Snapshot of a stork nest cam in Bad Salzungen in Germany. Two white storks rest in their nest above the city. It is night, and the city stretches out behind them, lit up here and there. There is a church on the back right with an onion dome. There are various bits of information on the screen including the temperature (5 Celsius).

It's been a bit of a sad day for me. These guys have been unknowingly keeping me company. Glad they're at rest right now. ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5z... )

Moooooood

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Chicago Books to Women in Prison Chicago Books to Women in Prison is an all-volunteer organization that sends free books to women and trans people in prison nationwide.

YALL.

There is a charitable organization in Chicago that donates books to women’s prisons. My boyfriend introduced me to it!!!

Yall support!! This is AMAZING. Women’s prisons do NOT get anywhere near the donations men’s do. That’s why my own organization exists.

LINK HERE: www.cbwp.org

She Holds Me Like This YouTube video by Frugit

👇https://youtu.be/Hic3jjoT_CU?si=tNVTZQ7O_dZ9tu_y

Sitting here crying while after getting WhatsApped the photo on the right, so let me tell you a little story about how we got here from the photo on the left and why repatriation research matters!

Since this post is aggregating my Bloomberg column, I kinda feel the need to clarify that the Imagine Dragons game is not "live-service" (designed for recurring monetization). It's a $15 multiplayer shooter with no microtransactions.

Here's the original article: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

hey if you're feeling mentally all over the place it's nice to read a book

Image features multiple speakers from past GDoCExpos. Text reads: GDoCExpo Conference Online Conference (Apply to speak, get interviewed or do a panel) September 22-25, 2026 Applications open: Feb 25 Applications close: Apr 18

Today's the last day to apply as a speaker for Game Devs of Color Expo!

@gdocexpo.com does all its recording remotely, pays its speakers, and releases its talks to the public on YouTube a few months after the show! Share your expertise with the community:

gdocexpo.com/apply

American Archive of Public Broadcasting A collaboration between GBH and the Library of Congress with a long-term vision to preserve and make accessible significant historical content created by public media.

This is great!

The American Archive of Public Broadcasting, to their eternal glory, have digitized more than 7,000 public radio and television programs from 1940 to the present.

It's a treasure trove of historic newsreels, interviews, speeches, and more.

americanarchive.org

Booster separation confirmed

Cooperation, Connection, Collective Liberation Firestorm is a radical bookstore co-operative & community event space in Asheville, NC. Browse staff picks, bestsellers, and more!

What You Can Do!: If Firestorm surviving and thriving is important to you, we welcome your support. Here are a few ways to pitch in.

🌈 Buy your next book from us, or tell someone who buys books about us! Not a physical media person? We also sell audiobooks through Libro.fm. 7/9

rites those beings invisible to most . . . . . . who are perhaps too small to attract much notice. well . . . someone must still remember. 4 panels of a snail getting ghost rites

little daoist comic. he has a name but i'm holding onto it for now.

It ys a moost terrible tyme. My greatest wisshe ys that you may fynde sum unpredicted moment of peace, delight, mirthe, pleasure, discoverye, connectioun, or fascinacioun that doth make yower day just a litel bettir, that doth helpe you thrugh. Ich wisshe thys for thee wyth every bit of myne hearte.

Your Kindle's not obsolete, it just needs a jailbreak - and I'll show you how it's done You can transform your old Kindle - even a bricked device - into the ultimate open-source reader. Here's how.

Your Kindle's not obsolete, it just needs a jailbreak — and I'll show you how it's done
You can transform your old Kindle — even a bricked device — into the ultimate open-source reader. Here's how.
www.zdnet.com/article/your...

Medieval Solar Storm Detected Through Tree Rings and Historical Records - Medievalists.net A medieval solar storm detected in tree rings reveals hidden radiation and challenges what historians thought about the famous auroras of 1204.

Medieval Solar Storm Detected Through Tree Rings and Historical Records www.medievalists.net/2026/04/medi... #astronomy #history #solarstorms

Blackthorn blossom, blue sky, green vista, daffodils, overhanging tree, painting.

A Hymn to Spring, Cecil Gordon Lawson, 1871.

Possibly one of the greatest live music archives, that of Chicago resident Adam Jacobs, is slowly being uploaded.

archive.org/details/aada...

This kindles my specific sort of joy...

There are a lot of writers I would like to read more of, but the moment I see "Substack" I'm like, er, well that's too bad.

If you are on Substack and wondering why, here's a primer, with some options for other platforms.
leavesubstack.com

From an interview I did re. publishing/art organizing:

I think a lot of people assume they won’t be taken seriously if they do something that isn’t at the invitation of an institution. But we create our own authority for our projects based on the level of seriousness that goes into them.

Marius is leaving prison in May 2026 for a halfway house in Detroit. He will have long term support needs as he transitions out of prison life from the past 18 years. Donate at supportmariusmason.org/support

Self-portrait from the Certain Days 2025 Calendar.
CertainDays.org

Watch Classic Episodes of Sesame Street for Free on YouTube Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch, including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is fin

Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch, including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is finally revealed. [kottke.org]

Really brilliant marketing idea!

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

oh, this is very important to know!!

Lebanon Emergency Relief Arabic, Dutch, French, and Spanish below:

"Your contribution is invaluable. These funds will go toward food for those affected, buying tents and mattresses, hygiene products, baby formula, equipping spaces with basic infrastructure, and more."

www.chuffed.org/project/1719...

Thinking about Ozymandias for absolutely no reason at all.

Amazon may stop supporting your Kindle, but your public library won’t stop supporting *you.* just saying. 📚

There was a faint puff of smoke from the bottle, and a small genie appeared.

"You have freed me," it said, "so I'm obliged to grant you a wish."

It hesitated. "But I am not very powerful."

I nodded. "Of all things I need, give me the greatest you can."

Suddenly, I held a large mug of hot cocoa.