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Furious this occurred to someone before me. (Both seasons of We Are Lady Parts are still on Peacock.) youtu.be/tzAGqmdOBzE?...

The Oregon Zoo celebrated its geriatric beaver’s 15th birthday this week with a spiffy stump “cake” decorated with beets and carrots, and gave the local celebrity some extra attention. https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026/04/oregon-zoo-fetes-filbert-the-beaver-on-his-15th-birthday.html 

one of my galaxy brain ideas is that the next democratic president should create a national medical corps that stands up teaching hospitals by the thousands all over the united states with education programs that pencil out to free after however many years of service

Happy (belated) 100th birthday to the great Gene Shalit. bsky.app/profile/joer...

Members of an over-60 hockey team skate into their 80s — and beyond

If you read By The Fire We Carry, you learned a little bit about the amazing person Rosemary McCombs Maxey. She just published a novel! Papa’s Pills is a journey into the lives of people living on the Muscogee reservation in the 1990s written by a Muscogee first language speaker.

No Kings includes Draft Kings

Here are my top 10 dogs and their grandparents!

Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org as they fight for the higher wages and better working conditions they deserve.

Happy 94th birthday to Rita Moreno, whose iconic performance on The Muppet Show earned her an Emmy and made her the third EGOT in history! www.muppeturgy.com/episodes/rit...

Day EIGHT: tomandlorenzo.com/2025/12/chri...

Happy 110th Birthday, Ms. Beatrice Busby! 🎂

Happy Birthday (Observed) to the uncontested KING Jonathan The Tortoise, estimated to be 192 years old 192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!

Solidarity to our striking baristas in Atlanta, GA! We're 15 days into our national ULP strike 💪 Baristas are on strike in over 65 cities, demanding: higher pay, better hours, & an end to union busting. Until Starbucks brings us NEW proposals, you’ll see us on the picket line. #NoContractNoCoffee

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that. The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one. This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

“Who gets to be a fan in English football, to feel they are part of a club? Son made a lot of people feel they could” Lovely piece by Frances Mao for @sport.theguardian.com on the lasting legacy within Tottenham’s support of the club’s former, beloved captain. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Replay Booth is a perfect podcast for Josh and warms my gerontology heart.

I have a photo essay about Chief Brody, Guac, and Remi in the first issue of the new magazine GEEZER (a print magazine for Gen Xers). Here is a sneak peek. If you'd like 10 pages of printed dog content (plus other great writing) -> www.geezermagazine.com

OUR #WheelsAndRoses trailer is HERE✨🌈🛼 LOVE MAGICAL GIRLS? LOVE ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER SKATING? LOVE QUEER GALS AND THEY THEMS?? Look no further!!! WE'RE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY SHARE OUR TEASER TRAILER WITH THE WORLD!!! youtu.be/sT23E5MyZKQ?... #IndieAnimation

quite touched by this kevin tighe interview in @thereveal.bsky.social. the conversation gives him space to reflect on his extensive career and the ways PTA made allowances for his disability on set of “one battle after another” and didn’t shy from casting him once the disability was known.

The history of Black travel during Jim Crow is archived at the Green Book Project. Contribute to that history. Know a neighbor or elder with Green Book memories? Invite them to share their story. Submission form here: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

Happy Hobbit Day!

Elsa Schiaparelli (with her granddaughters Berry and Marisa Berenson) - BOTD

Cute cat things!

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Here are my top 10 senior zoomies!

Grandma’s Hospice Has Shitty Wi-Fi theonion.com/grandma...

Not enough has been written about Schrödinger’s assistant, Otto.

Charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent — these senior mutts have got it all. #muttvillesf #seniordog #dogrescue #rescuedogsofinstagram #adoptdontshop #muttpride

Yes, our vets make house calls 🏠 🐻 Kern black bear had a damaged incisor tooth that needed to be removed. The tooth extraction went smoothly, and while they were there, the team gave this 437-pound fuzz ball a full exam as well. He's in great health! #VetTales Friday

hey man no joke but congrats to Eliza Dushku ew.com/eliza-dushku...

Happy 85th birthday, Mary Beth Peil!

Counterpoint: Women are ahead of the curve on knowing AI is bullshit. www.ft.com/content/7f0f...

📍 W. 80th & Detroit Avenue. More info: www.ideastream.org/community/20...

From @joseolivarez.bsky.social's book, Promises of Gold: bit.ly/promisesofgold #poem #books #writing

wrote about Doctor Odyssey and why we simply cannot allow this fever dream of a television show to be canceled briancgrubb.substack.com/p/we-must-no...

Glory Glory!!

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on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents.

Please support real human artists

'Pandemic Legacy' has destroyed my life: defector.com/pandemic-leg...

LGBTQ+ elders share what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice to young people right now. By @oriion.bsky.social for @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2025/03/trum...

now that Bluesky can handle video clips longer than 60 seconds, here is a 1:34 clip of a 1978 documentary "Cuyahoga!" narrated by James Earl Jones.

"Rap's youth-centrism is easy to love when it coincides with your own youth, but yesterday's kids inevitably become tomorrow's adults. When that happens, suddenly the idea that rap should be a young man's game becomes contentious." 🎁 defector.com/to-live-and-...

We are proud to be supporting Football vs Homophobia’s month of action at tonight’s Premier League match against Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. 🤍 @footballvhomophobia.com