This is an entire group of internally displaced trans refugees larger than the population of New Orleans Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Juniper Blessing sings “Se tu m’ami” in the finals of Canzonnette Italiane

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

Restoring watershed forests upstream of major cities delivers clean water, flood control, and climate resilience, at 10–50x the economic return of the restoration cost. Nature is the most valuable (and cost effective) infrastructure we have. #NatureBasedInfrastructure

Two Star Trek Webcomic Series Are Coming To WEBTOON… And They’re Officially Canon https://bit.ly/webtoontrek

I like to imagine that millions of years ago, velociraptors were out there doing similar dances.

Absolutely devastating read. www.them.us/story/slain-...

One of our pawpaw trees bloomed for the first time this spring! They aren't self-fertile so probably won't get fruit from it, but hopefully the other one will bloom too next year. I would love to get a pawpaw harvest! 🌱

i still don’t know what to do about it and goddamn has it ever gotten worse over the last few years. it got so bad so fast.

No, this isn't the mirror universe. This is the real world where people you've had decades long relationships with would see segregation and even slavery return without batting an eyelash.

wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖

Hey! Samuel Cockings make some really fun Star Trek fan films with great folks, in the tradition of so many Trekkies over the years from works like Hidden Frontier or New Voyagers. They're currently crowdfunding so wanted to share to the Trekkie folk out there. www.kickstarter.com/projects/201...

I love hummingbird moths. I remember catching one as a kid to prove to my grandfather that it wasn't a hummingbird. I loved watching them in the evening going to flowers. I don't see them where I live now 😔

That parking lot looks like it is partially paved with permeable material too for better water management. And I see EV charging too. We are falling so far behind the rest of the world...

"If she has her own house, what will she need me for?" I don't know, dude, maybe be cool and fun to be around and be happy for her success instead being whiny little sad-ass troll about it? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

This assumes that these people are making rational decisions (rational does not mean good morally) based on some plan beyond just getting money from investors in the short run and the crazy belief that current AI models will magically create a god like general AI that will change everything.

The Iran War has cost roughly $29 billion according to the Pentagon. The state agency I work for has had budget cuts of roughly $34.4 million over the last 2 years. Dozens of staff laid off and cuts to services and programs. Those cuts are only roughly 0.1% of the cost of the Iran War...

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

My heart breaks for the student, a 19-year old trans woman; for her family; for the LGBTQIA+ community at UW; and for all affected by this horrific loss. Trans people deserve to live without fear, free from the rhetoric and actions that fuel this kind of violence. She deserved so much better.

Good first step. Then add rank choice voting so the winner always gets over 50% of the vote and third parties would have a chance. And remove private (from the candidate) money and large donations in elections. Switch to only basic small donations matched by public funds. And no PACs.

A transgender student at University of Washington was stabbed to death. 💔 Transgender people face over four times the incidence of violence than do cisgendered people. The endless stream of anti-trans hate and misiformation from the right fuels that violence.

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-... For details on why used car salesmen are a linchpin to the GOP's powerbase, see:

the Democrats retaking the House and Senate, on its own, will not destroy the Republican project. The only way to do that is a broad, years-long cross-ideological commitment to break American conservatism's power base TL;DR congressional Dems must be forced into war with the used car salesmen.

And there was that recent story about a rich person from the Seattle area that threw a rock at a seal in Hawaii. Not just a Seattle issue, this is a rich person issue. Good economic policy would aim to have no poor and no rich. Just comfortable people without economic worries.

I really love our native purple riverbank lupins (Lupinus rivularis). Bumblebees love them too! Like other lupins they are nitrogen fixers and are really good in disturbed areas with bare ground or mulch. 🌱 🌰

Hold on let me get my Emergency Gosling Stairs out of my car 😂 ♥️ TT: potterhuahua - Vancouver, BC🇨🇦

I like Europe and the UK. Lived and worked there in the past. But as a millennial, by the time I can retire, the Gulf Stream may have weakened to the point where Europe's climate will be a mess. Though the climate is likely to be a mess wherever I live. Can we please fix that? 🤷🏻‍♂️

ah, there's that Democratic cowardice we all know and love

Happy birthday to Shohreh Aghdashloo, who played Commodore Paris in Star Trek Beyond. She grew up in Iran and was a big fan of the original Star Trek, watching it in Farsi with her family when she was a kid.

"One of the most profound things we can do is provide autistic people space to just be, so they can follow their internal compass, and live well." From @drmbothapsych.bsky.social's #INSAR2026 talk on autistic people steering autism research. (We are finalizing our INSAR 2026 coverage, stay tuned!)

If Republicans enact their planned gerrymandering, they can lose the popular vote by *4 percent* and *still keep the House.* www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

"F&ck the planet" by the New York Times

The more things change The more they stay the same.

1/ Tear gas was created to incapacitate grown men. So when I started seeing reports of kids hurt by tear gas deployed by federal immigration agents, I wondered how often it was happening. My colleagues and I started to count:

This sort of attitude is held by so many rich people... "When she confronted him, Schnitzer said he dismissed her concerns, allegedly responding, "I don't care, I'm rich," and later, "Fine me with whatever you want. I can pay for it.""

Be great to have solar panels over canals, over large parking lots, and on top of large box stores and warehouses. And then provide incentives for more on residential houses and plug in solar for apartments. So much potential if we focused on it.

A field of common camas blooming next to a tribal community center. Really beautiful and a fantastic native food plant. I wish more people would grow them in my area. I'm working on establishing great camas on my property. It doesn't mind the heavy seasonally wet soils I have at my place. 🌱 🌰

Obsidian Order acquired another meme today: ❤️🤘

The most hilarious part of this is that the recall only affects 173 total vehicles, because that's all Tesla's sold of its rear wheel drive model.

It’s just more evidence of the Republicans’ illegal takeover of our democracy. It’s too late in Virginia for voters to directly make decisions about district lines, but not too late for Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana to change lines by partisan fiat?

How the fuck does the GOP explain this? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

As Tennessee Republicans voted Thursday to approve an unprecedented Congressional redistricting map that would divide Memphis, protesters and Democrats pushed back with walkouts, protests resulting in arrests and burning a printed Confederate flag in the Capitol. nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/07/t...

one of the most dangerous truths of the modern era is this: all evidence-backed "wellness" and "life-extension" tactics are just basic diet and exercise. most people have very little they can do to impact their longevity besides regularly go to the doctor and get vaccinated, etc

All of our grape vines are getting flower buds this year. Can't wait to harvest lots of yummy grapes this year! 🌱

Apocalyptic aerial footage from east Gaza City.

Are you fuck'n kidding me? These fuck'n rich douchebags from #Laurelhurst, #Seattle are complaining that helicopters landing at Seattle Children's Hospital is causing them "discomfort" due to the "noise." They are forcing them to land elsewhere. WTF! Join us this Saturday. Let's make some noice!

I spotted this bird trying to chase off a garter snake while I was out doing some scything. I think it has a nest nearby in a clump of native plants. 🪶 🌱

Meanwhile, down in the undergrowth... A moment from the day of the insectivorous Chiffchaff. Tidy gardens don't feed birds. @rspb.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social #Birds #Warblers #RewildGardens 🦉