Reflections on Nature, live music, and my favorite sports teams. Once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
Huchiun Ohlone territory, CA
The large, handsome Golden-crowned Sparrow is a common bird of weedy or shrubby lowlands and city edges in winter along the Pacific coast. Though it’s familiar to many during winter, Golden-crowned Sparrows vanish for the summer into tundra and shrublands from British Columbia to Alaska, where little is known of its breeding habits. Gold-rush miners took cold comfort from this bird’s melancholy song, which seems to reflect the bleak beauty of its surroundings.
The large, handsome Golden-crowned Sparrow is a common bird of weedy or shrubby lowlands and city edges in winter along the Pacific coast. Though it’s familiar to many during winter, Golden-crowned Sparrows vanish for the summer into tundra and shrublands from British Columbia to Alaska, where little is known of its breeding habits. Gold-rush miners took cold comfort from this bird’s melancholy song, which seems to reflect the bleak beauty of its surroundings.
Reminder to folks to please check your voter registration (in swing states especially given shady voter registration purges that are occurring)! And of course, register to vote. You can do both at HeadCount.org
Please check again in Sept and Oct. Reminders to come...
The Harris campaign use of the word “weird” has to be viewed in the context of who they are talking to and what message they are trying to convey.
The conservative brand is built on being traditional/normal/mainstream/straight/typical/etc.
“Weird” is a direct attack on their brand, and it eviscerates it. At no point is the campaign saying weird is bad. It’s whispering “hey conservatives— these people aren’t what you think.”
“Creepy” is an attack that causes reflexive defensiveness.
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