Ships John is gone

Your regular reminder that cops don't actually justify their existence or enormous budgets by solving much crime.

Approximately 11% of all serious crimes result in an arrest, and about 2% end in a conviction.

And then there's this...

Flashback to the magnificent King Toad, who took up residence in a self-watering planter (purple, of course) 🌱

This has to happen. We cannot fail our children like this.

Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts University grad arrested by ICE agents last year, returns to Turkey - The Boston Globe The government and Öztürk’s legal team have jointly moved to dismiss her immigration proceedings.

America is losing a talented researcher today.
Rümeysa Öztürk, whose abduction by masked men prompted a search and her eventual release by ICE, has returned to Turkey. She wants to resume a career without "state-imposed violence and hostility."
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/m...

Stronsay walrus healthy and having a rest says marine mammal specialist - The Orcadian Online This is a breaking news story, and further concerns have now emerged about the health of the walrus. Click here for the latest details. A walrus which has hauled itself up on the Stronsay pier this mo...

Coocoochachoo!
#Walrus #Orkney

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Poster for the Gardeners of Orkney features book cover of a plate of vegetables

the Gardeners of Orkney book launch, Saturday 9 May, 7pm, St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall

A whistleblower from a Super Ego-affiliated company says dispatchers and managers in Serbia were told to overwork and exploit American drivers. cbsn.ws/4t71AS7

Dobosz torte with one slice missing.

How I would celebrate tonight if I were in Budapest. The great grandmother of my Slovak family (who clearly was Hungarian) made this from scratch and omfg.

Rear windshield with the following written on it; Classic Blunders: Never get involved in a land war in Asia. Never let Netanyahu scam you into invading Iran.

i firmly believe that kennedy wants preventable diseases to rip through american communities since, in his warped mind, those who survive without vaccines will have proven themselves “healthy.”

Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"

Seems letting OpenAI stomp off in a tantrum when told that they can invest in the UK tech infrastructure BUT whilst obeying the rules set by govt....was a good idea.
No fall out with the US. No need to have a showdown.
Just let them conclude we are not going to let them go full Borg on the UK.

A McDonald’s where the sign has been reduced to McDo.

There is no McTry.

😕

The only president stupid enough to do it.

Why Did This Pro Skateboarder Become A Mailman? YouTube video by jenkemmag

"It would be sick one day to be a postmaster one day, and learn everything, and run my own station."

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

If mainstream journalists did their basic duty – warning us about threats to our well-being – they’d loudly warn us that a deranged criminal is trying to overthrow our democracy.
It’s the biggest story of their lifetimes, and they’re either afraid to cover it properly or they’re complicit in it.

A small Ford car sandwiched between two massive modern SUVs.

I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️

Paolo Zampolli, the modeling agent who allegedly introduced Melania to Trump in 1998, fathered Ungaro's child. They were engaged in an ugly custody battle. Zampolli leaned on ICE and his Trump connections to DEPORT Ungaro.

Zampolli also allegedly represented Melania when she was a model...

Follow this thread.

Most likely, and of course, all speculation right now, this is why Melania did her 6 min statement today.

Amanda Ungaro was brought here as a 17-year-old model. She flew to NYC on Epstein's private plane.

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KairosTimeNow (@kairostimenow) This is brilliant! I needed this laugh today after so much heartbreak. The art of war.. by Don Tsu

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I wanna point out something serious. The admin has been complaining about Iran winning the information war.

This same administration shut down Voice of America, and other information operations the US govt does.

It’s a self goal. Actions have consequences

"The coverup is ongoing... lack of investigation is an element of a coverup. And Kash Patel could be looking into some of the additional information that has been uncovered and they're refusing to do so to protect the president."

Tim Miller and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam talk Epstein.

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Menander with Masks of New Comedy. Roman relief (1st century BCE).
- The relief depicts Greek playwright Menander in the 4th century BCE.
#NAFO
#HistoryOfNAFO

National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year.
So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝

More like victorious sponge 😋

A victoria sponge cake with fresh cream and jam. Topped with fresh halved strawberries and an icing sugar heart.

Made a victoria sponge

Look at all that DEI sending astronauts around the moon.