‘When authoritarians promise a return to an imaginary past, they stoke a furious nostalgia in those who have no better way to understand what is actually undermining their sense of a durable and meaningful future.’

Judith Butler on Executive Order 14168: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Second hydroponic update - my zombie plant is thriving and doing its playing dead thing when I poke it.

Hydroponic garden update - This is officially as lush as it’s ever been - it needs about 5 gallons of water per week! Most of that is my tomato plants, and the first cherry tomatoes are starting to change colors. The spiky plant on the right is my red pineapple plant, grown from seed.

The Trump administration is telling prosecutors and agents to care less on efforts to investigate foreign corruption, including a case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.

A special Sunday event: a photographic essay celebrating owls, magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, and are seen here in photos from recent years.

Opinion | ‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump - The Guardian