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Good morning from the Left Coast. It's clear, it's chilly, a light breeze is making palm fronds sway. It's coffee time. β˜• ⏰

Don’t invite me to the party
Though we look, speak,
Live, die seemingly the same,
I am not one of you.

I will not fly the flag you fly,
Will not recite false pledges,
Will not be complicit
In the American lie.

Don’t invite me to the party;
I have always had a different plan:
To meet my friends & Thoreau
In our souls' beautiful woodlands.

In the meantime, phrases I use instead of β€œR…..Ukraine war,” which is incorrect.

β€’ Ukraine’s defense of the free world.
β€’ Ukraine defense to save Europe from a hegemonic, genocidal attacker.
β€’ Ukraine β€˜s defense against a 21st-century hyper-genocide.
β€’ Ukraine’s defense of its culture, language, sovereignty, and legal borders.
β€’ Ukraine β€˜s defense for its survival and that of every free nation, against brutal hybrid war by its lawless neighbor.
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Strands #262
β€œFor our furry friends”
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Connections
Puzzle #528
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So, to my surprise, going with the spicy pepper treated bird seed mix has both kept the squirrels out of our BirdBuddy and attracted an huge variety of birds. We are now getting blue birds, cardinals, wrens, tufted titmouse, and even woodpeckers. Last year it was all squirrels and cardinals. Here's the titmouse.

Ego is rooted in anger. The child throwing a tantrum, for life is not fair…for I should have complete control…for the world should revolve around me.

Anger can also be less selfish & soul born: fear, grief, suffering.

The maga-gloating is an egostostical tantrum of adults who never grew up.

What an angry society humanity has created.

Emily Dickinson got it so right: β€œThe soul selects a society if her own, thenβ€”shuts the door…”

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Good morning from the Left Coast.
It's a sunny, chilly, 49Β°F.
It is coffee time. β˜•

In the grip of winter
Snow has fallen
Footprints
In the garden
The midnight dances
Of racing hares
On little tiptoes
tripping lightly
And the stately prowl
Of fox
Little owls
On the wall
Looking to a pristine,
frozen land
My hands are cold
As I climb my rutted road
To the winter moor
Amber and white
In silver sunlight.

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One of the more recent campaigns Bitdefender Labs uncovered involves a fake Bitwarden extension advertised on Meta’s social media platform Facebook. The campaign tricks users into installing a harmful browser extension under the guise of a security update.

bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/lab


Strands #261
β€œPick-ups”
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Connections
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