G’nite from #BrookSide Senior Living. Several here having serious health issues just now. Decided it was a good time to flood the halls with the aroma of home made bread. Will take a loaf down to share at breakfast! #GardenGrewPeas #Baking

Tall kissing gate into Christ Church Meadow, Oxford #Thursgate

‘The fair maid who, the first of May, Goes to the fields at the break of day, And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree, Will ever after handsome be.’ — from The Old Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867–1939). #MayDay #Folklore

Bouquet of hawthorn branches from my friend. So lush and gorgeous.

WATCH: @RepLuna calls for a vote to strip the pesticide corporations immunity provision from the farm bill… chair Mike Simpson (RH) claims the “the NO’s have it” when clearly the YAY votes were louder… Luna asks for a recorded vote… Simpson postpones it… Wildly corrupt stuff

Dr. Saphier is the author of two books: Make America Healthy Again: How Bad Behavior and Big Government Caused a Trillion Dollar Crisis and Panic Attack: Playing Politics with Science in the Fight Against COVID-19. So, not much of an improvement on the last nom.

And we’ll be happy to support and lead the way!

We need more of this sort of action…..

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anaïs Nin #DAILY CALM Calm

Is this the same “mild” infection that killed 7.1 million people globally and left me with permanently damaged muscles? A pox on the lot of them!!!!

Every small act of conservation is a silent vote for a better world.

Everyone can take a very simple and easy precaution. Wear a proper N95 mask when you are in public. Don’t bow to peer pressure. You aren’t 10 years old. Set a good example and protect your health. If we all did this it would make a HUGE difference. #CovidIsNotOver

Your risk of clots is over 30 times higher after any COVID infection but much of the media doesn’t talk about this. It talks about the very small risk from vaccines. This is a very skewered narrative. www.hdruk.ac.uk/news/new-stu...

Greetings from #BrookSide Senior Living. Nasturtiums are shouting to go outside!!!! Hoping these will help our Garden Club with the squash bug issue this summer! #GardenGrewPeas #Gardening 🌱

The joy of walls

Friday morning is May Day. Magdalen College choir will sing at dawn from the Tower to greet the return of the spring, as they have done for centuries. Huge crowds will gather - many will have been up all night. There will be Morris dancing, green men, and beer. Here's the scene at sunrise last year.

Really loved speaking to @jamesbarr.bsky.social about Iran’s history with the West From Crassus to crass US. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

“What I have learned more deeply this year is that public health is not just a job. It's a responsibility -- and right now, we need to recognize and support the people already doing that work, whether they're on payroll or not”. Excellent piece by Dr. Linas.

I expect Trump to continue to fail and as he does, the R brand will crater, making a D trifecta in 2028 the more probable outcome. When that happens, we will need rapid & radical change, starting but not nearly limited to court expansion (at every level), voting rights, & DC statehood.

BREAKING: Jerome Powell says he'll remain on the Fed board as a governor — at least until the resolution of legal challenges Trump has mounted against the central bank. Powell's term allows him to remain at the Fed until 2028, but for decades, chairs have left when their successor is installed.

The League issued a statement in response to the US Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, a case concerning the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Read here: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...

Because of the SCOTUS' decision, federal protection against racial discrimination in redistricting is gone. @laurengw.bsky.social shares what you can do:

Postcard from the field from tour leader @dunnjons.bsky.social, co-leading our #OrchidsOfTheGargano tour with legendary Italian naturalist, Andrea Corso: Fragrant Orchid today carried us to the brink of 50 species for the week, while freshly emerged Italian Marbled White was a lovely bonus.

We are so pleased to share that #Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social has been longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize! Congratulations to Julian and the other longlisted authors! 🎉

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Big News: The Senate has blocked the SAVE Act, a sweeping voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions of Americans. Despite relentless pressure from the Trump administration, voting rights advocates have achieved a critical victory ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

I politely suggest those surprised to hear King Charles III refer to the importance of checks and balances on the exercise of power by those in authority do some reading on how King Charles I and King Charles II handled these things and the consequences for all concerned.

⚡️ Zelensky thanks King Charles for his address to Congress. President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked King Charles III for his historic April 28 address to the U.S. Congress, calling the monarch’s appeal for transatlantic unity “exactly what is needed” to secure a lasting peace.

It could be worse, my dear, it could be worse. The world is ending—this was always true. But that could be a blessing, not a curse. @aestallings.bsky.social

Greetings from #BrookSide Senior Living. May have been pushing my luck in planting this start of scented geranium outside but so far so good! #GardenGrewPeas #Gardening 🌱

This morning - regret. I wish I'd gotten out 5 minutes earlier. Ah, well. Yesterday was the third 67° F day. Today we fall to cooler temps with rain moving in. We're getting a reasonable start on spring tasks. Bit by bit. #GardenGrewPeas

May is the time for sitting on the grass among the flowers. #MedievalCalendar Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 053; The Peterborough Psalter & Bestiary; 14th century; Peterborough; f.3r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social

Hello. I saw something bloody lovely today and now you have too.

Still not seeing many posts about the May Day Strong general strike and protests next Friday. We need to change that.

A rare "superbloom" is occurring in Death Valley National Park, the best in a decade, transforming the desert with carpets of gold, purple, and white flowers. Driven by record winter rainfall, the bloom which peaked in low elevations in March, will move to higher elevations through June.

I am inspired by many of my colleagues fighting the good fight here in Texas, but wrote this for the rest of y'all: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

TBC: US wealth, power, & national security since WW 2 rest on the unprecedented success of US federally funded science, which was explicitly & deliberately fostered immediately after WW2. Trump and Republicans are surrendering US power—to China and the rest of the world. They are traitors.

I just had the pleasure of attending @mirandayaver.bsky.social’s book launch via Zoom, and friends, while watching her excellent presentation I realized how much I need to read her book, Coverage Denied. It’s about one of my favorite topics to bitch about, the Health Insurance Cartel.

Since ancient times, 30 April, the eve of Saint Walpurga’s feast day and May Day, has been linked with spring festivals and fertility rites. Homes were adorned with rosemary and birch, and St. Walpurga invoked to keep malevolent forces at bay. #FairytaleTuesday #WalpurgisNacht

Mountain bluet (Centaurea montana) is a herbaceous perennial. I've incorrectly called it love in a mist. Member of the bachelor button family.

The US is officially a banana republic. 77M tied america to a dying 79-year old brand. I will never forgive anyone who voted for this national self-immolation. www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

Bill Introduced To Halt Removal Of Native American History In US National Parks. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/04/bill...

NEW: A Manhattan judge has issued a ruling today that will allow Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor who accused the Trump administration of firing her for political reasons, to proceed with a lawsuit in federal court, despite the Trump administration's objection.

This saves roughly $2B per year. Just 2 days of Iran War. Or, the amount we are paying companies to NOT build solar farms. Or, one fifth what Trump is asking IRS for. Or, 1/250th of the DoD budget expansion. Trump prefers to kill people, even if it costs more.

Every morning we wake to a new cruelty imposed by the current White House….

May is the time to ride out with a falcon. #MedievalCalendar BL Add MS 38126; The 'Huth Hours'; 15th century; f.5v @blmedieval.bsky.social

Wisteria in Olney

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is SOLIDARITY/SAVE #wotd #solidarity #save #safe #MayDay #LabourDay #InternationalWorkersDay

He should stay home.

Hospitals that take care of the sickest patients are closing www.axios.com/2026/04/27/h...

#StMark'sEve #OldFox'sCottage