But at least the ALT TEXT is displaying for me...

And just because im me, I did a second version. 🫶🏻

'Bum the Dog' — San Diego’s beloved 19th century stray A look back at the wandering stray that became a familiar presence along the city’s late 19th-century waterfront.

Gave me a warm fuzzy to see this article and think of @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social , who first told me about this local celebrity:

timesofsandiego.com/arts/2026/04...

I am very sorry for your loss.

Absolutely also here for the "Turns out the best cure for menopausal insomnia is the exhaustion of nearly dying" MCs! 🩶

Spent Saturday with President Obama and New York's Cutest — turns out my first name is Mayor and I need to be doing more squats. 

Here’s to building a City where families can thrive and every classroom is full of this much joy.

Selfie of Matthew throwing a peace sign in front of a mug saying Libraries work because we dk

From a fellow librarian, trustee, and patron, sending solidarity to library workers across the world on National Library Workers Day

Libraries work because we do ✊️

April is in full bloom across San Diego! 🌸🌷🌼 Take a look at what’s ahead, mark your calendars, and make the most of April in #AD78

A colorful illustration of the front of a library with a librarian at the door waving to members of the community outside. A banner over the library reads "FIND YOUR JOY!" Logos for American Library Association and Library Champions in top right. Text below the illustration reads "Celebrate NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, April 19-25, 2026"

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library: browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace.

Be sure to visit your library or ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library all week long!

Tweet by “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth: “The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.” Below there is a video of the announcement for his many, many illiterate fans

Behind Hegseth’s big stupid face, a painting can be seen.

The painting is of George Washington crossing the Delaware. It is by Emanuel Leutze.

An article from the National Parks Service: Smallpox, Inoculation, and the Revolutionary War Boston National Historical Park During the 1700s, smallpox raged through the American colonies and the Continental Army. Smallpox impacted the Continental Army severely during the Revolutionary War, so much so that George Washington mandated inoculation for all Continental soldiers in 1777. Just fifty-six years earlier, in 1721, Bostonian doctors and clergy introduced the procedure to the American colonies. Without the vision and determination of these early Bostonians in normalizing inoculation, Washington may not have made the decision to mandate inoculation for the Continental Army. Though it was a controversial action, many historians credit the medical mandate with the colonists' victory in the Revolutionary War and the creation of the United States of America.

Donate to Standing with Patsy in Her Time of Loss, organized by Dina Willner Patsy Asher's daughter Hilary was hospitalized for weeks in preparation for a maj… Dina Willner needs your support for Standing with Patsy in Her Time of Loss

All, a dear friend just lost her daughter after weeks of hospitalization & complications. Since this happened out of town, my friend has incurred a ton of unexpected expenses, so we've started a GoFundMe to help her out.

If you can, please donate, or at least, please share.

Yeesh!

San Diego specific action added to their thread:
Speak Up! for Libraries
and make your opposition to Mayor Gloria's
Severe Library Budget Cuts known!

Today, Monday, 04/20, is a key budget hearing with
City Council at 2:00 PM!

Learn More About Read. Lead. Run! Democracy needs library supporters and readers in office. Democracy needs you!

Democracy needs library supporters and readers in office. Democracy needs you! And democracy needs libraries! www.everylibrary.org/aboutreadlea... via @everylibrary.bsky.social #nationallibraryweek #read #reading #library #libraries

Purple artichoke flower with a bee

I think artichokes should have a shade of purple named after them. It is such a stunning color!

Please see a preview of Monday's San Diego City Council Meeting on The People's Business:
bit.ly/thepeoplesbusiness

Councilmembers will hear a presentation of the FY 2026-2027 Proposed Budget and have initial discussions on Monday.

‘Where are we gonna go?’ A long-running homeless services hub would get the axe in mayor’s proposed budget

‘Where are we gonna go?’ A long-running homeless services hub would get the axe in mayor’s proposed budget

OMG!! X3!

"I refuse to use generative AI" is not censorship. It's not fascism. It's not restricting you in ANY WAY. It's not banning you from using it.

If your tool is so shitty that unless I also use it, you're being negatively impacted, your tool is religion.

A farm worker weeding young lettuce

"Luz" is working in the Tehachapi CA area. "It's a very tiring job. We spend our days bent over weeding these very young lettuce plants that don't come up very high. My back aches by the end of the day. But this work feeds my family." #WeFeedYou

If your toaster starts working like this website today, report it to us on SaferProducts.gov.

Hi, I'm one of the artists who left twitter because it steals our work with no opt-out. I'm also a book author plaintiff in a case against an ai company. Nobody likes ai except tech ppl in tech central. The majority of Americans do not like ai. The majority of Bluesky users do not like ai.

Scans for 'Another day, another round of "Am I filled with incandescent rage because of menopause or because of the increasing inequity and inhumanity of society"' as well...

Sorry to miss you -- just doing Saturday.

Hello everyone who has contributed to our whistle-making efforts. Thank you for everything you have done for us.

First, we are still printing whistles: if you need whistles we will happily send you between 100-3000 for free, no questions asked.

linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

Breathlessly interjecting into every conversation about Rama Duwaji to mention she is a cartoonist!!!

Bright, multi-colored graphic with a white card in the middle that says, “Happy We Need Diverse Books Day!” Beneath the title text is an illustration of four people quietly reading books together. At the bottom of the graphic is the official date for We Need Diverse Books Day: April 14th, 2026.

Bright, multi-colored graphic with a white card in the middle that says, “What is We Need Diverse Books Day?” Contains the following description: We Need Diverse Books Day was created to highlight the importance of reading books that reflect our beautifully diverse world. It’s a chance to uplift, celebrate, and take action to support diverse books and the diverse artists that create them! At the bottom of the graphic is the official date for We Need Diverse Books Day: April 14th, 2026.

Wishing everyone a very happy #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay! 🎉📚❤️

Need some ideas for how to celebrate today? Here are eight easy ideas 🧵

We Need Diverse Books Day 2026 Book Recommendation: To Ride a Rising Storm: The Second Book of Nampeshiweisit by Moniquill Blackgoose WNBD logo with diversely colorful stack of books and lettering against a light to darker ombre tan background, surrounding an image of a white cloud against a blue sky over green hills, which frames the recommended title

#WeNeedDiverseBooksDay #BookSky

Again, if you have a Substack, the best time to switch away was months ago -- but today's the second best time.

‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week.

For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead.

One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.