It's that kind of day...

"If we are too weak to take charge of our own morality, we shall not be strong enough to take charge of our own liberty." – Calvin Coolidge​

"A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end." – Grover Cleveland​, 22nd and 24th president of the United States, 1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897

Updating my Umbrel server at 33000 feet using Tailscale is freaking cool!

GM from Baltimore, MD!

Good morning, all! And Happy Mother's Day to the mothers among us.

Same chrysalis today on the 7th.

Monarch caterpillar chrysalis. Picture taken 5 May 2026.

"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." – Sam Adams

“As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar perhaps singular. What do we mean by the revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington.” – John Adams, from a letter to Thomas Jefferson, August 24th, 1815

"We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your children may bless their father's name." – Sam Houston​ Addressing the troops on April 21, 1836