DHS places new limits on lawmakers visiting ICE facilities
Ya know, if you don’t want people to keep calling you secret police or Gestapo, maybe stop acting like you are?
“Split View”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/6.3, 1/100s, ISO 500. Sign at the intersection with Lowder Mountain trail.
“Delicate”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 1600. One of the many flower spikes of Coralroot Orchid along the Lowder Mountain Trail.
Cybersecurity takes a big hit in new Trump executive order
The reverse Midas touch continues.
Cannabis use linked to a doubled risk of heart disease death, new study finds
I’m a firm believer in your right to use whatever intoxicant you like, as long as it doesn’t harm others. But I’m also utterly unsurprised that filling your lungs with smoke for years is bad for your health.
“Gnarled”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 30mm, f/5, 1/1000s, ISO 250. Shot at the shore of Waldo Lake.
#mbjune Day 18: texture 📷
Seen around town today:
Elon: Privatize your penis and leave my social security alone.
I do enjoy living in Eugene.
“Antics”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 500. At Salt Creek Falls.
“Not a Pine Cone”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/800s, ISO 6400. This is actually a clump of mushroom caps along the Elk Creek Trail.
“Life is a Struggle”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/2.8, 1/3200s, ISO 320. Along the Elk Creek Trail.
“You Can’t See Me”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/160s, ISO 2000. Tiny spider photobombs my picture of a bear grass bud along the Elk Creek Trail.
Trump leaves G7 summit early due to Middle East situation
I’m annoyed that the media is taking Trump’s “I have busy important things to do” statements at face value. It seems to me much more likely that he left early because he has the attention span of a gnat and was petulant that they didn’t join him in fawning over his buddy Putin.
Looks like there’s still a tiny pocket of resistance at the National Weather Service.
“Mink Lake”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. About 8 miles back in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
“Lizard Land”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 29mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 250. Old lava flow soaking up the sun at Salt Creek Falls.
#mbjune Day 17: warmth 📷
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads
Actual scientists speak out (as opposed to whatever the heck RFK Jr. is cosplaying as).
Terminated National Institute of Heath grants must be restored, judge orders
The law continues to play catch-up with the criminals, but with luck it will get them in the end.
Trump: ‘There would be no war’ if Russia were in G8
Speaking of bullshit…
Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone
The alleged phone specs are bullshit and the mobile plan is a crap deal. But setting that aside, if this thing ever does launch, I want an app on my phone that will automatically block calls from anyone stupid enough to buy one.
Social Media Replaced Zines. Now Zines Are Taking the Power Back
Always happy to see more positive zine coverage, even though I’m long out of it myself.