Texas AG Ken Paxton investigates American Academy of Pediatrics over childhood vaccine recommendations

I missed this when it started in August. NYT has a story today about how it’s driving pediatricians out of practice in the state. I really hope Texans have the sense to not send this fuckwit to the US Senate.

There are days when I suspect the same thing myself, NYT. I recommend you go out and touch some grass instead of stressing out over Javascript and IP addresses.

Browsing through Meatless Monday recipes. Ran across “Sweet potato and black bean chili.”

I’m pretty sure my Texan wife would kill me.

“Bear Tree?”

I’m not sure, but I don’t know what else around here would be shredding it.

dead tree with shredded bits around its base

The dog vomit slime mold is one of those organisms that ranges from "disturbing" to "disgusting."

A somewhat disturbing fungus

“Fairy Fingers”

Hiked out at night and spotted a huge patch of these on a fern-covered roadbank. Eerie.

fairy fingers fungus

One of the many fungus pictures I took yesterday.

#dailyphoto #oregon #fungus

Hiking went well, hammocking did not. Did not get eaten by a bear though.