Canada "toonie" coin glows in the dark The "toonie" will be the world's first glow-in-the-dark coin in circulation, says Royal Canadian Mint.

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This Day in Labor History: April 16, 1836. Massachusetts passed the nation’s first law limiting child labor. It required that children under the age of 15 working in factories be given three months off per year to attend school!

Deloitte is cutting down PTO, parental leave, and other benefits for some US workers According to internal Deloitte documents seen by Business Insider, some staff will lose as many as 10 days of vacation annually.

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Syracuse University Offers Voluntary Retirement Incentive To 175 Faculty After announcing it was pausing of closing 93 academic programs, Syracuse University will offer an incentive to about 175 of its faculty members to take retirement.

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Rounded ceramic vase with green leaf design on a cream background

Harlinah Teoh, contemporary Australian ceramics artist inspired by nature #WomensArt

Four little birds perched on a music stand with a page of music on it. Illustration.

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After 30 Years and $100,000, I Finally Let Go of My Storage Space It took me decades to part with all the things I had stored away—but now I know I’m not alone?

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Nathan Farb’s Roving Lens

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A Cedar Waxwing flying off to join the rest of the flock. Cedar Waxwings are sociable birds and like to be in flocks year-round.

A small bird perched on a branch with blue-gray wings, a bright yellow chest, and black necklace markings. Photographed in Barkhamsted, Connecticut.

A Canada Warbler rocking that iconic necklace. Can’t wait for spring migration! #BirdOfTheDay #Warblers

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

[alt text by NASA] The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

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The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

Opinion | I’ve Covered Women in the Workplace for 15 Years. Something Alarming Is Happening.

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Inside a Corporate Retreat That Went Very Badly Wrong Technology company Plex took its 120 employees to Honduras for a weeklong bonding experience. It was a disaster from the moment they arrived.

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These blind students say their college blocked their education. A new rule could help Higher education is especially reliant on computers and phones, but accessibility for people with disabilities has often been forgotten. A new federal rule could change that.

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Print featuring a hare running left in front of a golden sun

Artwork by contemporary printmaker Diana Catchpole #WomensArt

Hares in green, red and pink egg boats paddling down a river, blue flowers. Easter Greetings.

Hares wearing red, pink, blue and yellow eggs holding hands and dancing. Easter Greetings.

More Easter wishes.

A picture of a cat. It says, “4 years ago lived in a bush and hunted my own meals. Now I have 2 passive incomes, my own house, & a personal chef. Follow me for more financial advice.”

#Caturday

The mathematical formula that reveals when Easter is every year You can track the start of spring and the phases of the moon—or you can turn to a formula by mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Cloisonné pin similar to the NASA logo, but reads “NOT FLAT”, with “we checked” underneath l

NASA’s Earth photos from Artemis inspired me to put this on today… 🙂

Getting lots of positive comments on it as I run errands…

"Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds Experiments show large majorities uncritically accepting "faulty" AI answers.

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I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

A year after mass layoffs, former federal employees are helping each other find work This time last year, federal workers were fretting about getting DOGE’d—laid off by the Trump administration’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Now, many are wondering how they’ll land t...

Federal workers have been creating "alumni networks" to help those impacted by DOGE. @triciacrimmins.bsky.social reports.

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Women aren't opting out of work. Workplaces are pushing them out Caregiving strain is quietly reshaping who stays, who leaves, and who advances. Yet, most companies still treat it as a private issue instead of a business-critical one.

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We’ve Been Underestimating Flying Foxes

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New 'call a boomer' phone line connects young people in Boston to seniors in Nevada This phone, a new "social experiment," is the work of a biotech company that says it is aiming to bridge generational gaps and improve happiness.

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My painting LAKE MICHIGAN

Indiana lawmakers are once again trying to weaken child labor laws: Bill sponsored by business owner would enable employers to hide child labor violations Coordinated, industry-backed campaigns to weaken child labor protections continue to target state legislatures in 2026. Yesterday, the Indiana Senate passed a bill to completely eliminate requirements...

The Indiana House and Senate have both passed a bill to completely eliminate requirements for businesses to document the employment of child workers.

If this bill becomes law it would enable employers to hide child labor violations, according to @epi.org.

Are ‘Bossware’ Tools Tracking You?

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Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure In his first speech as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F Kennedy Jr laid out a plan to restore trust. The COVID-19 pandemic saw public faith in Federal health...

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