The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...

Heads up! Lyrid meteor shower begins its annual peak Tuesday night The Lyrid meteor shower typically results in seeing 10 meteors per hour under ideal conditions.

Free cosmic show tonight

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Trump gets another DoorDash delivery

Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"

She gets it. No legislative rule of law without legislative intent discerned through any relevant legislative history and other relevant evidence.

Thank you for sharing this!

Archbishop of Canterbury issues statement supporting Pope Leo XIV’s calls for peace [Episcopal News Service] Pope Leo XIV has opened about his faith-based opposition to war, particularly the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, and the American-born pontiff has said Christians are called to f…

Archbishop of Canterbury issues statement supporting Pope Leo XIV’s calls for peace episcopalnewsservice.org/2026/04/16/a...

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.

Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars

The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.

Why aren't we doing this?

Except I'm not sure Trump speaks English though the Pope is of course a fluent native speaker.

Gramercy Park & the Chrysler Building NYC

Péter Magyar victory speech:

"We want to make a country where no one is persecuted because they think differently or because someone loves in a different way to others."

He may not have campaigned as a liberal. But this is a huge change of direction and rhetoric from Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade.

3D cover of "The Republic of Love"

Timothée Chalamet may think “no one cares” about ballet or opera, but opera has long been a force for political activism. Martha C. Nussbaum's groundbreaking study examines how composers from Mozart to Verdi championed dignity, freedom, and justice 🎭

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#opera

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The Himalayan vulture showcases its striking “false eyes,” a smart adaptation that makes it look bigger and more intimidating.

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Absolutely true. After the Bush debacle, the Democrats were given such a mandate in Obama's first term, squandered it, and were punished in 2010. Sadly however it's hard to see how their national leadership have learned from this. So the pendulum keeps swinging till it breaks.

Justin Wolfers: "Even a quick Iran deal won't undo the damage already done.⁣ ⁣ Stock losses, years of elevated oil prices, and a $350B defense budget increase that quietly translates to $3–4K in added taxes per household.⁣ ⁣ The economy doesn't just snap back." Some of this is permanent.

Horse Feather

Multitasking: golfing while not overseeing his war and while not attending church on Easter all while keeping his title as MAGA's anointed one.

So far . . . .Wouldn't rule out even worse.

The first astronaut in history to speak French while en route to the moon — Canada’s very own Jeremy Hansen 🇨🇦

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

Just stumbled on this new course from one of my favorite professors at @dukelaw.bsky.social. Envy the students taking this one. @19thgrade.bsky.social

Riggs knows why NC Republicans—including her own colleagues—tried to steal her elected SCONC seat.

The brain rot of CPAC 2026 – Baptist News Global CPAC session titles were intended to incite rage and lead to further brain rot. The human mind is malleable for good and for ill.

"Before I attended #CPAC, I believed at some point #MAGA supporters would collectively turn on the president and the MAGA elite. But after attending, I now see that never will happen."
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He isn't a Christian. That means someone who follows the teachings of Christ. Please especially during Holy Week call him what he is: Pseudo-Christian Nationalist, etc.

The now that passes produces time.
The now that remains produces eternity.

- #Boethius

A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)

More context on this #Artemis II image:

* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right

* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕

He can't pardon her for state law crimes. He can't protect her state law license. She has a bleak future at best. No amount of arrogance, yelling, Botox, or hair dye will keep time and Karma at bay.