‘We are all too busy looking for value in the places where we have been conditioned to find it. Too often, without our realising it, those are the places where value has been captured by others.’ David Runciman on keeping score. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Chums! Baby Dog here. I think Ron might be in a Bad Mood. He doesn’t want to play the Back Leg Game with me, and we usually play every day! I was even going to let him win! Can one of you have a word with him please?

New Jersey has sued GEO Group, the private prison company running the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark. Contrary to MarkWayne’s lies, 300 immigrants are on a hunger and work strike to bring attention to inhumane treatment, inedible food, and lack of medical care.

‘In 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, Carrie Rickey coins the term “Vardolatry” to describe the almost worshipful regard for her talent. Though recognition arrived belatedly, Agnès Varda was that rare thing: an unforgotten feminist filmmaker.’ Lili Owen Rowlands on the director. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Upper Liberty Gorge Cascade on Cascade Brook in The Flume Gorge park. 2.2 mile loop. $18 entry. 7/8/25. 44.0971438, -71.6813448 #art #waterfalls #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotogtaphy #hiking #outdoors #NewHampshire #NewEngland

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advances to the mayoral election in November.

Linocut by Hazel McNab ‘Tree Reflections’ 2022. Size 33 x 33 cm.

The 'Sea Pinks' are out in force (Armeria maritima to be less colloquial).

The theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #HiddenInPlainSight. I didn't see this barred owl at first. But when I did, it was amazing. It just sat on a low branch staring at me. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

The EU saving the world from bad technology once again: User replaceable batteries are back. Thank you European Parliament!

Trump under fire in court as judge strips down his order to restrict mail voting www.rawstory.com/trump-voting...

Too tired to deal with today! Maybe I’ll do better tomorrow. Or not.

Bill Pulte now runs American intelligence . Bills dad, Mark Pulte, is one of 3 men in the staged auction of the Maison de l’Amitié, Epstein setting the floor, Pulty the counter-bid, DT the buyer who laundered $50M before the house was flipped to Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev.

When the tree spirits find Dryad's Saddle ... #mushrooms #fungi #ecology #nature #beauty #foraging themeaningofwater.com/2023/05/28/w...

And 35 years later, Milli Vanilli achieved greatness by promising not to sing

My God it’s almost as if the writers of the 14th amendment knew exactly when they were saying when they made it eligible for anybody who’s led an insurrection to become president or hold high office again it’s it’s like they were prescient!

Wyoming is beautiful! This is from the overlook just south of Afton, WY ⛰️

Nature is a beautiful thing. riverwindphotography Brink of the Lower Falls, Yellowstone River www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cjz...

You never know what you’ll find in the woods of Connecticut. I estimate the combined drop of these two waterfalls as only ~15 feet, but I think what they lack in height, they make up for in overall interest. #timothykeeneyphotography #photography #landscapephotography #waterfall #connecticut

I wish I could write like this. And I wish Lindy West wrote tutorial papers in psychometrics. (Source: Lindy West, 2019 essay collection 'The Witches Are Coming')

The European Parliament is ditching Google as its default search engine in favor of French service Qwant. (That’s the one I use too!)

🍷 + 🫒 #oilpainting #art

We should be using solar, wind, geothermal, and every renewable technology we can to power our communities, to empower people, and reduce poverty everywhere.

Michael Beggs Bay of Fires East Coast Tasmania Australia

——————————————— EUROPEAN WEEPING BEECH Halifax, Canada | 2026 ——————————————— iPhone 16 Pro #forestfriday #thicktrunktuesday #photography #photographyofbluesky #phonephotography #mobilephotography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #classicmono #nature #tree #eastcoastkin

Farage on the murder of Henry Nowak: “(we) should respond with pure, cold rage” Farage on the murder of Sarah Everard: “We must not allow the tragic murder of a young woman to turn into attacks on men and attacks on the police” What changed?

‘One broker told me that he buys “conflict gold” from places such as the Central African Republic for around 40 per cent of its global value and then sells it to sanctioned Russians for much more than it’s worth.’ Claire Wilmot on Ethiopia’s gold. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I learned to say "Thank you" when people insult me. They don't know what to do after that. I'm not following the rules book as they understand it.

Omg!!! She won! @juliaelliott.bsky.social won the Carol Shields prize! Such a great collection! www.npr.org/2026/06/02/n...

#caturday #cats

Thanks Texas! We are rooting for you & James Talarico! 4000 Texans gave Talarico a standing ovation, in a recent rally IN KEN PAXTON’s county! Why? Because Talarico is the real deal, a real Christian and an ethical, moral guy with character that WILL get affordability /solutions for TX

Happy birthday Liverpool Football Club❤️🎉🎈the most successful club in the country with by far the best song in football history! Here’s Jurgen talking about what that song means to us reds #LFC #YNWA

Still talking about himself in the 3rd person. Mussolini also did this.

How many of us feel in a cold rage today? Mine is directed at Farage & this comment on yesterday's Guardian piece by John Crace is spot on. The writer uses a pseudonym or I would credit them but, to whomever he or she is, I say bravo.

another day of home renovations - Finn hides under my bed but Mia is completely unconcerned

Zohran Mamdani signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing kids' bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch the Knicks in the NBA Finals. Watching his mayoral run is one of the few bright spots in our political landscape.

Special & fleeting moments from the ancient cloud forests of Madeira.

Oaks near Sheepstor last month, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #trees #moss

Mama came over to show me her babies.❤️ #birds #mallardduck #photography #birdsofbluesky

Very interesting that same crowd that has complained for years about renewables "needing subsidies" (all energy technologies are/were subsidized at some point) seemingly has no problem with *taxpayer money* being used to "buy off" private energy companies: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Ernest Crichlow (American | 1914 - 2005). Untitled (1942, oil on masonite).

Pic of the Day…Pretty Presentation ☀️🌴🌊 tropicality.com #beachday #beachlife #beach #travelphotography #islandlife #beaches

Rick Wilson mocks J6 rioters. “None of you were owed a dime. The fund was never about justice. It was a slush fund, a loyalty bribe, taxpayer money laundered through a fake lawsuit Trump filed to compensate the people who beat cops with flagpoles in his name.” 👏 www.rawstory.com/slush-fund-j...

Little Jimbo is on the mend. He is starting to get his little strut back! Still loves to run straight back to his bed though

Borb

Kenny sold out Texas and Texans countless times, vote for Talarico vote for TEXAS

It turns out I'm a single issue voter and it's treat my people like we're people

Dogs, Hands, Oh My….

‘Behnam waved at the tables around us. ”I run my online class from here. When students don’t have the internet for ninety days, you can’t ask them to do research. We send exam questions, they cheat, and we pretend not to notice.”’ Raha Nik-Andish in Tehran. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

Happy Pride Month, y'all. Especially to Huntington Beach leaders, where voters are set to vote for Congressman Robert Garcia in today’s primary, who would represent the town that banned the Pride flag after his likely victory in November. www.advocate.com/politics/ele...