If you get a handy from a deaf person, is it technically oral?

There were kids at FSU yesterday who survived Parkland 6 years ago and I cannot stop thinking about them having to live through this once again.

Folks are shocked that it took only 84 days to get to “deporting citizens, born in the U.S., to dangerous foreign prisons without due process.”

If him being a rapist and felon wasn’t enough, why does this surprise you? Why does anything anymore? This country is a travesty of historical proportions.

Draft  of

**”Whispers of the Blooming Void”**

In the silent expanse of space, the spaceship *Arboretum* glides like a forgotten specter. Within its hollow corridors, the last remnants of Earth’s flora pulse with an eerie, bioluminescent glow—a garden of alien beauty. The ship is under the care of its sole occupant, Niall Verdan, a botanist-turned-reluctant guardian.

The Earth, a memory drowned in smog and flame, had discarded its ecosystems like a snake shedding its skin. The *Arboretum* was a desperate, half-forgotten experiment sent adrift to preserve life. But as decades turned to centuries, the ship became a myth, and Niall became… something else.

Alone for so long, Niall begins to hear the plants speak—not in words, but in sensations. The lavender hums lullabies of regret. The orchids whisper secrets of unseen dimensions. The vines, their tendrils twitching like eager fingers, seem to want something. They call to him, pulling at his mind like a tide.

One day, while tending the garden, Niall discovers a door he has never seen before, covered in moss and glowing faintly. The plants nudge him toward it. Inside, he finds a pulsating orb of light—a seed, yet alive and sentient. It communicates with him, revealing that the garden has become more than a collection of plants. It is evolving, feeding on the cosmic energy around them to birth a new kind of life.

But there’s a catch. The seed wants Niall to choose: merge with it, fusing his consciousness with the garden to become an eternal caretaker, or let the ship drift toward a star, giving the seedling its chance to scatter its spores across the universe.

Torn between his humanity and the surreal connection he feels with the blooming void, Niall must decide the fate of not just the *Arboretum*, but the legacy of Earth itself.

Just so we’re clear… the 5th Amendment says, “No person… shall be denied life, liberty, or property without Due Process.” Not “no citizen,” not “no person with exceptions for those in the country illegally.” NO PERSON.

NO. PERSON.

A four-foot black snake amongst the trilliums

#roanokeva #snake #backyardzoo #trilliums

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Dracula: written in the hopes that Stoker’s gay crush Henry Irving would notice him

Moby Dick: written in the hopes that Melville’s gay crush Nathaniel Hawthorne would notice him

Frankenstein: written in a desperate attempt to not hang out with Lord Byron

Arbor day is just secretary’s day for trees.

It’s also April 25th this year.

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My earliest photo of Pearl, from when she was still at the shelter.

#misspearl #tabbycat #stripedcat #mylittlegirl

Most recent photo of Pearl was taken just a moment ago. (As of this writing)

#misspearl #tabbycat #stripedcat #mylittlegirl

https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/4chan-the-internets-most-infamous-forum-is-down-following-an-alleged-hack-142516392.html

Via an industry friend –

Pro tip:  Don’t use your real name online and run a proxy.  Had a buddy get contacted by DHS for a pro-Palestinian post and was threatened.  The USA is dead.  Bye.

Gnome law states that two men at odds must go into a meadow and stargaze. If animosity persists after a full kettle of tea is shared, a shirtless tussle is allowed under the supervision of judge. The tussle ends at first cry of “uncle” or giggling, whichever should come first.