Red and pink flowers for April: Japanese Quince.

Okay. We have received another signal of spring.

Okay, Spring.

Forthcoming from Cambridge University Press: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Forthcoming: scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...

Dispatch from Immigration Court Friday: bec ICE bloodied a respondent earlier in the week, everyone in 290 B-way & 26 Fed'l Plaza was tense beyond belief. Several judges had no cases, agents from various agencies swarmed both buildings. No detentions but many requests for immediate pretermission.

The faded red water tank out past the roofs of houses. The winter.sky.

Snow on the basement stairs 2:00 pm. Still snowing

Nor'easter blizzard at noon, still snowing.

Winter sky with moon and Plane tree

Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again

This why she's named Shayna Punim!

Uncle Isidore shares the warmth of his chair with Shayna Punim. Summer's just about finished.

Isidor is probably dreaming of a future without eyedrops.

Gotta say seeing governors competing to one up each other to see who can make vaccines most accessible is a refreshing change.

Here's my new study partner, SarahTheCat.

Summer: Limelight hydrangea in front of Starfish House.

Mandy Patinkin’s plea:

It me.

#CovidNotOver And today Covid started messing with me again. Two years or so since the first bout. So far annoying but not terrible. I think I will sleep.

PLEASE DONATE! Since "America First" has proven to mean Everybody Last, funds to help support the rest of the world's medical crises have fallen drastically. give.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaign/678...

Hot enough for you (as they say)?

Calls grow for Kristi Noem to resign in the wake of Padilla incident

In honour of National Indigenous History Month, we’ve compiled a list of recently published books that highlight the history, art, and literature of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada. buff.ly/JBu5gTn

If you criticize Israel by invoking “chosen people,” you’re not criticizing Israel; you’re criticizing Judaism. And you probably don’t know what it means. It’s a mistranslation of a covenantal obligation, not a claim of superiority.

@mommunism.bsky.social Molly Shah devised an alternate Molly Shah to take her place while she luxuriates at a private beach in the Caribbean.

Timeliness cleanse: Three cats resting on a blanket on couch on a seasonally uncharacteristically cool spring morning. On the left, a multicolored catbus, in the center, an orange cinnamon bun, and on the right, a grey & white tuxedo elderly gentleman cat.

A trip to the nursery.

Caturday: This is Speckle, my sister's cat.

#UniteBlue @afforsyth.bsky.social @epennysworth.bsky.social @lenny60.bsky.social @trumpsatwit.bsky.social @shawncoreymusic.bsky.social @myviewsmary.bsky.social @teritaincanada.bsky.social @nonconventional.bsky.social @aspeel1500.bsky.social @bxl.bsky.social @b-dub68.bsky.social @coko.bsky.social

Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause! Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement here. www.everylibrary.org/trump_fires_...

This is Sarah M. (M is for monster). She has appropriated the Basket of Scarves.

On May 2, 2025, the Trump Administration released its FY2026 federal budget proposal. On page 39 he calls for the complete elimination of the only federal agency dedicated solely to supporting America’s libraries and museums. bit.ly/4cXcPFj via @everylibrary.bsky.social

rfk is a dangerous guy youtube.com/shorts/vvj8Y...

The COVID vaccines have been taken by billions of people, saved millions of lives, and are some of the most rigorously tested medical products in history. Someone who has zero experience in vaccine development should not be influencing the approval process. This will kill people.

Mazel tov! Not a moment too soon! 🤩😍🤗

A new study by economists estimates that a 25% cut in science funding would result in a GDP decline similar in magnitude to the 2008 recession. They also estimate that a 75% cut to government science would trigger a larger GDP decline than in any recession since the Great Depression.

Thank you Greyhound!

Words to ponder on this morning-after-the-election. "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world." - Jack Layton, August 2011 May the ghost of Jack inspire our leaders.

There it is, in a nutshell.

Me in 1953.

I have been encountering otherwise respectable scholars referring to old (inaccurate, error-filled, obsolete) editions of William Byrd's Dividing Line histories rather than my authoritative volume, available now for a dozen years. Why do people still use 50-year-old versions? ANNOYING!!

They want you to be scared. They want you to be silent. They want you to feel alone. Refuse. Hope is an act of defiance.

Hey scientists. I need you to speak up EVERY time someone makes a "why research is valuable" webpage and demand inclusion of humanities and social science.

Malka, the orange tabby queen cat asleep on my coat and a blanket.

Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think…which, frankly, is a relief in a world where most people don't think at all.