To Fight Heat, NYC Sets 2040 Tree Canopy Deadline, With Riskiest Areas First How the plan will be funded is unclear. The Mamdani administration has not earmarked money for its tree-expansion initiative.

To Fight Heat, NYC Sets 2040 Tree Canopy Deadline, With Riskiest Areas First

www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/21/t...

A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."

The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning,
as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.

- Anaïs Nin

We must require ALL data centers and other extremely large corporate users of electricity to generate their own electricity at their own expense If we don't do this, we are either idiots and/or masochists.

This👇🏼. AOC is the only one stating it clearly and plainly. Do I have any faith that the American people will ever elect a woman president someday? No. I hope I’m proven wrong.

Orphaned koala learns to climb trees under wildlife carer supervision in Australia - rescue centers train hundreds each year

White and light green text: "Meta: Stop being creepy. Don't make it easier for stalkers, scammers, and government agents to spy on us." Tinted blue photo of someone's faces as if being captured by facial recognition. White ACLU logo. Black background.

If Meta adds face recognition to their “smart” glasses, it would force their panopticon onto us all.

Take action to protect our privacy at aclu.org/eyewear_not_spywear

EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.

The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.

In the meantime, our GOP-run Congress has decided it really doesn't want to know who is making inside trades with foreknowledge of Trump's tweets... because it knows exactly who.

Photo shows a heap of older style phones with the text “Planned obsolescence is now outlawed in France. It is a crime to intentionally reduce the lifespan of a product to force customers to replace it.”

Love France 🇫🇷 They understand the importance of the battery life of a Nokia 3310

White daisies and green ferns grow out of the cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean on a sunny day

Daisies growing wild on the cliff overlooking the ocean #BlueSkyArtShow #Edge #Oregon #flowers #ocean #nature #photography #scape

Good morning, BlueSky.

#Caturday

An adorable raccoon.

Idaho sushi.

A cat that looks like a red panda. Or.......is it a red panda that looks like a cat?

If anyone would like to see a photo of a cat that wishes it was a red panda, this is your lucky day.
#Caturday

Geology specimen photo

Indonesian botryoidal Agate, informally called “grape Agate,”

📷 Grapescrystal_galery

#minerals #geology

Vibrant street art in Limerick, Ireland. A standard street bollard is painted as a bright blue octopus head, with its tentacles sprawled playfully across the pavement for a local scavenger hunt.

🐙 Painted Octopus — By Lumen Street Theatre in Limerick 🇮🇪 This Is Clever (14 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/04/17/c...

Anne Hathaway bought the rights to a novel about a tradwife influencer who wakes up in 1855 and has to actually live the life she's been selling online. The book is called Yesteryear. It came out 3 days ago. The film rights were already sold to Hathaway, who will produce and star.

Holy shit, I have NEVER been more excited for a movie.

Doorman and building staff may go on strike against building owners in NYC for the first time in 30 years+ next week, and I can say that among apartment building residents, there is a 50/50 divide between "Give them anything they want" and "Give them anything they want, you assholes."

I keep remembering there's an ice-cream in the freezer and getting really happy about it, then forgetting about it again for a day or two then getting really happy when I remember it's there again, then forgetting about it again.

That's good value for money.

I need a break….

#caturday #cats

A black-and-white cat peeking from behind a cat tower, with one paw raised

Bring it on!

Seeking Victim Information in SantaCon Investigation | Federal Bureau of Investigation The FBI’s New York Division is seeking to identify potential victims of Stefan Pildes, who organized and operated the annual SantaCon event in New York City, from at least 2019 to present. Pildes was ...

Asking New Yorkers if they’ve been personally victimized by Santacon is very funny actually www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-h...

The obligatory evening kitten of cuteness; just, because

#KittensOfCuteness_bsky
#MenWithCats

Me to 3yo: What do you want for your birthday party theme?

3yo: “Poopoo & peepee theme! We can get apple juice for the pee, so a skeleton pees and you drink the skeleton pee but it’s okay because it’s juice”

Me: ..K I was thinking like “dinosaurs” but let’s put a pin in “piss fountain of the dead”

Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.

A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much.

Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment.

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I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."

Can This Chaotic Brooklyn Plaza Be Car-Free? Mamdani Says Yes.

I love it when we refuse to settle for the way things are as the way they have to be. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/n...

An adorable raccoon.