Just a reminder that the US Woman’s team has won the World Cup four times already.

If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250

Well, who could have predicted this? Oh wait... doctors and scientists did. Gifted. #VaccinesWork #ScienceIsNotPolitical

I miss having a classy President and First Lady SOOOOOOoooooo much.

If he can't steal it, he attempts to corruptly buy it with promises of a fund to be established. (If money is ever put in said fund, I'll eat several of my hats; see also charities he stiffed/robbed, a health care plan that still has not appeared, and other empty promises.)

Well, I gotta admit it was worth the wait for that curtain to be removed.

The most accurate remark for these times I have seen anywhere.

Anyone need a movie recommendation? I just saw "Pressure," about the meteorologists who made the call to "go" on D-Day. Two thumbs up. Great performances by Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott. Really fine drama.

Whoo-hoo! I finished Dickens' *Bleak House*! 861 pages of melodrama, very peculiar characters, and Victorian social mores, plus political and civic commentary. Now I need a rest from classics. Dean Koontz up next. #CurrentlyReading #Booksky

I am not a basketball fan, but I am so happy for Knicks fans tonight. (Sorry, Spurs fans.) What a comeback!

I just posted what appears to be an image of a monarch butterfly chrysalis hanging from someone's garage eaves. What will the caterpillar eat when it emerges? Is this some weird disruption of monarch behavior? WTF?

Spotted hanging off our garage—a monarch butterfly chrysalis.

It's the weekend! School's out! Don't forget to have fun!

Oh the drama! Enjoy the chuckles ..

Anyone need a chuckle?

Today I received an email from #Medicare, purportedly about scams around hospice and home health care, but buried at the end of the message was this gem: "To root out fraud, Medicare has temporarily STOPPED ALLOWING NEW HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE AGENCIES FROM OPENING This doesn't affect your care."

Oh No! I missed Oscar The Grouch Day (June 1st)1 The #PatronMuppet of all cranky Boomers!

@scotusblog.com Even though new voter rolls would had to have been compiled by TODAY, SCOTUS ruled Alabama's redistricting maps stay. #NewJimCrow #VotingRights #ReformTheCourt

@cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy : My pledge to you: I will never watch a single program on CBS, ever again. I will never look at your website again. I am blocking you on all my social media. You are dead to me. #ScottPelley #CBSWho?

From the Old Farmers Almanac, re Zodiac sign Cancer: "Interestingly, on July 4, 1776, there was not just one planet in Cancer, but four. Since we celebrate our birthday as a nation on this date, is it any wonder that we have trouble dealing with our issues?" That explains so much...😉

Did you know that libraries are visited over 1.3 billion times a year which is 10 times more than MLB (68 million), NFL (17 million), NBA (22 million), Hockey (21 million), and Nascar (4 million) combined? Yet, we're begging for funding... action.everylibrary.org/but_nobody_u...

Everything Trump touches ends up trashed. Liability insurance? Who knows? Permits? Make me laugh. Our tax dollars go to cleaning up DJT's eternal mess.

Okay, now, since putting his own name on things illegally isn't an official duty of the President, make him pay for it all.

I watched a great interview of Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III by historian Annette Gordon-Reed, sponsored by the Organization of American Historians. The topic was "History in Public Spaces." Did you know C-Span2 archives broadcasts for free? www.c-span.org/program/amer...

This is so weird to me, who grew up on a farm and was isolated kind of by default. I read books. As a teen, there were occasional school dances, but it wasn't like teens were together every day outside of classrooms.

There is history and meaning in the placement of the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington. Historian Kevin Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social explains beautifully why Trump's Arch disrupts that connection. kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/a-memorial...

On May 23, 2026, Pete Hegseth stood before the graduating class of West Point and told the new Army officers that "The single dumbest phrase in military history is 'Our diversity is our strength.'" West Point's class of 2026 is 40% non-white and 21% female.

Wondering if the undercutting of safety regulations by reducing #OSHA staffing is having a speedy impact on worker safety. Too many factory explosions right now, and CA's worrisome chem plant, too. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

This is why state judicial races are critical. Article is free for a short time. #Gerrymandering #Redistricting

So, I cried a little this evening, watching a documentary about the restoration of the *Memphis Belle*, whose crew famously survived 25 bombing missions during WWII. Sad that pilot Robert Morgan did not end up married to the girl whose photo rode all 25 missions with him.

Archie dozing with one eye open. #CatsOfBluesky #OrangeCats

Organized resistance and help from elected representatives compelled local officials to block a #DataCenter in Spring City, PA (my home town). The fight continues. Gifted. share.inquirer.com/axra6D

Saw a prop engine plane fly over today. It was loud, huge propellers. Seems early but wondering if it is the B29 arriving for next weekend's World War II weekend at Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. maam.org/2026-bombers/

I have embarked on a great experiment. I am attempting to read Charles Dickens' *Bleak House.* I tried to read *Nicholas Nickelby* years ago but stalled out about a quarter into it. Wish me luck. #Booksky #CurrentlyReading

So now Trump has ordered the #NationalParkService to vacate its offices by July--the same month as our 250th celebrations--so he can tear down their recently restored building and build... a PGA golf course on public land. 🤬🤬🤬 open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

THIS. 👇👇👇👇👇

"Music doesn’t have to win a majority of voters. It doesn’t need to appeal to the lowest common denominator or lay out a 10-point plan. It just has to be true enough for people to see themselves in it."

Primary Day in PA. I just voted. Turnout sucks. I went in at 3:30. They hadn't even hit 100 people yet. WTF, America? Also, promotion of the primaries has not been great. Lots of talk about candidates, but the date of the primary? Go fish. #VoteWhileYouCan

The National Portrait Gallery installed updated texts on presidential portraits. Trump is still twice impeached. Gifted. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/a...

BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Tomorrow is the PA Primary, and I'm trying to look up my ballot to see what local candidates may be on it. Why is this so effin' difficult?

I love this for ElMu. Sad they couldn't both lose. MFs www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...

After what has been a very dumb anti-immigrant weekend in Great Britain, an Englishman of Indian heritage is about to win the PGA Championship. You love to see it.

Last night, for the first time in literally months, I slept for an entire 6.5 hours without waking. Fed the cat, back to bed to sleep for another 3 hours. Please applaud. I need the encouragement. 😴

To bed a bit earlier last night, but up at 6:30. At least I feel reasonably alert. Fresh pot of java and a mini-bagel. Off to copy papers for a meeting tomorrow. Then a nap, then my great-niece's spring choral concert. Broadway music this year.

I'm getting Big Bird vibes... youtu.be/DoegKhZjJf8?...

My maternal grandmother with my Mom. I was so lucky to have these two kind, loving women raise me. My first Mother's Day without Mom. Thinking of you...

Jeez. We can't look away from any Federal agency right now. The Surveillance State keeps expanding. mashable.com/article/fcc-...