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If anyone is in any doubt about which are the most horrible regimes on the planet just look at the list of those who think it is fine to drill baby drill for their own profit and burn baby burn the rest of us. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Effective tax rate paid by Jeff Bezos from 2014 to 2018: 0.98% Effective 2025 federal tax rate paid by Amazon: 1.4% Typical tax rate paid by the average American: 14.5% Just thought I should point that out.

A Super El Niño is coming. The last time ocean temperatures looked like this, millions died. Reshare. Earthlyeducation

Good ☀️day morning all! “I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.” Harry S. Truman

An Acorn Dreams

Sunday Inspiration: Do Not Be Daunted Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.—The Talmud

Helen Mirren in her Fulham flat in 1975

The #ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are intimately interlinked. "Low oxygen levels coupled with faster deoxygenation make tropical rivers more vulnerable to hypoxia events." phys.org/news/2026-05...

This bird has been walking the Earth for 2.5 million years. It watched mammoths go extinct. It is essentially unchanged. Their call can be heard from 2.5 miles away, produced by a trachea that coils inside the chest like a French horn!/ #nature #birds #birding #nebraska #wildlife

Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )

If you never read the book or saw the movie, you missed one of the greatest Pulitzer Prize winning sagas ever written. To dishonor Alex Haley like this is disgraceful.

I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it William Shakespeare

Pacific Loon breeds in the Arctic tundra and winters on the Pacific coast, from Alaska to Mexico 📷: John Crawley #birds

At a time of war in the Middle East, the US has no ambassador in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Iraq or Kuwait. At a time of war in Europe, there is no US ambassador in Russia or Ukraine. Altogether some 115 of 195 ambassador posts are vacant. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Government Seizes Farmer’s Land to Build Airport for Corporate Jets and Business Hangars - AgWeb Government Seizes Farmer’s Land to Build Airport for Corporate Jets and Business Hangars - AgWeb www.agweb.com/news/busines...

Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌

Butterfly eggs, perfected micro-geometry which distributes stress across the shell resisting impact, pressure and deformation.-Alix Willemez

When DAVID BOWIE attended PETER SELLER’s 50th birthday party in L.A. in 1975 he put together an impromptu band called ‘Trading Faces’ - including Bowie (sax), Bill Wyman (bass), Ron Wood (guitar), Joe Cocker (vocals), Jesse Ed Davis (guitar), Keith Moon (organ, vocal, drums).

Sunday Inspiration: Gratitude Since I’m not sure of the address to which to send my gratitude, I put it out there in everything I do.—Michael J. Fox

Here are some nice mushrooms

Here are some nice mushrooms

Gustav Klimt was 17 years old in 1879 when he drew (with charcoal and black chalk) this portrait of a young girl. His superb technical ability as a draughtsman is evident even as a teenager in the way he uses shadow to create a three-dimensional picture on paper.

Such a beautiful and loving story! ❤️🐄

To be fair, maybe they actually *meant* "Untied States"? www.wired.com/story/the-ju...

“Sunlight has to travel 93 million miles to reach the Earth, but none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz,” says Bill McKibben.

#OnThisDay, 1 May 1944, South African Phyllis Latour parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive. She's never captured. She died in 2023, in New Zealand. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 🗃️ 1/2

Little Diego Pavia arrives at Ravens training camp.

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment has added a new question to test for early signs of mental impairment.

Norway sold 12 petrol cars in February 2026. Out of 7,272 new passenger car registrations, 98% were fully electric. Just 67 diesel & 12 petrol cars were registered. Hybrids? Only 66 in total mostly plug ins. More in my new Substack newsletter coming out every 7 days. Sign up here: t.co/In5lBaF2ox

Hoverfly (family Surphidae) Of the genus Asarkina this is a small fly with large compound eyes & bright yellow or orange markings that mimic bees or wasps for protection through Batesian mimicry. Photo by Webby Jr taken in South Kalimantan,Indonesia #hoverfly #pollinator #wildlife #indonesia #nature

We just dropped a limited batch of $5 tickets at gothamfc.com/mayor for the Gotham FC May 9th home game vs. Boston Legacy. I'll be there. Will you? Grab a $5 ticket at gothamfc.com/mayor before they're gone!

Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus): This butterfly has a fast flight and can frequently be observed hovering over herbal plants to take nectar. Photo by Jay Spring taken in Mission Viejo, California, USA. See more from Jay at: www.springphotos.net #tiger #swallowtail #operationpollinate

Temperance River Falls, part of the Minnesota Boundary Waters, currently under threat of revoked bans on toxic mineral mining #temperanceriver #falls #minnesotaboundarywaters #minnesota #nature #naturephotography #wilderness #publiclands #canoe #BWCAW #boundarywaters

Congratulations to @stephenking.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor!👍 (Novels/Novellas: Approximately 65 to 67 Non-fiction books: 5 books. Short Stories: Over 200 Pseudonyms: 7 novels were published as Richard Bachman. Frequency: He has published at least one book almost every year since 1974)

Sorry HogsBreath, We're Sticking With Mark Kelly, Senator, Astronaut And Navy Pilot.......

Acting CDC head cancels publication of a study showing Covid vaccine sharply cut odds of hospitalization and ER visits. Agency veterans say they've never seen an article pulled after being cleared by scientists and scheduled for publication. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, Georgia

Yesterday we enjoyed fabulous views of Orcas as they cruised from Burra south and then east to Sumburgh, Shetland. We identified them as four members of the '140s' pod - one of the least known and recorded pods in Shetland waters. 🖤🤍 #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

This is your reminder that it's been ten months since the assassination of Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, and there hasn't been even a hint of justice for her family, friends or colleagues.

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces. 249 years later, we have this idiot.

“Superpower Suicide” is a concept to help understand the approach of the Trump regime to the rest of the world. We are fighting a war for no reason we can name, losing it, and covering our defeat with genocidal and apocalyptic propaganda. snyder.substack.com/p/superpower...

The sooner the better. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A remarkable find in Maui! We identified the 96th hawksbill turtle in Hawaii and named him Cousteau, highlighting the importance of marine conservation efforts.

Cartoonist: Daniel Medina