This Pope. ❤️

@suewho82.bsky.social Wowzer! Bee Fun Facts. 🐝

Quit a GLP-1? Plan to start again? It's not recommended, but plenty of people do it A majority of people who start the obesity and diabetes medicines known as GLP-1s also quit them, and plan to restart again. Research hasn't yet shown the health impacts of cycling on and off the drugs.

A majority of people who start the obesity and diabetes medicines known as GLP-1s also quit them, and plan to restart again. Research hasn't yet shown the health impacts of cycling on and off the drugs.

Sound on for comforting nature sounds!

April Wilkens has spent 27 years behind bars for killing her ex-fiancé — after years of abuse, stalking and calls to the police that went nowhere.

Her story underscores a legal experiment in Oklahoma, where a new law called the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act offers prisoners like her a chance at freedom.

Gee, I wonder.

Heart-shaped leaf with two neat oval incisions cut away on one side.

What’s even better than an Eastern Redbud volunteer growing in your native plant garden? Evidence that leafcutter bees are gathering material from it for nesting! I’d better plan a stakeout to catch them in the act! (Haven’t seen any in the yard so far this year.)

#bees #nativeplants

Damn.

We all know it’s true! Rain washes the air clean… perhaps does something quite similar to our life-dulled psyches.

Former Nebraska law enforcement, veterans form coalition to fight ‘federal overreach’ • Nebraska Examiner A new coalition aims to push back against “federal overreach” by some agencies in the second term of the Trump administration.

nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/forme...

In Ukraine, Anna and her children evacuated their home in Kramatorsk in November 2025 as shelling intensified and it became too dangerous to stay. Now living in a shelter in Khrinnyky, she has found a sense of comfort in a newly opened WCK community kitchen. (1/3)

“At the time, the ruling seemed like a curious one-off. But that single paragraph turned out to be a sharp and lasting break. That night marks the birth, many legal experts believe, of the court’s modern “shadow docket,” the secretive track that SCOTUS has since used to make many major decisions”3/3

The GOP-stacked SCOTUS is a threat to the planet. Literally.

"In public, Chief Justice John Roberts has cultivated a reputation for care & caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country & the court, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. Obama’s plan to address the global climate crisis."

Speaking of the Supreme Court, I'm off to read what looks to be a juicy story from the NYT. Thanks to Peter Sagal for the gift link...

My photo shows a frontal view of a buff-coloured Minoan pottery jug with a dark-red, stylised octopus painted beneath the dark red pouring spout. The jug has a rounded body with very short neck with out-turned rim, the body tapers downwards to a slightly turned out flat base also painted red. On each shoulder there’s a small chunky loop handle. The octopus is stylised and looks cartoon-like with a vertical dumbbell shaped body, with two large circular eyes with central red dots staring out at the viewer. From the top of the head emerge eight suckered arms. Four arms hang symmetrically downwards on each side of the body, writhing and curling at the tip. There is a similar red octopus on each side of the jug not shown in my photo.

A 3,500 year-old Minoan jar with a cartoon-like octopus under the spout! 🐙

From Kommos, Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

Chief Hoskin is a treasure (and would be a terrific governor).

Trump understands exactly what he's doing by waiving sanctions.

Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) YouTube video by EuroArtsChannel

Full performance here:

Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur, conductor
Church of St. Nicolai, Leipzig, Germany
EuroArtsChannel©️

🙏🏼🎼🕊️

youtu.be/lSii-jC6-Uo?...

Thank you!

Thank you!

Opinion | Hold Off on the Iran Victory Parade If Trump’s claims of concessions are true, the blockade is working. But keep the pressure on.

I've been posting gift links to WSJ news stories lately because there's been some great reporting but even the notorious op-ed pages have me laughing. I didn't realize Trump announced the "STRAIT OF IRAN" was now open. Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/iran...

Opinion | Vancing the Night Away Most vice presidents call little attention to themselves. This one is reminding us why.

Another WSJ op-ed that made me laugh (see prev post). J. D. Vance is the Javanka of Trump's second term. No one on either side of the aisle likes him. Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/vanc...

Holy moly.

💚 Scientists are awesome.

Ukraine’s SBU has hit three Russian warships in occupied Crimea — including landing ships Yamal and Azov — in a sweeping strike on Moscow’s military assets.

The operation also targeted a Grachonok patrol boat, radar and communications systems, and fuel storage.

🤬😭

Where was William Shakespeare's London home?

A British scholar has solved the mystery.

I just love this! Many thanks to your dad for sharing his art and joy.

The pear tree that @hellokerry.bsky.social and I bought for our dad @picsbymydad.bsky.social finally flowered! This is his picture. I love it.

Save the Sea Potatoes!