“Police officers are not Navy Seals, Army Rangers or Marines. They do not have the training, leadership, traditions, ethics and discipline of the US Armed Forces, let alone the most elite combat units. The militarization of American policing has been a disaster.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/over-the-thin-blue-line?r=2ibrr&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

As a volunteer for the River Otter Ecology Project I observed SF’s only resident wild #riverotter daily, tracking his behavior.

I watched ‘Sutro Sam’ collect large amounts of vegetation and taking it to his den. As far as we know, this is the only time this kind of behavior has been observed and photographed in North American River Otters. Has anyone seen anything similar?

#otter #wildlife #urbanwildlife #photography #naturalist #wildlifephotography #question #sanfrancisco #lontracanadensis

Every 2 weeks, I set up a stool in the kitchen to give my son a haircut. Today before I really got started, he had his eyes closed and was smiling softly to himself. As I combed out his curls, I ask why he is smiling. He said it's because he just likes it when I do his hair. 😍

"Can you put a design in my hair, mommy?"

"Sure, what do you want?"

"I want a heart for love."

"Of course, kiddo."

#MommyDiaries #Love #BlackMastodon #BlackBoyJoy