AOC is all sensible Americans right now, Americans who have completely lost patience with the wildly incompetent, lying loons currently running things who undermine our sanity, wealth, and wellbeing.

Republicans Brought This Upon Themselves The GOP started the Gerrymander Wars, Democrats will finish it Gerrymandering has been a thing in American politics for over a century now. The practice of drawing district lines to favor one politic...

For my newsletter this week, I wrote about the recent history of Republican gerrymandering and how Virginia's new blue map is a deserved taste of their own medicine. www.burnsnotice.com/republicans-...

This Saturday is Local Yarn Store Day! It’s always the last Saturday in April, and it’s an opportunity to celebrate creativity, craftsmanship, and community! We thought we’d put together a brief guide to highlight our fellow fiber friends here in central Ohio!

cartoon people standing together hand in hand in front of of a sunset 2026 COHHIO DAY OF GIVING TEXT: GIVE266 TO 50155 STAND TOGETHER FOR HOUSING

Ohio’s short 266,000 affordable homes for its most vulnerable renters. Today is COHHIO's Day of Giving. Our goal is 266 donations, 1 for every 1000 missing homes. Your donation supports advocacy necessary to build a future where every Ohioan can afford a place to live

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They're running for Ohio secretary of state. Get to know the candidates. Four candidates for the new chief elections officer will be on Ohio's May primary ballot. Here's what you need to know about them.

They're running for Ohio secretary of state. Get to know the candidates.
by Morgan Trau
www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

Local Politics: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility – Matter News After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for t...

Columbus City Council voted to approve the Haslam Sports Group's land and money grab to secure an NWSL franchise in Columbus. There are a lot of people articulating why this is an awful deal but this article from @matternews.bsky.social
sums it up pretty succinctly tinyurl.com/m6k7mttd #nwsltocbus

... Are they trying to do a certain scene from inglorious basterds

Republicans plan big spending to keep Ohio's Senate seat. A bribery scandal adds to their challenges A political bribery scandal in Ohio is shadowing Jon Husted this election year. The Republican senator has never been charged or accused of any crime, and he's said he wasn't aware of any criminal act...

According to newly uncovered texts between FirstEnergy's CEO and Larry Householder, Jon Husted was actively working to make it worse for ratepayers, lobbying to stretch the $150M/year bailout from 6 years to 10. That would have been $600 million MORE out of Ohioans' pockets. https://bit.ly/4vY8fjx

SAVE Act Fails, Millions of Voters Retain Their Right to Vote for Now MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) applauds the U.S. Senate’s rejection of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a sweeping anti-voter legislation pushed ...

“We are glad the SAVE Act died in the Senate. We are grateful to every senator who stood firm against it. To every American who called, wrote and organized to make their voice heard, thank you – your voice matters." #BlackskyNews
www.splcenter.org/presscenter/...

Here's wishing every single hospital administrator who complied in advance a very wakes up in a cold anxious sweat every day until they a) reverse course and b) apologize.

Ha! Powerful stuff. We were trying to dig out the roots and we hit a bunch of bricks and rock and husband said
.... Waitaminute
We should not dig anymore lol

I keep fighting with this yuka plant that previous home owners put over where the old outhouse (we suspect) was, and I cannot help but be impressed at its will to live

Save 20% on Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts on Steam Make and share the most beautiful and bizarre medieval art imaginable! Manage and grow your manuscript workshop by illustrating manuscripts, using friendly tools and a massive range of drag-and-drop a...

Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts is the new game from the developers of Inkulinati, and they did send me a copy, but I haven't gotten around to playing it yet and want to give 'em a big shout out because I loved their previous game. There is of course a demo still up to check out, which is great!

A photo of Bill Nye speaking outside of the Capitol

Bill Nye and hundreds of Planetary Society members are heading to DC on Monday to protest the White House's proposal to slash NASA's science budget in half.

These cuts were announced as the Artemis astronauts were on their way to the Moon:

!!!

Marketing & Social Media Content Specialist The Marketing and Social Media Content Specialist maintains and expands Metro Parks presence. This nature-loving and customer service focused team-member will work to ensure we're fully engaging exist...

Love our Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks and social media? Then we have the job for you! We are hiring a Marketing and Social Media Content Specialist to join the best park district! www.governmentjobs.com/careers/metr...

Close-up of a plant on a woodland floor. This plant has large lobed green leaves and bright sunny yellow flowers, with fuzzy seed pods suspended above the flowers.

Wood poppies ready to pop! HBD 🎉

Encase me in the pastaract

Less federal & state funding available to homeless shelters and "safety net" organizations across the board... Even if the $ or will was there, a significant # of nursing home (& medical center) staff are immigrants!! Who our administration has seen fit to brutalize and hunt!! Wtf are we doing?!

Who wants to guess if this problem will get better or worse in the coming yrs? Insurance co's are using AI to streamline denial of care with even less gov't oversight now, fewer ppl to look after the ageing population with falling birth rate, fewer ppl able to save $ or build generational wealth...

Analysis: U.S. defense contractors are getting a huge share of taxpayer dollars • Ohio Capital Journal An analysis shows that taxpayers are giving more money to defense contractors than anything other than Medicare, Medicaid and debt service.

Except for Medicare, Medicaid, and interest on the national debt, defense contractors are getting the biggest share of Ohioans’ federal tax dollars, according to a new analysis. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/14/a...

Hey bros n dudes!! 🤘😝
Axel sighting!!
i'm in a show THIS SUNDAY April 19th: Calli's Cadets at Spacebar!
show 9pm, NO COVER! 😲
We're mixing it up with some Audience Choice - YOU help pick our 3rd song of the night! Have a favorite number you wanna see again? Let us know at the show!

Vivek Ramaswamy promises largest property tax rollback in Ohio history, but big questions remain • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy is telling voters he’ll roll property taxes back to “levels where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.” But the progressive think…

Ohio gov. candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is telling voters he’ll roll property taxes back to “levels where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.” But Innovation Ohio contends it would be a disaster for schools, libraries, and public safety and health. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/14/v...

The Center for Print and Collaborative Arts Prepares For Upcoming Opening - Columbus Underground Last summer, the team behind the CPCA was hard at work on relocating into a new space on the South Side, with plans to open before the end of the year...

“The bookstore will probably be later in the summer and there’ll be an exhibition in the fall.”

MORE: columbusunderground.com/the-center-f...

We need all hands on deck to stop H.R. 7661, the federal book banning bill.

Your voice matters. Congressional offices track every call—we CAN make a difference.

I hope you’ll join me in speaking out. There's a script you can follow here: action.everylibrary.org/callhr7661

@authorsabb.bsky.social

Early voting has started for Ohio's primary! Learn what's on your ballot and the candidates running to earn your support before you vote with VOTE411's personalized voter guide. Go to vote411.org/ohio to get everything you need to be voting ready.

Y'all remember NFT's
lol

Thank you Mike - and I sure would like more Democrats to stop falling for this horrible age verification shit.

Children's Minnesota resumes all gender-affirming care after pausing some services Children's Minnesota announced Monday it is resuming gender-affirming care for children just over a month after pausing it amid "threats" from the federal government.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr
After a fed court court ruling vacates HHS's declaration that hospitals providing minors' GAC risked losing Medicaid/Medicare funding, Children's Minnesota hospital resumes prescribing blockers/hormones.

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