For @bernard and other people who love vintage sewing machines: https://www.doubleveil.net/zssmp/

Two eaglets have hatched! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/06/big-bear-eagles-cam-jackie-shadow-chicks-hatch/89481063007/

I’m rereading Project Hail Mary. I’m enjoying it more the second time. It’s still not as good as The Martian, but pretty great! I’ll see the movie when it comes to streaming.

The photos the came back after the flyby yesterday are amazing. For what it’s worth, I’m ignoring every photo on social media and only trusting those directly from NASA. But they are pretty spectacular. My favourite: https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/art002e009288/ [image: 1775601999410-img_0363.jpeg]

So, apparently, the word on the street is that Trump isn't going to annihilate Iran with nuclear weapons. But, clearly, his temper tantrums are getting worse. We have the age old problem in a parliamentary country, if Trump is out of the office, Vance will be in it. I worry too much. I've always been that way. I think I'll take a well deserved break from political topics save providing the cite jon requested and I promised [you, jon]. It won't be easy for me but it seems nothing worthwhile is ever easy.

My gooseberries are almost settled into their new home, out of the large pots I had them in and into these new raised beds: [image: 20260406-161239.jpg] It's kind of cold out today but sunny, so I'll try to finish filling that bed up with compost and soil.

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@AdagioM Thanks!

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Poll numbers? He doesn't even approve of himself.

Lol. Yes and the data probably show six million Americans will now have to take the bus to buy them. I'm expecting inflation and terrible real life job market fundamentals to engulf the US economy and sooner rather than later.

He's fortunate to have you in his corner. Direct care is such hard work.

There's a promising a Democrat in Texas (Andy - B...something, maybe). Unfortunately, I agree with Kyle Kalenski's (sp? - don't feel like Googling speling now - sorry) analysis that when Democrats go into the who canned- quote "I don't hate billionaires" rhetoric, it's a sign they don't understand, or don't care about, or are beholden to oligarchy. BTW, I watch part of a documentary about RFK, Jr.'s 2nd (I think) wife. I couldn't watch it until the end but she seemed very smart, very capable, very honest, was earnest in a good way, gave birth to his children, and masterfully remodeled his house because it was about to be condemned. He cheated on her with her own dinner guests, gaslight her, in her words, and generally mentally tortured her. His professional life (lives) and personal life (lives) paint a picture of a twisted soul, imo.

I don’t watch a lot of stuff, but someone just recommended Soviet Jeans to me, and it sounds good. Eight episodes, you can get it through PBS Passport. Set in Soviet Latvia in 1979. Dictatorship, KGB, a love story, a counterfeit jeans caper. Here’s the trailer. Link to video