Take a walk along the river, at least to boathouse row. The flowering trees are gorgeous this time of year.

Does anyone in the Bay Area have a doctor who is familiar with hEDS?

At my first appt at the Stanford #mecfs #longcovid clinic he did a quick exam and said I most likely had it, but never had a formal diagnosis.

I’m also 99% certain I have #CCI which would align with this.

Mask vending machine at JFK

So great to see JFK airport still has mask vending machines, which have 3M Auras!

I just got to be an unabashed cheerleader for some of my favorite people on campus — the staff of our amazing center for teaching and learning — and it felt REALLY good. ❤️

Yep. When I teach comparative social policy I spend much more time on the intellectual and ideological bases of conservative and Christian democratic thought
than about the left’s.

Vague-posting here, but it’s so widely applicable:

Never underestimate the power of having your perceptions and experiences validated when you’ve been gaslit for long periods of time.

It can come to feel like it’s not worth the effort to seek out people who get it, but it is definitely worth it.

A line of terra cotta planters of varying sizes filled with varying flowering plants and herbs.

A line of terra cotta planters of varying sizes filled with varying flowering plants and herbs.

Everything is still alive!

Eww

My pots outside are all snuggled up in blankets. I hope everything survives the night! Brrrrr.

Americans are more polarized in their trust in scientists than in virtually any other societal institution. — James N. Druckman.
(@umisrcps.bsky.social)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260420-top...

I am so ready for this

#polisky

Someone could make a nice whistle out of that.

Overhead view of a large black puppy lying on wooden floor in a sploot position

Garber says happy splooterday.

Thanks!

YES

Now, a serious question: I’ll be in Dublin and Kerry in June. Any great ciders I should seek out? I’ve developed a serious gluten allergy and can no longer drink beer. But I’ve yet to find many ciders that I really enjoy.

What a love.

The Ruta Beggars performing at a house concert in Philadelphia. In this photo are, L to R, a male banjo player, a female fiddler, a male bass player, and a male guitar player.

Went to a house concert last night with The Ruta Beggars.

If you like bluegrass, check these young folks out. They’re really, really good (like opener for Lyle Lovett and Ricky Scaggs good).

The border collie would do a great job herding all those kids.

How sure are we that Julie Andrews wasn’t actually a border collie???

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When we build new structures, we make sure that water and electricity are available there.
What if this also applied to car-free mobility in the future?

Denmark: The Finger Plan for the Copenhagen metropolitan area.

Not for the first time noting some of the most enthusiastic proponents of online community meetings I've encountered are city staff who were astonished at how much more diverse participation became when it didn't mean needing to find a babysitter. Naturally, councillors want to kill it with fire.

Love it!!!

Just donated. I’m sorry to hear another surgery is needed. Ugh.

Sussex seabed shows early revival five years after trawling ban - Oceanographic Five years after a trawling ban by the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, signs of recovery are emerging along Sussex.

5 years after bottom trawling was banned across more than 300 km² of seabed off southern England, early signs of ecosystem recovery are emerging. Mussel beds are re-establishing, fish populations are increasing, & conditions are improving for kelp forests. buff.ly/vnOTVLk #ShareGoodNewsToo

This would seem to be an issue that European govts could agree to cooperate on, no?

Book cover of "There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America" by Brian Goldstone, displayed against a pink background beneath the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes logo and the words "Current Interest — Winner."

Honored and humbled (and truly stunned!) to have won the LA Times Book Prize.

My profound thanks to the five families at the heart of this book, whose trust and generosity made it all possible. I will never stop being grateful to them.

Terrific Saturday morning read

This. We are creating a culture that has no demand for creativity real innovation, etc.

Also, a lot of people work(ed) at Hampshire.