Maggie's Farm

Giant Otters in Bolivia

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:11:00 -0400

From today's Lectionary

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:59:00 -0400

Romans 4:13-25 - The promise to those of Abraham's faith

4:13 For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

4:14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.

4:15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

4:16 For this reason the promise depends on faith, in order that it may rest on grace, so that it may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (who is the father of all of us,

4:17 as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"), in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

4:18 Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become "the father of many nations," according to what was said, "So shall your descendants be."

4:19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), and the barrenness of Sarah's womb

4:20 No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God

4:21 being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.

4:22 Therefore it "was reckoned to him as righteousness."

4:23 Now the words, "it was reckoned to him," were written not for his sake alone

4:24 but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

4:25 who was handed over for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.

Alaska Reintroduced 34 Musk Oxen Into a Frozen Wasteland — Decades Later, They're Everywhere

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:33:00 -0400

New agriculture in Egypt, etc.

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:25:00 -0400

Wednesday morning links - I'll be away for a few days

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:55:03 -0400

Have to explore more of the world. Will bring photos back.

A Nightmare MAID in Canada

Professors Demand a Return to Testing

English professor warns: Today’s students cannot read or focus on lengthy assignment

The SSRI Debate Flares Again - New federal guidelines for SSRIs and the battle for psychiatry’s future.

CBS News ends '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley's contract after he dramatically called out Bari Weiss

Dems Have A Voter Problem. Gerrymandering Was Never Going To Fix It

Platner Loses Women - "He's a cheater, he's an anti-semite...he's a liar, a racist.

Early Returns Show Surprises In California As Other States Wrap Up

British Regulator Investigating GB News Because...It Interviewed President Trump

Henry Nowak Killing Highlights Two-Tier Standard on Identity, Policing, and Justice in Britain

Preventing Canada’s Next Unmarked-Graves-Style Social Panic

Acrophobia, etc.

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:30:00 -0400

Forget the cost, these sorts of buildings frighten me:

Tuesday morning links

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Why Is Mozart Great?

Professors Demand a Return to Testing

Scientists are finally moving away from the UN-backed climate doomerism that scared a generation off having babies

Something for nothing never loses its charm - I can’t help myself in responding to energy falsehoods.

What Percent Of U.S. Households Headed By Illegal Immigrants Receive Welfare Benefits?

California Unions Have a Novel Excuse to Avoid Returning to the Office

New Disease Grips Hollywood – Pratt Derangement Syndrome

Assuaging the Graham Platner Guilt Complex

Another Hollywood disease: Trans kids

Monday morning links

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Santa Monica on Lockdown as Mountain Lion Naps in Backyard

Living fish that are older than dinosaurs

UMinn bias report: Someone said ‘mothers’ instead of ‘lactating individuals’

Why the Failure of Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Is So Catastrophic

Boom! NASA Explains Explosion With Power of 300 Tons of TNT That Rocked Residents From MA to NH

The Road To Hell Is Being Paved With Suicidal Empathy

Are Dems OK with antisemitism?

Platner in the Führerbunker - Are Democrats trying to 'do a Biden' on their scandal-plagued candidate?

Belgian Court Rules 'Factually Correct' Remarks Can Be Hate Speech

Our Ash trees: America Spent $12.5 Billion Fighting the Emerald Ash Borer.

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Sun, 31 May 2026 16:12:00 -0400

From today's Lectionary

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Sun, 31 May 2026 09:49:27 -0400

Luke 1:39-57 - Mary greets Elizabeth

1:39 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country,

1:40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

1:41 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit

1:42 and exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

1:43 And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me?

1:44 For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy.

1:45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord."

1:46 And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord,

1:47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

1:48 for he has looked with favor on the lowly state of his servant. Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed,

1:49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name;

1:50 Indeed, his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

1:51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

1:52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones and lifted up the lowly;

1:53 he has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.

1:54 He has come to the aid of his child Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,

1:55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever."

1:56 And Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.

1:57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.

Free-diving

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Sat, 30 May 2026 13:26:00 -0400

Saturday morning links

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Sat, 30 May 2026 06:20:11 -0400

An amateur just solved a 60 year-old math problem using Chatgpt

Did Northeastern American Indians fertilize their crops with herring?

Ocean "Acidification" -- Another Fake Scare That Won't Go Away

Never Admit These 7 Things When a Cop Asks ‘Do You Know Why I Stopped You?’

Even the Big, Blue Towns Are Sick of the Democratic Freak-Show

Bringing Back Normality - And striking fear into Democrats

TGIF: The Donald Trump $250 Bill, and more

Friday morning links

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:57:18 -0400

On Climate, Theory vs. Observation

UC faculty demand return of standardized test requirement amid math deficiency surge

CBS News Chief Bari Weiss FIRES Far-Left ’60 Minutes’ Executive Producer and Anti-Trump Correspondents

Everyone Believes in Preserving Their Countries from Mass Migration

“THEY WORK HERE, DUMBASSES!”

New York Food Co-op Votes to Boycott Israeli Products

Mamdani's Diving in the Deep End in the Socialist Pool

Cuba Falling: Desperate Times Call for Desperately Attacking Rubio

Taliban Removes Minimum Marriage Age For Girls In New Family Law

Muslim Man Shouts Allahu Akbar as He Stabs Three Citizens In Switzerland; a Leftist SWATs Amy Coney Barrett to Get Cops to Kill Her; a Man Threatens to Kill Erika Kirk and Blow Up Every TPUSA Event

Ukraine Donor Fatigue: Half Of Countries Withdraw From Czech Ammunition Initiative

Now it is real songbird migration

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Thu, 28 May 2026 13:40:00 -0400

It happens in waves. Things my (free) Merlin app heard in 20 minutes this morning (NB: Merlin uses lots of battery):

Wood Thrush
Baltimore Oriole
Great Crested Flycatcher
Chimney Swift
Barn Swallow
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Eastern Kingbird
Blackpoll
Cedar Waxwing
American Goldfinch
Red-bellied Woodpacker
House Wren
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Fish Crow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Canada Goose
Blue Jay

Answers to questions about Free diving -

nospam@example.com (Bird Dog) — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:10:52 -0400

What is Free Diving?