💚🌎 Happy Earth Day 🌎💚
So grateful for Mama Earth 💚💙

Spring wouldn't be complete without a prominent blocking pattern. This one may actually help keep New England drier this weekend with a storm getting suppressed south. A weak system crosses tomorrow, bringing scattered showers, with some more Thursday. #MAwx #CTwx #RIwx #NHwx #MEwx #VTwx

Yuliya Krishchik — a textile #artist who stitches the #cosmos, embroidering #stars, #nebulae & #celestial maps into layered fabrics & tapestries. Her needlework turns cloth into miniature universes.

@yuliya_krishchik

#art #embroidery #constellations #creativity

Today’s tarot card is the Queen of Pentacles. Let go of the negative ideas you associate with material abundance. Rise to the next level and affect those close to you with your stability and groundedness. Your abundance will spread to them also. #pagan #tarotsky

This is your reminder that it's been ten months since the assassination of Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, and there hasn't been even a hint of justice for her family, friends or colleagues.

It is every cat’s sacred duty to be as annoying as possible while being completely endearing at the same time.

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

For my own wellbeing, sometimes it's best to completely ignore harsh reality & focus exclusively on one or all of our 3 pets.

In this case it's our youngest, Trixie (a/k/a Bat-Mite, a/k/a Spawn of Satan), who I love dearly. ♥️ 🐶

(also: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files)

How many Doctors now have long Covid and why aren’t the BMA calling for preventions? Preventions will stop this cycle. We must start preventing long COVID. Very disappointing they aren’t doing this.

You're looking at velvet malachite, Cu2CO3(OH)2.

A few warnings:
Please resist the urge to touch it to feel how soft it is.
Absolutely /do not/ lick it.
Keep far away from any Supermen.
If a wingéd creature emerges, do not agree to any pacts.

Let's talk about the science here.

Submitted a ticket to the team for the action required. Included a due date. Teammate adds a comment to the ticket, "when do you need it by?"

I see it's gonna be one of those days.

Me: sends team a screenshot of an email that notes "Action required" in the subject line.

Teammate: "Do we need action on that email? Seems pretty serious."

Chat, they weren't being sassy.

#undersea twilight
kelp fronds sense the unwary
it stirs in the deep

#vss365 #haiku

📸: Deadcurry on Reddit

While I appreciate this man's dedication to reading ...

Recent analysis finds:
“the number
of competitive grants
awarded by
the National Institutes of Health
is down by more than half
compared with
the same period last year,”
and though it’s true
that funding NIH grants
is expensive,
not funding them
will cost us even more.

It'll be a cool and quiet week for New England with limited precip chances. The only real organized system will likely pass this weekend, but a bulk of precip looks to stay west and south at this time. Temps look to moderate closer to seasonal averages mid-week. #MAwx #CTwx #RIwx #NHwx #MEwx #VTwx

Help Our Pollinators

“What side you standing on?”

The Strokes at Coachella 🔥

I’ve got COPD, and just went for annual blood test. The nurse who carried out the procedure was coughing his lungs up; I’d guess RSV or Covid. Not a responsible decision to place someone with COPD and someone with a lung infection so close. Not a happy old geezer at all.

A mass shooting that took the lives of eight children should stop this country in its tracks. Instead, the Shreveport tragedy disappeared from the headlines in a day. We cannot allow this level of violence to fade into background noise. Ending America’s gun‑violence epidemic is a moral oblligation.

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

Canned fish like anchovies, salmon, tuna, cod, mackerel & sardines deliver B vitamins, vitamin E, zinc, magnesium, iron, selenium, vitamins A and D & omega-3 fats.

Rotating between different kinds of canned fish boosts dietary diversity & ensures a wider range of nutrients.

Spaceballs: The New One YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios

Rick Moranis coming out of retirement to make Spaceballs 2 should be bigger news than it is imo

Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.

Measles outbreak means my immunocompromised son can’t leave the house without extreme safety measures Hundreds of thousands of families are making life-or-death decisions as measles continues to spread.

Yes, measles, Covid-19, flu... it does not matter, public health is a shared responsibility - our decisions impact others around us

www.statnews.com/2026/04/20/i...

Back to the simple natural order of things…….. not human arrogance based on destruction of our water,air, environment for profit…… for the 1%

New Moon 🌕🌑 A piece for my ongoing series “A Starry Place”, where I explore spaces that are meaningful and nostalgic to me!!

Haunted by ‘Dark Thoughts,’ Louisiana Father Kills 8 Children

If this man had murdered eight strangers the story would lead every news outlet. But because they are his children, it's "family violence," "domestic violence" -- undeserving of the same attention. Even though this violence is much more common
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...

Three things to do today:

1. Invest $10 in your Roth IRA (every bit toward a stable retirement matters, I promise!!)

2. Add an extra can of beans to your next grocery shopping list

3. Un shrimp yourself! Your back is begging you

Love,

Women’s Personal Finance, not WomenSPF

What You Can Do NOW The 10 Most Important Ways to Resist Now. (Revised, Updated, Expanded.)

In light of Trump’s increasingly cruel and bonkers behavior, many of you want to know: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-f4a