Like a Phish concert but with more grievance. This is what it’s like at a Trump rally. [Danielle Kurtzleben / kpbs.org] “I want to show my support for the best president in the history of this nation.”
Overheard: “As you age, it’s ridiculous how fast bird-watching creeps up on you. You spend your whole life being 100% indifferent to birds, and then one day you’re like “’is that a yellow-rumped warbler’”
20 Years After ‘Fargo,’ Marge Is Still the Best Coen Brothers Character [thrillist.com]
🦆Today’s memes: Damn it, Derek
Greyhound Station, Manhattan New York - 1936
The Stone House on the Bull Run battlefield in Manassas, Virginia, in 1862 and 2021
MAD Magazine’s Tiparillo ad (1966): “the day a gentleman finally offers a lady a Tiparillo”
Couple wading in to the waves by the seashore, ca. 1900
Easter, 1926
Three cool dudes outside the chippy back in the 1970s.
Constant bad news doing your head in? Why not read about the fish doorbell instead [theguardian.com]
Lawmakers are pushing a bill to stop distribution of anti-Semitic flyers in San Diego. They’re calling it “hate littering.” [timesofsandiego.com]
Wind project in San Diego’s backcountry runs into turbulence [sandiegouniontribune.com] — Residents oppose construction of 60 wind turbines that would stand hundreds of feet high.
California regulators want to protect indoor workers from oppressive heat. Politicians are blocking the protections. This is part of a nationwide trend. [kpbs.org]
For seniors, medical care can be a slog, but there are ways to rein it in. [washingtonpost.com] — Scheduling appointments, going to and from and managing treatments takes a lot of time.
Fresno High School in California limits kids to two seven-minute bathroom breaks per day and tracks student bathroom breaks with apps. [govtech.com] — We’ve streamlined the school-to-prison pipeline by turning schools into prisons.