Eric S.

A Fats Waller Musical All but Disappeared (Until Now)

Fascinating detective story. Looking forward to hearing the music.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.

Hmm. All I get is a quick glimpse of the page you posted, then an Error 404 message. Searching on the BBC site gives the same message. Maybe it's a UK-only show at this point. Or maybe the BBC is (understandably) annoyed with America right now.

Thanks for checking.

Looking forward to reading it.

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THANK YOU!! This is the last post of a short thread on a topic that TERRIFIES me: that a MAGA-aligned Scott Leindeker now owns DOMINION VOTING MACHINES.
This is absolutely a CAUSE for ALARM and I have posted about to no apparent avail.
Please PLEASE investigate!
@muellershewrote.com

My moment of truth was when I noticed my wife looking at my belly in a way she never had before.

190. SNAP WTF? A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next

Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

Sigrid Nunez

But thanks for doing it. It’s a really important job.

Do some reconnaissance around Duluth, the North Shore of Lake Superior, the Apostle Islands (in Wisconsin), etc., etc.

You'll never regret it. And make sure you check out Lake Superior.

Save Our Signs Launches the People’s Archive of National Park Signs The Save Our Signs project (SOS), a community-driven effort to preserve National Park Service (NPS) interpretive materials before they are removed from public view, is proud to announce the launch of ...

An archive at the Univ. of Minnesota is collecting photos of National Park signage and historical plaques from around the country to preserve a record of the history that the Trump administration is removing.

Will increasing global warming have any worrisome effects on oxygen levels in the atmosphere in the coming decades?

The puppy in the background makes the video.

Good editorial by the NYTimes editorial board. I hope they pass it along to the news department, who've been sanewashing Trump for years.

Trump’s swift demolition of East Wing may have launched asbestos plumes There is no confirmation that the Trump admin. followed abatement processes.

Oops.

A work of art!

Madeline Island is about the same size as Manhattan, but with a year round population of about 400. It’s one of the Apostle Islands.

We spent a long weekend on Madeline Island enjoying fall and Lake Superior and not thinking about politics.

The Old House Journal used to have a monthly feature called “Remuddling of the Month” (or something like that), which featured photos of elegant old houses that had been updated in horrifyingly tasteless ways.

This country….

My dentist has an overhead tv that plays home improvement shows to distract patients during root canals and crowns, but for me it just amplifies the discomfort. Best to switch the channel.

Humanity is desperate for entertainment, plus there are quite a few of us who are secretly hoping that an advanced civilization is sending a team over to fix the mess we've made of our world.

How Easter Island’s giant statues “walked” to their final platforms Workers with ropes could make the moai “walk” in zig-zag motion along roads tailor-made for the purpose.

Cool science and an interesting read. Also, one less problem for me to worry about in the middle of the night. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

One positive impact of sending national guard troops to blue cities is that these troops will see undeniable proof that Trump and his minions are lying, and will spread that knowledge around their home communities.

Yellow-legged flower fly on White doll's daisy - aka False aster

Northern paper wasp on White doll's daisy - aka False aster

Thread-waisted wasp on White doll's daisy - aka False aster

Yellow-shouldered drone fly

All observed today within 10 minutes on an 8-foot square clump of false aster near St. Paul, MN. Also saw bumblebees, honeybees, sweat bees, and at least several other varieties of pollinators - but my iPhone 11 wasn't quick enough to get good shots.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary

More corruption in the Trump administration. popular.info/p/trumps-arg...

Anyone notice that all the political videos are having problems loading? Or is it just my computer?

Anyone notice that all the political videos are having problems loading? Or is it just my computer?