Woo had the funk! Remembering Bernie Worrell. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Florida man is found rubbed out by a giant eraser. Suspicion falls on Midsomer Market’s pencil sharpening society, upset that crows stealing and moving balls on the 15th hole might threaten local power structures.

A local jam magnate is found as compost fertilising the village square’s geraniums. Suspicion falls on Devington’s romantically unlucky lumberjack, disturbed that a Hercule Poirot-inspired dance troupe might threaten drone deliveries.

Daily bunny no.3293 is going for a ride

All new employees must answer 3 riddles from the troll who lives in the boiler room. If you fail all 3, you go directly into management.

A pharmaceutical company CEO is found strangled with a telephone cable. Suspicion falls on Midsomer Vinae’s pencil sharpening society, disturbed that the new sugar tax might threaten to bring forward the date of the coming goat apocalypse.

For those keeping track at home. The Iranians have now blockaded the Strait of Hormuz in response to the US blockading it because the Iranians had blockaded it, in response to the US attacking Iran to ensure that the Strait which was fully open at the time wasn't blockaded.

“Two things: One, are you still serving breakfast? Two, do you still take coupons?” #SquirrelvilleCafe

La Pierre Couverte in Duneau (Sarthe) has a 5.5x2.5m chamber with 2 chunky orthostats on each side and a terminal slab covered by a single 7m long capstone now broken in two. Card by Housseau in Le Mans c.1905.

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This is the taller (4m) of 2 menhirs by the main road down the west coast of Quiberon (Morbihan) near the turn off to the village of Manémeur. Card by Vassellier in Nantes c.1907. #StandingStoneSunday.

*[Fossil] fascism is first and foremost an attack on reality*

RESOURCE: New web zine from Health & Environmental Funders Network and movement allies on full scope of the FOSSIL ECONOMY: fuel, plastic, petrochemicals, fertilizer and more. Too many of us focus just on energy but if we want a livable future we need to tackle the whole supply chain. #ClimateSky

"This is the reality that infuses 'Landman' with its most poignant pathos: It is a hell of the [oil] industry’s own making." For the New York Times, I wrote about Taylor Sheridan's hit TV show, which captures the death, destruction, and war of the oil business. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

MN Democratic Senator Tina Smith spoke for nearly 5 hours on the Senate floor to protect the Biden-era moratorium safeguarding America’s most-visited wilderness area. “I know there are so many people...who are wondering whether anybody in this building cares." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Former President Barack Obama met with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the first time Saturday, joining preschoolers at a child care center for a book reading and singalong. Source: Emma G. Fitzsimmons / NYT

The Trans, Non-Binary and Gender Diverse Adults Priority Setting Partnership will guide future research and direct funding to research that matters to trans, non-binary and gender diverse communities. Support their consultation 👇 https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/transadultspsp/

Could MattGPT face scrutiny under the UK’s ‘proceeds of crime’ law? The British right is awash with money from Orban thinktanks…which Hungary’s new PM says was stolen. Brilliant deep dive into Orban’s vast UK network by @McCoolingtons for @thenerve_news. 👏

It builds on Alice’s great deep dive for @goodlawproject.org on how Orban’s thinktanks funded by Russian oil pay vast sums to Roger Scuton Legacy Foundation (whose directors include Michael Gove & James Orr) + £10k/month to Britain’s favourite AI-enhanced failed politician MattGPT

Faiza Shaheen grills Louis Mosley, Palantir’s UK boss, on the tech giant’s controversial track record 👀

Over 100,000 women stand with the trans community and say 'Not in Our Name'. Will you join them? https://notinourname.org.uk/petition/not-in-our-name-women-in-support-of-the-trans-community/

The EHRC thinks a big bill is going to stop us, because we’re not backed by billionaires or the government. But they’re wrong. We always knew this would be a long and hard fight. We are going nowhere. https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/help-us-appeal-the-high-courts-judgment-on-trans-rights/

Wes Streeting is keeping Palantir’s secrets 🤫 https://goodlaw.social/dmxu

America has become a shame to humanity and to the world. This is what you voted for, America.

I'm so happy that 'Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell' is getting a boost recently. I loved that book.

Good morning! I need to pick my next book today but I just finished As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel and it blew me away. Just scratched all my particular book itches. A sapphic dark fantasy about a Faustian deal and a cat-and-mouse game spanning multiple lifetimes.

I really enjoyed this story that crossed a few genres - The Sword Garden by Peadar O Guilin www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/4/...

REPUBLICANS HAVE BETRAYED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!! TRUTH MATTERS!! THE GOP IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL THEY ALL BROKE THEIR OATH OF OFFICE!!!

JD Vance said one of his "proudest" accomplishment as Vice President was stopping funding for Ukraine. He said this at a small arena that was less than 25% full because nobody likes or wants to listen to JD Vance.

Russian business elite are publicly speaking out about how bad the Russian economy is doing.

White-collar crime (fraud, insider trading, etc) is now legal in America. Wall Street has captured the Department of Justice and as long as you pay off the Trump family, you can now steal as much as you want from the American people.

Trump’s budget director couldn’t answer how much the average American pays in federal income taxes. They don't care that while Americans can't afford health care or gas, the largest corporations paid ZERO in federal taxes and we're wasting billions on illegal wars. www.youtube.com/shorts/N1_ky...

More on Hungary's rejection of fascism. The EU discusses ending veto votes! It's past time for Ukraine to get #NATO membership & soldiers with full weapons. #Russian imperial war news by Jake Broe. I FollowBack #NAFO. #SupportUkraine #SupportDemocracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfg0...

😁 Somewhere in 🇺🇦, a russian soldier is sitting in a 1965 buhanka held together with tape & prayers. And a brand new #NAFO truck just drove past. And another one. And another one. Every single truck says the same: "We are here until you lose." ⬇️ Fund the next one with us & @69thsb.bsky.social!

New paper alert! The 2021 western North American #heatwave had widespread but variable impacts across species & ecosystems, with cascading effects on #productivity, #streamflow, & #wildfire. @baumlab.bsky.social @katiegwin.bsky.social @coleburton.bsky.social @srivastavalab.bsky.social bit.ly/3NnoEfA

The same people who argue with climate scientists about who knows more about climate are naturally going to argue with the Pope about who knows more about Jesus.

@baumlab.bsky.social is a renowned professor at @uvic.ca. Her work has examined how climate change and overfishing impact coral reefs and sharks, and has recently been focused on blue carbon as a climate solution.

Hahahahaha. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Trump regime attempting to block Hawaiʻi from suing oil companies for their role in causing climate change.

Now is a good time for the sustainable aviation fuel that keeps getting promised. 🙃

We acknowledge that more than 90% of the heat from global warming has gone into the ocean but then act surprised when this happens.

This is great news, but it nicely illustrates that, just like for science, nothing can replace government funding. NPR got a one-time gift totaling $113 million, which is not nothing. But Congress clawed back $500 million in annual funding from public broadcasters.

Lafarge, one of the world's largest cement makers, and two executives were found criminally liable for financing terrorism in Syria by knowingly paying terrorist groups to keep their plant running. I hope this sets a precedent for holding fossil fuel companies liable for climate change.

Anyone who claims that we don't know the cause of climate change is either a liar or a moron.

Whether wetland restoration contributes to durable carbon removal is hard to know and remains the subject of much research, but it's never a bad idea to restore wetlands for other ecosystem benefits.

This is very compelling! Pete Buttigieg just gets it. The sheer humanity in this clip is why I like this man so much, everyone should watch it!!

In 2018 I made an art installation called "Us and Them" miketyka.com?p=usandthem and "Portraits of Imaginary People" about how AI will be used to create fake avatars touting political propaganda. And here we are: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

Reminder: The Trump regime cancelled nearly $500 million in federal contracts for mRNA vaccine development last year.

Russia is the real winner of Trump’s illegal war on Iran.

Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.