An EU flag flies in the middle of a residential stone street with various plants on the side of it. There are fluffy clouds in a blue sky.
Good morning from Haarlem.
#GoodMorningFromHaarlem
The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...
A reminder:
CHRIS WRIGHT: Energy prices are still well lower than they were in middle of the Biden adminis--
CANTWELL: I want to stop you right there. There is nobody in the Northwest who thinks that. Not when they wake up & airline flights are being canceled because of high fuel costs. No one thinks it's okay
Y'all I made my first two major purchases for my bakery.
A convertible refrigerator/freezer and a Bosch mixer with an extra bowl.
I'm excited. I'm also a nervous wreck.
everyone with real American manliness and a basic knowledge of military history knows that serious war efforts have never been derailed by such trifling matters as "communicable diseases"
A US army sergeant with 27 years of military service – including deployment to Afghanistan – has said that federal immigration agents recently arrested his wife during an appointment at an El Paso, Texas, immigration office.
Just finished this new painting
'Soar III'
30x 24 inch acrylic on canvas
monica-morrill.jimdosite.com
Big shoutout to Kelty this week. They’re donating 5% of every purchase to the Conservation Alliance in support of saving the US Forest Service. Kelty is one of the four companies that actually founded the Conservation Alliance back in 1989, alongside Patagonia, REI, and The North Face.
According to the Celtic tree horoscope, a tree is assigned to us at birth, one that can reveal a great deal about us, and we all surely have favorite trees, soul trees, perhaps even a favorite wood. Trees are mediators between heaven and earth. They can enter into an exchange of energy with us.
Results of percentage of males v/s females in family violence and guns. Final answer was men most often kill family members, and most often it is with guns.
ICE detained the wife of an active-duty U.S. Army Sgt. First Class after she showed up for an immigration appointment in 📍 El Paso—then still threatened removal despite legal protections.
Her husband (27 years active duty) said it plainly: ICE is out of control.
A photo of the Himalayan Monal. The bird is visible in profile. It is dazzlingly colored in shades of green, orange, and blue.
Meet the Himalayan Monal! 🌈 Males flaunt iridescent feathers to attract mates. Found in the Himalayas, this bird lives at altitudes up to 16,000 ft (4,877 m) in summer! It uses its hooked beak to forage for insects, seeds, and berries.
Hari K Patibanda, CC BY-NC 2.0, iNaturalist
The group, “Veterans Against Fascism”, was arrested after staging a protest inside the U.S. Capitol against Trump’s & Israel’s illegal war with Iran
...maybe - just maybe - he's actually the worst president in history
In a nutshell. 😊
In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice… Remember — While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.”
I don't think I'll ever get over Clarence Thomas ruling on cases related to Jan 6 knowing that his wife was an active participant in the attempted coup.
Or ruling on cases related to government regulations and a wealth tax knowing he took gifts from billionaires.
It's a disgrace.
Clears it up a lot.
Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.
NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.
A tranquil woodland scene on the grounds of the former Bessboro mother and baby home: a moss-covered fallen tree arches low across the frame, surrounded by slender, leafing branches. The forest floor is carpeted with vibrant green moss, ferns, and clusters of delicate purple-blue wildflowers, likely bluebells, creating a soft, almost luminous contrast against the earthy browns. Sunlight filters through the canopy, dappling the scene with warm highlights, lending a sense of quiet beauty and stillness to a place with a notorious history.
Blown away by the reaction to yesterday’s photo. Thanks for all the shares and likes. Here’s another from the opposite direction.
Blackrock, Cork, 🇮🇪
#photography
#nature
#landscape
#springtime
#tree
#bluebells
#moss
#ferns
#woodlands
#PhotoHour
#spéirghorm
#EastCoastKin
#ECK
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BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.
The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.
Time to upgrade your kitchen essentials! A new non-stick pan can transform your cooking experience and make meal prep a breeze.
My father survived a year with pancreatic cancer but it was a year of terrible suffering. This is very encouraging news.
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
The most hypocritical, ridiculous administration in history, and it’s not even close.
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
~ Anaïs Nin
The Blue Door (1927)
🎨 Raymond Wintz
Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tim Curry in Clue
Tim Curry in The Three Musketeers
Tim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island
Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.
Trump is acting here as a private citizen while exploiting the office to unofficially coerce govt institutions into giving him and his family obscene amounts of American taxpayer cash.
'Official acts' immunity will therefore not protect him for this brazen corruption.
They should all be jailed.
