Pogo is standing in the swamp collecting littler, which is everywhere, and saying “We have met the enemy and he is us.”

Walt Kelly’s Pogo poster for the inaugural #EarthDay on April 22, 1970.

Spanish archaeologists find Homer's Iliad poem in Egyptian tomb A Spanish-Egyptian team have uncovered a fragment of Homer’s Iliad inside a mummy at Oxyrhynchus, revealing how ancient texts were reused in burial practices and shedding light on the spread of Greek ...

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Investigating the Good Guys DOJ claims the Southern Poverty Law Center was "paying off" the Ku Klux Klan. The group's track record and common sense suggest otherwise.

Understanding the federal government’s indictment of a civil rights icon, the Southern Poverty Law Center:
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Moon Bounce Follow the moon

Moon Bounce

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Ai Weiwei and the Art of Keeping Your Mouth Shut “On Censorship” offers timely reflections from the dissident artist, whose entire life and career have been marked by state persecution.

“In the western world, censorship alone cannot achieve its goals; it relies heavily on self-censorship."

A Chinese Figure we get just a few chances to

A Chinese Figure

Closeup of a vintage tile floor circa 1910 using square and rectangle tiles.

Only what is mortal bears life. Only in death is there rebirth. The Balance is not a stillness. it is a movement--an eternal becoming.

A single very brainy morel mushroom pushes away a dried oak leaf to rise into the early spring air. All photos by me

Here is a nice mushroom

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A garage door is painted with the Chicago city flag (blue and white stripes, with four six-pointed red stars) and cartoon characters saying "Hello" in various languages. Next to the garage, the gate of a driveway has three signs on it. One says "Hands Off Chicago." Another says: "ICE OUT! Fuera ICE!" And the third has a red "X" over a yellow crown.

Seen from a Brown Line window, a garage door with art by Shawnimals.

An ancient stone carving of the god of corn with a magnificent headdress.

Pitao Cozobi, the Zapotec god of thunder, water, and therefore corn (which you can see in his headdress). From Mexico’s treasure trove of marvelous ancient creativity, the anthropological museum.

A close-up view of the ancient statue of Ramses II inside the museum in Egypt.

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Don't Slip on the Slop A few thoughts about the Ai Christ

"My solution, as always, is to work harder as humans, making art for each other." Steve Brodner

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Ocean YouTube video by Pascal Comelade - Topic

"I am a lazy son. I never get things done."

A Trans Catholic Life, 70 Years in the Making Dear Listeners,

A Trans Catholic Life, 70 Years in the Making

What looks like a wooden post breaking through a frayed layer of black plastic.

I'm not much of a hater, but I do sincerely hate this "landscaping fabric" that consistently frustrates my backyard hopes.

Gee, that repost of Bill McKibben's latest really took off. Happy to do my little part. McKibben is excellent.

Some Cave Sketching suppose there was looking into myself some

Some Cave Sketching

Call a Thing What it is From Dr. T. Wilson Dickinson, Professor of Theology and Director of the Doctor of Ministry and Continuing Education Programs at Lexington Theological Seminary. The historical analogy for AI is not …

"To make these ships, forests were cut down and communities, ecosystems, and ways of life were destroyed. Likewise, AI is already having devastating environmental consequences with emissions, water, and communities."

Wow, this experience
all from the same Now

Tody's ONE WORD from Friars Jack and Greg...

A single dandelion flower and a small clump of violets in the grass.

Love the spring lawn before the mowing massacre.

White brassica flowers

Garlic Mustard, Jack-in-the-hedge 🌱

#WildflowerHour #CabbageFamily #bloomscrolling #UKWildflowers

A bolete mushroom with a purple velvety cap grows intwined in grass in a sunny meadow

The horrors persist but so do mushrooms