Catherine H. Michael

Hulu and Disney+ will launch a unified streaming app in 2026.

The standalone Hulu app will be shut down.

Ugh, the Inbox. 📫

A koala with one baby on her back and another tucked in her lap.

A koala cuddling a baby in her arms

A couple of mama koalas and their babies, in case you need a bit of care in your timeline today.

Back to work!

Looking down Main Street with some flowers in the foreground and a smear of an orange sun rising

Good morning 8/6/25

ABC of Bee CULTURE Brown cover, black lettering, gold bee in centre

Book Cover of the Day:

A single sunflower in a huge field of them under a blue sky.

Stumbled upon this endless field of sun flowers yesterday.

My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography

The start of a poem about a starling

Always exciting to wake up and know there is something to be seen and turned into a poem for my lunchtime show - this is not the poem I will start with today - but it is the one I’ve started in straight after

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County commits to keeping Board of Elections in Ithaca after public concern over relocation ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County officials released a statement Tuesday committing to keeping the Board of Elections offices in the city of Ithaca. The announcement came after public concern mounted over plans to temporarily relocate the board of elections to a property in Lansing. Tompkins County is planning to tear down the building that houses the Board of Elections at 128 E.

County commits to keeping Board of Elections in Ithaca after public concern over relocation

Plums. On a plate (reflective!). With two cherries, because that's how Jacob van Hulsdonck liked it.

God Selects Fall Interns

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A strange new world TMW cartoon for Aug 5, 2025

The new cartoon, formatted for phone or tricorder

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Trump got 56% of the vote in Texas, less than Romney, GW Bush, Reagan & Nixon, but his mid-decade gerrymandering plan would give Republicans nearly 80% of Texas's seats

Three sparrows in flight.

Morning.
Watanabe Shōtei, c.1887.

Louie Armstrong and Bing Crosby sing Blueberry Hill.

Happy Birthday Satch!

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Have mercy!

Painted artwork of a small bird with beak open perched on the stem of a green plant against a gold background

Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - mini paintings inspired by local wildlife #WomensArt

Over the teachers left shoulder?

Rachel @maddow.msnbc.com last night: "We do now live in a country that has an authoritarian leader in charge. We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country."

Thanks so much -- home again. I look forward to hearing of your summer adventures.

Got to Ithaca right on time & home by 7pm. Well, it took twice as long as driving (9 hours versus 4.5) & cost twice as much ($110 versus 55), but it is doable. I may opt for Amtrak from 'Cuse the next time to avoid lay overs.

BGM issues Air Quality Alert (AQA) at Aug 4, 5:06 PM EDT ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT... via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation at Albany has issued a Air Quality Health Advisory for Fine Particulates until midnight EDT Tuesday night. Air quality levels in outdoor air are predicted to be greater than an air quality index value of 100 for Fine Particulates. The air quality index...or AQI...was created as an easy way to correlate levels of different pollutants to one scale. The higher the AQI value, the greater the health concern. When pollution levels are elevated...the New York State Department of Health recommends that individuals consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity to reduce the risk of adverse health effects. People who may be especially sensitive to the effects of elevated levels of pollutants include the very young and those with pre existing respiratory problems such as asthma or heart disease. Those with symptoms should consider consulting their personal physician. For additional information, please visit the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation website at, https://on.ny.gov/nyaqi, or call the Air Quality Hotline at 800-535-1345.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert for Fine Particulates until midnight EDT Tuesday night. A Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases, and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors. For more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles, visit www.airnow.gov and www.aqpartners.state.pa.us.

Air Quality Alert issued August 4 at 5:06PM EDT by NWS Binghamton NY
Additional Details Here.

Bus depot with a steeple in the distance

Leaving Binghamton

Our Staff Picks series returns every Wednesday this month! The theme is food! Starting this Wednesday with Spirited Away at 5:30pm & 8:15pm!

See you at the movies!

#ithaca #ithacany #ithacacommons #downtownithaca #607 #cinemapolis

Seats on a train at Trenton, NJ, USA

Interior of Newark Penn Station showing a wooden bench a digital board showing times a very high arched ceiling with hanging large white globe lights

Trenton to Newark. Waiting for the Greyhound.

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Class photo of Thomas Jefferson school 1980

School school district of Bristol Township progress report card for Catherine Michael from Mrs. Adams. She was my first grade teacher Joseph Kaufman. The superintendent was my neighbor. 1977 to 1978.

I guess I’m supposed to bring some of this home with me so I’ll take some photos in case my bag gets lost or stolen. I’m in the first row seat. Third from the left in orange.

Linoleum block Christmas card featuring a bunny, a deer and a Christmas tree with lights

A print of a dog and a cat, where the dog is scratching his chin and the cat is licking its tail

Prince of a dog and cat playing

Watercolor of a deer with a red nose

I don’t think my art has improved much since I was in elementary school.

Cover of St. John’s evangelical Lutheran Church bulletin Hawthorne Street in Tyson Ave., Philadelphia PA 19149

Page from a church bulletin with christening announcement

The Lutheran messenger church bulletin for March 1970