Though Mr. Brown’s office was never lawfully vacated, on January 13, 2026, President Trump nominated John DeLeeuw to fill Mr. Brown’s NTSB seat and to serve for the unexpired portion of Mr. Brown’s term. On March 16, 2026, following Senate confirmation, Mr. DeLeeuw took the oath of office and purported to assume the NTSB seat that Mr. Brown still rightfully occupies. See John DeLeeuw, NTSB, https://perma.cc/KEA2-E9AQ (last visited Apr. 12, 2026).

From the lawsuit:

NTSB member Alvin Brown, who was removed from his position by Pres Trump last year, is now suing John DeLeeuw, who was put on the board after him. Brown's suit makes an effective claim for why his firing was unlawful. Brown is already suing Trump, the NTSB etc, www.bloomberglaw.com/public/deskt...

RED Team Kidnaps the Vice President (Full Scene) | RED YouTube video by Clip Kings

I love this movie so much. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rna_...

Not a good moment to be a politician who supports this war and is up for reelection.

More from the original thread - has the source & a video! bsky.app/profile/stev...

The Boss in Portland - 41 Shots (American Skin) - Bruce Springsteen, April 3, 2026 YouTube video by BelaHomes

This song is, by its nature, always intense. But Tom Morello really brought it for this performance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBE3...

Take Me Home Country Road Israel Kamakawiwo'ole YouTube video by MackS30303

Sublime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQJT...

Maxwell: Special interests shower $14 million on Florida legislators in one day Members of the Florida Legislature collected a whopping $14 million worth of campaign donations from special interests in a single day – the day before their legislative session began.

Column: Special interests shower #Florida legislators with $14 million in a single day. It’s like Christmas, except the only ones getting gifts are money-grubbing pols. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/04/15/f... via @scottmaxwell.bsky.social

The Ice Balloon by Alec Wilkinson: 9780307741868 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books In 1897, at the height of the heroic age of Arctic exploration, the visionary Swedish explorer S. A. Andrée made a revolutionary attempt to discover the North Pole by flying over it in a hydrogen...

This is a really good book about Andrée and the expedition. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/206792...

Army aviation chief: D.C. crash ‘wasn’t about’ outdated Black Hawk cockpit Top Army leader makes rare public comments about D.C. crash

Well, that's interesting. I'd love to know exactly what the Army thinks the crash was about. (That's an honest question, no sarcasm.) theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc...

Always happy to pass along a NF book rec. This one sounds fascinating!

I'm doing the work, and I still believe.

Coast Guard rescues child, three adults stranded on ice floe near Chefornak in ‘most challenging’ mission A family of four was on a seal hunting expedition and requested Coast Guard assistance Saturday after being trapped on the ice for over 24 hours.

www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/04/15/c...

I’m having one of those days where I need to watch “All the President’s Men” again.

A small stone bridge in the shadow of Muckish Mountain in Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal

This is the Bridge of Tears in County Donegal

This small bridge provides a harsh and tragic counterpoint to the grandeur of the nearby Glenveagh Castle.

It was here where many took their farewells from their families before crossing the bridge as a first step towards emigration.

#Ireland #Donegal

An impossibly monumental future city as seen from a high angle. We’re shown, in mostly warm pastel shades, a megalopolis of towers, interconnecting highways, skyports & hover-planes.

A city of tomorrow, by Julian Krupa, for the back cover of 1939’s Amazing Stories. Time hasn’t kind to all of Krupa’s original art - see the scan below- but it’s still fascinating & beautiful, even if everything on show is pretty much a red flag in a from-Metropolis-to-Mega-City-One kind of way.

Photo of an interior with table and chair, rug on a wooden floor and yellow walls all painted with images of flowers

The original house of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970) house is permanently preserved and on display at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax, Canada 🇨🇦 #WomensArt

Gorgeous puddles today!

Palmer, Alaska 🏔

Postal Service union launches ad campaign promoting mail voting as Trump assails the method The American Postal Workers Union is launching a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail. This comes as President Donald Trump has raised skepticism about mail-in ballots.

“Our message is to America: Vote by mail is efficient, it’s safe, and it’s successful. Period. This is educating the American people that you can use vote by mail and you can be guaranteed that your voice will be heard and your vote will be counted.”

A friend took a picture of me at work this morning. 🤠

Scientists just discovered 5.6 million bees under a New York State cemetery This whopping bee aggregation is one of the largest and oldest ever recorded, according to a new study

Scientists just discovered 5.6 million bees under a New York cemetery www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

Read this.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open Owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said they have found a buyer who had agreed to keep the newspaper open, less than a month before it was due to shut down.

The nonprofit that runs the successful, Pulitzer-winning Baltimore Banner is going to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Of all the possible outcomes here, this is likely the best we could have hoped for.

apnews.com/article/pitt...

Book Reviews, News & Events | The Boston Globe Book reviews, news, events and more from the journalists of the Boston Globe. Send book review pitches and inquiries to books@globe.com.

As an editor one of the few newspapers left publishing a decent amount of book reviews and other coverage, I hope you might consider a digital subscription to the Boston Globe. It's not that expensive and look at what we do! www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/

Holy…..

“Google has created a misinformation crisis. Studies have shown that people tend to trust what AI tells them without question…Another experiment found that users still listened to AI when it gave them the wrong answer nearly 80% of the time—a grim trend the researchers dubbed “cognitive surrender.”

It seems to me like Bluesky is really taking off recently. It’s having a growth spurt I think.

I’m going to post a lot more original content here now.

I help save street dogs in Thailand and try to post content that is uplifting and that will make you smile!

The old dogs are my fav ❤️

The West’s snow drought meant record dryness — but also record flooding - High Country News From the Cascades to the San Juans, the nearly snowless winter wasn’t the same everywhere.

From the Cascades to the San Juans, the nearly snowless winter wasn’t the same everywhere.

This case involves the crash of an Air America plane.

A parish priest is a politician. He deals with the ladies' committee, the councilman, the Rotary, the Mayor, the local criminal element, and so on. John Paul II was an excellent politician. Benedict was a church politician, but not a retail one. Francis excelled at backroom politics.