar.
2 small rocks on a table.
Then, in March, students at my eleven-year-old daughter’s public middle school began receiving new Google Chromebooks, and that is when I heard the tap-tap of the cloven hooves approaching our doorstep. The Chromebooks, which the students use in every class and for homework, came pre-installed with an all-ages version of Gemini, a suite of A.I. tools. When my daughter, who is in sixth grade, begins writing an essay, she gets a prompt: “Help me write.” If she is starting work on a slide-show presentation, the prompt is “Help me visualize.” She shoos away these interruptions, but they persist: “Help me edit.” “Beautify this slide.” The image generator is there, if she’d ever wish to pull the plug on her imagination. The Gemini chatbot is there, if she ever wants to talk to no one.
2 yellow headed blackbird babies get shelter from the snow. One sits on a red railing and the other is perched on a bench.
A small orange dog with white markings stands on the side of a gravel road.
A healthy-looking dog with white markings on his face, chest, and back. He's standing in the grass.
A potted cactus with bright red flowers. Next to it, there are a couple of sparkly pineapple decorations and stack of magazines.
4 books on a table. The titles are: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See, The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway, Bad Cree by Jessica Johns, and Swimming Back to Trout River by Linda Rui Feng.
A yellow-rumped warbler: small light brown bird with white and black markings and a striking splash of yellow on its back. (Photo from Tom Grey: https://tgreybirds.com/)
A Lexmark printer sitting on a table. A stapler, some markers, and an envelope are partly out of view.
An arrangement of 4 zines. Titles starting from top left: how to share your zines without social media, Monstrous Existence Issue 7, zines > screens, and Monstrous Existence No. 8. Zines are by Veronique who can be found @veronique.bsky.social‬
A screen cap from an old ABC detergent commercial. The tagline for the commercial is, "I can't see the difference. Can you see the difference?"
A group of flowering weeds- the flowers are blue and purple.
2 red tailed hawks standing on top of a dirt hill with some scrubby weeds around them.
Fireweed- a tall, ornamental looking flower with bright pink flowers.
Fireweed- a tall, ornamental looking flower with bright pink flowers.
Two black cows and one grey cow with a white face are in the distance across a grassy field. There are also wind turbines in the background.
A wild rose in full bloom is in front and there are several other blooms in various states- from buds to flowers.
A red dog with white markings turns to look over his shoulder. He is walking along a long dirt road with grass to the sides. The sky is clear, light blue- almost white.
An art installation titled Vaulted Willow at Borden Park in Edmonton. The piece features multiple arches made of lightweight metal pieces in a multitude of colors. There are trees in the background.
A mixed garden with flowers of different types and heights.
A close-up of a dog with reddish fur and white face and neck markings. He’s in front of a garden at a park.
Yellow headed blackbird perched on a dead shrub.
Rain gauge showing 3.5 inches of rain. (That's 90 mm.)
A bee with its back to the camera. The bee is clinging to a flower that it has fallen asleep on and its wings are tucked neatly on its back.
A side view of a baby robin. It's breast is still speckled with only light tinges of red starting to appear.
A sculpture from artist Forouzan Afrouzi, who takes inspiration for their work from microscopic images of human cells. This sculpture features an arched doorway with cells hanging heavily from the arch.
2 photographs framed on a gallery wall: Rules of Engagement and The Morning Bride by Ethopian photographer Aida Muluneh. Rules of Engagement (top photo) features a woman with skin painted white, and blue paint from the nose up. She is wearing a green garment with a key on the lapel and stands against a black background with a white ladder in the background. The second photo is a woman in white wedding garb set against a red backdrop. Her hair is elaborate underneath the veil that covers her and her face is painted blue.
A painting titled Beige Bob by artist Janet Werner. The painting is of a woman with a light red bob haircut looking straight ahead. She is wearing a strapless top and set against a beige background.
Man looking at collection of handmade, white plants at an art gallery. The collection is from Canadian artist Taiessa and featured at the Art Gallery of Alberta. Read more about the artist and this exhibit on their website: https://www.taiessa.com/variegata
Purple lavender plant just starting to bloom, surrounded by grass, weeds and trees in the background.
A large, brightly colored, unfinished puzzle that covers almost a whole dining room table.
3 illustrations: Yellow umbrella stick insect, Eastern lubber grasshopper and banded flower mantis. Prints by Martyn Warren.
2 young moose looking over their shoulders at the camera person
4 year old Australian cattle dog staring straight at the camera.
Man with his back to the camera, wearing a Rage Against the Machine t-shirt that says Fear is Your Only God.