📽 | Mamdani ‘elimina’ simbólicamente la hora de dormir en Nueva York para que niños puedan ver a los Knicks en las finales de la NBA social.elpais.com/qj6…

This is rather beautiful and admirable.

#ICYMI “The pilot program is [a step toward] our enhanced Community Heat Response Plan to help all residents prepare for higher indoor temperatures during the summer,” said Ruth Noordegraaf, Director of Community Development & Well-being and IIDEA. #YGK www.kingstonist.com/news/kingsto...

New report suggests more global temperature records ahead 🌡️ A new report, produced by the Met Office for @wmo-global.bsky.social, shows there is an 86% chance that one year between 2026 and 2030 will surpass 2024 as the hottest year on record. Read more in the news release 👇 bit.ly/3PIkzEc

In a letter addressing European foreign ministers, NGOs stress that Israel's settlement plans render the possible future Palestinian state impossible.

Harambe would’ve turned 27 today. (Yes, he was killed the day after his 17th birthday.)

Enjoying sitting out by the river in what has now dipped to a delightfully warm temperature, watching the cygnets (and a couple of Egyptian geese) have their mid-evening nap

Even the storks in Ukraine are super brave. Mother stork gets killed by the Russians while protecting her four kids with her wings. Why do Russians kill storks? Russia is a terrorist state.

In Ukraine, storks are a national symbol of peace. This one just got a fish. Even in wartime, some things don't change. Some things are worth protecting even when everything else is on fire.

The Russian strike destroyed the entrance of a five-story building from the 1st to the 5th floor. 320 people sought psychological help.

The body of Russian citizen and film director Anna Tyts, who went missing after falling into the Greater Liakhvi River, has been found in South Ossetia.

I didn’t know about the earliest origin of Memorial Day until I was a grown-ass man —because some folks didn’t want us to. 2021: Memorial Day organizers cut the mic of retired Lt Col Kemter as he discussed how formerly enslaved Americans exhumed remains of soldiers to give them proper burials. 🧵

Scenes from Ankara. Police storm the CHP headquarters to remove Özgür Özel and his supporters from the building, following the court decision stripping him of the party leadership.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Stunning footage from Belgrade, Serbia. 🇷🇸 Tens of thousands of students and citizens gathered at Slavija Square to protest President Vučić, demanding early elections, justice, and accountability for government corruption. I stand with the brave people of Serbia! 🔥📢✊🏼 📹 Kreni-Promeni©

'Fjord' by Romania's Cristian Mungiu wins Cannes best film prize

Why are people replying with their complaints about policing in general instead of the RCMP specifically? Have a specific complaint about the RCMP, here you go: www.crcc-ccetp.gc.ca/en/rcmp-divi...

Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Tall. I had the honor of photographing this acrobatic couple (KJ and Aryeh) in the great hall of the Harlaxton manor house, Grantham UK. Fall of 2014. #photography #B&W

“Freedom to the regime prisoners!” Day 535 of #GeorgiaProtests Saturday march. 📷 Merab Metreveli

So Ukraine became the place that teaches reporters to survive this. The Kruk UAV Training Center has trained 200+ journalists since 2023, local and foreign, because the old international safety courses—tactical medicine, classic protocols—weren't built for a drone-saturated front.

Canada's Bill C-22 Lawful Access Act: www.parl.ca/Content/Bill...

*David Attenborough voice* "A group of male Waymos, which we call a DeathWish, circle around on a track in an attempt to attract the females. Note that some are flashing their lights to show their sexual prowess."

I’m seeing a troubling trend of progressives doing the far right’s work for them. The bots and sock puppet foreign based accounts seem to have an even spread through Carney and Canadian news accounts spamming talking points without context and spreading easily debunked lies. #canpoli #donbass

How winds above #Tibet quietly replenish water for nearly 2 billion people: new research phys.org/news/2026-05...

🇯🇵 Japan cleaner goes viral with spa-like service for plushies A worn-out Pikachu plushie, tired teddy bear or stained stuffed animal can all get a new lease of life at a Japanese laundry service, making beloved toys squeaky clean again.

Are the microphones auditioning for the Muppets?

French passenger from hantavirus ship tests positive, says health minister

A Greek passenger evacuated from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak has been placed in quarantine at Attikon Hospital in Athens. The passenger, whose identity has not been disclosed, has shown no symptoms of the disease, according to officials. www.ekathimerini.com/news/1303396...

Russian war criminals on the Pole of Shame outside the russian embassy in Ottawa, Canada. #RussiaIsATerroristState #VictoryDay

81 years ago, World War II ended in Europe. 8 May marks Germany’s defeat and its liberation from the inhumanity & tyranny of the Nazi regime. Germany was then given a new chance – to develop into today’s democracy, firmly anchored in the EU & NATO. I am deeply grateful for this.

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #InMotion, a bird showing any motion except flight. Black-tailed Godwits feeding in the estuary - something's in motion but I'm not sure what... @alan678.bsky.social #Birds

literally only the good surveillance AI is the one on my phone that tells me what the bird is

So Substack is a Nazi site that also has a financial disincentive for the writers there. I subscribe to a number of people there. If they start their own newsletter I'll support them. Should they move to another aggregate site my financial support will end/I'm out. My social media fatigue is real

Oaks in mist along a footpath near Sheepstor, I hope to see them again soon. Taken April 2024, #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #oaks

Some time-lapse cloud action from yesterday afternoon. One hour into eighteen seconds.

Check out this group of metal fans getting into some prohibited group head banging at #Beijing’s Strawberry Music Festival until a security guard wanders into the middle of the huddle. Everyone stops, laughs, “Nothing to see here”. #China

This lady does videos in the nursing home and is hilarious …..but I snort laughed hard yesterday at her tee shirt

In a story we definitely should have posted on #Caturday, the John Radcliffe Hospital has announced a 'kitten scanner' - a miniature replica MRI machine, to help reduce fear and anxiety, and therefore general anaesthetic, in children who need to undergo MRI scans. www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...

Audiobook giant Audible opened what it billed as the first "bookless bookstore" in New York on Friday as industry statistics show more American consumers embracing the format. u.afp.com/Sa7e

May Day is Labor Day in Taiwan - celebration of the work force

The Balcony, by Édouard Manet, 1868-69, 📸 by Sarah Stier

One of my favorite animal videos, probably taken at Disney's Animal Kingdom: four asian small-clawed otters racing back and forth across the grass like a troop of predatory socks, hopping up to try and snatch a butterfly out of the air.

On Monday, Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, will announce a new development related to the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre.

Canada approves second generic version of Ozempic reut.rs/4wbUnSP

Polls shows that majority of Canadians want it either banned or strictly regulated. As AI reshapes our economy, are our competition laws actually ready to protect your wallet? youtu.be/AZ3PI3rrUyc?...

About 110 years ago a woman testified to Congress on methods of transporting eggs that increased efficiency/reduced waste during WWI. Before she could even exercise her right to vote. She'd climb on top of refrigerated rail cars to check & chart temps. Went on to patent refrigeration methods.

Eight UN experts called on #China to account for new legislation that escalates Xi Jinping’s campaign of forced assimilation in Tibet and extends its reach beyond PRC borders. Our analysis: tibetwatch.org/chinas-legal... 1/4