Me: Where are all of my reading glasses? (I have 6 pairs.) (Searches entire house. Opens work bag.) Me: 1… 2… 3… 👓 🤦‍♀️

An American eel in the Chicago River? An angler’s rare find raises questions. blockclubchi.co/4dq6T8H

The 34-year-old twin brothers accused of deleting 96 government databases after getting let go by a gov contractor forgot to turn off a Teams recording, which caught them discussing their alleged crimes, according to prosecutors. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Federal prosecutors have asked to dismiss the criminal case against a woman accused of assaulting federal law enforcement officers in January during Operation Metro Surge.

Just in: State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified.

Breaking News: Cuba’s oil reserves have run dry, its government said, potentially plunging the country into more debilitating blackouts.

BREAKING: The Cuban government says CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with counterparts in Havana in the latest U.S. and Cuba talks despite tensions.

A bumblebee investigating the pink ruffles of a peony bloom, for #InsectThursday 🌱🐝 #Bloomscrolling #BugSky

Ready for my close up 🌱

Justice Thomas going Comstock Act isn’t surprising - he asked questions about it in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine but held his tongue (there was a presidential election after all, & SCOTUS hadn’t nullified the rest of the voting rights act yet)

Alito, in his dissent, rants about shield laws that allow blue state providers to mail mifepristone into red states like Louisiana. He complains that more abortions occur in Louisiana today than before Dobbs thanks to telemedicine abortion pills. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

(ABC News) - Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years .. abcnews.com/Business/tom...

"The evidence provided by the government so far largely consists of interviews with the agents on the scene, who contradict each other on key details."

In December, ICE agents fired shots at a St. Paul man, Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero, as he was fleeing arrest. The agency claims the shots were in self-defense, and that Rodriguez Romero hit officers with his car. But the agents’ stories contain major discrepancies.

More than $1.8 million at Gibsons steakhouses. $500,000 on Subway sandwiches. $170,000 at Lou Malnati's. Illinois politicians have spent millions of dollars in campaign funds at restaurants since the 1990s, according to a review of state records.

Had to update this as the Red Sox, Mets and Phillies were grey areas based on vague online policy info. THEY ALL ALLOW PASTA & OUTSIDE FOOD AND WE HAD PROOF!

Radishes taste like spicy dirt 🫜 Turnips however are the worst root vegetable

The flavor profile of beets

interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

The city is now juggling a defamation suit against Bowie and a workplace conduct investigation, her second. Piecing this all together took some time. The March 9 complaint against the Council Member was, ahem, heavily redacted by the city attorney’s office and HR… www.twincities.com/2026/05/13/s...

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. https://to.pbs.org/4ntAzq2

OH HERE COMES THE FRUSTRATION WITH THE STATE LEG. He calls out the cap on local levy funding. That's where it sounds like he wants to center his advocacy. LET US SPEND MORE ON OUR SCHOOLS.

Florida Politics hints that state money for the Rays could still come via the Public Education Capital Outlay, presumably on the theory that cramming Hillsborough College into a corner of campus to make room for a stadium is really a higher ed improvement.

@dbrauer.net @lauragmitchell.com @mplsalex.bsky.social tagging you because I know you all bike. Looking for suggestions for renting/borrowing bikes over Memorial Day weekend. Need 3 adults (preferably at least 1 ebike), 2 kids (8&10 y/o who can bike on their own).

i was hibernating when jamelle posted this great thread but agree with it completely tbh

The bottom is falling out on Trump's economic credibility — the central promise of his return to power. The inflation crisis that doomed his predecessor suggests he may not recover.

(Politico) - Americans are furious about the rising cost of living, and a series of internal battles on Capitol Hill this week is laying bare why Republicans are struggling to do anything about it. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Child: soon can mean lots of things. It can mean in the next 2 years. Me: I would like soon to mean in the next two minutes. Child: FINE!

Queen.

New from me. Buried in the staggering numbers of new anti-trans laws is another trend: more and more new laws are creating new criminal penalties. 1 in 4 trans people now lives in a state that has since 2022 created a new misdemeanor or felony penalty related to trans life.

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday. n.pr/4dDbaqu

“There are decisions you make because they’re strategically smart, and there are decisions you make because you can’t look yourself in the mirror if you don’t. “This one was the second kind.”

Tributes pour in for gay sports hero Jason Collins. ‘The real ones leave footprints that can’t be erased.’ @mollyknight.bsky.social @paulhudrick.bsky.social @edgeofsports.bsky.social @nbabeau.bsky.social - www.outsports.com/2026/5/12/24...

Breaking NYT: Brad Raffensperger received a "manifesto" deemed to be a "credible threat on his life" on Monday, the day before a suspicious object disrupted a campaign event in Macon. The handwritten document included a photograph of Raffensperger with the word "Boom" written across his forehead.

IU will play Purdue, Maryland, and Northwestern twice in the 2026-27 season. Click the link below to see all of the Hoosiers' Big Ten opponents. https://tinyurl.com/4ya4bfxk 

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WEEKLY BUZZ: Adult mosquito surveillance starts this week and we should have our first maps of adult mosquito control activity next week. We also have resources for Lyme Disease Awareness Month: mmcd.org/2026/05/11/w...

A Tennessee teenager calls her school board a group of “cowards” last week for not firing a member who hugged her and remarked that she was “hot” during a public meeting last month.

See if you can spot the effects of the Iran war.

Latest inflation report just dropped, and it came in hot, and slightly hotter than most folks expected.

Trump's war is driving up inflation: The consumer price index rose at a 3.8% annual pace in the year ending in April, up from 3.3% in March and 2.4% in February.

Really important story: How California Allows Teachers Reported for Sexual Harassment or Misconduct to Keep Teaching, by LRN partner Holly McDede @kqednews.kqed.org and @mrsimon22.bsky.social

i ordered a bouquet of peonies to be sent to my mom for mother's day. they arrived late. she sent me a picture when they arrived this evening, right when she opened the package. it wasn't peonies. it wasn't a bouquet at all. it was 75 loose tulips. the website doesn't even sell a box of 75 tulips.

For the first time in more than a decade, a leading pediatricians group has put out new guidance about recess, saying it's crucial for good health and good grades and should be part of the school day for students of all ages.

Six-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the Cuban government’s ability to maintain power despite months of sustained U.S. pressure ..” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

“Oh hello again bluesky friends, did you have a good Monday? I’m here to make sure it ends well with sunny spring Seattle walkies!”

Former FBI Director James Comey on the "grand conspiracy" probe: "They found an 81-year-old guy, Joe diGenova, to come back to government for the first time since Duran Duran was on the charts and lead an investigation."

We got curious after Brewers fans had a spaghetti 🍝 party in American Family Field. Commish looked up the food policies of all 30 MLB teams to find out which teams would allow this too. The MLB Spaghetti Policy. Imagine the pastabilities. sickos-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/the-spaghe...

Me: Because of the cruise ship situation Fanta executives: Yeah we're going to pass on your "Fantavirus" idea