It’s true; it’s a lot.

The show’s end was so disappointing that I gave away the books I had and moved on. If this book ever comes out, I will be shocked (but still not read it).

That or leaving them in the car…still gives me chills to think about and mine are all technically adults now.

This was one of my phobias when my kids were little…specifically bought a minivan with a backup camera (when those were new and on the higher trim lines) because of it.

You Should Be More Freaked Out by Shingles The viral infection leaves millions with chronic pain, increased stroke risk, and lifelong nerve damage—yet vaccination rates remain dangerously low.

You Should Be More Freaked Out by Shingles. (You should get the shingles vaccine.) www.wired.com/story/shingl...

Italian Politically Left-Wing!

Ah, this explains the veiled references I was seeing about a video people shouldn’t watch and suggestions to turn off autoplay. Good god.

Someone already mentioned this, but look at smaller private schools. They often offer significant merit aid to good students. Also, do an early tour or two to different types of schools to start the conversation on what type of school appeals to your child—that can help guide the list later

A hummingbird sits on a nest in an orange tree.

A hummingbird built a nest in our yard!

This series is among my favorites!

I’m not sure what’s going on in my yard this year but this (hummingbirds SHARING a feeder) is somehow a daily occurrence. (Pardon the shaky video, was trying not to spook them.)

A black cat lays on the top of couch cushions facing the camera, with a lone white whisker among his black ones.

My skinny old-man cat has exactly one white whisker, which I had to put out in the Bluesky world because I find it unaccountably charming.

Aren’t kids great?

A small black cat laying on her back on a wood floor, four paws curled up adorably as she looks at the camera. How is this comfortable? It can’t be, but she does this all the time.

My silly cat Fry laying on her back, as she does.

The fact that there was a correspondent nicknamed the “Scud Stud” is a bit of trivia that has lived rent-free in my head ever since.

Age verification? My first gaming console was an Atari 2600.

The editorial eye is never so keen as in the moment after one posts.

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

Some local activists cautioned against overinterpreting Wambsganss’ loss as a national political signal, arguing instead that it reflected distinctly local fallout from her role in contentious school board fights that reshaped public education politics in North Texas. In 2020, Wambsganss co-founded Southlake Families PAC to back school board candidates who pledged to root out critical race theory, which centers on the idea that racism is systemic in the nation’s institutions, and what they described as “woke” diversity initiatives in local schools. She later expanded that work as director of Patriot Mobile Action, the political arm of a right-wing Christian cellphone company, which poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into school board races across the region, helping elect slates of anti-DEI Republicans. Wambsganss’ campaign to put “God back in schools” helped elevate her to national prominence, with frequent appearances on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast and other conservative media. But in more recent elections, opponents say, the policies she championed — including aggressive curriculum battles, book bans and public funding for private Christian schools — triggered resistance not just from Democrats, but also from independent and Republican parents who said the fights sowed division and instability in high-achieving suburban school systems. Laney Hawes, a parent of four in one of those districts and a co-founder of the Texas Freedom to Read Project, said many in Tarrant County had come to see Wambsganss as “the villain of public education.” While Hawes said she was energized by the outcome, she warned that the result was being read too broadly outside the region. “This win was about parents’ coming together from every notch on the political spectrum and trying to protect our children and our community,” Hawes said. “Even Republicans and moderates were pissed off at her.”

Some important context for anyone writing about that Texas special election shocker

Do it! Just saw it tonight and it was fantastic!

They keep dropping Epstein stuff at the end of the day on Fridays hoping to bury it and it just gives people all weekend to read it lol

Thank god for small favors

I am a Californian who voted for him for gov (thanks, Rs, for running the most cartoonishly unqualified weirdos against him) and not only do I NOT want him as pres, I am sure he will not play outside of whatever pundit bubbles think it is a good idea for him to run. Just no. Absolutely not.

Californians are NOT going to vote for Gavin Newsom. They're telling you now, with YEARS to go before the election. Fair warning. Please support better candidates, there will be many to choose from.

I've seen some folks giving into doomerism by citing the US's history of paramilitary violence shutting down fair elections in the South, and I want to add some historical context to support Jamelle here (as an historian of Reconstruction paramilitary violence)

The SPEAKER implies.

The LISTENER infers.

The DUDE abides.

ForwardBlue facebook ad suggesting that people sign up with them to register for the next No Kings day, which they are not involved in.

Please be aware that contrary to their fundraising ads, @forwardblue.bsky.social has no relationship with the No Kings mobilizations, no record of doing anything in support, no inside information, and is ignoring requests to cease advertising that suggests they are involved.

Why is she dressed like Gozer the Gozerian?

Masked federal agents removing crates of belongings from the ICE shooter's home

It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.

Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing

For Californians receiving scary mailers about Sacramento raising gas prices from “Californians for Affordable and Reliable Energy,” that group is primarily funded by the oil and gas industry (which I guess I didn’t need a Google search to figure out, lol).