First Time Trying Out My New Camera ... Feat. My Dog Chihiro

I <3 William Shatner on Twitter

edit 1: updated with 2nd Captains entry- conversation with Rosetta Mission

edit 2: updated with 3rd Captains entry- comms with Alexander Gerst

edit 3: updated with 4th Captains entry - comms with Alexander Gerst

edit 4: updated with 5th Captains entry - Philea away team 12/11/14

Yesterday, I went to help my neighbor with her barn duties. She has owned her horse Winni for almost the entire 14 years of his life and he is seriously just the sweetest horse I’ve ever met. He’s helped me a lot with overcoming my fear of horse riding after my accident two years ago. Because of him, I’ve started riding again and I really love every second I can spend with my neighbor and her horse at the barn.  

Winni is the horse in the middle of the last picture. The little girl is my neighbors two year old daughter. She had a blast sitting in the hay rack and cuddling with Winnis stable mate Endor.

She got no standing ovation.  She got no mainstream media lauds for her heroism.  She got no kudos for leaving home, a much longer journey than that other senator, the one from Arizona, to get to DC, and there are no mainstream media stories on it that I can find… I only found out from a friend who spotted it on Twitter.   She didn’t do it for publicity.   Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii was just doing her job as a good politician, voting not to repeal the ACA so as to protect her constituents.  She has Stage Four kidney cancer — that means scarce chances of survival — is recovering from a second surgery to remove part of a rib, and made sure she got to her seat in the Senate Chamber to vote “no” to whatever Republican wealth-care crap was thrown at her.   But you’ll only find out about it on social media.  Because she’s not a pale male, maybe?

The heroic Senator with severe cancer who interrupted treatment to vote… NO (via wilwheaton)

#universalhealthcare

A little international perspective on neoliberalism and our US healthcare system.

Under the leadership of the Democratic Leadership Council (aka Third Way), today’s “Democrats” are the moderate Republicans of the 1990s. Please recognize that centrism (aka neoliberalism) is simply a more gradual, incremental concession to conservatism, but still a concession.

Absolutely in love with this!!!

Here’s a bit of joy for your day—

—The Goede Hoop Marimba Band playing Vivaldi!

(Have a listen: https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/k-Pn4usTSi8)

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My dog Chihiro watching over me while I’m studying for my next class test in Japanese. 🐕🐾

Can we appreciate how badass Sarek is in this picture?