Kim

I think we share Mayflower ancestors!

My sincere condolences. She was a cutie. Mine passed 4 weeks ago, still tearing up but I start fostering one next week. Virtual hug.

I feel this cartoon.

25% tariff on a whiskey drink
37% tariff on a Vodka drink
85% tariff on a Lager drink
110% tariff on a cider drink

132% tariff on songs that remind you of the good times
138% tariff on songs that remind you of the better times

An old man-- 40 year old man, 30 year old man, 70 year old man -- doesn't need 1 billion dollars. They could be very happy with 20 or 30 or 40 or 50 million.

Well, there was work. And dogs. And mainly work friends until I started volunteering at the zoo and joined a neighborhood group. Now, not working 💃and still have volunteering, with different organizations, & really close to adopting or fostering a dog after mine died last month.

The Qatar Economic Forum is hosting a public session on how to make money off of Trump’s bribery and corruption schemes.

This is where we are.

😕

They needed to show pandas “how to” videos…

Yoda, holding a green lightsaber against a background of exploding fireworks, glares fiercely out of the photo, captioned with “May the Fourth Be With You.”

Happy #StarWarsDay! May the Force Be With You today and all days.

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Have a fun and relaxing time. Enjoy the horses.

👀👀👀

Vegemite? (Sorry Australian-identifying people)

you too, enjoy!

Post on X from Bill Melugin at Fox News, saying "Drone Footage of the raid, courtesy of ICE. There is a video underneath showing half a dozen vehicles in procession, observed in black and white through a drone.

To give you some sense of how over the top this operation was, ICE gave Fox News DRONE FOOTAGE of the operation, showing a cavalcade of armored vehicles through the streets of Pasadena to serve a search warrant on a guy whose offense was stapling fliers on power poles with information about LEOs.

I’m so sorry.

I thought of you yesterday, a car passed me on the freeway and they had decorated the rear window with stars, a cactus, and the words “GaGa-Chella” 🙃

The aquarium collects eggs for visitors to hatch during public programs, and deposits the hatchlings into the ocean. Here are mine 🩵

Here’s a closer look. Females burrow into the sand, lay eggs, males surround them to fertilize. Female wiggles out of the hole (looks like a lot of work!) and everyone tries to get back to the ocean.

Eggs develop, hatch when stimulated by high tide about 10 days later, and wash out to the ocean.

It’s #GrunionRun season in southern California! For those who don’t know, grunion are a fish that comes onto the beach to lay and fertilize eggs. In CA it happens during high tides after a full or new moon in spring. We don’t know where they go after they return to the ocean! 🦑

In the olden times (2024 and earlier) I’d trust a US developed pharmaceutical product much more than a foreign produced one. Under current management, much less confident in the safety of anything I take, eat, drink, or use.

Imagine who he can accidentally add to the group chats there.

House Republicans Take Their Turn at Ravaging CFPB Kneecapping the consumer financial protection agency would do much to enable fraud, and next to nothing to reduce federal expenditures.

"Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) challenged Republicans’ pretenses for gutting the CFPB. 'You either fund it or just admit that you’re trying to screw consumers,' Casten said. 'Let’s not sugarcoat what’s going on here.'”

Trump vs. America's National Parks What a sprained ankle reveals about how badly stretched park workers are

Please read/share if you love your national parks!
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & me: A DOGEr is now running the National Park Service.

They were already short of employees to manage record crowds. DOGE has cut 13% and wants to cut 30%.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-vs-a...

I often have a hard time finding people who want to or can do things I want to because of time or money or family. But a machine friend is not going to be the companion to go to a Gaga concert, whale watching, or wine tasting. “Hey, wow, wasn’t that breaching humpback amazing”

Jed the Fish, Quirky Pioneer of Los Angeles Radio, Dies at 69 (Gift Article) With his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical grounding, he brought attention to New Wave and alternative artists at the groundbreaking station KROQ.

The obit for beloved DJ Jed the Fish, at the NY Times [Gift Link]

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/a...

Seems parents should be playing a big role in shaping what their children love. Or is the State usurping parents rights - “Your child, my choice”?

Time to avoid pizza parlors again.

Not excusing her but it may have been the personal touch that made it happen, the man likes to receive supplicants. I definitely would have skipped a hug. Should ask her staff.