At age 15, Oakley defeated traveling marksman Frank E. Butler in a shooting contest. Butler was so impressed that he began courting her. They married in 1876 and remained partners in life and performance for 50 years. When Oakley died in 1926, Butler was so devastated that he died 18 days later. /5

This is important. “More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…its members “believe deeply in the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years,” such as the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power.”

Just ran across @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social in the Discover feed this morning. If you're interested in fabric art and exquisite quilt art, check her out. You might want to give her a follow. She's on the Blue Team too!

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Almost finished planting the garden this morning. Only 2 more beds to go.

Flowers are blooming.

We don't have a health care system, we have a system of health care rackets. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

GOP: "What is this bitter taste in my mouth?" Virginia voters: "That's the taste of your own medicine. Enjoy."

'This Is a Wake-Up Call': Critics Disgusted as Billionaire Bezos Guts Washington Post www.commondreams.org/news/bezos-w...

APPROVED! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.

"Palantir is not just a problem of profiteering from our national healthcare system— it's a fundamental threat to the democratic control of our public infrastructure + the privacy of every citizen. By giving our taxes to this company, we are aiding their operations everywhere." tinyurl.com/3ejuyv89

Oh my. She laid 5 eggs! 🥚😁

Well, I just got a fright. We have a hook on the garage landing that we hang a bag on to hold grocery bags until returning to the store recycle bin. I walked out to put a couple in the bag and a wren flew at my head. Startled the hell out of me! 😂 Damn things will build a nest anywhere.

I said I needed a new hand cultivator so hubs surprised me with this handcrafted one from Fisher Blacksmithing in Bozeman, Montana. 😳

I saw someone on here arguing the other day that you don’t own a book, you only own a license to the book and the book itself is a token of the license. I assure you, I own my books. I can lend them out. I can read them aloud to my child. I can sell them to other people. I can hit you with them

The application has remained stable since approximately 9 PM PDT, April 16 despite ongoing Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. We have not seen any evidence of unauthorized access to private user data. We will provide our next update on or before the morning of April 20.

THE SENATE IS VOTING ON THE BOUNDARY WATERS RIGHT NOW! Tonight, while most people are watching TV or putting their kids to bed, the U.S. Senate is taking a vote that could permanently end protections for one of the most beloved wilderness areas in America.

UPDATE: L.L.Bean YOUR voices were heard. After significant pushback from the outdoor community, L.L. Bean is joining the Save the Forest Service movement. Their LinkedIn statement says it all:

We. Need. Rain. It's too early in the season to be this dry. 😟

Garden plan done. Hubs just has a couple of small repairs to the drip lines and we'll be ready to plant! Yay! 😊

Food for thought: In '24, 245M Americans were eligible to vote. just 73.6 % of those (174M) registered to vote. just 154M of them actually voted. US voter turnout ranked in bottom 1/3 of all democracies. This is how democracy dies. Too many people have taken too much for granted for too long

🎁We visited his garden in '08. It was a weekday with no one else there so we got a personal tour. He was so kind & gracious, telling anecdotes and answering questions. He also did metal art composed of found items. I remember a fountain he did that I especially liked. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/a...

Not even 6 in the morning, and Hungarians are already lining up to vote! Hopefully get rid of Orban and Russians once, and for all! #cdnpoli

"Homecoming" #synthart #Artemis

Trumper. You know what to do.

America's money goes to Hungary. To Argentina. To fund wars in Iran and invasions of Venezuela. It goes to kill shipwrecked survivors. To ICE, who shoot US citizens and build concentration camps Our money seems to fund death and destruction all across the globe But it never goes to help Americans

I'm old enough to remember when this was called election interference.

So much winning 🙄

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From a post: “Told my wife to have dinner ready by 6 or I'll obliterate her entire civilization. So anyway, she now charges me a fee to use the bathroom that used to be free, and I didn't get any dinner, but I'm pretty sure I won that exchange.”

At the end of the day, with a glass of wine, gardening is its own reward.

The Art of the Deal. 🤨 🙄🤦 www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..

There is no pivoting from genocide. There's no refocusing on kitchen table issues--a madman with an itching to drop nukes is threatening to eradicate a country. There is no planning session for this, there is only action.

An upcoming Montana ballot referendum would deny corporations the power to spend in state and federal elections. If it passes in deep red Montana, it could pass anywhere. State by state, this could effectively nullify Citizens United. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fPbGHe3xE

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Had a satisfying dinner tonight of roast beef and potatoes, beets and carrots. Also, can't forget the deviled eggs 😋🍽️

Meanwhile Prof Tim Snyder is also issuing warnings about the same.

Good discussion.🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/o...

BYOB 😂

They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science, the kind you literally cannot restart once it’s gone. #USForestService

Yeah, I always have to go at the last minute too. 😂