A color, macrophoto of a Robin perched on a branch in Virginia, during late April, 2026. The capture was taken during rain and the photographer snapped the photo at the split second a raindrop fell on the top of the bird's head, making it appear like a "natural" crown. 📸 Dawn Denise Boyer of Gloucester, Virginia

#WonderfulBirdWednesday

Right in the middle of rain, the photo was captured the split second a droplet of water landed on the #Robins head like a crown! 👑
04/2026

#Birds #Nature
#FlawlessTiming 🌟
#FMSPAD
#SomethingThatFlies
#Birdsky #Wildlife
#Photography
#BirdPhotography
#Macrophotography

"Everybody to your divisions! Execute Plan 4-20!*," commands a white-haired, green-suited superhuman of some variety.

Happy Green Day 💚! Support marijuana decriminalization and legalization efforts as you enjoy the cannabinoid of your choice.

The Forest Service just told Congress to go pound sand. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz appeared before the House Appropriations Committee this week and made it clear the agency is moving forward with

Puffin Arrival Day April 14

The puffins have landed! #PuffinArrivalDay #April14

Happy National Scrabble Day!

Bounteous bingoes to you all.

Pope Leo on an airplane, standing in the aisle, holding a baseball bat.

Say "weak on crime" again. I dare you.

‘Succulent Chinese meal’ speech added to Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive Jack Karlson’s rallying cry of ‘democracy manifest’ added to national collection of sound recordings that hold historical, cultural and aesthetic significance * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Thirty-five years ago, when Jack Karlson was hauled into a police car outside a Chinese restaurant in Queensland, he couldn’t have known his bombastic speech would be watched by millions around the world, become a meme and now, be preserved for ever in Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive. Karlson’s declaration – “Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest! … What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?” – is one of nine pieces of audio that have been added to the NFSA’s Sounds of Australia collection this year, along with a pedestrian crossing signal and Missy Higgins’ 2004 hit Scar. Continue reading...

‘Succulent Chinese meal’ speech added to Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive

Sad tabby cat sitting in in a worn cardboard box in a darkened corner alone

A handmade protest sign reading, "Impeach the Orange," in rebus form. The words "peach" and "orange" are represented by the emojis for those fruits.

Impeach the Orange. #NoKings3

permissions Version 47.0.0 may request access to ? Location • access precise location only in the foreground • access approximate location only in the foreground Storage • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage Other • run foreground service • This app can appear on top of other apps • run at startup • Google Play license check • Read badge notifications • view network connections • prevent phone from sleeping • view Wi-Fi connections • use fingerprint hardware • show notifications • receive data from Internet • control vibration • have full network access • use biometric hardware

The new WH app demands the following permissions that are not usual for a news app:

Precise location access

Modify/delete storage

Appear on top of other apps

Run at startup + persistent background activity

Biometric / fingerprint hardware access

Prevent phone from sleeping (bg activity)

TOMORROW: Be a part of history! Show the world that the majority of Americans oppose the most corrupt, inept, criminal, orange "president" in U.S. History.

NO KINGS. Also: NO SERIAL LIARS/CONVICTED FELONS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS & NO ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN

Be there. Make your voices heard! 🇺🇸 ✊

#NO_KINGS

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A smug golden sphinx knocks a crown off a cliff the way a cat knocks a jar off a countertop.

Join us at the next No Kings Day on March 28th!
Find a mobilization near you at nokings.org

@indivisible.org
@moveon.org
@aclu.org
@50501movement.bsky.social
@publiccitizen.bsky.social

#NoKings
#ComicsAgainstKings

Happy 73rd Birthday to the legendary Queen of Funk, the incomparable Aries Diva, Chaka Khan.

Here's your moment of zen: A "holy" cat named Coco stands at the entrance of a church in Mexico, seemingly blessing everyone who walks in 🐱

Neil Finn, of Split Enz, Crowded House, the Finn Brothers, and Pajama Club.

three half-sheet pans filled with 100+ pierogi

the great pierogiing

I made a timelapse last night and caught some of the Perseids

« Today is the Equinox at Chichén Itzá in Yucatán, when sunlight and shadow create the famous illusion of Kukulkán, the feathered serpent, descending the steps of El Castillo. It remains one of the most iconic astronomical spectacles associated with the ancient Maya »
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Deer enjoying cherry blossoms in Nara, Japan: #AGoodPlace

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March 18, 2026 Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:

Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"

Gen Z men with college degrees now have the same unemployment rate as non-grads—a sign that the higher education payoff is dead | Fortune Gen Z is increasingly slamming their degrees as useless, and new research indicates there may be some truth when it comes to the job hunt.

Men with a college degree now have roughly the same unemployment rate as young men who didn’t go to college, according to an analysis of U.S. Current Population Survey data. https://bit.ly/4li3iwX

We finally got a Virginia Supreme Court ruling!

Confirmation redistricting referendum is happening

Early voting starts this Friday

Essentially a shadow docket ruling and not on final merits

But highest court in Virginia will let voters go to the polls

Ramadan Mubarak!

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Laissez bon temps rouler!

Hodesh Adar tov!

Y'ALL

⭐

Power to the People!

🚨 GROUNDBREAKING NEWS! 🚨
The Virginia Supreme Court has decided our Redistricting Vote can move forward. Please mark your calendars ➡️ Early Voting will begin on Friday, March 6, and Election Day will be Tuesday, April 21. VOTE YES! #virginia #VoteYES #vote

Hey, MSTies who tuned in to SB60: anyone else hear a sound clip from "Design for Dreaming" during the HeGetsUs ad? #MST3K #SuperBowlLX

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

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