Just to summarize where we are today, and what’s been accomplished…

Iceland—previously the only Arctic nation without mosquitoes—no longer holds that distinction. "The detection of mosquitoes just north of Reykjavík in 2025 reflects an ecological shift already underway," write Amanda M. Koltz and Lauren E. Culler in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4tg86pJ

SQUEEDLYDEE HONK

Everyone’s Poly In Space: @gwenckatz.bsky.social looks at sexual and familial relations in the science fiction of C.J. Cherryh!

A federal jury found that Live Nation, the concert giant that owns Ticketmaster, has operated as a monopoly in violation of federal and state antitrust laws, ending a closely watched trial in New York that could have far-reaching consequences in the music industry. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/a...

My phone once auto corrected Captain Beefheart to Captain bee fart. Can’t even get mad at that one.

BlueSky admin:

The Art of War is very funny once you understand it for what it actually is, which is Warfare 101 For Dipshit Nobles the intended audience is exactly people like Pete Hegseth

Trump rants his ballroom will feature "Bomb Shelters, a State of the Art Hospital & Medical Facilities,Top Secret Military Installations, Protective Missile Resistant Steel, Drone Proof Ceilings, Military Grade Venting, & Bullet, Ballistic, & Blast Proof Glass" Dafuq kind of ballroom is this?

Friendly Fyre Festival

If you have a supernova you'll wind up with neutrinos

Cartoon by Michael de Adder

I study racism for a living and can still manage to be shocked by how institutionalized it is. What do you mean they were giving tax-breaks to white supremacists celebrating treason? just a wild country

Think of it this way: using ChatGPT is like employing a scheming eunuch whose obsequious lies will make your life difficult and embarrassing.

Isn't it ridiculous that in January Trump invaded Venezuela and kidnapped their leader, and he's done so much wild shit since then that it's hard to even retain that information?

The PR guy at DoorDash is having a bit of a crash out

If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it. Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22

The President denied posting a photo of himself as Jesus while holding bags filled with McDonald’s burgers? Do I have that right?

Denmark has one of the highest shares of wind power in the world. None of it has to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

You know what would also help her afford her husband's cancer treatments? UNIVERSAL FUCKING HEALTH CARE JESUS FUCKING CHRIST HOW IS THIS GODDAMN COUNTRY STILL LIKE THIS MAYBE GRANDMA SHOULDN"T HAVE TO DELIVER FOOD LIKE A TEENAGER IF WE HAD A DECENT FUCKING SOCIETY!!!!!!!!!!

Trump is demonstrating the importance of credibility in international relations. He is not credible. He’s shown that others can’t trust what he says, and can’t act as if his stance will be the same tomorrow. He can’t communicate demands or make reliable offers. He made America’s word is worthless.

"A man - a man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team."

Casino Royale would have been a totally different movie if Le Chiffre and Bond had been playing poker against a table of dogs

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

The US government is now that guy outside applebees who deliberately shits his own pants theorizing cops wont arrest him because they dont want to touch him

“I did not have relations with that man Epstein.” 🤣

AirBnBee

Pivoting to Epstein to distract from Iran is quite the move

it's genuinely incredible that any time a beloved institution does something shitty, I think "private equity?" and then am right something like 95% of the time.

What if ABBA, but evil

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

Not me wondering now if THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS might count as mantasy (it isn't, anyway, it's guy-ence fiction) WICKHILLS might be mantasy though Or scrotepunk as I believe it's more popularly known

hell yeah this place rules

"He said very nice things about me." North Korea and Iran have a long history of cooperation on missile technology. In March 2026, Kim Jong Un stated the conflict in Iran proves NK's decision to possess nuclear weapons is "irreversible" and necessary to prevent similar attacks. Played, again.

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only

you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.

A movie couple who would definitely have a podcast

Right now Trump’s “little excursion” to Iran looks like a strategic disaster. Below is the 10-point plan. Iran gets everything it may want, most importantly control over the Strait of Hormuz which Iran did not have before the war and which is catastrophic to the whole world.

Let’s talk films greatest sword fights. Which given that we started with Rob Roy, you might think I’d segue into swashbuckler classics … Mark of Zorro, Scaramouche but no. Gonna hit you with Swordsman of All Swordsman, Dragon Inn, Black Tavern, Lady Snowblood, Zatoichi Challenged, Samurai Assassin

Kim: Three weeks of the war in Iran could have funded vision, hearing, and dental coverage for every senior in America on Medicare. I mean, it just gives you a sense of the trade-off.

Trump, Vance, Scott Bessent and others have sought to reassure Americans any short-term pain from the war will be outweighed by long-term gain, thinking his popularity will surge on that premise. They simply don't understand how much people hate him. They don't understand people at all.

We are in for one hell of a fire season. God help us.

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum under the Trump administration has deleted its teaching materials about links between Nazi racism and the Jim Crow laws: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

You're better off watching the SCTV conclusion, in which they mistake "lepers" for "leopards" with an unexpected payoff and the Christ doesn't stop at wine and turns water into cocktails.

Trump rarely swears publicly, and I’m struggling to think of a time he’s done so in writing. That sort of change is one of the first things I was taught to ask about when doing cognitive assessments.

Cherry blossoms in Japan.

when we're all unable to connect to use the internet, send emails, pay our bills, use our toasters, and god knows what else if AWS goes down, i want you to know now that i blame our lack of antitrust laws far more than i'll blame a foreign missile

The former television personality who leads the Pentagon keeps purging qualified military leaders — without cause — destabilizing the armed forces during a war. Seems like a big deal. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

We can’t wait to start riding with you! Our weekly ride w EE Pathways, DRHS, & R Community Bikes off May 27th. Over the summer, we acquaint residents w the easy ways to bike around @cityofrochester.bsky.social. A special emphasis is put on Bike Blvds and Trails. Spread the word! #ROC #RochesterNY