Here it is, my annual reminder: don't spray spring dandelions with roundup. One flower can be visited by 100+ bees in a day, and your chemicals will kill all of them. 🌻

Internet's out at home, a cloud instance is down, our morning weather balloon just stopped transmitting for some reason. Definitely not coming up Milhouse so far today.

Can we please get past this idea that "The Algorithm" is somehow actually using our data in any useful way? My Instagram ads: how to grow my real estate business My email ads: "Widowed Senior Women Are Ready To Meet" My Reddit ads: new toys for your kids I mean, not even remotely good.

At one of the professor review websites, I have received a review of “Bro is a chiller”. 😄 Kind of afraid to scroll down, won’t be many better than that.

Cute shelf cloud tonight about 6:45, and 30 minutes later, we launched a balloon through the shallowest little cold pool. About 100, maybe 150 meters, of "cold" air.

Renea Gamble, the woman who wore a penis costume at a ‘No Kings’ protest in Fairhope, was acquitted on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 of criminal misdemeanor charges that included disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Very underrated tv dad, IMO

Getting sick of this kind of interaction, which I just had: Me: *This* use of AI seems bad. Person: BAN ALL TECH IN SCHOOLS MAKE EVERYONE WRITE BY HAND. Me: That maybe goes too far... Them: OH SO YOU SUPPORT CHEATING! YOU DON'T WANT KIDS TO LEARN! YOU SUPPORT OUTSOURCING THEIR BRAINS TO AI!

Timeline Cleanse: My dogs are part of a fundraising campaign for the University of Oklahoma's College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences. I am not sure how the photographer got these shots amongst the craziness of the photoshoot.

Yep, a severe thunderstorm watch! Mostly north of us, but extends just down to Bloomington. Chance of some hail and/or strong winds if we end up under one of these storms (which have really increased in number just in the last 30 minutes).

I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…

Quick count of automobiles while I waited for the bus this morning. Single occupancy: 28 Had passengers: 9 (24%) When you complain about the traffic, odds are, you are the traffic.

Hey Nintendo fans, do you recognize the tune that starts playing at about 0:18???

Hope one of them finds her bottle...

Creative. 🌹

"Matthew Dekay vs. Aktaisha - Time To Think (Forward Mix)" #nowplaying www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi3M...

This animation appears to capture ignition of a wildfire, followed by a northbound smoke plume. (TX PH)

I just want to thank @citybloomington.bsky.social for keeping Kirkwood open to cars this summer. Revving engines making conversation difficult, running stop signs making walking more dangerous, random cars blowing air horns at pedestrians. Thank you so much! (🖕🏻🖕🏻)

Saw a couple of people at the usual campus spot for graduation photos, adjusting each other’s collars and stoles and such. Photographer just standing there, looking impatient. No! 😞 Take those photos too! Those are sometimes the best ones! Does not have to be a fake pose to be a memorable moment!

Wormus Dei

Happy anniversary of the Rocket City Trash Pandas throwing a no-hitter and losing 7-5. Top of the 7th: - 5 walks - 4 hit by pitches - 1 fielding error - 1 wild pitch - 7 runs - 0 hits

Reading some things in my inbox this morning...

Yeah, "KCVG 072152Z COR 090905G16KT" will cause a plotting problem alright.

My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.

moon is a Florida State fan

Actually, the KDAX radar near Davis really captured the morning bird migration even better!

I love that James Breeding (referee in the national championship game) is instinctively reaching for the Precision Time pack on his waistband... that almost all major conferences use during the regular season but that the NCAA does not during its tournament.

The Year of the Blowout concludes tonight with game number 6,300. Percentage of games between top 50 teams that were decided by at least 20 points:

It has been a really nice morning in Bloomington but the day goes downhill within another hour or two.

Almost right underneath this photogenic cumulus mediocrus.

Are my new D4s better than your D4s? Yes. Yes they are. 😘 ♥️♥️♥️♥️

I did not expect to be jump scared by a Charles Barkley blimp during my commute. 😂

Happy ThinkGeek Remembrance Day to all who celebrate.

Here’s a video of a fascinating little critter from my daughter’s garden. Is it a bird? Is it an insect? It’s a hummingbird moth.  #nature #gardens #insects

Sick painting of the Rogers Centre

That big accounts use almost this exact prompt as engagement bait about once every six months.

A radiosonde from the NOAA launch site in Lincoln, Illinois landed just 20 miles from Bloomington yesterday, so I felt obligated to go and try and find it. First one I've ever recovered! 😁😁

Doctor #1: "it's a 6-month wait to see me about that." Doctor #2: "no, I can't prescribe extra so you can get through a month of travel" Weird online pharmacy: "buy whatever you want, we'll ship it tomorrow." 💊

If you're wondering how things are going, we just took ownership of an arcade cabinet running a DOOM mod where you battle mecha-spider Margaret Thatcher so

A fallstreak hole and the usual suspect

"The NCAA's intention in moving to a two-regional format was to create a better atmosphere with increased attendance." Imma tell y'all something, having worked with administrators at a state h.s. assoc. Consolidating is almost always done so there's less back-end work, less admin effort needed.

For all the folks watching Iowa-Illinois and the horn issue, I want to remind you of maybe the most memorable air horn game in tournament history: Hampton over Iowa State, in Boise, in 2001. Last 12 seconds on the game here. [1/2] youtu.be/MVUKaOC3rfk?...

ELITE EIGHT STUCK HORN 📯

another banner day for "if you didn't know sports were real, ESPN headlines would be crazy"

Nate Oats has perhaps the worst moral compass in men's college basketball and was responsible for the single stupidest storyline of the season, but unfortunately, he does produce extremely watchable basketball.

Got up before 6 a.m. to launch a weather balloon this morning, in the rain. I am currently all of the above.

Storms have finally fired in central Illinois with a trajectory that could bring them close to Bloomington in a couple hours. If those hold together, a definite wind damage and hail threat. Same as usual, unless one of them appears to have a tornado risk I'll probably not say much here.