Best babysitter ❤️

When someone explains something to you for the seventh time and you still don't understand.

Colt the frog

Colt the frog

Actor-author George Takei turns 89 today...

Takei brought enjoyment to so many thru his performances in Perry Mason, Black Sheep Squadron, the iconic Star Trek TOS/movies...

An American patriot, he & his family endured racially motivated internment camps of the 1940s...

Live longer, Mr. Takei!

The Infowars news is funny, yes. But more importantly, it is an outright rebuke of Alex Jones' evil.

It's testament to the strength and resilience of the Sandy Hook families who survived this bullshit for more than a decade as well as the Onion, which didn't give up on this for the last 18 months.

For the record, for anyone who’s forgotten, it’s sheer madness for a president to contradict himself nearly every day. It’s profoundly wrong that we can’t trust the veracity of a single thing that he says.

Infowars/Onion combo logo in rainbow saying “I support the onion’s hostile media takeover.”

It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.

The Onion has reached a deal to acquire Infowars

• It will be turned into a parody site of itself

• Has the support of the Sandy Hook families

“A lot of people gave up on doing the right thing over the last two years. Despite an insane amount of threats & bullshit, we persevered"

(via Variety)

IMHO, the best Dire Straits studio album. One of the 1st rock LP recorded entirely digitally and also one of the 1st major big-sellers on Compact Disc. I remember listening to it on CD in the mid-80s, at the peak of MTV. Sounded amazing. Money for Nothing. So Far Away. Title Track. Classic Knopfler.

the Bills O-Line riding the zamboni

A fungus photo a day: Lichenomphalia lichen taken yesterday. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Teen gunmen kill 13 at Columbine High School | April 20, 1999 | HISTORY On April 20, 1999, two teenage gunmen kill 13 people in a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Color...

This Day In History

April 20, 1999: Two teenage gunmen kill 13 people in a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Or, as NRA-purchased Congressional Republicans would respond today, "I'm sorry... I haven't heard anything about this event."

www.history.com/this-day-in-...

mRNA vaccines continue to show major promise.

In a small Phase 1 trial led by Dr. Balachandran, some patients with pancreatic cancer (one of the deadliest cancers) reached 6-year survival.

This is why sustained investment in science & research matters.

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Cool. My electric mixer stirs faster than my finger

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

Gold speckled flatworm: #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

A Humanoid Robot Races to a Record Half-Marathon Finish The android won a half-marathon for robots (and humans) on Sunday in Beijing, achieving a technological milestone while finishing faster than any person in history.

A humanoid robot named Lightning won a half-marathon for robots (and humans) on Sunday in Beijing, finishing faster than any person in history.

A tweet from Pope Leo XIV that reads: “When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.”

Apparently the Pope has read Baudrillard.

Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.

NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.

Green Hairstreak butterfly

Found my first Green Hairstreaks this morning 💚 #butterfly

Amazing! This is the line to get into Peter Buttigieg’s town hall in Tulsa tonight.

These incredible Buff Tip Moths blend in so well with branches that you might mistake them for sticks. Nature's masters of disguise are truly fascinating!

Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.

“The Far Right and the Right are not shouting because they are winning. They shout because they know their time is coming to an end.”

Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain

“THIS PARASITE EATS A FISH'S TONGUE UNTIL IT FALLS OFF — THEN ATTACHES ITSELF AND BECOMES THE FISH'S NEW TONGUE. THE FISH LIVES A NORMAL LIFE, USING THE LIVING ALIEN TO SWALLOW FOOD. THE ONLY KNOWN PARASITE THAT REPLACES A HOST'S ORGAN.”

FYI

"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..."

"One of her children recently enlisted in the military...

www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

55 yrs ago this week, 4/17/71, all 4 former Beatles had solo singles in the UK charts:

Paul McCartney: "Another Day,"
Ringo Starr: "It Don’t Come Easy"
John Lennon: "Power To The People"
George Harrison: "My Sweet Lord"

All 4 songs still sound great, 55 yrs later.
Play 'em loud.

Two sea lions next to a rock with their. mouths open and teeth showing. The Pacific Ocean is all around them.

Sea lions talking trash about the humans on the shore (Dear Blue Skyers, I was one of the humans on the shore 🤭)

#SeaLions #Pinnipeds #WestCoast #MontereyBay #California #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #PacificOcean

The moment Mars peeked out from behind our moon

80 years ago today, Jackie Robinson made his integrated professional baseball debut with the International League's Montreal Royals.

He went 4-for-5 with a home run and two stolen bases in the Royals' 14-1 win over the Jersey City Giants at Roosevelt Stadium.