Watching an auroral corona develop right overhead is one of the most spectacular things you can see

Washington Post Editorial Board headline: “The Texas gerrymander freak out. What’s happening in Texas is not a threat to democracy.”

Washington Post Editorial Board headline: “Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss. The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it.”

The Washington Post Editorial Board was fine with Republicans gerrymandering in Texas.

But when Democrats responded in Virginia, it’s a “power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”

Screenshot of tweet: “Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats [location pin emoji] SF Bay Area We still have all these very adoptable kittens waiting for homes somehow: Goomba, Toadette, Carol & Hubert, and Soda Can They're getting close to 1 year old and are getting passed up for younger kittens. They're all extremely sweet” [four photos of of 5 adorable older kittens] 4:38 PM • 4/18/26 from Earth • 121K Views

🚨 Haley/@feederofcats’s Friends of Bear Cat Rescue needs your help! Somehow these adorable kittens STILL haven’t been adopted! As they say “These babies deserve homes and families, not to be sitting in an enclosure for a year”. Please spread the word! In CA? Adopt! www.friendsofbearcatrescue.org!

The White House Correspondents' dinner is grotesque, with or without Trump This chummy get-together has always been a grim spectacle, and extending a welcome to this president just makes that more apparent.

This weekend Donald Trump will take a break from trying to imprison America’s journalists to join them for some dinner and laughs. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/22/t...

I really like this.

Good news! We found the cats a home! But they still need a foster home for the next month! Please help us spread the word so we can find a good foster home for them!

Strongest tornado in California since the Scotts Valley EF1 tornado in December 2024
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Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

"I was ABSOLUTELY told that the Democrats would be bringing knives to the gun fight. What the fuck are they doing bringing guns?" --a whole lot of Republicans looking at the results from Virginia right now

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

Photo of a grackle showing lots of bright color iridescence on his head and wings. He's sitting among pine boughs and appears to be screaming.

Watercolod painting of the grackle, with a lot less of the pine boughs because OMG that's impossible to paint.

Finally finished the angry grackle! I have decided his name is Gerald.

Original photo I used as reference is by @glengrambo.bsky.social . In his original post he noted the grackles were mating, so Gerald is likely shouting something very rude at the girl grackles.

#watercolor #HumanMadeArt

an older man in a red cardigan from Seinfeld says i got a lot of problems Alt: an older man in a red cardigan from Seinfeld says i got a lot of problems

El Nino thread! Buckle up! I'm turning all the things I'm muttering to myself into a thread.

Ammonite type things by useless degree/hbmakesstuff Watercolor and ink

Ammonite type thingys

Watercolor & pen on paper

A pen and watercolor illustration of 2 mice and 2 cranes. One mouse is standing at the water's edge, next to a crane. The mouse is waving at another mouse, who is on the back of a crane in flight. Art by Angela Marie Morton.

"Safe journey! We will be here when you get back."

Just a simple and sweet illustration for your Tuesday.

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Forest Service Cuts Would Devastate Years Of Hawaiʻi Research, Experts Warn The Forest Service is looking to close its Big Island labs — the only ones of their kind, researchers say, that help protect the Pacific's unique tropical forests.

The Forest Service’s proposed closure of research facilities in Hawaiʻi, including the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry and a biocontrol lab, threatens years of research on biocontrol agents and disease-resistant ʻōhiʻa strains, impacting efforts to protect Hawaiʻi’s forests and watersheds.

Iran War Pushes Asia to Think Twice Before Doubling Down on LNG A record wave of new liquefied natural gas supply was meant to usher in a prolonged period of lower prices. Governments from India to Southeast Asia crafted energy strategies that would allow them to ...

“Gas’s reputation as a reliable and affordable energy source has taken a serious hit, and plans for its speedy adoption in Asia’s developing nations have been derailed”
This + storage + electrification = possibly the biggest energy story of the decade

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges Todd Blanche announces 11-count indictment over payments to informants in extremist groups including Ku Klux Klan

So, first the Trump DOJ diverts law enforcement resources away from monitoring white supremacist extremism. And then targets one of the organizations most committed to monitoring the white extremist threat. Message received. Loud and clear.

Watercolor painting of a tree held up to the tree used as reference by a small hand. The tree’s bark is various shades of brown greys. The sky is blue

Tree in Knight’s Park #art

NEWS: Virginia Redistricting Constitutional Amendment projected to PASS. Helping the Democrats neutralize the advantage Republicans gained in other states like Texas.

I do not understand what it is that makes people allergic to alt text. You're just being less than your best self when you refuse to do it. I see 40k-100k following accounts who won't do it, a middle finger to everyone with issues needing alt text to be able to participate. You're bumming me out. 1/

It’s historically been the case that the easiest way for federal agencies to lose funding is not to spend it in time. Nowadays there are easier ways to lose funding (EG by doing things trump doesn’t like, such as science, conservation, civil rights protection), but this old one will still do I fear.

BREAKING: A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.

Students' right to be free from religious indoctrination is protected by the Constitution. We won't stop fighting.

It’s a Bodega Cat!

🧞‍♂️: you get three wishes

me: why only three

🧞‍♂️: that’s just the way things have always been done around here

me: that’s not a good reason

🧞‍♂️: two wishes

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

This is superb reporting by BBC News’ Nick Marsh on spikes in insider trading ahead of Trump’s Truth Social pronouncements and weirdly accurate predictions on the betting market Polymarket. Well worth a read.

“The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency”

a soft looking and somewhat worn felt swan with a big beak and trailing feathers

thinking about this 1500 year old plush swan made of reindeer wool

We’ve had a few up here. Just a few, so far, but they’re on their way!

The Ethicist | I am a White House official who is being blackmailed by my mistress. Would it be better to ask ICE to deport her or to do some insider trading on crude futures to get the money to pay her off?

Blanche // Our Indictment alleges Southern Poverty Law Center secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN FUNDS to white supremacist & extremist groaps including: $ 1M + National Alliance affillate $300K+ Aryan Nations affilate $270K + "ente the Right" member $140K+ Elia National Alliance Chairman $73K + Farmer KKK members $19K+ pressient Efelon

Blanche and Patel

BREAKING: DOJ announces charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center based on allegations of paid informants in an indictment in the Middle District of Alabama.

"This investigation is very much ongoing," FBI Director Kash Patel said.

Not knowing what the worst people in the world were thinking every fucking day