just saw someone call Kash Patel “J Edgar Boozer” and need to lie down

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

But think of all the exposure those writers got

/s

Commission of Fine Arts votes to move ahead with Trump's proposed victory arch The seven-member body, whose ranks are composed of Trump appointees, was expected to approve the arch. The proposed monument strongly resembles Paris' Arc de Triomphe, but almost 100 feet taller.

Not surprising given that Trump stocked the commission with yes-men toadies but it's still a travesty of design and planning. Let's hope it never gets built.
www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

A blooming rain lily, with white petals surrounding a yellow center, and thin blue-green leaves, sprouting from amongst a pile of brown Texas live oak leaves.

Hill Country Rain Lily (Cooperia pedunculata). I love these flowers, popping up shortly after a rain storm but only hanging out for a few short days before going back to sleep.

"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.

This must be that part of 3D chess where you flip the board and murder your opponent with an axe.

A 'Dinosaur Smarties' Easter egg.

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

A blooming Texas Bluebonnet wildflower, with a few seed pods already showing, growing in a crack between a concrete curb and a patterned brick sidewalk.

I wish to be as resilient and resourceful as this Texas Bluebonnet, growing determinedly in a crack, flowering and producing seed pods like middle fingers to the inhospitable environment it fights against.

Jomvet! How is this a real dog I don't know but I love her all the same

OMG, this awful regime wants to drill in CHACO CANYON.

I think a 20 minute session of doing an expressionist painting of Bert was the break down I needed to have today.

It’s genuinely a challenge for legal journalists to cover the birthright citizenship case, because one side’s argument is “the Fourteenth’s Amendment intent and text and a century of uninterrupted Supreme Court precedent all support birthright citizenship,” and the other side’s argument is “nuh-UH”

A coyote standing on a dirt area; its right foreleg is held up and out at an odd angle.

Tuesday.

Bleah.

Do your stretches before diving in.

"Whose War Is It Anyway," where the numbers don't matter and the timeline is made up!

Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized (Gift Article) A stairway to nowhere: Three months that could change the White House for generations.

Trump's ballroom is an architectural disaster (gift link).

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Matt Walsh -- who also wasn't there and who absolutely has an agenda -- has discovered something that has eluded the so-called historians despite all their "education" and "research" and "functional literacy"

They're called "primary sources," nerds, and he's the first one to use them

Maybe we'll see you there!

As always, Ursula spins a great tale out of the horrible and mundane - flying from Point A to Point B in our stupidest timeline (thread).

Birutė Galdikas: The last of the ‘angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapter With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Galdikas changed the face of science and opened the world’s eyes to how similar humans are to orangutans and other primates.

Primatology has lost a giant. theconversation.com/birute-galdi...

Hell yeah my kind of woman! A++ would stop the car again so she can jump out and photograph that bridge

Taking a cognitive test - three times no less - is not something to brag about, especially if you're the leader of a large nation with nuclear weapons

The Very Special Boy Participation Award

The authentic sound of ancient musical instruments.

Hear what the ancients hear.

#music #ancientinstruments

These guys are so far removed from Christ's love I almost pity them.

Almost.

robert e lee was a traitor and a scumbag

but, importantly, he was also incredibly overrated as a general and one of george mcclellan’s greatest crimes (of which there are many) was making him look better than he was

8 architecture and culture groups sue Trump and the Kennedy Center board The groups, which include the American Institute of Architects, are asking for compliance with historic preservation laws and to secure approval from Congress.

Just in:

The groups, which include the American Institute of Architects, are asking for compliance with historic preservation laws and to secure approval from Congress.

"The MAGA ethic celebrates dehumanization. It is lawless, crude, and combative. Its entire ecosystem—social media, podcasts, and talk radio—is committed to spreading lies and conspiracy theories, to stoking rage and resentment."

Trump's core laid bare.

A box of cereal called Kellogg's Stranger Things Demogorgon Crunch. Featuring a happy, red and white, flower-like creature with teeth reaching a clawed hand towards a bowl filled with yellow cereal bits and colorful marshmallows.

Kellogg's Demogorgon Crunch, something for @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social to bookmark.