Potluck contribution

Champaign/Urbana/etc people: TIL there's an exhibit of revolutionary war artifacts at the Champaign public library through the weekend: www.champaigncountyhistory.org/america250

Ich did not make thys, but Ich wisshe Ich did. Repost yf you are a proud member of the Gen AI Backlash.

Read. The. Alt. Text.

A Little Owl was rescued after falling down a chimney. South Essex Wildlife Hospital reported he was "dirty and dehydrated but soon on his way back home". Want to donate to SEWH? southessexwildlife.org/donate Source: fb.com/555952912555... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

...Did I mention "Danegeld" earlier in the week? "The strait is also, as of this week, a toll road. The IRGC verifies vessels on VHF radio and charges up to $2 million per transit, payable in cash, cryptocurrency, or barter. At least eight ships have paid."

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky

Aurora from Central Illinois tonight

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I made a feed, it's an ongoing collection of things Mike Johnson haven't seen or heard about. bsky.app/profile/numb... Based on great clips posted by @atrupar.com

Alan Cumming on bathroom bills: "Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."

Test drove a Rivian today. That was pretty awesome.

Kermit the Frog for Earth Day

Awesome day at the "hands off" protest in Champaign Illinois

The H Mart Grand opening in Urbana this morning was wild!

For the three years we have had an aquarium, Remus has ignored it. Two days ago he suddenly became fascinated. (We had to move the chair there to keep him from scaling the wood cabinet.)