I am reading Ann Patchett's "Bel Canto" and it is beautiful. I can't remember the last #book I read in which the writing itself was so exquisite.

NEW ANALYSIS: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time What's that you say? Something something demand, something something ZEV mandate? Take a look at the data: www.carbonbrief.org/...

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116736671610666006 "Benjamin owns a farm. He employs 100 workers plowing his fields.... One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10 percent productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules […]

tante@tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 2mo ago

McSweeney's on "AI finances" goes harder than most business publications. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-economics-for-dummies

My daughter keeps on telling me to go to the kitchen someone call Jordan Peterson

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/116500849195945239 Very cool to see Bridgy Fed featured in the latest @eff.org piece 🙏🏼

I wasn't able to go to the joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony organized by The Parents Circle for the past few years.This year I was finally able to. It was sad, often heartbreaking, but undeniably powerful. The first time I went it changed how I interpreted #MemorialDay ceremonies […]

RE: https://pdx.social/@dadbod/116437799506135617 I have had a #Kobo #ereader for years. and I can attest to their quality. The #Overdrive integration with #libraries is a killer feature.

RE: https://social.vmbrasseur.com/@vmbrasseur/116409281809575173 I worked with Duane at #PayPal - he was a big help in my first steps into #openSource! I'm glad to see him in this important role.

Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive — listen now https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/thousands-of-rare-concert-recordings-are-landing-on-the-internet-archive-listen-now/ Chicago-based music superfan Aadam Jacobs has been recording the concerts he attends since […]

Another nice thing - I'm really enjoying HBO's #Rooster. #SteveCarell is amazing. The fact that #MichaelStipe sings the theme song is just the icing on the cake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxkldueTws

Something nice for a change - I just finished Madeline Miller's #The_Song_Of_Achilles and it was a wonderful #read. I can't for the life of me remember who it was that recommended it to me, but I'm really grateful. A must for anyone who likes #mythology or reworkings of ancient texts.

On Saturday night, I finally made it to the #demonstration - the #antiwar and antigovernment forces together. Almost immediately the #police started trying to disperse it forcibly. It was absurd and depressing and scary - they formed a line and tried to push us […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Friends, if you haven't already, it would be a big favour to me if you could enable tags.pub to boost your public tagged posts. Just follow @_followback . It will follow you back, and when you make a post with a hashtag in it, the server will boost your post from the appropriate hashtag. If […]

RE: https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/116281324749443490 I can't describe how much these scenarios frighten me, even more than the horrors already unfolding

I mean what do I even say? Despite all my issues with Hezbollah, it is a fact that they did respect the ceasefire and even the BBC acknowledged that. Israel broke the ceasefire over 15,000 times in 13 months (yes, literally 15k) But the ceasefire apparently ended when Hezbollah broke it one time

It shouldn’t surprise me anymore, but I still find myself forgetting that the British media regularly uses the word “expat” to describe mostly White middle/upper class Brits in Dubai while mostly non-White working class non-Brits coming to the UK are called migrants They’re all migrants.

Every day we do something terrible. I don't post about it all the time but that doesn't mean it doesn't weigh on me […]

I was in Har Adar this weekend. Two things that I liked: 1. They have benches made with boulders. 2. They have a post of destinations for people to easily indicate where they want to go and for drivers to know whether to stop #hitchhiking

RE: https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/116230450086900277 I've had conversations with people that insisted that their support for Trump was about legal immigration - and to be honest, maybe it was for some - but it certainly isn't the administration's position.

I'm finally reading "Three Men In A Boat" and I was amazed to discover that the Barley Mow we ate at while walking the #Thames Path is mentioned in the #book.

RE: https://sfba.social/@DeliaChristina/116218971498240101 It's hard to believe he is saying something so vile and undemocratic out loud. A sign of our times.

Meanwhile, IDF former chief of staff Gadi Eizenkot: “The Dahiyeh Doctrine has never been more relevant than right now, and it must be implemented.” The Dahieh doctrine is literally about committing war crimes as a matter of state policy. The goal is to destroy life itself. x.com/gadi_eisenko...

It’s already happening. Iran attacked a desalination plant in Bahrain. This war has to end immediately. If it turns into a water war we will be dealing with a whole different level of a humanitarian catastrophe across the region. aje.news/64yl8m?updat...

Israel bombs Tehran oil depots; Bahrain says Iran hit desalination plant

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia report more attacks as Trump says the war will only end when Iran's leaders 'cry uncle'.

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elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The US bombing of a desalination plant could be the most catastrophically consequential action so far. I really hope Iran does not respond in the same way. bsky.app/profile/sanh...

I haven't listened to #U2 in years, but I was surprised by how much I like their new EP and admire both their message and their craft. I particularly liked the #songs for Awad Hathaleen and Sarina Esmailzadeh […]

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116089628488517165 Depressing (and yes, I thought the percent of white people who support ethnic cleansing would drop lower)(and this is despite my being an Israeli which you would think would make me super-aware of how unfortunately popular ethnic […]

RE: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/116082050577379156 Other than Buffet - just not giving much.

I've been playing #ReginaSpektor for my children lately and we like this #video / #song: https://youtu.be/BWXWivwhi14?si=dnkFXCnVFdqfbMI2

I like it when I know the references in #smbc #comics. And I also really liked #memento https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/wife-2

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Wife

Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: The worst part is the movie goes on for weeks but never finishes. Today's News:

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I’m one of those leaving Substack for Ghost, but I should note that it’s not that easy and I wish it was made easier. There’s an accessibility issue here for those who want to transition. It took me quite a while to figure out the logistics and I’m only now ready-ish to start.

soleil ho@soleilho.com · 6mo ago

get the fuck off substack!! www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

#Silverlining of living on an upper floor of an apartment without an elevator https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/04/15/get-healthier-without-exercise/