Fascinating suspenseful story of a space telescope falling to Earth as its orbit decays (apparently a spate of solar flares has accelerated the drop), godspeed, little three-armed robot : apnews.com/article/nasa...

June 28, 1966

Jared Kushner wants Albania's protected wetlands. The government obliged. Protesters said no. 29 days later, they're still saying no — with flamingo cutouts and flags, in the streets, every single night. Europe is watching. Is anyone else?

Really? Did not expect that www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/w...

Check it out. LDN 43 the Cosmic Bat Nebula, is a dark molecular cloud in Ophiuchus, 1,400 light-years away and 12 light-years wide. Its dense dust blocks background starlight while sheltering active star formation within. I could spend many more nights on this target alone. 🔭 #astrophotography

When your team loses 3-1 but you’re still having a great time on the 2nd Ave bike lanes 😃

SoftBank’s investor presentation is one of the greatest things ever made. I’ve been thinking about it all day. These are the real slides shown in a speech where Masayoshi Son said he wouldn’t retire for at least another decade. The goose stuff is truly demented. Bravo group.softbank/media/Projec...

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

Technically, they’re Remains now.

You can't make it up.

CNN has posted video of the "American flag blue" waterproofing paint peeling from the floor of the Reflecting Pool. x.com/KitMaherCNN/...

Trump’s $14 million algae-filled green reflecting pool is peeling its blue paint. 12% hydrogen peroxide is an active ingredient in paint-stripping formulations with concentrations of 10% to 20% employed to cause paint to blister, bubble, and peel—another Trump failure.

Colbert arrives at the Obama Library opening in a tan suit. 😂

Trump endorses Iran having ballistic missiles: "I'm saying that if other countries have them, it's a little unfair for them not to have some"

Fabulous is not a strong enough word to describe the heart, soul and grit in this essay.

Motorists, shut your car off. Push it through the parking lot.

Wouldn't it be cheaper (and safer for the rest of us) to give these low-self-esteem ManBoys red white & blue strap-ons that shoot CGI flames and make loud farting noises? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/b...

inconveniencing literally thousands of people who have nothing to do with the game — let alone the thousands who were planning joyous watch parties — and he doesn’t care. new yorkers hate him so he’s just hating them right back.

Incredible headline: No walking allowed in heart of Midtown for Monday's Knicks game

"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).

Destroy that demand, baby www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/b...

I’m heading into the hospital shortly to round on patients, and if any of them are acting like the president, I’ll be looking for their nurse and asking how long they’ve been this way, whether they received sedating medications, and if the primary team is aware of their mental status changes. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I’m Team Network.

this is hilarious youtu.be/hPrtVGimBYs?...

Congrats, John Roberts! You ended the three-branch method of governance!

Here is a woman running against Graham Platner in next week’s primary. Maine has options.

California Air Resources Board (pressured by "Green Gavin" Newsom and fossil fuel interests) mollifies polluters as it injures public transit, blame Trump's Gulf war of choice but it's a pretty appalling move from CA "leaders" sfstandard.com/2026/06/04/c...

I'm very ready for US Representative Hamawy www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/...

New research examines Waymo's California robotaxi trips btw Aug 2023 and Dec 2025. Conclusion: 46% of miles driven involved no one inside the car. That's 40 million miles of deadheading, with Waymo vehicles using road space w/o transporting a human. doi.org/10.32866/001...

An important demo of potential bike riders, it takes great teachers to help grown-up folks get over their fear of looking dumb as much as their fear of falling www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/n...

Les pistes cyclables ne servent pas qu’aux cyclistes. C’est pour cela qu’il faut les développer et les sécuriser (et sans pavé). Paris, 23 mai.

Jesus, look at this thing: www.justice.gov/opa/media/14... The IRS is apparently "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED" from investigating Trump, his companies, and his family ever again because the Acting Attorney General (his old personal attorney) says so.

More good stuff from @aarieff.bsky.social (I'm fascinated with the "own one & rent one" approach, among other things), do read www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...

NIMBY level INFINITY!!

Kevin O'Leary, who is Canadian, accused two ordinary Americans -- by name, on Fox News -- of being Chinese communist agents working against "our" country. Their response is fantastic.

"driving around art-a-whirl kinda suuuucks"; Seth at Recovery Bikes tells the truth; and this is why you can borrow a bike during Art a Whirl! I love this! sparcle.bike/bike-borrowi...

"Y'all are in a death spiral. That's why you have to redistrict. That's why you have to cheat." Watch this man.

El Cerrito’s Citywide Garage Sale is this Saturday from 9 am - 3 pm. It’s one of my favorite city events - a great opportunity to meet neighbors, and to get rid of things or find new treasures. Pick up a map at Community or Recycling Center or City Hall. Details: www.elcerrito.gov/943/Citywide...

If only America could build social housing for people instead of for cars

Commentary of the week: Rev. Gordon Gibson on why Tennessee's redistricting is offensive. "My personal cost was serving seven days of a five day jail sentence in Selma, Alabama, a month before Bloody Sunday in March 1965. . . But others paid much higher cost."

I love this story, take heart & fight back (HT @digby56.bsky.social) boltsmag.org/california-i...

I want to get into bike packing. Someone convince me I don’t need this bike. I could carry 120lbs of cargo, not that I would ever need that much… omniumcargo.com/shop/product...

I mean, I bet a pizza and groceries would be pretty good while bike packing. This guy got me thinking along these lines: bikepacking.com/news/erik-bi...

This, the US Supreme Court has explained to us, is what it looks like to finally live in a land free of racial discrimination. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u... South Carolina is 26% black. Louisiana is 33%. Mississippi is 37%.

Probably the most carbrain thing I've ever seen. The LIA posted a video of a woman in a wheelchair having trouble crossing the bike lane, because it's completely full of illegally double parked cars. And they blame the bike lane.

The Washington Post is just so profoundly embarrassing now

Ask Jeeves has officially shut down on May 1, 2026, ending its 25-year run

Filtered streets creating low traffic neighbourhoods are nothing new in south London ... here's a victorian-era watercolour of wood bollards restricting entry to Merton Park's Church Path, and the same view today with smarter metal bollards. www.google.com/maps/@51.410...