At least a few people who once liked Trump must now see that he is embarrassing and ruining America If he can't *clean a pool* without stealing money from us, hiring the wrong people, overpaying, conspiracy-theorizing, lying to us and calling in the Guard, he can't run a country

‘Father’ and ‘dad’ are synonyms. ‘Figure’ and ‘bod’ are synonyms. But, a ‘father figure’ and a ‘dad bod’ aren’t exactly the same thing…

... This was an unusually good evening for photos: bsky.app/profile/dj-a...

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The biggest problem we face as a nation is that we’re using adhesives that are too strong for the packaging materials they’re affixed to.

America is already great

I can't claim to have read all of them, or most of them, or even many of them, but all the same this surely has to be on the short list of best profiles ever written in the history of magazine journalism.

Swamping the drain

Ken Bone’s Wario

The NYT photo is from 2002. If you’re wondering “Has this guy been turning more into Paul Bearer since then” you better believe the answer is yes

My great grandchild: grand papa, how did you celebrate the semiquincentennial? Me (92 years old): well, mostly by learning the chemical processes involving pool painting and the phosphate cycles of algae blooms

A few more photos from a recent #SloughPeeping tour. Spring on the prairies is really something. Drive out on the grid. Stop at every slough or wet ditch. Enjoy. (Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Black Tern, Cinnamon Teals) #birds

I just learned that fruit flies have courtship songs? tearing up thinking of them singing out to each other in my kitchen before they plunge to a swift death in my soap and vinegar trap 😭

And now… he bubbles for you #birds

Have a peaceful evening.

Petite piping plovers Sea Rocket's new baby birds at Montrose Beach Dunes

Wingspan, baby...

🐣🐣🐣🐣 The day we have waited for, worked for has come! All 4 chicks have hatched. Our work carries on as we continue to support Sea Rocket and Imani and their chicks. Thank you, as always, for your support. 📸: Chicago Piping Plovers (June 15, 2026, eggshell flown from nest)

Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

Obsessed with this 1735 illustration of hammerhead sharks from Japan

Jolene had her first swim in Lake Michigan today. Probably also her last.

Another perfect evening in Chicago

It’s forbidden jump rope time #ILwx #WXsky

Introducing........ The Pigeon Bag!!!! 🎉🐦 Available for preorder this Saturday, National Pigeon Day! 🪶

“I’m afraid I can’t fulfill one of my most important and vital constitutional duties, as I have to pose for this photo op.”

it's a big claim, but i may have found the most mental youtube video

All snark aside, sad to see a lot of tree damage at the south end of Jackson Park and the South Shore Cultural Center.

Impressive satellite view of destructive storms marching across the Midwest this afternoon.

When your doctor keeps calling in other doctors and saying, "You've gotta see this"

Well, I think it's fair to say that this was a surprise for everyone involved.

Our summer editorial intern @byemmadenes.bsky.social is coming out swinging with a fantastic first Audubon magazine byline: www.audubon.org/magazine/10-...

An embarrassingly mealy-mouthed answer here to a @nytimes.com reader question in The Morning newsletter. Providing some context is good, but the response should have started with, No.

Immigrants & asylum seekers are not our enemies. They are not responsible for the austerity, privatisation, erosion of civic life, thinning of democracy and concentration of power we suffer. But they're being punished for these things. Punished at the behest of the very people who *are* responsible.

Some heroes don't wear capes

I wrote about them last year for @chicagomag.com: www.chicagomag.com/city-life/th...

Bird elevators at The Rookery, Chicago

Incredible quote

Marsh drama! American Avocet with serious velociraptor energy decided Black-necked Stilt needed to move along and make it snappy! #birds #sloughpeeping

I work in federal environmental policy and I've read E&E Daily in the morning, Greenwire in the afternoon, and E&E News PM in the early evening just about every day it's been available since 2013 as well. There's no other reporting with this detail, and diluting it will make us less informed.

OMG did you see Heavy Weather’s cover?

Little Pink Sunrise for You and Me. This morning in Chicago at the Hancock Building.

he looks like he lives on a hot dog roller

OMG did you see Heavy Weather’s cover?

Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence.

Ivory-billed Woodpecker seen at Malheur Natl Wildlife Refuge. Irrefutable proof. #birding?

Utterly shameful for the United States Secretary of Defense, the hinge in the chain of command that orders troops into battle, to say this out loud, much less at a commemoration of D-Day.