According to Trump all are dirty and nasty.

Military Service members that Donald Trump deployed to the Persian Gulf for his unsanctioned Iran war are going hungry. One Texas mother has sent over $2,000 worth of packages to her sailor son. None have reached him. She asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation against her son.

Debbie Harry, with Blondie at the Glasgow Apollo, Scotland, the 22nd May 1977, by the great Jill Furmanovsky.

Of course. Trump administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship between the Catholic Church and the U.S. dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.

Witness the breathtaking moment as two juvenile blue whales surface together in the ocean. A rare glimpse of these magnificent giants in their natural habitat.

This is what we have now because of Trump. Pathological Leader: A leader whose behavior is marked by a personality disorder, such as extreme narcissism or anti-social personality disorder. Kakistocracy: A system of government run by the worst or most unprincipled people.

Another day, another Trump friend gets caught doing evil.

If you look at Trump honestly, he always aligns himself with evil. From relationships, to greedy business dealings, to his fealty to corrupt evil dictators. If Hitler were alive today Trump would be serving him just like he does Putin. Unfortunately Republicans can’t see the truth.

Don't need to go to Coachella. I can just blast different songs simultaneously from every room in my house and pretend I have no bathrooms.

heart opens like a spring bloom in your presence #Haikufeels #haiku

Orban’s fawning servitude to authoritarians doesn’t reflect American values. But far more importantly, his government’s fealty to Moscow, its willingness to be a gateway into Europe for China’s predatory machinations, and its deepening ties with Iran run counter to America’s interests. -digby

They (MAGA) were against forever wars when Trump was against them, and they’re for forever wars now that Trump has started one.

On this day in 1964, Pauli Murray circulated a memo arguing that black and white women would “share a common fate of discrimination” unless Title 7 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibited sex discrimination in employment as well as race discrimination. The memo helped keep the “sex amendment” in T7.

Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950) is the portrait of a forgotten silent star, living in exile in her ridiculous mansion, screening her old films, dreaming of a comeback. But it’s also a love story, and the love keeps it from becoming simply a waxwork or a freak show.

Turned on NBC. They talked about “President tipping a DoorDash driver $100”. This woman participated in GOP ads before playing other roles. There is no DoorDash deliveries to the Oval Office. Please exercise proper judgement when consuming news.

In some good news, the Alabama bill that would have allowed easy firing of library board members–the folks who won't follow in lock-step with partisan book banning–has failed. alabamareflector.com/2026/04/14/b...

where the wisteria begins and ends… before and after me #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (wisteria)

Get in. Let’s go losing. A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal over its report of his lewd birthday greeting to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men

Black Cat — Hishida Shunsō, 1910, Japan   Painted silk

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling the U.S.-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace. Thanks Pope.

I’ll eat this whale in one mouthful.

sibilant air voices whispering in me i don’t answer #FreeVerse #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets #InnerConflict

So the U.S. Navy now officially claims the legal right to board, search, and seize foreign ships anywhere on the world’s oceans as well as the ships of any nation trying to pass through the Strait. Under international maritime law, that’s called “piracy.”

Some of y’all never got a approving nod from the record store clerk and it shows.

Painted turtles (Testudines: Emydidae: Chrysemys picta) have bright colorful patterns that make them easy to identify. Common in wetlands throughout much of North America, they feed on aquatic vegetation, small invertebrates, and fish. North Country Trail near Pittsford Michigan, 12 Apr 2026.

Iggy Pop was here before most of them, and he's STILL HERE, still doing it, 78 YEARS OLD 'the godfather of punk'

After criticizing the Pope Trump posts images of himself as Jesus.

“There Will Come Soft Rains (War Time)” by Sara Teasdale (1884 – 1933) poets.org/poem/there-w... #TodaysPoem #NationalPoetryMonth #Spring #poem #poetry

In the final weeks of the 2024 campaign, several individuals who served in Trump’s first administration explicitly used the word "fascist" to describe him.

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian ultranationalist political ideology characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, subordination of individual interests to the state. It promotes national rebirth, militarism, & racial purity, aiming for a totalitarian one-party state.

The American president counts Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un as his friends while denouncing the Pope.

Down with fascism. If that margin of victory holds, Magyar will secure a supermajority that will allow him to unravel key features of Orbán’s “illiberal democracy” — demolishing the prime minister’s tight control over the judiciary, state companies and the media.

incommunicable contemplations

still waters I take a moment before resurfacing #vss365 #senryu

let the old man alone; never speak to him, whatever he says

Once of the best things about getting older and losing ego is that I'm not snobby about music anymore. If I like it, it's good. If it's not for me, that doesn't make it bad. Just means it's not for me.

Betting Trump says something really stupid tomorrow.

good morning

Hummingbirds looking a bit rough this year.

spring mist lifts — from the hedgerow a skylark’s song #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #springmist

dewy contrails the spider weaves through light #DailyHaikuPrompt (spring mist) #haiku

get u a bunch of friends who will let u play guitar while they all go on phone

Don’t wait for disaster to strike.

Sunday