Notices by RealGravitas -Citizen Saboteur (cwilbur@sfba.social)

@kaia Labels don’t help, so no. It depends on your goals obviously, but it’s better I think to describe a behavior rather than naming it.

For instance, “You seem to like things to be organized” rather than “You’re OCD”

@hellomiakoda Maybe 😸
During the pandemic I watched my daughter play animal crossing for hours. Very peaceful.

@skinnylatte Yeah, your post referenced spicy and I thought 'I wonder what peppers you like best.'

You'll probably say 'all of them' haha

@skinnylatte So what is your favorite pepper? You must have tried a lot of different kinds by now.

Want to hear something funny? Our dem club purchased about 100 copies of "On Tyranny" so that all the members could get a bit of an understanding about what we are facing now. On Saturday, I'm supposed to do a review of the book at our next meeting, and we advertised the meeting on our website. Well, we're having the meeting at our congressman's campaign office and the last half hour of the meeting he's supposed to show up and give us a summary of what's happening in DC. So all the local clubs and orgs got wind of that and now we have hundreds of people clammering to come to the meeting. I may have a MASSIVE audience for my book report,. #democrats #punch_a_nazi #OnTyranny

@georgetakei I only see one ‘nasty’ in this equation, and it ain’t her. #TrumpCorruption

@cstross What IS a titkok and why don't I have one? 🤭

@RickiTarr I say no more (for now).

@zleap @zenwheel Someone above said with great power comes great responsibility. Parent or teacher, perhaps both, should assign some extra tasks as befits his abilities. And also that he learns the materials, because that’s just as important as computer skills.

@ike Interesting. Let’s see where this goes. But looking like a model for states becoming the new battlefield for democracy.

@skinnylatte Here’s a shot my great great uncle Ray took of Butterfly Beach (left) and Point Cabrillo (right) back in the late 19-aughts. He went on to become President of Stanford and was pretty instrumental in the development of the marine research station.

@skinnylatte Wow how things change! Anyway, you're not far from Butterfly Beach, which is named for, not Monarchs, but the "butterfly" shells that washed up on the beach (Blue Chiton segments) that look like little blue butterflies.

@skinnylatte Is that Hopkins?

@kaia Freiren!! The slayer!

@skinnylatte Are you working at MBA? My cousin Joan works there as a docent.

Seems like the local botanical garden is the place to go to see #butterflies this time of year. Hands down best day in a couple of weeks for sure. In addition to below, for sure saw Monarch, possible Lady, and probable Marine Blues.

@WarnerCrocker The #NYTimes frontpage article titles are absolutely infuriating. The #sanewashing is killing me.

Here are some phone-cam shots of probable Acmon Blue #butterflies mostly hanging out in the Doveweed and harassing each other. Most of my photo shots today were taken with my Canon Rebel XTi as a comparison. Butterflies are not the easiest subjects regardless of what device is used. Anyway, I’m posting some of those here as replies.

Let me say right up front that working with the digital SLR was a pain in the ass! It's just as hard, if not harder, to get the butterbirds to cooperate. I took 30 shots and ended up with maybe 6 that were worth editing into a displayable form. Here's the resulting #butterflies

Today was one of those #butterfly days where you don’t know what you got till you get home and analyze the images. I headed back to Penasquitos Creek today, primarily to see what was flying in the Heliotrope. There were a few Hairstreaks and various other things. A few people went by and I got distracted, but then some kind of Sulphur flew in and I managed to snag a video of it. Took it home to discover I has snagged a Southern Dogface; a stray in from Mexico that I have never laid eyes on. #butterflies