A little ball of sunshine, a female Northern Yellow Warbler 🟡

Here’s my mom, from Korea, at her dorm International House at the University of Chicago. She died in 2004. Wish I could talk with her now, so much to tell her. Life is getting harder. Or at least could I taste her cooking again. ❤️

My thoughts are a group chat I can’t leave.

@laloalcaraz.bsky.social always nails it

Every day he is showing how government can actually work FOR the people. He’s completely changing the standard.

"A highly functioning country of the size and influence of the United States needs bureaucracy." This will be the most uncontroversial statement you read all day. And yet.... www.govexec.com/management/2...

Biden presided over likely the greatest expansion in US manufacturing in history and our public intellectuals decided not to notice it. People's lives were materially getting better. Wages rose because labor was in such short supply.

Looks like it's filled with 2000 Flushes. Good work.

Ella 🐶 took me for a nice long walk for Dog-Mothers Day. She is now serenading me with snores. Such a good girl. No trouble at all. 🩷

This Mother’s Day, let’s remember: Woman didn’t come from man’s rib. He came from *her* womb. One of patriarchy’s biggest lies is naming the father as the life-giver.

A wonderful sentence from this story, describing the video of the man who threw a rock at a seal for no reason getting beat up by a local: "Meanwhile, an unidentified gentleman begins wailing on him."

unfortunately, kim il sung's clothes hang a lot better

Serling: A Journey Into The Twilight Zone with TV’s First Visionary is available for preorder now! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-...

Rubio doesn’t come across as the biggest monster in this administration, but there’s a valid argument that he is. Demolishing USAID was a slow moving atrocity. He must never be freed of responsibility for it.

And this is what happens when you strand 10+ guys on base #Yankees

World Donkey Day is celebrated annually on May 8 to recognize these intelligent, hardworking animals and raise awareness about their welfare.

Well Said,Carl.......

Attack drones keep advancing. But anti-drone defenses keep advancing too. Like cybersecurity vs. malware, it’s an ongoing competition, sometimes with nonlinear developments, not something where a particular advancement enjoys a strong, long-lasting advantage.

The male Eastern Towhee is one of the more striking sparrows with his chestnut feathers and ruby eyes.

#yankees what a tag. Balletic.

#NYC Maya Rudolph won’t be in Oh, Mary! tomorrow. Show has an understudy but is also offering refunds. I got a refund.

Lynx held a moment of silence for Alex Pretti and Renee Good ahead of the season opener at Target Center:

post your warning sign

Really well done piece on an area of geological instability and how the public ends up paying for the loss of rich people’s homes. A glimpse at future problems related to property loss from climate change.

Trump is determined to do as much damage as possible to the country before he leaves office

Don’t forget to watch Bait on Prime. Highly recommend.

Ceci n'est pas une golden calf.

A female Northern Yellow Warbler in the backyard marsh gathering nesting material. The nest isn't visible but it is still exciting to have these sweet birds nesting nearby.

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” 🌹🎭 Hollywood legend #JoanCrawford passed away #OTD 10 May 1977. #Film

Just about every day as a college professor is pretty damned cool, but graduation is amazing. What an honor it is to teach these guys. Now go out there and kick ass!

“Tyrants and autocrats have always understood that literacy, learning, books and newspapers are potentially dangerous. They can inspire independent thought and even rebellion.” — Carl Sagan

What do they say? They talk about their lives. To have lived is not enough for them. They have to talk about it. (From Samuel Beckett's, "Waiting for Godot") #Sculpture Igor Mitoraj

Brian Williams will have a show on Netflix. An interview show. Later this year. Good to hear. www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

Please watch all the way through. Superb.

ICE announced they are shutting down its internal oversight agency. Unsurprisingly, the band of masked thugs that has been violently attacking and detaining our neighbors for the past 18 months is removing any vestige of internal accountability.

A classic London evening with Ethiopian vegan food in Dalston before strolling over to the Arcola for a stage adaptation of Barbara Pym's Quarter in Autumn. There's always something new

It should promise NO AI in creative areas and people would love it. It would be a selling point.

“Cox is just one in a line of men Major League Baseball chooses to celebrate for their on-field accomplishments while overlooking or forgetting about their off-field violence against women” tht.fangraphs.com/mlb-turned-a...

Come check me out Wednesday. I'll be showing images from my upcoming West Side architecture book. (And it's free).

The Musk SpaceX IPO scam- or How You Are Going to be Investing in SpaceX whether You Want To or Not AFT is blowing whistle on its $2 trillion valuation, corrupt governance & forced investing deal /1 analyticsinsight.net/news/spacex-ipo-faces-union-pressure-over-valuation-and-disclosure-concerns

Jamelle Bouie is always essential reading, but especially today. What happened in VA is an emergency. All of us need to respond in whatever way we can to fight the five alarm authoritarian fire burning down our democracy. Gift link, share as widely as you can: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...

Deliberate destruction of American power and prosperity by the Trump regime

This is Oliver. He might not be particularly enthusiastic about his birthday. But he will participate in the festivities. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (TT: la_cabrita_kelly)

This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...

Automat ☕️

My god the city lakes in Minneapolis are glorious in springtime

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

“The results were the latest in a series of huge swings toward Democratic-backed candidates in heavily Latino districts and precincts elsewhere in the country this year.” Check it out!

I need more color in my wardrobe. The azaleas have outdone themselves this spring. #NYC