Wayfinder quilt pattern #blueskyquilts #skyquilts Friday Art

World Migratory Bird Day.

Proposed Rule by Postal Service Could Allow Handguns to Be Mailed www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u... Do we really need people mailing guns to each other? How in God's name is the Post Office (or anybody) supposed to know whether the intent is "lawful" (or unlawful) purposes!

Not many from this generation remain.

The No-Bid Contract That Is Turning Washington’s Reflecting Pool Blue www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u... "government documents obtained by The Times say the contract has already cost far more than Mr. Trump said it would, and that repairs would be needed again far sooner.

May 8, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... "after voters in Virginia turned out in record numbers to approve a new temporary congressional district map on April 21 ....the Virginia state supreme court struck down the referendum." Trump's gerrymandering war: truly a perversion of democracy.

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge Day 5:

May 8, 2026. 81st Anniversary of VE day. My Uncle Joe was on Shore Patrol at Rockefeller Center awaiting transfer to England Hearing the roar coming from the direction of Times Square, he knew: the War in Europe was over. Once off watch, he joined the cheering crowd!

Just so we understand.

"Au fil de Loire" (Along the Loire) by Patrick Commecy in Brives-Charensac, France 🇫🇷 Patrick Commecy and his team transformed this once-blank wall into a vivid riverside scene inspired by the Loire. These mural paintings are called 'trompe-l'œil' in French (eyes cheat). #art #murals #streetart

There is zero reason for Data Centers to be using up resources. They are perfectly able to integrate solar panels to provide the electric they need and there are water cooling systems that use 70% less water called closed-loop systems or recirculating cooling towers. Don't believe the lies.

10 Reasons to Love Solar Power 1. Zero CO₂ to run 2.Infinite fuel 3.sunlight 4Cuts air pollution 5.Creates local jobs 6.Low water use 7.Price keeps dropping 8.Powers homes + grids 9. Works off-grid too 10. Energy independence Future-proof tech

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge Day 4:

“Siri, is there any downside to Americans finding it necessary to finance their day to day expenses on credit cards?!”

For Five Days, He’s Been Camped on Top of This D.C. Bridge www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u... I wish I had the guts and the creativity to mount a protest that would get this much attention.

Mamie Phipps Clark, PhD 1917 - 1983 Psychologist Dr. Clark’s research on child development and racial trauma, and her expert testimony, were crucial in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which ended school segregation in the United States. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #SheShed

May 5, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... "Reagan’s tax cuts required deficit spending that tripled the national debt: from $995 billion to $2.9 trillion—more federal debt than in the entire previous history of the country—prompting calls for cuts to social programs...

BUT: Where are the trained diplomats? We all know about their priorities: to make deals that will make them and the Trump family richer than they already are.

Trump Administration Demands Names of 2020 Election Workers in Georgia www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u... It's human nature to assume others approach life the way you do. Trump, who falsely accused Democrats of rigging the 2020 election is now busy attempting to rig the mid-terms.

On this day in 1968, five journalists set out to report about renewed fighting in Saigon—only one returned alive. Reporters Wallace Terry and Zalin Grant set out on a dangerous mission to retrieve the bodies of their colleagues. rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2026/02/wall...

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge Day 3:

Did you know that Gog and Magog are the #mythical, giant guardians of the City of London. Their carved figures are housed in the Guildhall, serving as the city's symbolic defenders since the reign of Henry V. If you get the chance to do the tour, do. It's fab! #photography #history #London

U.S. Revokes Visas of Board Members at Costa Rica’s Top Watchdog Newspaper www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/w... Has the First Amendment been revoked?

The Athena Bowl -- part of the Hildesheim Treasure -- was already an antique when it was stolen/lost in Germany, around the time Varus famously lost several Roman legions in the Teutoberg Forest. 🏺🧪

www.newyorker.com/culture/cove... This pretty much sums it up!

Happened upon a kids birthday party in a neighborhood park. Boys and girls were running around spraying each other with this stuff. The detritus was left on the ground. Liquid plastic I guess, smelled like petroleum. From here to the ground and ocean. WHY does a product like this even exist.

#OTD in 1944. An Italian resistance fighter. #WW2 #HISTORY

#BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge Day 2:

The most beautiful day for shelter doggies, adoption day. 🥹💙

May 4, 1926: Farming on the Alberta prairie. A farmer identified only as Whitlow sets out for the fields with his horses, and a homestead near Carstairs.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/01/m... “Schools are places where we create communities, where students learn what it means to be neighbors/citizens....” Can't do that on a computer!

“There go two daft ones now,” muttered the old Manxman. “One daft with strength, the other daft with weakness.” #MelvilleMonday

Did School Cellphone Bans Work? New Study Finds Mixed Results. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u... Pretty obvious: Kids still experience all the negative effects of cell phone use after school hours. Negative effects? We're all addicted. Just watch pedestrians crossing busy intersections.

#OTD in 1945, Lüneburg Heath, Germany. Montgomery accepts the unconditional surrender of the German forces in the Netherlands, northwest Germany including all islands, in Denmark and all naval ships in those areas. #WW2 #HISTORY

May 3, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... "We don’t have a sovereign foreign policy. We have superpower suicide.” Clearly, the man is off his rocker. Isn't there a single responsible adult in Washington that will take steps to remove him from office. 86 47!

The trees have clouds for leaves

For #WorldPressFreedomDay, here's to war correspondent Robert L. Sherrod, who ably captured for readers back home the brutal conditions on Attu in the Aleutians, and the human cost of battle, in a piece he wrote for "Life" titled “Company X on Attu.”

On this day in 1898, Septima Poinsette Clark was born. She became a tireless advocate for education and civil rights. Martin Luther King, Jr., called her the “Mother of the Movement.” Her motto was “literacy means liberation.” #WeTheMen

We wanted to give a shoutout to Raleigh, NC for May Day. ✊💚

Protesters clashed with the police outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick, where federal immigration agents brought a detainee for evaluation and later dragged him to a waiting car.

We went from "armed gunman mere seconds away from shooting the president is killed by Secret Service" to "guy with a shotgun falls down on a different floor well outside the entrance of the ballroom and we can't find the bullets because that just happens sometimes" awfully fast.

An old video of a Walmart worker recording the food that gets wasted is recirculating. 40% of the US food supply—114 billion meals—is thrown out annually making food the largest component of US trash. This is what happens when food is produced not to feed people but for profit.

Somewhere out there Someone is listening to birds instead of breaking news And the world feels kinder there ❤️ 📸MFCarter