“Message”
Random sign on a tree in Eugene
Pixie cups
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Mullin says livestreaming Hasan execution is part of ‘restoring American values’
Not part of this American’s values, certainly.
Spiderweb by headlamp. I'm always impressed by the hundreds of webs I see when hiking before dawn in the fog - we're surrounded by a usually-unseen network of silk.
Voting musings
I appreciate living in a universal vote-by-mail state (Oregon) except for one little problem: the “by mail” part. While I am strongly supportive of the efforts the state makes to get a ballot into the hands of every single voter, the fact that this depends on the US Postal Service increasingly feels like a dangerous dependency in this age of barely-restrained power grabs by the current federal administration. This is especially true given that they’ve already tried to ram through (unconstitutional) federal control of election by USPS rule-making (currently blocked by the courts for the 2026 elections).
We’ve already got a decent network of ballot dropboxes and county clerks’ offices for getting marked ballots back. The real problem is getting blank ballots to the electorate. I don’t know what the answer is here, but I hope the Oregon Secretary of State’s staff is making plans for some alternative way to distribute ballots before the 2028 Presidential elections, which I firmly expect the Republicans to try to steal by any means available.
“Morning Fog”
Tiny webs and fog droplets on some wild grass.
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TLDR: Countries that should be allies of the USA are getting increasingly fed up with the Trump administration’s bullshit (in this case, over sanctioning the ICC). Good for them.