Sitting here being a seat warmer for the cat who wishes to be warm.

This would be horrific no matter what it was referring to. But "cleaning up the risk pool" by eliminating vaccines just means you kill a bunch of people WHILE ALSO creating a whole new "risk pool" of people with post-viral issues.

Freeze warnings are in effect for Tuesday morning for the entire Philly region

In a month of wild temperature swings, it has been a wild time for the region's plant life.

Bill Murray from Groundhog Day standing in front of a bay full of ships. It says: Well the Strait of Hormuz is closed again today.

is starbucks coffee named after battlestar galactica or moby dick

As Philadelphia pours millions into homelessness response, a flagship shelter faces an uncertain future

A shelter in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood that has more than 300 beds and is a critical part of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s strategy to address the drug market in Kensington is facing an uncertain future.

Orange floofy cat up on his high shelf looking quite indignant and very perturbed.

🧡 Can you believe that woman tried to trim my claws? Leaving me defenseless? #cats #scrollbreak.

Current events are garbage, let's take a break and learn some history instead. Karnac continues to offer plot twists and surprises!

A crop of a drawing in progress that is mostly illustrating a variety of Andrena mining bees, "often a black bug in a fur coat". Includes specialists and generalists

Drawing my way through march/april native bees and it's almost may 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

The USDA’s gardening zones shifted. This map shows you what’s changed in vivid detail There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden.

There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden. From the NPR archives.

From macro to micro 🌎🦐🎶

Take a closer look at California’s coastal wildlife when you dive into our Earth Month installment of Krill Waves Radio! Chill out with two hours of lo-fi beats to relax and study to: mbayaq.co/3O54TKq

🎶 The Big Blue by Mama Aiuto and Dan Gregory | © Chillhop Music

We both know one personality who wants to use all the oxygen in the room, but I am sure there are others

ICE Out legislation echoes Philly’s history as America’s original sanctuary city | Opinion

“On our nation’s 250th birthday, it is worth reflecting on the freedoms we enjoy along with the freedoms that remain unrealized for many of us.” — Domenic Vitiello, professor of city planning and urban studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

I believe that in order to take some small step forward, the word “bird” should be replaced with “saur” in all common names. Mockingsaur. Secretarysaur. Red-winged blacksaur.

HUMMINGSAUR

😆😆🦝🪩

A smokey tuxedo boy laying on the desk between me and the keyboard. His arm is over my arm and my hand can reach the keys to type

Cat sitting and this cat has demands that aren't loke my xats demands (of course) but interestingly are NOT like the demands they have for their people. I find this fascinating. Anyway. A photo of a cat who wants to sit on the desk between me and the keyboard

I’ve never seen a man who needs a bit of imposter syndrome more than JD Vance.

I just want Pope Leo to dispatch one old-school Catholic School nun to have a chat with Vance.

Gray tabby face peeking out from a fort of blankets and pillows to stare menacingly at a cluster of multicolored feathers.

even on grim, gray days, a feather toy needs to watch its back

A green bee and a hoverfly side by side on small yellow flowers.

Aww, two teeny pollinators on flowers! Might be the New Mexico groundsel?

Was a huge Clannad fan in high school. RIP, Ms. Brennan.

Really chuffed by this kind review!

Philly Pride 2026 is getting a brand new arts festival and a new route

Big news for everyone gearing up to celebrate Philly Pride this year.

The parade route will move to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, organizers announced on Tuesday. A separate announcement said there will also be a brand new Pride event — the first-ever Philly Pride Arts Festival.

She is cucumber.

Had not considered the possibility that fluoride would be removed from drinking water by dint of scarcity: "The Baltimore City DPW will reduce the level of fluoride in its drinking water system beginning this week due to ongoing national supply chain challenges..." #PublicHealth

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette avoids closure, will continue to publish thanks to nonprofit sale

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will continue to publish now that it's been purchased by the Baltimore Banner's parent company, turning the paper into a nonprofit news outlet.

Yes. Altho I do occasionally give a dozen to a college aged niece. This past week we moved my inlaws and now I have another 30 pack of toilet paper. Niece was excited to hear and will drop by soon.

A carpenter bee in the lilacs

Saw a carpenter bee this morning