Crab apple blossoms. I also saw my first butterfly of the year, but it wouldn’t sit long enough to get a picture.

Wood anemone #wildflowerhour

Would be nice for him too see all the free women in Sparta.

I was very excited to see a green metallic bee last year. I have a ton of carpenter bees, bumblebees and sweat bees too.

Maybe……

If teachers and daycare workers strike it will hurt families living paycheck to paycheck, if medical workers strike it hurts people who desperately need health care. There’s more I’m sure.

La casa de Rocky Balboa

Monument to Human Chain Rescue Unveiled in Almaty - The Times Of Central Asia In 2016, residents of Almaty formed a human chain to rescue a dog and its owner who had become trapped in a river. Ten years later, in March 2026, an art

It's not AI, folks, it's real. The Times of Central Asia covered it.

I love that the sculptor thought of this: "The hand of the final figure extends beyond the fence, allowing visitors to grasp it and symbolically take part in the rescue." 🥹

timesca.com/monument-to-...

Alright y’all this is a small thing but an easy one

Stop buying books from Amazon

Instead buy them from Bookshop.com which supports your local bookstores

Here’s a 20% discount on your first order

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Exactly what I was thinking.

Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticides

Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her.

Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day

The FBI is buying Americans’ location data “We do purchase commercially available information.”

Unlike information obtained from cellphone providers, this data can be accessed without a warrant — and used to track anyone.

It seems completely believable that the current government doesn’t know that a detention facility needs more water and sewage than a warehouse, given the general level of competence.

We either need much better science education or a lot of people just learned more about grandma and grandpa than they wanted to know.

DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is 'devastated' The program, Charting My Path for Future Success, aimed to help teens with disabilities transition from high school to the real world. It abruptly ended when DOGE terminated its federal contract.

In case anyone is wondering what I’m talking about: www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...

Pretty much. They shut down a program in PA that helped students with disabilities -transition- from school to careers.

Should I also be worried that there’s not enough cat hair in my house? (Hint, there’s more than enough of both people and fur)

Irondequoit Bay West is actually pretty good except for one flooded section.

Clown shoes for clowns

I’m putting that on my resume

I kinda thought that was a problem.

Was “Preparing to End Dictatorship Operation” just too unwieldy?

I want to know who made the initials “EF”, it almost seems deliberate. Like, who exactly suggested it first?

a cartoon of a fox holding a rabbit with the words " please don 't fling me in that briar patch " ALT: a cartoon of a fox holding a rabbit with the words " please don 't fling me in that briar patch "

Oh no, don’t throw us in the briar patch!!!

I never would have even worn a baseball cap to any type of solemn occasion.

Exactly why they didn’t want their AI used for this!

At least the the Dow < 50,000.

I learned a little about art today, and maybe.