Baltic Nachos!

Come, here is the map. Shall we divide our right
According to our threefold order ta’en?

Or, just follow @cheapbeets.bsky.social

5 ways to go green in the kitchen Eat less meat, use smaller appliances, repurpose leftovers and more ways to be a climate-friendly cook.

Being a thoughtful cook is an easy and practical way to help the environment.

Here are some tips to go green today for Earth Day:

Sledgehammer was released 40 years ago today!

How rural Mass. towns are saving green by going green New England has some of the highest energy costs in the country. Cold winters, along with other rising expenses, have rural towns looking for ways to save money. Many have embraced a switch to electri...

New England has some of the highest energy costs in the country and rural towns looking for ways to save money. Many have embraced a switch to electric appliances, powered by home-grown renewable energy as a strategy to spare pocketbooks and help the planet.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson rules for @waba.org in its challenge to the Trump Administration's decision to do away with some of the key bike lanes in DC.
Opinion here: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

The U.S. smashed heat records in March. Just wait for El Niño this summer March’s persistent heat was unseasonably intense, and the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El Niño will reach superstrength.

March's persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. https://to.pbs.org/3Ogo4AX

All of the Founders' worst fears about how American democracy could go off the rails - lack of separation between church and state, a populist demagogue assuming dictatorial powers - are happening just in time for the 250th birthday

Sometimes I feel unsure of myself, while other people go around in 2026 claiming to have invented the Afro

Hampshire College closure & more | The Rundown | April 17, 2026 YouTube video by New England Public Media

MPG's @richparr79.bsky.social was on NEPM's The Rundown to break down the week in Western Mass news www.youtube.com/live/A7p4OMu...

I thought the Onion was satire

Snakes on a Brain

US v Catholic Church is an all-timer in the "what are your bedrock ideals" and "have you ever lived up to them though?" arena.

Image from The Simpsons of Lenny saying “It’s bringing love! Don’t let it get away! Break its legs!”

American Christians when they talk about the Pope

That's like 20 sets

Cat on a cat

There it is: A full year of days spent playing golf in just over five years as president. www.pbump.net/outofoffice

NYT: “.. Trump, who has promoted ‘Buy America’ policies and vowed to protect American steel, has secured tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for his $400 million ballroom project.”

@anaswanson.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...

The Internet Is Bigger Than Hasan Piker The Democratic Party’s perennial internal debate over what shows to go on should not be reduced to Hasan Piker.

Forgive me but I entered the Hasan Piker chat washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/07/t...

The EV tax credit that was terminated by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was $7,500.

The gas price increase--if sustained--is about $500 (per car per year).

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...

Here are the stories of some of the human beings who died horrific deaths from preventable disease because Trump and Musk and their flunkies decided to murder them by gleefully destroying USAID and the entire global aid system:

Gimli: Never thought I'd ride or die with a twink
Legolas: What about with a moot?
Gimli: Bet

Many questions about this headline

Prove there's meat in there.

In 1962, it cost about $6 to take a train 123 miles (on the New Haven, I can't find fare tables for the B&A), equivalent to $64.81 today, and about twice as much as tolls on the Pike.

123 miles on Commuter Rail would cost just $34 today. But the toll is still just $4.25.