Wife of LA Clippers owner and billionaire Steve Ballmer steps in to save NPR with $80M

I keep getting told goods move by diesel truck Not China which is shifting to 100% electric trucking interestingengineering.com/transportati...

Xiao Qi. I love her art.

If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

20 years of pickup truck design progress in one photo

@4alberta4canada.bsky.social Tried to find the Populus app for Android. I'm not great with cell phones & can't find it. All I'm seeing are games when I search for Populus. Could you maybe email a link to those of us who have already signed up so we can start accessing the app?

I shouldn't have let my muscles atrophy over the winter. Only 3 1/2 hours with the chain saw in the yard and I've only ONE tree out of 4 'done'. Even that one, now I see needs one last bough removed. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Won't get that lazy ever again.

EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027. The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.

This is kind of huge actually.

Love France 🇫🇷 They understand the importance of the battery life of a Nokia 3310

Coastal hiking in Newfoundland, Canada is a treat for the eyes. Another view (last week) of the seaside cliffs near my hometown in Conception Bay North. #hiking #trail #ediacaran

MOTHS! Thought they were branch chunks! What great camouflage.

And in case not everyone knew yet: Ennio Morricone was a genius. I can practically hear the main theme of "Two Mules for Sister Sara" ringing in my ears...🙂 (4/4)

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) behind the scenes.

This angle - luv it. Looks like a Lego 'train engine'.

Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas Weighs In on Alberta Separatism Debate #alberta #calgary #albertanews www.culturealberta.com/articles/cal...

Missed hearing about that bet. Huzzah for all Calgarians that made this video possible! 🚿

A song shouldn't be allowed to rock this hard. This has derailed my entire day. I'm done. Getting nothing else accomplished today beyond listening to this over and over. youtu.be/JwHBxC05o0A?...

Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits

I'm seeing more print/text using the spelling Türkiye . 'Visitors' and 'outsiders' have changed location names to their own foreign preferences for centuries. Time to adopt a country's citizens use for THEIR spellings and have us foreigners adapt. And time for me to figure out how to key ü .👀

Hamburger buns are just structurally flawed. Like, the thinner part of the bun on the bottom - where you need the most support. Is anyone working on this?

When you hear "Coachella," you probably think of a music festival. I think of an important agricultural region in SoCal with many Essential Workers who work hard every day to feed us!

I was on the @ualberta.bsky.social campus today for the unveiling of this remarkable art installation by Metis painter Christi Belcourt. It’s called In My Grandmother’s Time, and it blends traditional motifs from Metis beading and embroidery with digital technology. And it’s gorgeous. #ualberta #yeg

American healthcare for a family of 3 is 2 grand a month. And as my friend found out they can just kick you off of it for no reason. His wife is an oncologist. And she has issues getting health insurance, imagine that.

These trucks should not be road legal. This guy claimed he couldn't see me after pulling out of a gas station and hitting my car in the turn lane (He also tried to claim it was my fault lol) I seriously just can't with these trucks. Couple that with texting and driving? Yikes.

Asked about the electoral boundaries decision, Smith talked about the importance of quality representation in rural Alberta, citing her own communities. She described the "midsize" Medicine Hat and the "large community" of Brooks. The Hat is over 3 times the size of Brooks.

“Examine the majority report and maps and then the minority report’s proposed maps. It’s astounding how serpentine their boundaries are, and how the outer neighbourhoods of Calgary look like they are being divided up into pieces of pie to be served up to rural ridings.“

More than 6.5M Canadians are now covered under the Canadian Dental Care Plan, with over 4M already receiving care, Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced. Eligible Canadians can renew coverage by June 1. Info: Canada.ca/dental

Automatic paintball gun triggered by close passes. I see a great need. (Though the worst couple recently have been buses).

If cyclists were permitted to paint-ball cars that drove within 1.5m of them you’d see a far greater reduction in close passes than you do by saying, “Please don’t terrify us or kill us.” It’s a shame that some people are more protective of their vehicles than lives of other humans.

Designed for a 'Men Only' Post. Also,

Me at 16. I graduated high school at 16 and went to USC (Carolina) for a double major BS in Accounting and Economics. During those years I fell in with a group of guys who had a band. They were mid to late 20s and had lost their bass player. They also wanted to add a different voice to >>>

I think AI is absolute slop but if people keep putting out videos made by AI, it should be regulated & labelled #Canada The government should require that content generated by artificial intelligence be clearly labelled, a House of Commons committee said in a new report. ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

The application has remained stable since approximately 9 PM PDT, April 16 despite ongoing Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. We have not seen any evidence of unauthorized access to private user data. We will provide a further update by end of day.

Unfortunately these are AI generated images that have been circulating for over a year.

Heat pump orders up 2x in a month. Solar panel inquiries up 250%. EV leases up 85%. The Iran crisis has made energy security feel personal. I understand why: I have solar panels, a heat pump & EV on a flexible tariff. When gas prices spike, my bills barely move. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Food for thought .... "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." - Helder Camara -

It's quite possible conditions were set so some vehicles fared better/worse than others. But it was still interesting to see how vehicles APPEAR to have handled speed & bumps. And stability always something to consider when purchasing new vehicles

Yeah I followed a Mexican American who cooks on rednote. She made videos on her going to Coachella. I simply unfollowed. The cognitive dissonance with so many these days is wild. Guess I'm just old. My husband was born here and I worry daily he'll be kidnapped still.

Especially when you consider who owns Coachella - Philip Anschutz. One of the funders of the current chaos.

Marlene cooked with this one.

Underreported & under appreciated. Perhaps bc most people don't follow the market very closely. VOLATILITY is THE biggest player in active traders desired trajectories. You can make money both ways. And w these big swings--> a lot of💲 suspicious trades during war www.cnbc.com/2026/04/17/h...

Wow - Heavy LOTR series vibe.

NPR journalist David Folkenflik writes that this donation, and another $33 million from an anonymous donor, “were intended for specific purposes, not to build the endowment or to expand news coverage.”

I’ve been wondering why it’s bad that we allow floor crossers in our parliamentary system, but it’s OK that a party leader can lose an election and then simply oust a duly-elected MP to steal his seat.

We get inside 'cocoons' of our vehicles The boring regularity of 'I've been switching lanes at this point for 12 yrs' makes us blase to surroundings. Somehow we need to talk ourselves into being mindful of massive force of our vehicle into lives of others. Our own personal 'prayer' of attention.

@learndirt.bsky.social First saw yr acct today. There's a lot to like. YOUR choice deciding how to present. But I cld use even brief Alt Text to describe images😇. Even if briefly 'massive numbers of snapdragons' 'Garden beds, rows of plants emerging.' I learn a lot from 'extras' written in Alt Text.