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Science 'The parasite was in the driver's seat' 92,872 787

Music Appreciation The Train Kept-A-Rollin'- Jeff Beck & The Yardbirds 144,044 357

Photography It was a sunny spring day for El Segundo's Farmer's Market! Enjoy, dear friends! 144,036 548

Classical Music The Aeolians perform Mulholland's 'When I Lay Me Down to Sleep' for choir and orchestra 5,844 99

TV Chat Ok.....have said this quite a few times before.....Jimmy Kimmel is one of the BEST ALL TIME TV HOSTS.....EVER!!!! 24,835 294

Sports THE POPE IS A WHITE SOX FAN!!!!!! Not a Cubs fan. 96,858 207

Baseball Pope Leo is a Sox fan! 12,251 126

Humor Father Guido Sarducci on the longest conclave: 15,749 412

Cooking & Baking What's for Dinner, Thurs., May 8, 2025 149,431 675

Birders At last, just saw a female hummingbird at my feeder. I will sit here with the camera on my lap for the rest 16,750 185

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Terrence Howard and Bill Maher Have an Idiot Contest 7,371 321

Gardening PEONIES!!!!! 14,996 397

Artists A barn painting 19,044 223

World History VE Day, 80 yrs ago, 8 May 1945, Churchill, Truman & Stalin announcements 4,077 205

Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs Andor on Disney Plus/ Star Wars...Excellent and reflects our own struggles. 22,396 599

Basketball Mikal Bridges Blocks Jayson Tatum's Game-Winning Attempt to Take Game 2 🚨 2025 NBA Playoffs 3,999 23

Weather Watchers This Week's Weather Will Be Very Strange - Ryan Hall Forecast... 11,641 167

Movies Absolutely hate the movie kisses when they're up in each others tonsils!!!!! 12,017 182

Weird News Ohio police find pet raccoon in car driver's seat with meth pipe in its mouth 22,577 397

Travel Most travelers must have a REAL ID now to fly within the US 5,899 146

Astrology, Spirituality & Alternative Healing This gifted psychic does a reading nightly on tsf's health for the day, presumably in anticipation of the celebration... 24,392 348

Musicians Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody 7,552 162

Pets Samantha and Sebastian... sibling babies I'm fostering. 98,675 554

Poetry Pretender 2,195 104

Soccer/Football Barcelona/Inter Milan 4,190 60

Outdoor Life STRETCHing 3,431 128

American History 88 Years Ago Today: German Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg is destroyed at Lakehurst NJ Naval Air Station 7,237 217

Science Fiction Hugo Administrators Resign in Wake of ChatGPT Controversy (x-posted in GD) 2,078 214

Football Ravens release kicker Justin Tucker 16,751 165

Classic Films TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 7: Issues of the Day/Foreign Films - TCM Imports Book 10,002 191

Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights The missing lynx: how the rise of border walls has split up wildlife populations 7,004 238

Anthropology These Extraordinary Archaeological Sites Are a Portal to Ancient Egypt 12,132 281

Automobile Enthusiasts No surprise here. 5,985 98

Non-Fiction Careless People/Sarah Wynn-Williams 2,583 242

Fiction Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn books, is it important to read them in order? 24,493 379

Personal Finance and Investing Fertile crop of investing guru advice this weekend. 6,359 196

EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques if you are into old american flags + ephemera poke me. 3,597 167

True Crime Trial of Erin Patterson - accused mushroom poisoner 3,783 127

Languages and Linguistics re...publican 1,056 104

Apple Users Another reason iOS sucks. 7,085 240

Good News Wildfire Maps Help Firefighters in Real Time 3,402 215

Crafts I bought a paper pattern for a Mrs. Hall (All Creatures) apron off the internet 2,866 216

Rural/Farm Life Electric Unicycle ride in Rural Germany 2,349 167

Writing How YOU can change the world through WRITING with Alan Moore Meet your Maestro BBC Maestro 3,378 271

Showbiz New Rules Have Been Approved for 2026 Academy Awards Voting 3,025 116

Women's World Women's Work: Harriet Quimby first woman to pilot an aircraft across the English Channel 16 April 1912 915 77

DIY & Home Improvement Light bulb question 7,976 301

Ancestry/Genealogy Can anyone recommend a user-friendly genealogy software program? 3,248 210

Fantasy Literature Reading Fight by Jonathan Allen 546 95

Gaming Assassin's Creed Shadows Social Media Account Claps Back at Elon Musk After He Calls Game "Terrible" 5,963 221

Motorsports In case you didn't know. Harley baggers roadracing. 472 20

Open Source and Free Software Wow. GIMP 3.0.0 stable is available today. 1,922 197

Comic Books Gimme 5 Comics. 5 shorts in 1 book. 6,616 78

Parenting GRANDparenting, that is. 1,697 65

Household Hints & Help Garbage disposal rusted out from lack of use, 4 years in. Are they necessary? 2,633 252

DU Marketplace A book sale at Taschen that has to be seen to be believed 920 182

The Daily Show This trio is great.. 436 98