Birdie, Beginning

I have one!

I'm grouchy and want a boring grey clickity

Why the British government is spending more on hedgerows They are stitching the countryside back together

After the second world war the British government subsidised farmers to remove their hedgerows. Now it is doing the reverse

Faecal transplants—a treatment for bipolar disorder? Valerie Taylor's research explores links between gut bacteria and bipolar disorder, testing faecal microbiota transplants as potential treatments for mental illness.

The idea that gut microbes can influence the brain is no longer controversial. A new study examines their effect on mental disorders

These people straight up think of themselves as ontologically above other humans, and they're so eager to find evidence that they created "life" because they think it would prove their identity as capital-G Gods.

Lol if this causes a right wing schism with the Catholics it’ll be so fucking funny

This has been my assumption. Also, there's a correlation between hypermobility, and autism, or ADHD. So, I figure all 3 are just mixed in there and we need more studies 💜🤷‍♀️

Yup

I, too, miss grapefruit juices

What's a good Substack alternative?

I need to start actually publishing shit and I don't want to sit at the Nazi Bar to do so.

Pitch: Costco is put in charge. Of everything.

Peruvian state responsible for mother’s death in forced sterilisation, court rules Landmark ruling in Celia Ramos case finds 310,000 women, most Indigenous, were targeted in brutal 1990s campaign

Peruvian state responsible for mother’s death in forced sterilisation, court rules

Watching an older murder mystery and my first thought isn't "whoa, big hair," (that was my third) but, "oh, remember when computer keyboards for government offices were that kind and I loved them so much? I want one."

(yes, I do need new glasses, why do you ask?)

🤣 It's a lovely color! I genuinely thought that one of the paint companies had named it "Acoustic Guitar." Tell me that doesn't sound like a paint name? 🤣

Ha! Yes!

Apparently we're now playing long distance cross-words: a whimsical name which means an au gratin casserole of potato and brussel sprouts is...

I'm impressed you came up with the name for it. Here in the US South, casserole recipes are usually written down as "That good chicken thing" 😂

*swatch

I literally thought this was a color search and you were painting the living room...

The Tyee is proud to have published this important investigation by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social. We condemn this egregious harassment of a journalist for doing her job, and have offered support as she deals with this disturbing situation.

The song that rhymes ‘pepperoni’ with ‘feeling okey-dokey’: the UK’s odd new Eurovision entry is here From dipping biscuits in mugs filled with baked beans to singing about eating custard, Look Mum No Computer’s Eins Vei Drei is trying to win through novelty value. Will it backfire?

The song that rhymes ‘pepperoni’ with ‘feeling okey-dokey’: the UK’s odd new Eurovision entry is here

"Hell yeah work sucks" skeleton from my comic

Monday: I wish it was Friday. Friday: I wish I was dead. Death: Hell yeah work sucks

happy Friday to everyone, but especially to the person who got this tattoo of my comic

I'll just leave this right here...

That's what's been going on in SC. No matter how many times we explain and protest that we don't want the crazy strict abortion bill they keep going.

They're all competing to be a pet state that complies and gives Trump a court case for the Supreme Court, in hopes of making it national.

Along Came an Influencer: How America’s Bestselling Writer Became MrBeast’s Co-Author After decades atop the thriller game, James Patterson is fending off waning sales by doubling down on collaborations—and dabbling in romantasy too.

it’s funny — I read *a lot*, and I have never heard of this man. He seems to write the kind of novel I just instinctively gloss over on the shelf

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This brief post highlights the devastating impacts North Carolina farmers felt trying to get disaster relief from Hurricane Helene. Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...

I just remember seeing a recipe online, and it had a whimsical name? I only remembered because I associated it with my (far back) Harris ancestry

I've been thinking the same!

I bet it does!! There's a potato cheese and Brussels sprout dish that's Scottish, and that's just a swap of carbohydrates! Nom!

Bob Power, 73, Hip-Hop Engineer and Tribe Called Quest Collaborator, Dies

“Great music is made by people who either don’t care or don’t understand what is ‘normal,’ so they do something extraordinary.” Perfectly put. You should go listen to A Tribe Called Quest's “Low End Theory.” RIP to a master…
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/a...

Ooo! Bean or Brussels?