Spotted this magnificent barred owl earlier today on the Nickel Plate Trail. She’d fly ahead of me as I walked, pause in a tree, then fly ahead again.

Extremely cool map of NYC!

Earlier while cleaning I was hankering for some “Lucille” and “Gambler,” so I asked Alexa to play “best of Kenny Rogers,” but it returned this hot garbage. It’s Kenny singing mostly covers of the seminal works of other singers. open.spotify.com/album/5MjhIu...

The Internet is messing with my brain right now. Has it really only been four years since Sharon heated up that Marie Callender’s pie on the surface of the sun?

Canceled our annual Disney+ a while back (long before the Kimmel Kerfuffle) but was told service wouldn't officially stop until Nov. 19. Just got this email and had to double-check that cancellation was still on track (it is), but a $30 price hike for loyal annual subscribers seems a bit … goofy.

lol post-call Microsoft Teams survey

Hey, @kordcle.bsky.social … remember this? We were at this game! PD design team in Machaskee’s suite. I think we were among the last few left in the park by the time CLE bats came alive.

Grand Canyon fire adds to the 7.5 million acres of national parkland that have burned in four decades. @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

“I do think this is part of a broader effort number one to lay the groundwork for attempts to overturn election results that they don’t like in 2026,” said Jonathan Diaz, the voting advocacy director at Campaign Legal Center. Story by @erinmansfield.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Fun (fin?) look at the 50th anniversary of "Jaws" from @jennart3.bsky.social. #movies www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Same, but tbh I’ve tried with BS, and my user experience here has flat-out sucked compared to The Other Place, esp for general news and (in the fun dept!) NBA Finals content/commentary. Still hoping BS can get there but it has a long way to go.

Yammer's ghost would like a word.

Please talk to Zach for this, esp. if your theories go beyond my assumptions (some combo of high food/retail leases & captive audience pricing?).

Relatedly, our friends at @spiegel.de found Trump officials personal information publicly available online: www.spiegel.de/internationa...

Has there been this much hubbub at a performance of Stravinsky since the debut of Rite of Spring? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Teeth ain’t cheap, TF. Pay up! 🦷

Perhaps this is just the universe telling us it’s OK to let our guard down? [ackbar-its-a-trap.gif]

You know it’s serious when they break out the Webb. #asteroid www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

“Scrumtrulescent,” hands-down.

Loved the shout-out from Mirror Indy's Amanda Kingsbury in today's newsletter for the time I anthropomorphized a breaded tenderloin to explain how a bill becomes law in Indiana.

Cat for scale is ALWAYS a valid comparison. :)

"One person wrote on the NextDoor app …"

New from the @usatoday.com Graphics team: a detailed look at how Hurricane Helene devastated five states in September. www.usatoday.com/story/graphi... #storms #helene #news

From the #Christmas vault: a one-minute version of the "A Christmas Carol" cast with my favorite depictions of each character. www.indystar.com/story/entert...

I can't believe I'm coming up on my fifth year with the Graphics team at @usatoday.com! If you have room in your life for another year-in-review retrospective, here's a look at our team's terrific work from 2024: www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

This morning I added a pat of butter to the pastry (blank) side of a frosted cherry Pop-Tart, and I’ve been thinking about that all day.

Is this the year I finally unearth the box with my childhood Hot Wheels collection to see what’s parked in there? Here’s our @usatoday.com Graphics look at the vintage toy: www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Drone sightings continue in New Jersey with no evidence that they’re a threat, but answers are still elusive. Here’s our latest from @usatoday.com Graphics. www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Why do cold snaps in Florida make iguanas fall from trees? A quick look at the science: www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Anyone else getting besieged with AI space images on this platform? Any pointers on how to get them to stop? It’s out of control.

NEW: Most of the U.S. has a cancer risk from formaldehyde of higher than 1 in 100,000. Check to see how your block compares. propub.li/3ODkwW8

Helpful tips here as we head into peak food scrap season, via @jennart3.bsky.social

My workplace coffee chats typically stuck to football scores and random office gossip — maybe *occasionally* touching on stuff like the Yellowstone super volcano or the large hadron collider. This story would require more coffee!

Front page today with @alannguyen.bsky.social for our story on Thanksgiving dinner costs! www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

This is what happens when my inner 6-year-old pitches a Thanksgiving story idea. Also, keep your eyes peeled for Minnie — her invite to this party was LONG overdue! www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: https://propub.li/4i01FSv

Mesmerizing presentation for an absolutely nightmarish and slow-moving ecological disaster.

Foolishly checked ‘Art’ and ‘Space’ as areas of interest when I signed up and have been playing a steady game of block/Whac-A-Mole with accounts sharing AI nonsense. But I feel much more hopeful of that stuff getting policed properly here than other places.

Hey, gang! New guy here looking for an ice-breaker post, so here goes: searching for government agencies here, like ‘FEMA’ or ‘NOAA’ or ‘NWS,’ turns up zilch, but they’re still active on the old site. Will these kinds of critical agencies ever find a foothold here when the era of DOGE begins?