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Living at the intersection of kindness and truth 🤍 Animal lover, book fiend, occasional cook, and full-time devotee of democracy 💙

Video of Segovia countryside, while riding in rental car with my family
cat resting paws and chest possessively and proudly on an England flag
tight shot of a glass with coffee, ice, and almond milk in it
Screenshot of headline and subhead of OP’s linked NYT story, in which the company that got the no-bid Reflecting Pool contract is named. The name? GREENWATER SERVICES.
short video of rippling, multicoloured, shallow seawater in daylight
Sweet little baby disguised as a tiger tabby plays with pickle toy on the floor
Snippet of Florence + the Machine performing ‘Shake it Out’ live onstage in Miami on April 29, 2026
manatee swimming up to the seawall
a photo I took of a bucolic scene in Ireland on a cloudy day, with countless shades of green in mountains and meadow and a sliver of river
8-second video of rippling water, meant to calm and soothe
Screenshot from a Duolingo lesson where I completed a translation of ‘Necesito un cerebro nuevo.’ (‘I need a new brain.)
sweet tiger tabby sitting inside an empty picture frame and looking upwards with pretty green eyes
screenshot of 3 tweets by Bill Clinton today explaining his and Hillary Clinton’s openness and wish for their upcoming Congressional testimony re the EpFiles to be publicly televised, and that request meeting resistance by Republicans Rep. James Comer, and stating he (Clinton) will not “sit idly as they use me as a prop”; ends with “do this the right way in a public hearing where the American people can hear for themselves what this is really about.”
A cartoon depicting ‘I REALLY DON’T CARE DO U? (à la back of Melania’s jacket in her husband’s 1st term, when visiting incarcerated children) painted graffiti-style over a movie poster for her documentary, brilliantly conceived and drawn by Matt Reuter for The New Yorker
cat on a beanbag reaching backwards to the slats of a balcony, and very much resembling a small and mobile primate as she exposes her little chest and underarm
clouds feathered out in sky around 3 pm in the southeastern U.S.
photo of Sun, blue sky, and clouds, taken from inside a plane…have I found the light??
a playful cat caught in an upside-down photo, and looking at the camera; she is on her side holding a funny humanoid soft-toy doll and her back feet are about to create kicks of mayhem
calming video of a lit three-wick candle in my home, flames gently flickering and wax aglow with amber-hued warmth and comfort 🕯️
a sunlight-filled photo of palm trees and behind them a bay, taken during my walk just now
By 2022, he and Tristan had gained millions of followers by preaching mental and physical discipline, entrepreneurship and the subjugation of women. They had expanded the porn business to TikTok, OnlyFans and other platforms, and were selling their courses to young men. One offering was called PHD, for “pimping hoes degree.
Closeup of an ‘I voted’ sticker stuck onto a gray t-shirt
Screenshot from WH ‘Cuts to Woke Programs’ page that details what not a few of its funding cuts, to programs in the areas of education, business development, community services, and science.
Screen grab of this morning’s NYT main headline: “Trump Demands that Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes” and below that, the next headline: “Trump Justice Department Closed Inquiry into Border Chief Accepting Cash”
screenshot of someone asking GrokOnX to write a poem based on comments in a thread about the sexual predation topic of the moment, and its rhymed response
screenshot of a Grok answer to an X user asking how the budget bill compares to that of past bills pushed by Democratic presidents; Grok gave specifics that backed up its final sentence: “Data suggests Democratic bills prioritized broader access and relief.”
zoomed in on kitten in OP’s photo and cropped it so kitten’s fierce stance dominates the screen (as it should)
Screenshot of headline and sub headline of story referenced in OP: “Buyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner” “The warm welcome for a technology executive whose purchases of the president’s digital coin won him a White House tour illustrates inconsistencies in the administration’s views toward visitors from China.”
screenshot from NYT article that talks about the clause in the bill the House passed this week, that moves to block federal judges from enforcing contempt citations and effectively shielding the administration from any consequences of violating court orders
Screenshot of an EO section that ‘allows’ for military as law enforcement in the United States.
Screenshot of US News article about how many eligible voters didn’t vote in 2024
screenshot of zoomed-in portion of OP’s image, emphasizing the features and lines of two extremely different felines seemingly drawn by hand, each with a facial expression that invites either apprehension or glee
Photo of a TV displaying videos of 20 different protests around the country
a screenshot of NYT app home screen at the time of this post. after scrolling down to see any mention of the protests on April 5 one sees a small headline that reads, “Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to President Trump”
a graphic that says, in varying font sizes and incongruously bright colors, “FUCK I mean holy goddamn FUCK what the fucking FUCK’
A screenshot of a paragraph in Jamelle Bouie’s March 5 opinion piece in The New York Times, describing a desire by the president to hurt the whole nation.
A tiger tabby peeks over the back of a couch, eyes, ears, and whiskers on full alert. She takes very seriously her job of patrolling the room for threats and curiosities, while her human practices yoga on the floor below her.
a picture of the chest, front paws and face of a cuddly sweet striped cat who is playing peekaboo by covering her eyes with one paw; unbeknownst to her, I can tell one of her eyes is open and looking right at me (I am not in the picture)
Photo of the character Chuck on the TV show Better Caul Saul, grimacing in terror draped in a foil blanket to protect himself from harm while simply going outside of his house to get a newspaper. Chuck was once a respected lawyer but spiraled into batty conspiracy-theory obsession.
closeup of the nose and little teethies, surrounded by fluffy face fur, of the sweet baby doggie in the photo I’m replying to
Screenshot of masthead of a NYT article with headline ‘Musk Asserts Without Proof That He’s Fixing a Bureaucracy Rife With Fraud’ followed by subheadline ‘The billionaire, chosen by President Trump to lead a federal overhaul, insisted he was working transparently, but his team’s secretive actions have delivered shocks across the government.’ Below that is a photo of Musk in the Oval Office with his child. Both are next to the Resolute Desk where Trump sits. Trump and Elon’s child are exchanging a glance as Musk appears to be speaking (probably to reporters).
Cat, holding her catnip-filled doll with front paws so that she can kick it fiercely with back paws, pauses mid-kick to look up at camera
a sweet cat with striped fur and green eyes rests in her cozy bedhouse and gazes up at camera