Earth Day | Talk & Draw with Liza Donnelly & Heather Cox Richardson Earth Day is tomorrow, and Liza Donnelly and I are celebrating with a drawing!

Happy Earth Day! A @lizadonnelly.bsky.social drawing!

Maier is one of my very favorite street photographers. Especially love her photos from NYC. #photography #streetphotography

Martin Heinrich D-N.M.

“I can tell you, as somebody who has been a natural resources trustee, who has had to negotiate with copper companies in my own state, that this type of copper mining has never been done without polluting the water. Never, not once,” he said in a floor speech before the vote.

US FDA approves Merck's pill combo to treat HIV infection The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved ​Merck's once-daily, oral, combination regimen for HIV infections, the drugmaker ‌said on Tuesday, giving patients another treatment option to manage the condition.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merck's once-daily, oral, combination regimen for HIV infections, the drugmaker said on Tuesday, giving patients another treatment option to manage the condition.

Federal Judge Breaks Trump’s Permitting Blockade The opinion covered a host of actions the administration has taken to slow or halt renewables development.

NEW: A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that key actions Trump took to delay solar and wind projects across the U.S. were illegal (me for @heatmap.news)

Digital drawing in white ink against a black background of a sweet donkey in profile facing left. Only their head and neck are visible and their short, upright mane is "dyed" the pink, blue and white of the trans pride flag.

Almost time for #TransArtMay, which is a thing I made up where I draw mostly animals of all kinds with the trans pride flag colors incorporated in some fashion.

What kinds of creatures would you like to see? Insects, fish, birds, mammals, invertebrates etc welcome! I could use ideas, help me out?

🚨 Virginians: Today’s the day.

You’re voting on a major constitutional amendment to counter GOP gerrymandering by allowing temporary congressional maps through 2030.

Polls close at 7 PM ET — if you’re in line, you can still vote.

Have you cast your ballot yet? Tell us your experience 👇

200,000 acres of Native Hawaiian land. 100 years of federal trust obligation.

Trump's move: reclassify them as a racial group, not a tribal nation. Same land. New legal category. Zero obligation.

That's not a budget cut. That's a legal erasure. #taxtherich

Vote YES Virginia!

No confusion, just vote YES!

Most prescient, clear/eyed work of writing I’ve read on reorg.

Read it.

Then act.

“Call your senators. Call your representative. Not next week or later. Now.

Tell them this is not a reorganization — it’s the destruction of a federal agency by executive fiat and that Congress must intervene.”

Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1404 Fingers crossed for Monday.

🤩American Kestrel deep dive. Toronto, Canada, April 17th 2026. Sony A1 I| 300GM 1/4000s, F/5.6 ISO 1600

The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.

www.npr.org/2026/04/19/n...

Amazing to think that iPhone has more computing power than the first spacecraft.

wonderful!

Exterior of the Grolier Club, 47 E 60th St, which includes an arched entryway, below which are white double doors opened wide to encourage people to come in. To the left of the doors, in a black framed glass case for the display of signage, is a poster promoting the current free exhibit at the Grolier Club, “Running Through Heaven: Visions of Jack Kerouac.” April 18, 2026.

Saturday, I went to the Grolier Club, 47 E 60th St. Founded in 1884, it’s “the oldest existing bibliophilic club in North America.” It also has free exhibits open to the public, including “Running Through Heaven: Visions of Jack Kerouac,” which I saw yesterday. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grolier... #NYC

If you watch and share one thing today make at this. Why is every democrat in the country not talking like this?

Why nearly every farmer who grows these chile peppers is a woman Chile peppers are a traditional part of Indian cuisine — and a key crop for women farmers. They say it's too demanding for men. "In spite of the challenges," says one, "we've found freedom."

Chile peppers are a traditional part of Indian cuisine — and a key crop for women farmers. They say it's too demanding for men. "In spite of the challenges," says one, "we've found freedom."

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.

WE Pay for

Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.

April 18, 2026 And, just like that, President Donald J.

April 18, 2026

Rest in Power to a major figure in the AIDS treatment activism in the 1980s, a time when many were indifferent or looking away.

Indeed—Elect more women!

I strongly oppose Maine’s pending transgender referendum - which targets and demonizes vulnerable children for political reasons. It’s important to always combat discrimination in any form and wherever it’s found to exist. #MEpolitics

Dark Matter May Be Made of Black Holes From Another Universe A model of the cyclic universe suggests that dark matter could be a population of black holes predating the Big Bang.

a little light refreshment to distract from political horror. www.wired.com/story/dark-m...

Trump's 2027 budget aims to shutter the NEA, NEH and IMLS for good: L.A. arts and culture this weekend Trump's 2027 budget aims to shutter the NEA, NEH and IMLS, providing only enough funding to permanently wind down operations.

"In a country without the NEA, NEH and IMLS, hundreds of small local #arts groups would likely cease to exist entirely — and with them, the community, education and enlightenment that underpin our increasingly fragile, fractured society." @jessicagelt.bsky.social in @latimes.com

italics and long chapter would be great!

More perfect union: BREAKING: The Senate just passed the legislation allowing the devastation of the Boundary Waters. The motion passed 50-49, and now goes to Donald Trump’s desk.

Republicans just handed the Boundary Waters to a foreign corporation.

For the GOP, it’s foreign billionaires first, America last.

Sen. Murkowski voted to strip protections from the Boundary Waters. Pleas call her DC office at (202) 224-6665 and tell her to switch her vote to a No vote tomorrow on HJR 140. The vote was 51-49!!! A changed vote by Murkowski would do the trick.