My grandmother tended the strawberry bed on the farm where I grew up. A job I had when I was little was sitting at the table where we had berries for sale and collecting the money from the customers. I recall that "Midway" was a variety of strawberry she particularly favored. I believe they're still available. Big Al

Always good to hear about acts of kindness like this. Big Al

Shameful and stupid attempts to suppress history and the heroes who made that history. Big Al

But, after getting a CT-scan and seeing a neuro-ophthalmologist, it was revealed he had non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), a condition in which the loss of blood flow to the optic nerve causes sudden vision loss. Recent studies have shown an association between drugs such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy — which have become phenomenally popular for weight loss — and an increased risk of NAION [. Of the estimated 15 million Americans now taking such medications for Type 2 diabetes and weight loss, only a relative few have experienced the issue, but for those who have, it’s life-altering. https://nypost.com/2025/03/08/health/people-going-blind-after-using-weight-loss-drugs-like-ozempic-and-mounjaro/ From my eye researcher friend: Another thing associated with these drugs is cataract formation. I have a 30-something patient recently who was having trouble seeing at night, not because she couldn't see under low levels of iullumination, but because lit signs were blurry and headlights dazzled her. This began a year after starting tirzepatide. She also had naturally very large pupils. No one thought to look at her lens because she was so young. The public is doing a clinical trial on themselves. I'm so glad I haven't had to fight obesity.

When the reality sink in? Will it matter?

Interesting video. If only their government was nicer.

I wonder when the Doggy children will hit the DOT. Can’t wait for bridges to fall in to rivers.

Predicting the future!

Leopards, faces, etc.

Thanks!

@Bernard "But already Trump is ignoring the courts. He is deporting people despite the court order halting the deportations. " So he is in contempt of court. It's possible this will make a difference, that it is contempt, rather than that he had the legal right to do it and so is untouchable. I've also pretty much lost all faith in the Ds. There is going to have to be some kind of organic uprising. No one is going to save us but ourselves.

I can't watch her because any freeze frame of her face is a contorted smirk making watching a video of her an exercise in torture.

Greenland isn’t any more amused than Canada is. Hundreds of Greenlanders took to the streets on Saturday to protest against US President Donald Trump's stated goal of taking control of their island. Video footage showed crowds gathered in the capital, Nuuk, waving Greenland's flag and holding signs with messages such as "Respect Greenland's sovereignty," "We are not for sale" and "Make America Go Away" — a play on Trump's campaign slogan "Make America Great Again." Rallies were also taking place in other towns on the island. Jens-Frederik Nielsen, leader of the center-right Demokraatit party that won this week's parliamentary election, was joined by outgoing Prime Minister Mute B. Egede to lead protesters toward the US consulate on Nuuk's outskirts.. https://www.dw.com/en/greenland-hundreds-protest-against-trumps-takeover-plans/a-71933403