Apparently I’m a really good cat. 😻

Ruskin Spear (British, 1911-1990). Cat in a cardboard box (oil on board).

I'm trying to remember whether the 70s oil crisis coincided with the Loony Tunes at the gas station era, or was the crisis what freed up oil companies from the gimmicks? Damn those glasses tho.

Look at the women at NASA. They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points. And they are doing it all with joy.👇

🐾🐱🧡🐶🧡🐱🐾 In these dark times, we have one constant ray of sunshine in our lives. Our pets. Cherish them today and always. #nationalpetday #adoptdontshop #caturday #dogsofbluesky

"The judge concluded his opinion with an unusually sharp rebuke of the Trump administration: 'Suppression of political speech is the mark of an autocracy, not a democracy — as the Framers recognized when they drafted the First Amendment'...” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

REMINDER: Saudi Arabia does not want the war in Iran to end before there is regime change. The Saudis are paying a top U.S. negotiator, Jared Kushner, tens of millions annually. The negotiations just ended without a deal, exactly what the Saudis wanted.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio at UFC in Miami tonight as diplomatic negotiations with Iran fail (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AFP via Getty)

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone. Don't fall for it.

Won’t someone think of the boaters is a refrain I often hear.

He’s just staying in office so he can stay out of jail

He’s just doing wars so he can stay in office.

One side of the coin features a skull, which has glowing eyes, a helmet, and mask. That grim visage, which is flanked by a pair of assault rifles, appears above the words: “OPERATION METRO SURGE MINNESOTA” and “ONE NATION UNDER GOD.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/staff-a...

Letter: Emily Green is right that morals are critical to good governance. But religion? Religion has nothing to do with it.

4/ ... in individuals after COVID-19 compared to uninfected controls": www.jacionline.org/article/S009...

2/ "With iMCD, just as with #COVID-19, it is the body’s hyper-response that’s deadly rather than the disease itself, and this study gives us new clues about why the immune cells are out of control and what we can do to rein them in": www.knowrare.com/blog-v2/davi...

1/ People living with #LongCOVID & #ME/CFS, don't give up 👇 "A woman who lived with three life-threatening autoimmune diseases for more than a decade has returned to a near-normal life after a cell therapy reset her wayward immune system": www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

"The Georgia Department of Community Affairs says more than 500 families statewide will lose the voucher on June 30. The federal funding cutoff could put hundreds of Georgia families at risk of eviction and homelessness..." www.11alive.com/article/news...

A bit of humor for you to brighten your day.

Wild that Trump has sent his son in law who has billions in business deals in the Middle East to negotiate with Iran and that isn’t a scandal that will end his presidency or even really mentioned by the networks

When he launched this war, the President vowed regime change and “unconditional surrender.” What has he gotten? We went from Ayatollah Khamenei to Ayatollah Khameini Jr. - and are now negotiating over a 10-point plan written by the Iranians.

I cannot emphasize enough how wild it is that the us del is only five ppl, 3 of whom lack expertise on anything material to negotiation.

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MOSCOW, Idaho (FāVS News) — During a town hall at an Idaho University, Wilson and his fellow pastors pitched a vision of America with no LGBTQ+ rights, no divorce and no voting rights for married women. Wilson has gained notoriety for his Christian nationalist views and his ties to Pete Hegseth.

Folks….

I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.

We have the President's son-in-law, who is lifelong buddies with Bibi and on the payroll of the Saudis (who, to be fair, aren't getting their $$ worth). We have Trump's developer buddy whose spawn is in the fake $$ business with Trump's spawn. And JD, fresh off doing Putin's bidding.

There's some coverage of JD's help for Russia's Hungarian puppet. There's some beat sweeteners abt how poor JD Vance has to try to clean up Trump's disastrous war. But little abt how JD went directly from sucking up to Iran's patron to negotiating "for the US" in Pakistan.

There is no place in our country or the Democratic Party for those who abuse women and girls. I stand with the courageous survivor who shared her story. Congressman Swalwell must leave the Governor’s race immediately.

Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.

Killers. Mass Murderers These psychopaths ENJOY inflicting pain and suffering on innocents

I know it’s crazy, but as an alternative, White House staffers could simply choose not to commit any crimes.

Splashdown! Vehicle is stable and upright. “A perfect bulls-eye splash for Integrity and its four astronauts!” #Artemis

“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...

ICE agents shot another driver -- on Tues. He had just asked to call his wife. They shot him six times. One bullet his jaw. Now he can't speak and has been mostly unconscious. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

Is it any wonder? I have always been a huge fan of Dolly Parton. We're the same age, same height, share the same values, but she can sing better. And she has more Grammys. I've always wanted to meet her!

I wonder about the mind that looks at the Statue of Liberty and is like “what if she had fuckin wings and eagle attendants?”

Think about how many brains are being absolutely COOKED by sycophancy right now

"The annual rate of inflation hit 3.3%, led by a 21.2% increase for gasoline — the largest one-month increase at the pump since 1967." www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

For those of you who just can't get enough information about the Artemis heat shield, here's a paper about it: "Orion Heat Shield Manufacturing Producibility Improvements for the EM-1 Flight Test Program" ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citation...

we should treat these pardons as null and void as far as i am concerned www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

I hate when fantasy films I made a long time ago begin to come true in real life.

"Mississippi started getting outbreaks of whooping cough last year. In all, it tracked 146 cases, the highest number in 16 years. Whooping cough can be particularly dangerous for young children. A baby died in September..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

What could go wrong? www.wsj.com/finance/insu...

5) What other examples there are of key Trump aides ordering ICE to deport someone (Karolyin Leavitt's brother tried to do this with HIS Brazilian baby mama, with whom he was ALSO having a custody battle with).

3) Why the guy who imported Melania remains such a central player in Trump's world 4) Why he and JD were attempting to preserve Putin's chief puppet in Hungary this week

We can be fairly certain Melania's statement last night was at least partly an attempt to stave off Amenda Ungaro's claims bc AFTER she made it, Paolo Zampolli told the Daily Mail he would back her story under oath. emptywheel.net/2026/04/09/m...