A shuffle blues from Tulsa’s J.J. Cale. My brother bought this album when I was in HS. Been on the rotation ever since. #CountryRockSunday youtu.be/40CexXCbtWk?...

Sea cucumber uses its frills to catch plankton and other small particulate, and then feed it in to its central vent (which it also poops from). youtube.com/shorts/EGwBU...

Quote with a fictional band that isn’t Spinal Tap. I don’t think this band is named as it moves in and out of the story of O Lucky Man youtu.be/CSiTtAuBL8g?...

Archaeologists discovered a 7,300-foot-high cave in the Pyrenees filled with green mineral fragments, likely malachite used for early copper processing. The site also held hearths, jewelry, and child remains, showing repeated prehistoric use over thousands of years

El caballero de la muerte. Salvador Dalí.

Texas Stargazing Map: Best Dark Sky Locations Texas Stargazing Map: Best Dark Sky Locations Texas is one of the rare places where a single stargazing map can take you from humid Gulf-side skies near Houston to the dry, high, wide-open darkness of the Trans-Pecos. That difference matters. A…

Troubled Lands is a landmark book—the first complete publication of Langston Hughes’s translations of thirty-three stories by eighteen Mexican and Cuban writers, edited by Ricardo Wilson II. Now available worldwide! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Other songs defined the genre but fewer made as big a mark on the charts as Dallas’ B. W. (Buckwheat) Stevenson with 1973’s My Maria. My contribution to #CountryRockSunday youtu.be/ewyu4dIVj-8?...

@levin.bsky.social Let’s see youtu.be/QO5dcW0P75M?...

Many nights 14 yr old Danny, his 16 yr old girlfriend Desi, 17 yr old Paul, who had a truck, and Rocky would drive out onto “The Mesa” (approx where Hank’s house was in Breaking Bad) with our buttonholed case of Schlitz to dance to BTO around our decorated Schlitz tree under the stars. Ah youth!

“”Remember to vote,” Mr. Obama called as he walked out with a bag that included two tacos and a mole. “ Distance from the southern border increases the chance of a big misreading! We don’t have the burrowing varmints in Austin just the bitter chocolate-chili kind! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

When I first saw him at his reg gig at the Hole In The Wall on the drag, the kids were saying he was just a couple of years from being homeless and busking the city streets. He moved onto bigger gigs and he captured the heart of Austin. My contribution to #CountryRockSunday youtu.be/Lq48RKbAUJA?...

This is the first record 10 year old Danny bought. His (my) favorite track is the opener. I bought a harmonica and improvised a drum kit. My contribution to #CountryRockSunday youtu.be/t4ywIPrewpg?...

As historians, the end of Southern opportunity districts raises two questions for us. 1) Do Black people in states that become one party try to force their way into the GOP like they did with Dems in the 40s? 2) And does the GOP become a White Man's Union to stop it? -OS

So true… #BookSky

Amethyst with Super Cool agate Eyes from From The Las Torres Mine In Artigas, Uruguay. 📷 Nowar Minerals Inc. #minerals #geology

Recently described species of nautilus (Nautilus samoaensis) found off the coast of American Samoa

Global mean sea surface temperature anomalies (departure from average) so far this year ➡️ 3rd highest on record 🌊 Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 averaged over January to March.

A selection of prize honorees from the 2026 World Press Photo Contest capture the pain of the past year — but also focus on moments of strength, determination and joy. n.pr/42zgbKc

Arpa Jarocha? Arpa Paraguaya? Or more mimicry by ABBA’s Benny Anderson? I was in Paraguay when the Spanish version of Chiquitita was a monster hit- in no small part because of the “harp” that brought it home. Here is another Chiquitita for #CountryRockSunday Border Edition youtu.be/zGDm_snBiu4?...

Happy Caturday. For Danny xx

My Fleetwood Mac playlist always starts with youtu.be/DnQM535xV-U?...

At noon yesterday the Texas electricity grid was 80% solar and wind with an additional 10% going into battery storage. Remarkable.

These songs were sown in 1997 in the Big Back Forty somewhere in Ohio. Saw them playing the 16th St Mall in Denver. Bought the CD from the band. Been on my rotation ever since. My contribution to #CountryRockSunday youtu.be/Wp8AIT7YU0I?...

Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.

News you can use. This year if you have ACA subsidies, you can’t file electronically. (My case, using H&R Block software, Form 8692 required overrides to complete making it ineligible for electronic filing) I haven’t stapled W2s to a tax form in over 25 years.

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

Nice. I was at the Bogyoke Market in Yangon (Rangoon) circ 2018. A father plugged in his amp started shredding some surf punk with his 9 and 11 year old daughters providing vocals.

Break out the Tokaji

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

Sell Out - Neil Young song from 1966 Buffalo Springfield that wasn’t released in its day. Makes the cut for the pedal steel mimicry and undertones. The original cut has a weak la la la chorus. Agree with Neil. Stronger song without it. It is #CountryRockSunday youtu.be/XlJCTW2q_Ds?...

NASA is such a beautiful contradiction of the precision of mathematics and engineering combined with the idiot yeehaw spirit of Texas. Mission around the moon was commanded from a building that has longhorns grazing on one side and a swamp full of gators on the other. -OS

Quote of the week ‘Reading is like going on holiday in your head. ‘ My amazing granddaughter, Hester, aged 8 years. #books #reading #quoteoftheweek

God, I love her so much. Just banger after bager. She's in it purely for the love of the game and I respect that.

I regret to inform you that we have reached the Sack of King's Landing phase of Aerys II Targaryen's reign

The average person really has no idea how much AP content they consume every day. Local TV websites and social media feeds are full of AP stories. This is a huge blow for accurate, unbiased journalism.

Wow. “NASA's EPIC camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth. This view shows the fully illuminated ‘dark side’ of the moon never visible from Earth.” www.planetary.org/space-images...

Lesson 1: "Mi cerebro está más frito que una arepa"

‘My Man’ off Eagles’ third album is maybe their last country rock track? Is Leadon is thinking of Gram and Duane in this song? Wiki contributors think so. My contribution to #CountryRockSunday youtu.be/sCqmMKwPqlg?...

John Waters is a legend.

Na madrugada de 1º de abril de 1964, o grande e saudoso Evandro Teixeira — referência em fotojornalismo — entrou infiltrado no Forte de Copacabana e presenciou os primeiros momentos do golpe militar. A foto histórica foi capa do Jornal do Brasil do dia seguinte.

By total chance, I came across his release “Full”- instant fan. Jon Dee knew life was fleeting. Take the joys, process the sorrows. Live it. “Take a look at the grown man His pockets filled with years Count to nine and pour the wine Watch them disappear … Spin and turn Live and learn Jubilee”

Jon Dee knew life was fleeting. Take the joys, process the sorrows. Live it. “Take a look at the grown man His pockets filled with years Count to nine and pour the wine Watch them disappear Spin away from me Spin and turn Live and learn Jubilee” #JohnDee youtu.be/wsN6o_XFvt4?...

Security line at IAH Houston today. Single queue. Maze-pod 3 of 3. DIY Dan would still be in line, but my better half chatted with staff for the secret short line. 23 min for us. Thank goodness. I did wonder who people held to blame. Probably 50-50.

The third and last pod for the security at Bush IAH Houston today. Line started w first pod outside, then downstairs to maze-pod 2, and then upstairs to pod three. DIY Dan would still be in line, but his better half talked to staff for the secret short line. 23 min for us. Thank goodness!

Your periodic reminder that there is a website that lets you listen to local radio stations anywhere in the world This is honestly one of the coolest inventions ever, imo. Global access to hyper-local imagined communities

23 March 1769, Churchill, Oxfordshire: birth of geologist and surveyor William Smith, known for his pioneering work on English stratigraphy and his 1815 map 'A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales'. For more on Smith and his maps and sections see www.strata-smith.com

My entry for #CountryRockSunday is Madame De Lil And D…Bill from the 1972 time traveling concept album The Ballad of Calico by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. Jesus Christ Superstar ruled the alb charts in 1970. Did The First Edition have such aspirations? Who knows? youtu.be/Qj_QykPQ2_s?...

UH thrashed Texas A&M to clinch its seventh straight Sweet 16 berth, which will be held at Toyota Center next week. bit.ly/4cX0u6d

Show somebody who absolutely rocks a hat and isn’t Indiana Jones. youtu.be/ldPE8H2drM8?...