We look beautiful. I know, because Victor Glover said so.

Sunbeams of the setting sun, Seal Rocks and Cliff House, San Francisco 7:32p April 14,2026 @trachkids.bsky.social

The show continued until till near dark! Bright oranges, yellows, bits of red and finally lavender. Birds were busy through the day! Emptying feeder twice. New day filled with clouds and bluebell blue skies. Another day in the books.

John's Life Springs!
After wet dreary day, skies began to clear, blue shown through. then sky gods had their fireworks, constantly changing, evolving. Down to Ferry, pick up friend. Osprey overlooked pond, Loons calling on the bay! 48ºF headed to 57. Ya'll be careful out there!

I was elected as a democratic socialist, and will continue to govern as a democratic socialist.

100 days in — and we’re just getting started.

Really interesting open-access article on a heavily annotated copy of the 1515 edition of Ptolemy's Almagest from Vienna's national library, and its implications for post-Copernican uses & interpretations of ancient astronomical texts: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article... #HistAstro #HistSTM

Crowd of people seated in foreground with Bob speaking

Individuals seated in chairs in foreground with Bob speaking

Bob speaking behind lectern

Bob listening to an individual

The Trump Admin is proposing to rescind protections that sustain clean water, fish and wildlife habitat, Tribal treaty and cultural resources, and an outdoor recreation economy vital to our state’s identity.

I joined Washingtonians giving public comments to the federal government last night.

📢Amnesty International veröffentlicht am Dienstag, 21. April, ihren #Jahresbericht zur Lage der #Menschenrechte weltweit und in #Österreich.

Presseanfragen an presse@amnesty.at

Die Vorschlagsliste der Arbeitsgruppe zur Kinder-und Jugendhilfe und Eingliederungshilfe im Kanzleramt ist eine Giftliste für den sozialen Zusammenhalt.
Es geht nicht um Effizienz von Leistungen und Leistungserbringung, es geht um massive Einschränkungen und Kürzungen für Betroffene.

Stellungnahme zum Entwurf eines Ersten Gesetzes zur Strukturreform der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe - BuMF

„Ein Kind ist ein Kind, egal woher es kommt. Die vorgeschlagenen Aufenthaltsvorgaben, die sogar mit Bußgeldern geahndet werden sollen, diskriminieren unbegleitete minderjährige Geflüchtete gegenüber anderen Kindern."

An ancient artifact on display in a museum: a clear glass vessel in the shape of a dove, mostly full of a clear liquid, with a small heap of pinkish substance in the bottom, and dark substances in the head and tail.

Roman blown-glass unguentarium or balsamarium in the shape of a dove, found at Rovasenda near Vercelli in N Italy, sealed since its manufacture about 1900 years ago, containing the remains of a cosmetic and the liquid in which it was once suspended. One would have snapped off the tail to open.
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Twilight, Pacific time. #CAwx #MontereyBay #MitchellsCove

A dramatic coastal view framed by the dark, textured arch of a weathered tree. From the shadows of a pine forest floor, the eye is led through a natural wooden "window" toward a sun-drenched Oregon coastline. Hazy, evergreen-covered cliffs recede into a misty horizon, meeting a rugged shore of tide pools and jagged rocks under a soft, bright sky. The scene balances the intimate, earthy detail of mossy bark in the foreground with the vast, airy scale of the Pacific Northwest wilderness.

Nature's been doing the whole frame within a frame thing longer than photographers have, but I thought this natural window on the Oregon coast really tied the room together.

#WindowsOnWednesday #photography #pnw #landscape #oregon #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #trees #beach

a moment of mindfulness ... stream running down from the mountain starting its journey to the sea ..

Calico cat playing with a rainbow string toy

I’m still here. Here= on this round Earth and on bluesky. Haven’t been posting due to *waves hands around• everything. Happy #Caturday to those who celebrate and those who don’t

What a story. What a blessing she was to the fight.

"At that first meeting, Dr. Long realized that the activists needed a guide who was fluent in science to help them expedite the approval of drugs to treat AIDS & the H.I.V. virus that causes it.

“She was their scientific North Star."

#GiftLink 🎁

Linda Yaccarino replies to a Zohran Mamdani tweet to say that taxing rich people's penthouses is "actually one of the scariest things I have ever seen"

Zohran Mamdani said he's going to start taxing rich people who buy luxury housing in NYC but don't actually live in there, and the former CEO of Twitter/X called it "actually one of the scariest things I have ever seen."

If this actually happens, it may rank as the single most corrupt act in the history of American politics. I cannot believe this is even under discussion.

Trump pardoned the leaders of OathKeepers and Proud Boys, convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. Now, he wants to erase the fact that they were ever even arrested. Join the discussion at: open.substack.com/pub/thefrank...

Der linke Teil der erdzugewandten Seite der Sonne in gelber Farbe. Auf der Oberfläche ein bis zwei hellere Gebiete, wobei von einem dieser Gebiete sehr schöne und filigrane Bögen ausgehen. Besonders spektakulär ist aber, was sich links am Rand oder genauer gesagt dahinter abspielt. Da befindet sich offenbar noch knapp hinter dem Horizont eine Aktive Region. Man ahnt sie als hellen Fleck und es sieht so aus, als ob von dort gewaltige Fächer und Schleier aus Licht ins Schwarz des Alls führen.

Guten Morgen zusammen - wie immer mit einem aktuellen Bild der Sonne, heute wieder per Satellit SDO.

Thomas Campion: Every Dame Affects Good Fame YouTube video by Passamezzo

Thomas Campion: Every dame affects good fame.
A #17thCentury song complaining about excessive and changeable fashions in women's clothing.
From The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres, 1617

Emily Atkinson: #Soprano
Sam Brown: #Lute
Alison Kinder: Bass #Viol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpH4...

#earlymusic

Grey Crowned Crane.

It is found in most of Africa, and it is the national bird. The head has a crown of stiff golden feathers.

This species and the black crowned crane are the only cranes that can roost in trees, because of a long hind toe that can grasp branches.

📸: @hasamnisdrsudhir

Trump Thinks He’s Become Orange Jesus In Trump 1.0, people mocked the President by calling him Orange Jesus. In Trump 2.0, he actually thinks he’s become Jesus, Susan B. Glasser writes.

At 250 feet tall, Trump's arch would be the biggest such structure in the world. Asked last fall what this modern-day arch was meant to commemorate, Trump pointed to himself and replied, “Me.” @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Dementia Don just posted top secret information on his TS page.

LIKING POPE LEO........

Here’s hoping they find him and make this stick

Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed Is this the most corrupt thing a president has ever done?

A federal judge has halted construction on Trump's White House ballroom.

Good.

At a $400M price tag funded by corporate donors, it's one of the most corrupt things a president has ever done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E

Schumer Needs to Decide who he Works for, the American People or Israel….

What The Epstein Files Reveal About America’s Elites YouTube video by More Perfect Union

"Epstein was deeply embedded in every major institution in our country: in tech, in finance, in charity, and even in politics and intelligence."

"From Peter Thiel to Reid Hoffman to Leon Black, the Epstein class is still here, it's bipartisan, and it's... powerful."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNkS...

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...