ICE detains the wife of an Army sergeant in Texas as military family leniency wanes The wife of a U.S. Army sergeant is being held at an immigration detention facility in El Paso, Texas.

ICE going after military personnel family. Serve your country, put yourself in harm's way- watch your wife be deported. It's the American way!
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Photograph of the Marmite Risotto with Tomato and Crispy Chilli Butter from ‘Dinner: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes for the Most Important Meal of the Day' by Meera Sodha

Photograph of ‘Dinner: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes for the Most Important Meal of the Day' by Meera Sodha

This week’s Guest Recipe from the #CookbookCorner archive is the Marmite Risotto with Tomato and Crispy Chilli Butter from ‘Dinner: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes for the Most Important Meal of the Day' by the fabulous Meera Sodha!
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The US measure were left out. Yes, we should get with the rest of the world. No, I don't think we will any time soon.

Is there anybody in the NL East that can compete with the Braves? Not today. Hard to believe gNats were in 2nd place. WWWWWW.

Republicans won 5 presidential elections running against Jimmy Carter and his specter- "doble-digit interest rates, malaise, misery index". Hopefully, the same will be true for Ds running against and the specter of Trump for 20 years- "lawlessness, insurrection, ruined economy"!

The Big South Fork, the smallmouth bass, the walleye give thanks.

The visionaries As always, if you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, Sparky’s List! You can get it in your inbox or read it on Patreon…

new toon!
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Quisiera conocer contigo el mundo, quisiera entrar contigo en el sueño y despertar siempre a tu lado.

—Amparo Dávila
Árboles petrificados

Anyone know whether today is a ‘ceasefire’ day or a ‘destroy your civilisation’ day yet?

Braves bring out the BROOM! They swept the Phillies at Philly!!!

We’re at the point where the President says something, and we wait for the LEGO video to see if what he said is true.

"It has been said that history repeats itself. This is perhaps not quite correct; it merely rhymes."- Theodor Reik

Leão XIV pediu aos angolanos para terem cuidado com as religiões tradicionais Domingo de multidões para o Papa, com missa campal no Kilamba e o rezar do terço no Santuário da Muxima. Tempo para apontar para o futuro e a reconciliação e para chamar os fiéis à Igreja Católica.

Domingo de multidões para o Papa, com missa campal no Kilamba e o rezar do terço no Santuário da Muxima. Tempo para apontar para o futuro e a reconciliação e para chamar os fiéis à Igreja Católica.

Sánchez diz que Espanha vai pedir formalmente que a UE anule o acordo de associação com Israel Espanha, Irlanda e Eslovénia pediram a Kaja Kallas um debate formal sobre o acordo que enquadra juridicamente as relações da União Europeia com Israel.

Espanha, Irlanda e Eslovénia pediram a Kaja Kallas um debate formal sobre o acordo que enquadra juridicamente as relações da União Europeia com Israel.

Great article that makes it clear that we're struggling to dislodge these bastards because they are stealing our right to vote a little at a time.

Other Colleges Have Frat Houses. This One Has a Cookie House.

tfw your beloved college hangout gets featured in the ny times

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/d...

This has made me day, Doug. I read the NYT (their ratings are terrible) every day. Somehow, I missed this. It's nice to know that this kind of spirit and place exists in our world. Of course, it would be in Minnesota! Thanks, Doug.

Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.

These incredible Buff Tip Moths blend in so well with branches that you might mistake them for sticks. Nature's masters of disguise are truly fascinating!

¡No, gracias!

Instant Chocolate Mousse When you haven't got time for overnight setting in the fridge or you don't want to use raw eggs, this mousse is perfect. In fact, at all times, constraints or not, it is chocaliciously gorgeous.

Sometimes good things come to those who can’t wait: Instant Chocolate Mousse is #RecipeOfTheDay! If you’re avoiding raw eggs, or can’t eat eggs full-stop, these beauties are also very much for you. (Most supermarkets sell the mini marshmallows you need for this.) www.nigella.com/recipes/inst...

Yes! Development of this sort IS extractive. It leaves the locals with low-paid service jobs with no hope of advancement. It leaves the local community with ugly tourism that doesn't give back.

Thats a very satisfying Braves win. Blow out, another shut out, 3 inning save, WWW, 7 Ws in last 9 games. Let's be greedy and get a sweep.

Braves Win! Braves WIN!! BRAVES WIN!!! Shut out the Phillies at their place for the first time since almost five years ago.

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"Sinlaku should end any remaining pretense that climate change is distant or abstract. It is reshaping American lives right now, often in communities with the least political power and the fewest resources to recover. Saipan has now been hit, hard, three times in barely a decade."

Please help with these relief efforts if you can.

(I can vouch for Angelo—one of the main Saipan sources for my book and an all-around good guy)

www.angelovillagomez.com/2026/04/supe...

Pretty extraordinary that the U.S. is experiencing its worst March drought on record, worse even than the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s. Drought is the most dangerous threat of climate change.

Todos tenemos tres vidas: una vida pública, una vida privada y una vida secreta.

—Gabriel García Márquez