I mean. They’d be innocent even if they WERE related, because that’s not how guilt works.

Commentary: He honked to support a 'No Kings' rally. A cop busted him A retired potato farmer in St. George, Utah, wanted to show his solidarity with demonstrators at an anti-Trump rally held deep in pro-Trump country. He sees politics behind the citation.

Ticketed for honking support at a "No Kings" really. So many amusing details in this story. Guy could have just paid the $50 fine. The legal skirmishing could cost him more. Turns out this retired potato farmer is a law school graduate and former prosecutor.

www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

John Waters

Happy 80th, uncle John.

John Waters photographed by Christopher Myers in Baltimore Magazine for his 80th birthday, 22 April 2026. pipedreamdragon.tumblr.com/post/8146182...

Too bad. Would have liked to see the discovery tallying the hours spent visible at nightclubs vs. hours on the seventh floor of the Hoover building.

Re-upping in light of this latest report:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Favorite part: New Yorkers riot after the city eliminates free park benches and adds rental seating. "...a mob rushed to the defense of a man who squatted in a chair without paying. The crowd tossed a police officer into a pond, and threatened to lynch the rental attendant..."

I'm having a hard time believing my eyes with water data this year.

The Colorado River mainstem through Grand Junction was flowing at 54 cfs last night. Not a typo. 54 cfs.

Last year on this date it was flowing at 1,420cfs. Even in 2002, the driest year on record, it was at 690cfs on April 22.

College Where Charlie Kirk Was Killed Revokes Graduation Speaker’s Invite

The right wing calls it cancel culture when their speakers are targeted. But when tables are turned, "I call it common decency,” Andrew Kolvet, a co-host of The Charlie Kirk Podcast, told the NY Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

I’ve noticed an interesting difference between driving and biking.

When you are driving, you can’t wait to stop. Always looking for faster routes, shortcuts and ways to get out of your car quicker.

On a bike it’s exactly the opposite. We often find ourselves taking the long route just for fun.

They think you're stupid.

Today marks exactly one year since Donald Trump announced he hoped to reach a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine — saying at the time it would be signed “this week.”

For the tyrant in the *white* house?

San Francisco Solved Metro Vandalism With One Neat Trick The age of the fare-gate society is here.

A very thoughtful look at the evolving "architecture of good behavior" in cities. Gift link:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Secretary of War Pete Hegs... # © • 39m The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.

Make this make sense.

The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.

How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

Two panel comic. Panel 1: a digital kiosk at the entrance of a parking garage with a dispensed ticket. The screen display reads: PLEASE TAKE TICKET BELOW. Panel 2: a T-Rex is sticking its little arm out the window of its partially opened car door, trying to reach the ticket.

It turn out she has a name, which is weird.

Thank you, Connie Ballmer.

*Dead media studies, often enlightening in unusual, politicized ways

A leading cause of death in the postpartum period for non-Hispanic Black women

In Section 2907.01, "private area" also refers to the "buttocks," so this law would in addition criminalize the wearing of short-shorts

The term - kokushobi - has been translated as "cruelly hot"

Beyond its plain corruption, the Flynn “settlement” is also likely unlawful. The “collusive lawsuit doctrine” prohibits parties from arranging litigation to achieve a result they both desire in the absence of genuine adversarial dispute. As the Supreme Court held in United States v. Johnson, 319 U.S. 302 (1943), Article III requires “an honest and actual antagonistic assertion of rights” for a court to have jurisdiction to adjudicate it, including to approve a settlement. And although Mr. Flynn’s lawsuit was adversarial at its inception, the Trump DOJ’s abrupt reversal from a winning litigating position offers powerful circumstantial evidence that the parties may not be genuinely adversarial and that the settlement may be collusive in essence. Moreover, if the settlement were reached without a good-faith assessment of the government’s liability, it may also implicate federal criminal statutes prohibiting conspiracy to defraud the United States and theft of public money.

Of note: the Flynn "settlement" is likely unlawful, Raskin asserts

How the tech lobby made secrecy part of EU law on data centers Microsoft and the tech industry lobby secured a provision from the EU to keep environmental data about the massive data centers they operate in Europe confidential, according to an investigation by th...

EU agreed to hide from public view environmental data about data centers after lobbying from Microsoft & other tech giants. The provision could violate European transparency rules and the EU's obligations under the Aarhus Convention, LeMonde reports
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...

Christ: “Blessed are you who are poor.” Mr. Trump: “Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich.” “My whole life I’ve been greedy, greedy, greedy. I’ve grabbed all the money I could get.” Christ: “Blessed are the meek.” Mr. Trump: “It has been stated by many that the first month of our presidency . . . is the most successful in the history of our nation.” “You know who No. 2 is? George Washington.” Christ: “Blessed are the merciful.” Mr. Trump: “I am your retribution.” “Why are we having all these people from s— hole countries come here?” Christ: “Blessed are the peacemakers.” Mr. Trump: “A whole civilization will die tonight.” “He died like a dog.” “He died after running into a dead-end tunnel whimpering and crying and screaming.” Christ: “Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you.” Mr. Trump: “I love getting even with people.” “I hate my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them, I’m sorry.”

Trump Meets His Match in Pope Leo

Peggy Noonan nails it

gift link: www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...

Nice. Love the irrigation setup 😀

2,400 year-old skeleton mosaic in Turkey that says: 'Be cheerful, enjoy your life'

A split bar chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Americans are most likely to say T. Rex is their favorite dinosaur, but many don't have a favorite." The chart has the sub-headline: "Which of the following is your favorite dinosaur? (%)." The chart has the note: "Note: "Other" includes responses of archaeopteryx, spinosaurus, plesiosaur, ankylosaurus, allosaurus, parasaurolophus, dilophosaurus, diplodocus, iguanadon, and pachycephalosaurus, as well as responses of "other." We know pterodactyls and plesiosaurs aren't dinosaurs. Opinion about dinosaurs comes from the question, "How much do you like or dislike dinosaurs?""

A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur.

And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops).

Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...

“Alligator Alcatraz” Guards Allegedly Beat Prisoners for Requesting Phone Access The ACLU told a judge that guards were obstructing her March order to provide phone access in the jail.

As a result of our lawsuit, guards at "Alligator Alcatraz" are required to allow people detained at the facility to call their lawyers, in accordance with the Constitution.

Yet when our clients asserted their right to access phones, guards brutally beat them. ICE must be held accountable.

Pallid desert-digger (Centris pallida) foraging on palo verde flowers

Cactus chimney bee (Diadasia australis) foraging on a barrel cactus flower

Orange-tipped woodborer (Lithurgopsis apicalis) foraging on a prickly pear flower

California digger bee (Anthophora californica) visiting lantana flowers

You know what made me happy this week? Seeing all these Sonoran Desert native bees!