White ibis splashes in shallow water.

Moorhen walks past ibis in shallow water.

Ibis stretching its wings out of the frame.

Ibis, interrupted. #birds

Young, humpback whale launching itself into the sky: #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Haha, I shed like a golden retriever too. Turns my roomba brushes into ineffective hair cylinders every time.

“Yet they wonder why other cicadas never want to make plans with them.” Ingrid Wilmot, Cactus Pruner

Straggler Cicadas To Appear https://theonion.com/straggler-cicadas-to-appear/

Here's a family of Wood Storks for today's #BirdoftheDay alt theme of #WhattheFlock.
#Birds #nature #photography

Groups Sue Administration Over Approval Of Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Project In Gulf Five Gulf and environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over its approval of BP’s new ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico.

"BP’s first completely new oilfield in the Gulf since the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster 16 years ago.

It will be deeper than Deepwater Horizon, and in riskier waters... drilling 6 miles below the sea floor, deeper than the height of Mt. Everest"

www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/04/grou...

What Carlson is “tormented” by is that Trump’s unpopularity threatens right-wing influencer grift. Same with Rogan and the other meatheads.

There’s no crying in baseball!!!! 😭

💯

I assume it’s not still attached to your or someone else’s noggin?

I think this might be the latest in the season I've seen #northernlights here in #iceland. Having excellent weather now in Reykjavík.

Taken this morning in the city after midnight. Not the best photo, it was just a quick snap from my balcony; Twas not prepared for #aurora! #midnightsun is coming...

Chat, is this good

“Kuwait declared a further force majeure on shipments of crude oil and refined products, acknowledging it would not be immediately able to meet its full obligations to customers even when the Strait of Hormuz reopens.”

He’s basically running a combo Soviet-style planned economy/mercantilist kleptocracy.

Man Finally Good Enough At New Hobby To Understand How Bad He Is At It

Man Finally Good Enough At New Hobby To Understand How Bad He Is At It theonion.com/man-finally-good-enough-...

Power Cetacean
Beluga Biv DeVoe

Buffalo is paying for that new Bills stadium, and the profit he made in one year could've paid for the whole thing. And now true Bills fans who've had season tickets for YEARS are being priced out. STOP GIVING THESE BILLIONAIRES TAX BREAKS WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE MONEY!

fuck it, we'll do it dead

Late bird of the day is a female Northern Cardinal. More relatable than their early-bird counterparts, tbh.

Firefly visitation!

It Was on Your Table Every Morning Growing Up. It’s Dying Before Our Eyes. No One Wants to Face It. The powerhouse of American citrus is suffering a brutal decline. Everyone has a theory about why.

An excellent piece about the total collapse of Florida oranges. If you've read John McPhee's Oranges you kind of have to read this to see how it turned out (extremely badly).

slate.com/business/202...

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

It is ridiculous (and stupid) for the mainstream media to keep quoting Trump as if he were a rational actor or a reliable narrator.

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections. n.pr/3QfF8I1

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros:

Paramount+
CBS
CNN
Showtime
HBO
Warner Bros
TNT
TBS
MTV
DC Studios
Nickelodeon
Comedy Central
Cartoon Network
And more...

This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped.

State AGs must step in and block it.

Reading books, writing about them to figure out what I think about them, and then sharing those thoughts with roughly 2,000 listeners via @booksofalltime.bsky.social every few weeks is genuinely helping me be a better person.

Black and white dog snuggled into a dog bed with his eyes closed. A cypress tree and shallow water reflecting a partly cloudy blue sky are in the background.

Zzzzzz…

It was a wonderful surprise to look out at my dock this morning and find it full of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks! About 10 of them landed there. When I looked out later, they were gone. I hope they come back!
#BirdOfTheDay #ABCD
#photoaday
#birds #nature #photography

A scrawled filefish enjoys an arborescent hydroid for breakfast 😋🌲🪸✏️🗂️🐟 #scrawledfilefish #filefish #elegantoddball #weirdfish #coralcitycamera