Exhibit A for the "plant basil around your yard to repel mosquitoes" assertion. #mosquitoes #basil #gardening
Trump, the Wages of MAGA Sin, and the Dream of Flipping Texas Blue (Greg Sargent/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/210968/trump-wages-maga-sin-dream-flipping-texas-blue
http://www.memeorandum.com/260527/p101#a260527p101
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I have a "QSO in a kilogram" system to be able to carry enough ham equipment with me to operate at practically any time without having to plan. To do this, I have a miniature throw weight for launching a wire antenna into a tree. It is a 2 oz tungsten fishing "flipping weight".
I painted it yellow with enamel. I ran UHMWPE braided fishing line through it, and tied it around some TPU filament tha…
If you ever make it to the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, you'll see a similar wallpaper by Zuber. It's an 1834 version called, "Views from North America" that was later modified (with additional blocks) to feature the American Revolution. Image by Lawrence Jackson from the White House Historical Archives. #wallpaper #whitehouse #zuber
Manila-based Salmon, a consumer finance app targeting underbanked Filipinos, raised $60M in equity and $40M in debt; it raised $310M to date, $160M in equity (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/salm
Houdini fly (Cacoxenus indagator), a kleptoparasite of mason bees from Europe that showed up in North America circa 2011. Whenever I walk past my insect hotel I take a moment to squish them. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #insects #diptera
Here's a nice article about the discovery of the cache of decoys at Lovelock Cave. Apparently all 11 were packed into a basket and hidden by the owner. https://www.ducks.org/hunting/duck-hunting-stories/the-lovelock-spread
Please also admire this crested pygmy grasshopper (Nomotettix cristatus) that I found in a xeric Pennsylvania serpentine barrens. I'd wager it is about 3/8" (10 mm) long. Most likely there to eat lichen. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8361233