RFK Jr. just said that immigration is to blame for the outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S., not him.

@SecWar: The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately. 21 Apr 26

Washington ordered smallpox inoculations for the Continental Army beginning in 1777.

Hegseth, therefore, is taking a mid-18th century, pre-Industrial Age approach to medicine and warfare.

ELIZABETH WARREN: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?

KEVIN WARSH: Uhm, we try to keep politics if I'm confirmed out of the Federal Reserve

WARREN: I'm just asking a factual question

WARSH: I believe this body certified the election

WARREN: That's not the question I'm asking

One of the reasons CEOs think LLMs can replace everyone is that an LLM actually can write a pretty convincing email about how Human Resources is now People and Values and how we’re streamlining our operations by making Jim Clungo now report to Dave McWingnut to enable agile transformations.

"The average IQ in Somalia hovers around 70, and that's the threshold for mentally handicapped ... they're a net drain on the society" -- even by MAGA standards, the unvarnished racism of this interview of Rep. Brandon Gill by Benny Johnson is breathtaking

This morning we are sitting on the beach in a nice sheltered spot Harry is asleep beside me. We like Herne Bay very nice & I think you would too so nice & peaceful & every one so friendly love to you dear see you soon

(Screenshot of Amazon review) Five stars - Verified Purchase Spider dreams guaranteed Got these for a transatlantic flight from Seattle. Took effect about 20 minutes from consumption. I slept for about 4 hours and continued to use them to adjust to the timezone change. Every night I had the same dream about a spider wrapping me in a web very tightly and speaking backwards. It seemed very scared and was furious I could not understand what it was trying to say. 20 years passed in the dream world and eventually the spider and I became close friends and four years later we were married. Understandably our differences were too much and our relationship fell apart from the inside. My infidelity was the last straw and we never recovered from the betrayal. I would always wake up write before we signed the divorce papers. I had this same dream every night for 6 days. Great product. Highly recommend.

Hegseth saying “The Pharisee Press” should be a fully mask off moment. He is saying “The Jewish Press”. But Christians of all political stripes are so devoted to using Pharisees as a rhetorical prop that liberal Christians regularly insist it’s totally fine, no matter how many Jews try to explain.

US to recover uranium from Iran at a 'leisurely pace', Trump tells Reuters President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday that the U.S. will work with Iran to recover its enriched uranium ​and bring it back to the United States.

Ah, so they're not going to take the uranium, then. Rush to war, claim it's about nuclear weapons, kill a lot of people, destroy a lot of stuff, and now it's clear Trump's capitulated on this

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

This is the stuff that inspires revolutions.

I Believe (2008 Remastered Version) YouTube video by Buzzcocks - Topic

Pete Shelley (d. 2017) should be turning 71 today.
youtu.be/3H1DsRshvdM?...

10 Republicans voted for the Haiti TPS bill:
Bacon NE, Carey OH, Diaz-Balart FL, Fitzpatrick PA, Gimenez FL, Lawler NY, Malliotakis NY, McCormick GA, Salazar FL, and Turner OH. (First real immigration rebuke to Trump from the 119th Congress.)

Does this sound like a “Ballroom”? Or a bunker for a guy who never wants to leave?

Amid quarrel with pope, Trump strips Miami charity of funding to house migrant kids The move comes amid rising tensions between the administration and American Catholics.

The Trump Admin has abruptly canceled an $11M contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship between the Catholic Church and the U.S. government dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Library on Quebec-Vermont border gets new entrance after U.S. limited access for Canadians The century-old library in Stanstead, Que. that straddles the Canada-U.S. border now has a new door so Canadians can get in after the U.S. limited entry to the building last year.

www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

University Libraries names first Indigenous Knowledges faculty librarian As part of this new tenure-track faculty position, Katie Randall will build reciprocal relationships with campus and local Indigenous communities. The role

Indigenous Knowledges Librarian at U of Colorado Boulder libraries.colorado.edu/2026/04/13/u...

Huge turnout today for JD Vance and Erika Kirk.

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one

Sid Krofft, Co-Creator of Mind-Blowing Kids TV Shows, Dies at 96 The puppeteer and his late brother Marty partnered on 'The Banana Splits Adventure Hour,' 'H.R. Pufnstuf,' 'Land of the Lost' and much more.

GenX, pour one out for one of the architects of our childhood

www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...

Alberta's access restrictions threaten privacy and democratic role of libraries, critics say | CBC News Critics of Alberta's proposed rule changes to public libraries say the true danger lies in giving the province power to dictate access and potentially snoop on which books people are checking out.

"'Nobody's advocating that children should have access to inappropriate materials, least of all libraries...This is a non-existent problem that the province is using as a ploy to bring radical overreach in terms of controlling libraries.'" #abpoli #cdnpoli

#OtD 13 Apr 1906 Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Samuel Beckett, was born. During the Nazi occupation of France, Beckett joined the French Resistance as a courier. After the war, he was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Médaille de la Résistance for his efforts

A Particular Beauty: Irmin Schmidt Interviewed | The Quietus From Can's "school of pain" to the electroacoustic, treated piano work of new album Requiem, Irmin Schmidt reflects

Read my interview with the great Irmin Schmidt @thequietus.com — in which we discuss his lifelong obsession with art, Can’s “school of pain”, Stockhausen, Artaud, Twombly and his legendary wife, Hildegard.

thequietus.com/interviews/i...

pic of Dana White, Rubio, and Trump

Secretary of State Marco Rubio at UFC in Miami tonight as diplomatic negotiations with Iran fail

(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AFP via Getty)

Jazz Trance | The Mighty Boosh | BBC Studios YouTube video by BBC Studios

"are you aware of the music known as jazz?"
#jazzsky

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY IS WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE BEATING A DRUM BOOM BOOM BOOM P2- NOW SHE IS BLOWING A HORN BLA BLA BLAH P3-NANCY HAS SWITCHED TO PLAYING THE CYMBALS BAM BAM CLANG SUDDENLY NANCY HEARS THE TELEPHONE RING NANCY ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE NANCY: HELLO SLUGGO-- OH. I'M JUST SPENDING A QUIET EVENING AT HOME

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
March 31,1958

One of the greatest reggae songs!

Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access Chicago Public Library and CPS announced the expansion of The 81 Club, building on a pilot launched in 2022 to give students access to the library system's vast collection and databases.

This is such a good idea. We should do this in NYC.

"All Chicago Public Schools students now have access to nearly everything the city’s libraries have to offer — including physical items like books as well as extensive digital resources."

blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/08/c...

Trump won WI by less than 1% in 2024.

Last night, progressive Chris Taylor defeated her GOP-backed opponent by 20 points in the WI Supreme Court race — flipping longtime Republican strongholds and securing a liberal court majority until 2030.

The midterm reckoning is here.

The Hair Ghost Of Prague taking a little walk in the park