Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

No Kings: Americans standing in the way of bad history saying “Oh, Fuck No!”

White supremacy is terrorism.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

Be a wild strawberry.

I would gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today.

So many bastards, so little time.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Fucking consultants! (of the political variety)

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Books are my comfort food!

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Fight them, without becoming them!

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

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Taking a Break from the News

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In case anyone wants to take a break from the news, here are all the sidebar images from March.

In no particular order.  Click on any image to see it in full-size.

Just enjoy the beauty, or chime in with thoughts about a daily image in the sidebar.

Open thread.

3 Sidebar Photos – March 2025 1
Image by GB in the HC (3/22/25)

On The Road - frosty - 2024 National Park Road Trip - Two More National Parks, Sort Of (3) 7
Image by frosty (3/31/25)
On The Road - Munira - On Retreat
Image by Munira (3/11/25)
On The Road - Munira - On Retreat 1
Image by Munira (3/12/25)
On The Road - Munira - On Retreat 9
Image by Munira (3/14/25)
Medium-sized wading bird with mostly brown feathers and white trim. It's eating a snail on a muddy shoal.
Image by Betty Cracker (3/13/25)
3 Sidebar Photos – March 2025
Image by FelonyGovt (3/3/25)
On The Road - arrieve - Saudi Arabia, part 1 6
image by arrieve (3/15/25)
On The Road - way2blue - Aitutaki, Cook Islands [2 of 3] 3
Image by way2blue (3/7/25)
On The Road - way2blue - Aitutaki, Cook Islands [2 of 3] 7
Image by way2blue (3/2/25)
On The Road - Paul in Jacksonville - Sunrise, Sunset Redux 1
Image by Paul in Jacksonville (3/1/25)
On The Road - Paul in Jacksonville - Sunrise, Sunset Redux 4
Image by Paul in Jacksonville (3/2/25)
On The Road - Paul in Jacksonville - Sunrise, Sunset 1
Image by Paul in Jacksonville (3/9/25)
On The Road - Paul in Jacksonville - Sunrise, Sunset 3
Image by Paul in Jacksonville (3/6/25)
On The Road - Paul in Jacksonville - Sunrise, Sunset 6
Image by Paul in Jacksonville (3/8/25)
On The Road - Paul in Jacksonville - Sunrise, Sunset 9
Image by Paul in Jacksonville (3/10/25)
On The Road - Albatrossity - Cranes along the Platte River, 2024 6
Image by Albatrossity (3/16/25)
On The Road - Dagaetch - Canada - Icefields Parkway 7
Image by Dagaetch (3/17/25)
On The Road - Albatrossity - Ngorongoro Crater 3 2
Image by Albatrossity (3/18/25)
On The Road - knally - Shropshire Hills 2
Image by knally (3/19/25)
On The Road - knally - Shropshire Hills 3
Image by knally (3/17/25)
Image by Raven (3/23/25)
On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - French Basque Country #7 6
Image by Steve from Mendocino (3/26/25)
Beloved Dogs & Cats - Day 1 11
Image by Jeffreyw (3/4/25)
On The Road - Dagaetch - Antarctica! 5
Image by Dagaetch (3/5/25)
On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - Brittany, France
Image by Steve from Mendocino (3/20/25)
On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - Brittany, France 8
Image by Steve from Mendocino (3/25/25)
On The Road - Albatrossity - Springtime in Arizona - Week 2 1
Image by Albatrossity (3/21/25)
On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - The Caribbean 4 of 4 – Virgin Islands
Image by Steve from Mendocino (3/29/25)
On The Road - Steve from Mendocino - The Caribbean 4 of 4 – Virgin Islands 7
Image by Steve from Mendocino (3/27/25)
On The Road - MollyS - Monet's gardens at Giverny, the water garden and house 5
Image by MollyS (3/24/25)
On The Road - randy khan - Springtime in Paris (well, not really) – A Day in Giverny 1
Image by randy khan (3/28/25)
On The Road - randy khan - Springtime in Paris (well, not really) – A Day in Giverny 2
Image by randy khan (3/30/25)
beautiful magenta dahlia
Image by WaterGirl (3/1/25)

Reader Interactions

22Comments

  1. 1.

    Miss Bianca

    We have a lot of amazingly talented photographers in this here BJ krewe. Thank you, WG!

  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    @Miss Bianca: We surely do!

    In the olden days, these photos could have ended up in an expensive coffee table book

    Be sure to click on the ones you like so you can see them bigger and in higher resolution.

  5. 5.

    No One of Consequence

    Lovely images, and I agree with Bianca, there are some real good shots in here. Put ’em all together like that, and the talent really shows.

    Thank you kindly for these bright moments amidst all this darkness. And to the people that take and submit the images. They are appreciated more than you know.

    -NOoC

  9. 9.

    H.E.Wolf

    Each photo is gorgeous, and the montage is exquisite. Thank you for adding this daily/monthly feature!

  10. 10.

    frosty

    Thanks WG. I like that you’re picking a nice wide range of subjects. They could have all been sunsets! Keep ’em coming.

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    I just added a tag called Sidebar Images; if you click that, you can find all the monthly sidebar image posts.  If anyone is so inclined.

  14. 14.

    Central Planning

    Today’s APOD is pretty cool – a video of a double sunrise due to the eclipse a few days ago.

  16. 16.

    stinger

    I’m grateful for these every day, WaterGirl, and grateful for your monthly “summing up”.

  18. 18.

    Joy in FL

    Love these photos!

    Thanks for taking time to assemble this post. Could it remain in a sidebar? And maybe do these monthly?  (Only if others are also interested?)

  21. 21.

    Ohio Mom

    @WaterGirl: Thank you, because I have never seen these photos before, there must not be a sidebar on my little iPhone screen.

    And it is little, I bought the smallest model possible so it would fit in my pockets. I’m in for shock when this phone dies, I don’t think they make them this small anymore.

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