I would say shaped me rather than saved me:
Black Beauty, The Secret Garden and My Side of the Mountain

No, he hasn’t. One need only a search engine to learn the catastrophic 1918 flu pandemic that killed millions globally, started at a U.S. Army base.

Sad irony. Thomson used to be a global newspaper publisher and Reuters remains a global news service. Asking questions was/is their business.

Here it is, my annual reminder: don't spray spring dandelions with roundup. One flower can be visited by 100+ bees in a day, and your chemicals will kill all of them. 🌻

The Voice. Hard to believe Luther has been gone more than two decades. He left us far too soon.

Picture of the week - Odesa…😢

WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

Parody historical plaque (probably by @joderoberts.bsky.social )

The soulless, sociopathic orange cunt stands in his suit looking bored and devoid of intelligent thought whilst an Oval Office guest is collapsed on the ground behind him. Fellow guests, able to demonstrate more compassion than the pedo protector has ever mustered in his entire miserable existence, are helping the collapsed man. The photo captures the insipid, disdain Trump holds for any other human being not permanently kissing his fat, wrinkly ass. At least today is one day closer to his death.

Congratulations to photographer Andrew Harnik who has won the White House Correspondents’ Association award for presidential news coverage with one of the greatest Oval Office photos ever captured.

And she did it in an Oxford shirt, cardigan and skirt. Impressive.

Cardinal Joseph Tobin criticizes the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.

“When they have to hide their identities to terrify people, when they can actually violate other guarantees of our Constitution and Bill of Rights, well, I think somebody's got to call that out,” he says.

Vintage advertising poster for a bicycling school, featuring a woman in a brown gown riding a bicycle in a large room with a man presumably giving instructions to her. There are several other people on bicycles in the background.

Attila Bicycle School
József Boulevard 36
Budapest, Hungary

ca. 1898

Spring in Gettysburg:
A Belgian with pear trees. (My Chloe)

A (tiny) recording of Amelia Earhart’s 1932 London speech, played for the first time | Timeless A reference librarian stumbled across a tiny recording of a speech by Amelia Earhart tucked inside a copy of her 1932 memoir, published soon after she became the first woman (and the second person) to...

Just when you think every microscopic detail of Amelia Earhart's life has been thoroughly examined, something new shows up. In this case, twenty-one seconds of her voice, brought to you by the great people of the indelibly magnificent @librarycongress.bsky.social. | 🛩️ 🎙️ 🥇

Imagine the history and life a tree has witnessed over centuries. Let's preserve these natural wonders instead of reducing them to mere commodities! #NatureHeritage #EcoConscious

It would be way too tempting to eat this hit!

“Black Beauty” was transformative for me as a child with no concept of animal cruelty. Ever since I have tried to be a voice against cruelty in memory of Anna’s Ginger.

Memorandum & Opinion – #45 in DUNN v. AUSTIN (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-01844) – CourtListener.com MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding the putative intervenors' 12 13 Motions to Intervene. See text for details. Signed by Judge Dabney L. Friedrich on March 30, 2026. (lcdlf2) (Entered: 03/30/2026)

Here's the judge's 11-page ruling which REJECTS a legal challenge to the Jan 6 plaque from Jan 6 riot defendants

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

At 9:30a - DC federal court hears arguments over controversial revised Pentagon media policy, which moves members of press corps into annex outside of building & maintains restrictions

At time of war

Press attorneys to argue Trump Admin is circumventing court order

Hundreds filled the square for No Kings protest in Gettysburg, Pa.

Herb Alpert, who turns 91 on March 31, performing in the Lyric Opera House, Baltimore, last night: "Nice to play in a building that's older than me." baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/dan-...

The Biden family welcomes a pair of adorable rescue pups into their home. Meet Scout and Boo.

tinyurl.com/2vthz735

Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman upper half sitting at a desk dressed in black facing right looking outwards next to a black cat in an interior setting

"I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude" - Colette,
French author, actress and journalist
#womensart

When your design aesthetic is compared to the British invaders who burned down the WH and Capitol…

When canned veggies encased in aspic was the perfect dinner party dish.

Artwork by Grace Yencer, a contemporary artist living and working in the US #womensart

Four images, three of differently designed white multistorey buildings eitj curved and bold features and one monochrome photograph of a women wearing black, upper half, resting her chin on her hand looking directly outwards

"I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper"
- Zaha Hadid (1950-2016), award winning, Iraqi-British architect #WomensArt

We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.

A tale of two men.
Vance: “The country is being run by childless cat ladies.”
Mamdani: “My wife loves cats. Give me the shots.”

Washington DC is not the President’s personal real estate empire. Our public buildings belong to the people.

That’s why I introduced the Federal Facilities Protection and Oversight Act—to protect our historic federal buildings and ensure no president can demolish or remake them on a whim.