"I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened."
~Mark Twain

Secret Oxfordshire: The coffee house serving since 1645 Radio Oxford visits the historic shop that has been serving the city since the Civil War.

serving coffee since 1645 www.bbc.com/news/article...

www.core77.com/posts/143672...

YouTube Statistics 2026 YouTube Statistics: All You Need to Know in 2026! | Everything you need to know about YouTube features today

big numbers
Users watch 1 billion hours of video every day
In the US, about 62% of Internet users watch YouTube every day
darvideo.tv/blog/youtube...

Scale of proposed arch in D.C. The administration wants to build a 250-foot tall arch in Washington. That’s a pretty big arch. To show how big that is, Marco Hernandez and Anushka Patil, for the New York Times, used illust…

flowingdata.com/2026/04/20/s...

First Nations chiefs demand the PM apologize after he said he could 'outlast' protesters | CBC News Two First Nations chiefs are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to apologize for saying he could "outlast" protesters. Chrissy Isaacs, a Grassy Narrows woman suffering from mercury poisoning, was i...

Both the Liberals & the Conservatives (Federal & Provincial) are complicit... they think they can ignore this problem...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If you want an accordion sound when you re-size your browser window...
why you would is another story :-)
artpolikarpov.github.io/garmoshka/

Barry Webb Documents a Marvelous, Macro Array of Colorful Slime Molds Thanks to Webb's up-close, high-resolution shots, we glimpse a phenomenally beautiful world that is otherwise virtually invisible.

Slime molds
www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/barr...

The Meatball lollipop. Coming this June. The IKEA x Chupa Chups Meatball lollipop is real. Limited edition, fully vegan and arriving in a store near you.

www.ikea.com/ca/en/campai...

for my rock hounding friends

He's Alive - Don Francisco (Lyrics) YouTube video by Extended Life Worship

www.youtube.com/watch?v=70qk...

enjoy your fruit juice this morning

What is happening in many places around the world... places I am a little familiar with in Africa, in the USA, in Canada, in Ontario... is that political power is used not for the betterment of the people, but to keep those in power in power.

genocide

oncoffee.blogspot.com/2026/04/geno...

"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
~P. J. O’Rourke

"In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular."
~Laurence J Peter

Let nothing upset you;
Let nothing frighten you.
Everything is changing;
God alone is changeless.
Patience attains the goal.
Who has God lacks nothing:
God alone fills every need.
~St. Teresa of Avila

דניאל אהביאל Daniel Ahaviel בפארק הירקון YouTube video by דניאל אהביאל - Daniel Ahaviel

some lively music to start your day / week
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d065...

Joint Press Release: The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land Joint Press ReleaseThe Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land Holy City of JerusalemPalm Sunday, 29 March 2026 This morning, the Israe

Joint Press Release: The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land

Ok Blue Jays Song w/ Lyrics YouTube video by BLUEJAYSYAJEULB

youtu.be/qag6w_Tp50A

"It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines."
~Wendell Berry

“Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles.”
~Dostoyevsky

The Growing Shadow of Autocracy Global freedom declined for the 20th consecutive year in 2025. But even in this especially challenging moment, there are reasons for optimism.

freedomhouse.org/report/freed...

WFP projects food insecurity could reach record levels as a result of Middle East escalation | World Food Programme

www.wfp.org/news/wfp-pro...

Birds Of Chicago: "American Flowers" (Official video) YouTube video by Signature Sounds

This post reminds me of the Birds Of Chicago song: "American Flowers"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eLw...