The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Happy Earth Day 🌎

A poem from Wendell Berry

Chicago Public Schools, CTU agree to make May 1 day of civic action; school will remain in session Chicago Public Schools has agreed with the Chicago Teachers Union to declare May 1 a day of civic action, the union and the school district said.

May Day has been declared a day of civic action in Chicago schools, which means buses will be provided for students and educators to join the rally in Union Park.

Holy shit…this is unbelievable

WaPo: Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says.

Winston Churchill: "The main difference between humans and animals is that animals would never let the stupidest one in the group lead them."
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

I’ve given up commenting WTAF. The keyboard’s letters were getting worn.

Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.

Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.

But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.

Trickle down hoax.

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

Don’t believe everything you see!

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media
The artificial-intelligence-generated fake influencers have surged on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in an apparent bid to hook conservative voters.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

An image shows Donald Trump at a podium with a headline about NO TAX ON TIPS. Above the photo, text quotes Trump saying the country was an embarrassment a year ago. Below, bold text mocks Trump for being president a year ago.

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Democrats are underreacting to Donald Trump’s obvious mental decline.

They should be shouting it from the rooftops and on every cable show, just like Republicans did with Joe Biden.

Trump is clearly not well.

I think most people would prefer this. #Science

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

That’s the new game. AI personas that sound human, post like humans, and build followings.

the liquor cabinet

Trump Plans Oil Lease Sale in Alaska’s Arctic Wildlife Refuge The Trump administration plans to offer at least 400,000 acres in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling rights in June, marking its first such sale in the rugged area prize...

Starting in June, you too can defile the earth. Wasn't enough to kill the Boundary Waters, Hood River National Forest, & Chaco Canyon to fill rich folks coffers. 🖕🖕🖕

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Someone knew.
$760 million bet that oil would crash placed 20 minutes before it did. This wasn’t a fluke. It happened three times in six weeks.

The feds are investigating. The question isn’t whether someone had inside knowledge of U.S. war decisions. It’s who.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Steve Bannon pissed his pants on stage at the World Economic Forum, Kash Patel is missing, Pete Kegsbreth is quoting Pulp Fiction as the Bible, RFK, Jr. eats raccoon penis, and Trump keeps using war to milk the markets. No one is coming to save us. We have to save ourselves. Lock them all up.

🔊 Iranian navy to ship attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz:

“The Strait of Hormuz is still closed. We will open it by the order of our leader Imam Khamenei, not by the tweets of some idiot.”

Trump executive order could debank millions of Americans: what to know An order that would require banks to review citizenship information from customers is in "process," the U.S. Treasury Secretary has said.

Under Trump’s EO, people may have their own money frozen, if they cannot prove to their bank that they were born in the USA. I thought Social Security numbers took care of that-there is probably an issue if names changed. They may now require passports for banking. Stay tuned!

People have different sleep patterns. It’s totally natural. The sleep routine we’re expected to follow is a modern invention for office and factory workers on strict schedules. We have the sleep patterns of hunter gatherers built in, not clerks.

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment.

The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment.

By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

French Widow Detained by ICE in Alabama Is Released After 16 Days

is that a lot of days to detain a widow

what should we compare ourselves to

About 15 Latin American people deported to Congo by the U.S. It was the latest example of the Trump administration using agreements with African countries to accelerate migrant removals under controversial circumstances that have raised questions about respect ...

The episode was the latest example of the Trump administration using agreements with African countries to accelerate migrant removals under controversial circumstances that have raised questions about respect for the migrants' rights. https://to.pbs.org/4cjJ6Ig

Every one of us in danger from #ICELawlessness whether you are a citizen or not because these ICE & CBP thugs are sadistic monsters who care nothing about the rule of law & will brutally injure & even kill & then lie about it.

Are you willing to tell 3 friends about how Tucker Collins lost his eye?

We Forget About ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ at Our Peril The abuses are piling up, and Democrats and activists are desperate to get the word out.

One detainee "reportedly remained in ‘the box’ directly exposed to the sun and heat for hours, with no water.” One immigration activist says it gets even worse than *that.*

The latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/we-forget-...

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted… every date has been altered…History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”

- 1984, George Orwell

ICE Arrests 85-Year-Old French Widow Who Married Her G.I. Sweetheart

The criminal system (including immigration) is a weapon, and people weaponize it. There's no "neutral" use of police and prosecutors.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

I always come back to this 👇🏼

I say sue him to kingdom come.

Local Election Officials Survey 2026 75 percent of local election officials have not received additional resources from their state or local government to address federal cuts to election security services. At least 71 percent of officials have done some preparation or planning for scenarios that could disrupt election administration.

At least 71% of election officials have engaged in preparation or planning for scenarios that could disrupt election administration ahead of the midterms.

Learn more in our latest survey of local election officials: bit.ly/41pYmNr

A jury has ruled that Live Nation-Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly.

A judge will determine whether or not to break the company up, in addition to other damages.

This is a big deal.

Remember that the Trump admin tried to settle the lawsuit with a slap on the wrist — but state AGs said no way.