Art on a boarded up store front. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago’s north side. #Streetart #Chicago

Senator Bill Cassidy compromised all his values to confirm RFK Jr and he still lost his senate seat in a primary.

The Senate Parliamentarian has advised that the orange felon’s $1B trashy dictator worship ballroom will be subject to a 60-vote threshold. His demolishing of the White House for his own ego/vanity should be considered destruction of government property. I hate him.

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

This morning's breakfast. Dryads saddle and morels served on sourdough toast. On the long weekend to do list is mulch in the gardens. Picked up a yard yesterday and we'll need another two to complete the beds.

Sandhill Crane on the Central Sand Plains of the U.P. From a couple summers ago. Leaves aren’t out yet up here. #BirdOfTheDay #FeathersInFoliage

i will pay for bluesky premium if it allows me to delete other people's posts

I don't want to be one of those that post pics of their food, but this is as much about welcoming Spring back to the Driftless as it is about tonight's dinner, so...

I’m gonna post this video every day so we NEVER FORGET what Donald Trump did to the USA on Jan 6th

Yeah, there was rainbow this evening. Marquette Co. Mi.

The garden is tilled. So it begins. #homegrowntomatoes #gardeningisbae #Tomatoes

In the mangroves in S.Sarasota Bay. #BirdOfTheDay #WadersOuttaWater

The Cubs-White Sox Crosstown Showdown Is on Free TV This Weekend — Grab an Antenna www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2026/05...

When Colbert is gone, I'll have no reason to watch anything on CBS.

Eighty years ago we learned what made the Nazis possible. #HannahArendt

Here’s #WAPO shilling this grift 10 months ago. No mention about the $59M con so far.

Bahahaha…only in MAGA world can you drop $100 to preorder a phone that doesn’t exist. Trump makes $60 million. His 600,000 enthusiastic customers get the shaft. What a great businessman.

Inflation is now eating up ALL wage gains for the first time in about three years.

Zone 5A - and I discovered nasturtium volunteers while getting my small urban garden beds ready. That’s a first for me. #gardeningisbae

Tomato & hot pepper starts are getting hardened off. Still a week or so before I put them in the ground. 38° here last night, so they came inside. #homegrowntomatoes #gardeningisbae #Tomatoes

Put up a new 1/2 gallon today of my Ukrainian pickles. A stick of new oak leaves for spring.

Gas pump in Ishpeming Michigan

Ivermectin in an anti-parasitic. It kills parasites. Viruses are not parasites. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

ACLS / MLA / AHA / Authors Guild won the NEH case against the mass termination of grants.

Hackers have compromised Canvas, the learninge management system used to teache college courses. The hackeres have made the system slow, inefficient, unresponsyve, and yn manye cases ympossible to use. Studentes and Professors so far have not noticed any difference.

Photo by @nicolehester.bsky.social for The Tennesseean www.tennessean.com/picture-gall...

"The humanities are not a luxury. They are how a democracy understands itself." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/a...

Again, they're firing on U.S. WARSHIPS. Never a good idea, but the CF is unraveling in record time: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

If you see this, post a concert photo you took

Rep. Ted Lieu, responding to this morning’s Blanche Meet the Press interview, says DOJ will lose the case against Comey, predicts Comey will receive a major settlement for selective prosecution, & claims Blanche could be disbarred after the administration ends. He ended his post with: “86 47”

The fire fatality rate for occupants of the hideous Cybertruck is 13 times higher than was that of the infamous Ford Pinto. You might want to share this data with any owners of these rolling death traps you might encounter in your daily roaming about.

oh look, from nov 28 2024

The holiday cactus is putting on a spring show.

These are my parents who fled the nazis. My father fled Ukraine and mother Poland. They met in Chicago and voilà, my sister and me. I am grateful to have the gift of life and won't allow anyone or anything to rain on my parade. I'm a work in progress, and keeping my rage at a tolerable level.

Cat Hospital of Chicago has some originals up in some of the cat rooms

Why do we need all these data centers? Can someone explain that? What’s the demand/profit motive?

An old white oak, on the usual dog walk in Caldwell woods. 12’6” inches in diameter… puts this tree at an estimated 238 YO tree, along the North Branch of the Chicago River watershed, inside the Chicago city limit. #trees #woodland #treeclub

It wasn’t until I up potted my seedlings til I realized how overboard I’ve gone this season. Three tubs like this…Blue beauty, Alice’s dream, Terra cotta, Roma, Celebrity, Orange slice, and Sunny boy are planted this year for my little urban garden. #homegrowntomatoes #gardeningisbae #Tomatoes

Here’s a bit of shelf mushroom from the brush pile in the back. #stunday #fungifriends #mushroom #myshroom

Still #caturday . Old Deuteronomy and Mr. Meffistoffeles wrestling.

Iranian outlet Tasnim is reporting that Iran never requested in-person negotiations with the U.S., directly disputing claims made by Karoline Leavitt. According to the report, Iran has actually rejected U.S. requests for talks due to what it calls “excessive demands.” See?

On the current, rare Florence revival of John Adams' all-but-universally banned opera, The Death of Klinghoffer. (There's also a highly personal review by Ben Miller on Van Magazine [paywalled]). www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

50 years ago today, Rick Monday saved an American flag from being burned on the field during a game at Dodger Stadium.

Good morning, friends🫂🫂 I’m alive. Kyiv was quieter this night. No sleep - but still alive. Dnipro took the main hit. Bila Tserkva, Kharkiv, Sumy region suffered too. russians as always hit homes. Clinics. Stores. And even cemeteries.

In every living room, auditorium, or gymnasium I visit across our state, the message is clear — Maine people want a proven fighter for them in Washington, and are ready for Susan Collins to go. I've got what it takes to win this election and help take back the Senate.

Transitioning from my morning coffee to my morning green tea.

Now do Trump, his family, senior staff in the Whitehouse, and all of the oligarchs donating to this administration. Prediction markets are zero sum games, for someone to win, someone loses. No paywall wapo.st/48iIShY