I was going to ask how this is legal but then this whole country is built on centuries of theft and corruption..

The winter weather took a toll on my Otto Luyken Laurel, so they must come out of the front beds. I remember when I installed them all by myself now 30 years ago. Whatever replaces them will need to be planted by one with stronger arms and much more stamina than I can muster.

Adding to those direct impacts on the climate by the cruise industry…

… the Port of Seattle (as an example) estimates that 60-80% of cruise passengers get to the the ships there and back home by flying, via SeaTac airport.

(Port of Seattle owns the both cruise terminal & airport; has the data.)

THIS

Up bright and early to perform my civic duty: VOTE. Kept up the family tradition by voting on the actual day, although I didn’t get gussied up. (Some aspects of tradition can be dropped).The ancestors wld be amazed to know that I simply pulled up to the curb and cast my ballot from the car.

I’m so sorry Imani & wish I could help ease the grief - the loss is humongous but the love lasts forever 💕

Well I'm not going to get much more time. There's another mass on his liver so I told Dexter it was ok. He can go hang out with my other soul dog who passed in 2014. Nate Dogg is waiting for Spaniel Day Lewis at the rainbow bridge.

My heart is broken.

I'm inconsolable.

For those in Virginia tepid or ambivalent, here’s a clarion and forceful argument to vote “YES” on redistricting tomorrow—from someone who intimately knows the costs and the stakes:

Tomorrow, Virginia votes to restore our Constitutional system of checks and balances. Vote yes, Virginia, and we can start to end the costly chaos in Washington.

Inside a Black Panther Family Album Kathleen and Eldridge Cleaver’s family album depicts aspirational homemaking in diaspora, capturing the tension between rest and motion as they navigated exile with their children.

The family album of Kathleen and Eldridge Cleaver, prominent leaders in the Black Panther Party during the late 1960s, depicts aspirational homemaking in diaspora, capturing the tension between rest and motion as they navigated exile with their children.

"The American Psychological Association failed in its role leading the discipline of psychology, was complicit in contributing to systemic inequities, & hurt many through racism, racial discrimination, & denigration of POC, thereby falling short on its mission..." 👀
www.apa.org/about/policy...

Oh my goodness my school hired an events coordinator & I’ve been sweating planning the social side of our upcoming “Summer Intensive” weeks & suddenly someone enthusiastic & capable is saying “give me a few days to spin up some concrete ideas & I’ll pitch them to you” & WOW is that wonderful

Cuture warriors defend western civilization by banning colleges from teaching . . . er . . . Plato and Shakespeare.

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

John Roberts’ Wife Made Millions From Bribes

Roberts accepted $10 Million in bribes disguised as recruiting fees from Law firms with cases pending before the Supreme Court.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

Seeing a lot of discussion regarding where the crisis of the university came from. You cannot, in any way, shape, or form, talk about this without also focusing on administrators as both a corrupting force and a group that laid the foundation for and was rabidly starving for authoritarianism.

If you haven’t voted yet- please make your plans for tomorrow for in person voting! Polls are open 6am- 7pm.

A YES vote will help Virginia and our country move forward from the disaster around us. Please let your voice and vote be counted!!

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

Colleagues leaving, students losing out. Sure would be nice if we lived in a world where other universities could do some serious poaching, but alas it's bad all over. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Buckle up, domestic violence only gets worse during recessions/depressions & Republicans have done everything they could to make DV worse. From making guns more available to making it more difficult to get a divorce Republicans Continue to try make US Domestic Violence issues Worse.
Vote accordingly

“‘I have yet to meet anyone—from the highest levels in the administration to the [youngest] students that I know—that is OK with this. Students are deeply, deeply upset about this,’ Bell said. ‘I’ve had members of the Turning Point USA chapter here at Texas Tech express complete dissatisfaction.’”

Men: OMG what happened with Justin Fairfax is terrible! He should never have done that! How could we have missed the signs he was not well? When are we going to discuss mental health?

Women: We stand with Cerina Fairfax. Let's pray for her and her children! What happened was awful! Say her name!

Screenshot of statement by VA State Senator Russet Perry on the murder of Cerina Fairfax by her husband, Justin Fairfax, and about domestic violence being "about abuse, power and control"

"...we should remember that Cerina Fairfax did not make the choice to leave this earth. That choice was taken from her, eaving her teenaged children to deal with the aftermath of the actions of their father." - VA Sen. @russetperry.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/04/brea...

Domestic violence is not a problem of one class or one race

It sadly can happen to anyone

My senior year at UVA Yeardley Love was murdered by her boyfriend

She should still be here

Just like Cerina Fairfax should still be here

We as a society must do a better job

"In the wake of the tragic murder-suicide involving Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Justin Fairfax, many are talking and posting. But too many conversations focus on reputation, status, and shock, while avoiding the deeper truth: Violence against women continues because too many men remain silent...So use your voice in those locker rooms, boardrooms, golf courses, barbershops, pulpits, fraternities and homes. Challenge the culture that protects toxic masculinity over healthy masculinity, superficial image over truth, and silence over safety." - YWCA South Hampton Roads

"In the wake of the tragic murder-suicide involving Dr. Cerina Fairfax...too many conversations focus on reputation, status, and shock, while avoiding the deeper truth: Violence against women continues because too many men remain silent..." - YWCA South Hampton Roads bluevirginia.us/2026/04/brea...

But if Roland Martin actually cares about and wants to do something about Black men’s mental health, start by asking how to support young Black men like Justin Fairfax’s son, because there was never any trauma in Justin’s life like the trauma he just inflicted upon his son (and his daughter).

I didn’t say this sooner beyond noting the story was horrific but Justin Fairfax was a piece of shit who was credibly accused of assaulting multiple women before he tried to *frame* Dr. Cerina Fairfax for domestic violence & eventually killed her. Fuck his mental health, their kids found the bodies.

all the articles calling the murder of cerina fairfax a "complicated divorce" and "ongoing domestic dispute" are quoting directly from the police presser without citing those phrases as coming from that source. journalism dies when you let the cops tell you what happened and stop there.

Screenshot of statement by the Virginia Young Democrats on the "tragic news of the passing of Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax...a mother, a dentist...devoted to giving back to the Fairfax community to help those in need...a painful reminder that domestic violence is extremely prevalent in our communities, and is often ignored"

The VA Young Dems nails it - focus on the horrifying murder of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and the tragedy for her children, as well as on preventing domestic violence. bluevirginia.us/2026/04/brea...

Bangkok usembassybkk • Follow ... Effective immediately, all individuals applying for an A-3, C-3 (if a domestic worker), G-5, H-3 and their H-4 dependents, K-1, K-2, K-3, Q, R-1, R-2, S, T, and U nonimmigrant visa are instructed to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media profiles to "public" to facilitate vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States.

Interesting Instagram post from the IS Embassy Bangkok

Stay or leave, neither will save you from a man hellbent on your destruction.

Men kill their wives and girlfriends whether they stay, leave, try to go into hiding....

Women are most likely to be murdered by their partners when they ARE leaving.