Donald Trump says he wants to stage UFC fight on White House grounds
Only because he doesn’t think he can get away with full-on gladiatorial combat to the death yet.
Congress Gives ICE More Money Than It Could Have Ever Imagined
ICE will now be flushed with more cash than the Federal Bureau of Investigations; Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Marshals Service; and Bureau of Prisons combined.
Fuck the Republicans in this Congress. I hope every single one of them loses their seat in 2026. And then gets deported to an El Salvadoran prison.
“Outskirts”
Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 200. Taken from close to the top of Mount Pisgah. Despite the look this is 2025 Eugene.
“Trail to the Top”
Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 160. Shot at Mount Pisgah.
“Waiting for the Wind”
Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount Pisgah.
It’s the time of year when I can stop checking the pollen count every morning and start checking the PM2.5 particulate count instead.
“The Barn”
Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/3200s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount Pisgah. I wandered around today using the camera’s built-in “gentle sepia” art setting. This is one of the images that I think worked pretty well.
“Recovery”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO 250. One of the first pine seedlings after the 2022 Cedar Creek fire. Shot along the Jim Weaver Loop Trail.
“Crossing the Desert Sands”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO 640. Shot in the burned area along the Jim Weaver Loop Trail.
“Pollinator”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/1000s, ISO 100. Bee in bear grass along the Wahanna Trail.
“Hiker’s Rest Stop”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 18mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 500. Taylor Burn USFS cabin.
“Serene”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 200. Williams Lake.
“Plunge”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/22, 1/2.5s, ISO 250. Unnamed waterfall between Middle and Lower Erma Bell lakes seen from above.
“Stark”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 200. Hiking the Wahanna Trail after the Cedar Creek Fire.
#mbjune Day 30: solitude 📷
“Resting”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 100. Next to Middle Erma Bell Lake.
“Searching”
Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/160s, ISO 100. Tendrils of Oregon Manroot looking for something to wind around at Mount Pisgah.
#mbjune Day 29: winding 📷
“Ozymandias”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 640. Along the Rigdon Lakes Trail.
“Trails for Miles”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 400. Climbing up from Lake Kiwa on the Rigdon Lakes Trail.
“A Little Breeze”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 200. Lower Rigdon Lake.
The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long
Based on a study published in Nature, Wired reports
For every degree Celsius of warming, global food production is likely to decline by 120 calories per person per day.
Soylent green, anyone?