More events are listed at: durhamspark.blogspot.com/2026/04/update-for-week-15-of-2026-anti-war.html
The BBC's Lise Doucette is reporting from Iran again (for the time this year?), provided that none of her material appears on the BBC's very anti-Iran Persian Service. Unlike even the BBC and PBS, NPR rarely if ever talks to Iranians who are not anti-government and never reports from Iran, though NPR is willing to send people into Gaza with Israeli minders (they couldn't see or meet with any Palestinians anyway) and they have taken cellphones into the NSA's headquarters, and then given the NSA the opportunity to try to hack into the devices manually, not just remotely within the building.
[NPR has a relatively young-sounding woman sending quite anti-Iran reports from Van, Turkey; she quotes alleged Iranians in Turkey (since when?) on the War, especially the relatively young-sounding refugees who say that they want or maybe demand that the US and Israel continue bombing Iran – notice that these alleged anti-Iran Iranians aren't in Iran enduring the bombing and economic warfare they advocate. Even the warmongering, anti-Russian NYRB ran an article recently that portrayed Russian dissidents or liberals years ago if not now as often hostile to the people of Russia, and here are Iranians who seem to be very hostile to their own people, wishing for genocidal foreign powers to attack Iran. If anti-Iran Iranians think only the "regime" is being targeted, why are they hiding out in Turkey? Is Iran the new 90's Iraq, the War won't end for years, and Iran will face periodic bombing and economic warfare (and are Lebanon and the West Bank to be the new Gaza?)? Of course there are large differences. On the 22nd the NPR woman is really reaching – a second-hand story about someone alleged hearing an illegal busker (and therefore allegedly anti-government?) in Tehran is set against pro-government or neutral mass actions going on in Iran. Iran is supposedly so dangerous for anti-government Iranians, yet the BBC kept playing alleged recordings of people yelling anti-government slogans from apartment windows in Tehran during the bombing. They expect me to believe that no pro-government people live there to complain/the government couldn't find these anti-government people if it wanted too? Lise Doucette, probably accompanied by a government minder, was able to talk with people on the street about the anti-government protests. NPR has become so toxic and abhorrent. Trump called for the latest round of gerrymandering, but I wonder if the Democratic Party will finish as the top gerrymanderer of 2025-2026. NPR has been hyping this Democratic Party gerrymandering too. On the BBC I get warmongering British propaganda, but NPR combines warmongering US/NATO with Democratic Party propaganda. An article in Harper's Magazine this month advocates the political and economic disenfranchment of the elderly, based on the liberal theory that our problem is Baby Boomer "gerontocracy," not capitalism and the two dominant parties. The Democratic Party (on NPR, Substack, etc.) denounces people like me too (while demanding that I vote for a warmongering, anti-democratic "blue" George W Bush or Dick Cheney), though I'm still relatively young.]
[ arunnews.substack.com/p/i-am-the-problem/ ]
[WUNC is asking for money again for Earth Day. April 22nd is also the birth anniversary of Russian revolutionary leader V.I. Lenin (and Yggdrasil Day, for the Norse world-ash tree?); more days are listed below and in older calendars on DS).] [TML for Earth Day: cpcml.ca/TML2026/T56021.HTM#1 ] [Lenin was born 156 years ago, in 1870: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin ]
[Was it an attempt to assassinate Kim Jong Il April 22, 2004? – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryongchon_disaster ]
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_de_Staël ]
[Selena Simmons Duffin vilifying RFK Jr April 22nd – 'Personal choice is not really how public health works.' Meaning that it works through coercion and force? The warmongering Jay Price on Russia allegedly experimenting with autonomous"AI" drones that could kill without human orders.]
[On Due South April 22nd – Even a guy on NPR's Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me weekend comedy show is connected to the "national security" "deep state" and US militarism – he worked building F-117 Nighthawk "stealth fighters," requiring security clearance, before turning to comedy (and he was part of the USO?).]
Former diplomat and Middle East "peace" negotiator Aaron David Miller was interviewed by Dave Davies on NPR's Fresh Air around April 15th and answered a question about the legality of the "Iran War" (?) by stating something like when has international law ever mattered for the US/a US president? Exactly how "international law" often works under the US "rules-based international order;" it is often just a set of laws the US, UK, EU, etc. use to persecute governments and countries they want to overthrow and rule. Somewhere it was claimed that, prior to Trump and Hegseth, the US military was very careful to avoid harming non-combatants (yet it did). – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_David_Miller
Around the 15th former diplomat and ambassador David Hale was on NPR's 1A with host Jennifer Whyte and journalists Maya ... and ... Karam. Hale pushed the line that there are no major disputes between Lebanon and Israel, everything is the fault of Hezbollah. On that show and/or the BBC they revealed that "disarming" Hezbollah includes ending its social and banking programs, apparently meaning that the Lebanese government is supposed to dismantle Hezbollah for Israel and the US and EU (something that the imperialists have never been able to accomplish themselves), risking a new Lebanese civil war, for the party currently occupying, levelling, and depopulating parts of Lebanon. If I'm not mistaken the US and EU desired that the Lebanese government and military be weak in the first place, thus the Lebanese government couldn't dismantle Hezbollah even if it wanted to. Hezbollah is also a major Lebanese political party. The only opposition to the warmongering Zionist Hale that I heard was very weak disagreement over facts (?) by Maya ... and one or a few disagreeing listener messages, including a woman from this area who might be Lebanese. Without Hezbollah the US, Israel, France, Saudi Arabia, etc. would be able to do whatever they want in Lebanon. –
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hale_(diplomat)
theworker.news/2026/04/14/hezbollah-repels-israeli-invasion-in-southern-lebanon/
geopolitiq.substack.com/p/the-sandal-wearing-houthis-humiliate
[ geopolitiq.substack.com/p/israel-accuses-hezbollah-of-violating ]
[ the307.substack.com/p/how-the-regime-change-war-in-syria ]
www.kitklarenberg.com/p/collapsing-empire-hezbollah-crushes
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/14/israel-destruye-santuario-religioso-inscrito-por-la-unesco-en-libano/
[ www.rt.com/news/639528-idf-lebanon-attacks-christianity/ ]
[ www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/april/displaced ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639257-israeli-soldiers-looting-lebanon/ ]
"Temporary Ceasefire: A Tactical Achievement for the Resistance Front in Lebanon and the Region" – masarbadil.org/en/2026/04/8039/
"The Empire is Retreating — and Peoples are Struggling and Making History by Khaled Barakat" – masarbadil.org/en/2026/04/8041/
April 11 April 17? "Rosario, Argentina: Demonstration in solidarity with Palestine, Iran and Lebanon against Zionist-imperialist aggression" – masarbadil.org/en/2026/04/8029/
Reportback from Farmington, Maine: went2thebridge.substack.com/p/antiwar-actions-in-farmington-plus
[At Holloman Air Force Base: went2thebridge.substack.com/p/holloman-air-base-protesters-detained ]
"US-mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon unlikely to resolve key issues" – scholarwww.rt.com/news/638434-lebanon-talks-key-issue/
www.rt.com/news/638526-lebanon-ceasefire-us-israel-takes-effect/
[ www.rt.com/news/639482-israels-assault-on-lebanon/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639558-israeli-strikes-devastate-lebanese-cities-videos/ ]
[ husseini.substack.com/p/why-doesnt-the-pope-excommunicate ]
[Israel's nuclear threat to Europe – the307.substack.com/p/scott-horton-is-right-about-the-samson ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639391-immortal-regiment-washington-us/ ]
[Timothy Snyder at work: www.rt.com/news/639342-yale-ukrainian-neo-nazi/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639496-russians-subhuman-nazi-russophobia/ ]
[ geopolitiq.substack.com/p/iran-did-not-attack-uae-usrael-did ]
Palestinian Prisoners Day 2026 –
www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/lets-be-in-solidarity-for-palestinian-prisoners-day-2026/
bdsmovement.net/news/Palestinian-Prisoners-Day-2026
Indian revolutionary communist Vijay Singh, the editor of Revolutionary Democracy, has passed away? – redphoenixnews.com/2026/04/17/comrade-vijay-singh-has-died/
[From Cn. Subramaniam of Revolutionary Democracy's editorial board –
"Comrade Vijay Singh, the founder editor of Revolutionary Democracy journal, passed away on the 17th of April, 2026, after a brief fight against cancer.
In his long political journey spanning over six decades, Comrade Vijay Singh stood as a steadfast defender of Marxism Leninism and an uncompromising critique of all shades of revisionism. At the same time he remained open to dialogue and principled joint action for democratic causes.
Comrade Vijay Singh was a firm but gentle mentor to all of us. The editorial board and revolutionary democracy organisation salutes comrade Vijay Singh and express solidarity with his grieving family. We are determined to carry forward his legacy.
Red salute to comrade Vijay Singh!
Long live Revolution!!" ]
[ indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/historian-vijay-singh-du-classroom-passes-away-10642743/
www.counterview.net/2026/04/professor-vijay-singhs-scholarly-legacy.html
On his memorial? – x.com/AdityaMenon22/status/2048042977982071253 ]
On the recent burning of US corporate warehouses, etc. –
therevolutioncontinues.substack.com/p/the-time-for-revolution-is-now
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigi-inspired-arsonist-threatened
In Ireland –
www.rt.com/news/638137-ireland-us-hercules-damaged/
www.rt.com/news/637864-ireland-army-fuel-protests/
[ www.rt.com/news/639282-ireland-ukrainians-state-housing/ ]
trendcompass.substack.com/p/how-britain-falsifies-history-in
fair.org/home/nyts-excuses-for-lack-of-reporters-in-iran-dont-add-up/
fair.org/home/its-been-a-setback-for-the-trump-administration-and-the-bipartisan-war-party/
fair.org/home/the-world-is-only-going-to-get-darker-if-people-get-away-with-this/
In Iran –
fair.org/home/israel-destroys-a-synagogue-us-media-yawn/
www.defenddemocracy.press/sign-letter-protect-scientific-institutions-in-iran/
On the Tehran Resolution: masarbadil.org/en/2026/04/7921/
[ www.rt.com/news/638909-tehrans-red-lines-have-changed/ ]
www.rt.com/news/638317-netanyahu-no-gains-iran/
[ www.rt.com/news/638762-israel-blood-feud-us-iran-james-webb/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/638947-us-navy-secretary-steps-down/ ]
meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/dd-on-trumps-new-plan-more-bigger
michelchossudovsky.substack.com/p/what-bombs-cannot-kill , part III
[ julianmacfarlane.substack.com/p/the-second-coming/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/638807-russian-envoy-denounces-iran-war-crime/ ]
[ emailsfromiran.blogspot.com ]
["X/Twitter Does A Mass Purge Of Iranian Accounts." – "This purge was apparently done at the behest of Nikita Bier, [Twitter]’s Head of Product, who supports regime change in Iran." – the307.substack.com/p/xtwitter-does-a-mass-purge-of-iranian ]
[Not much information, though Twitter has a lot on 'us' – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Bier ]
[ the307.substack.com/p/israeli-paper-admits-that-the-mossad ]
[ the307.substack.com/p/government-press-release-admits-that ]
[ www.kitklarenberg.com/p/total-victory-how-iran-defeated-israel ]
[ meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/prof-papes-view-of-the-long-term ]
[ meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/about-the-us-destroyers-passing-hormuz ]
[ roburie.substack.com/p/the-domestic-impact-of-the-us-war ]
[ julianmacfarlane.substack.com/p/trump-clucks ]
[ ohiobarbarian.substack.com/p/reflections-from-the-heart-of-the-4e5 ]
[ neuburger.substack.com/p/the-war-on-iran-where-we-are-where ]
[ aurelien2022.substack.com/p/my-temporary-enemys-temporary-enemy ]
[ went2thebridge.substack.com/p/soft-hasbara-ignores-palestinian ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639113-us-rejecting-green-cards-antisemitic/ ]
[ www.middleeasteye.net/trending/viral-image-shows-israeli-soldier-cooking-southern-lebanese-home ]
[ space4peace.blogspot.com/2026/04/ceasefire-for-how-much-longer ]
[ the307.substack.com/p/removing-benjamin-netanyahu-from ]
[The BBC has to say every time that Israel denies that it targets civilians –
www.rt.com/news/639110-lebanese-reporter-israeli-attack/ ]
["Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Bombed and Left to Die by Israel" – in Tyre, Lebanon April 22nd? – www.dropsitenews.com/p/lebanon-journalist-amal-khalil-killed-israel ]
[ the307.substack.com/p/israel-carries-out-targeted-assassination ]
[ the307.substack.com/p/idf-gives-order-to-fire-on-civilians in southern Lebanon]
the307.substack.com/p/the-rape-army-idf-officially-allows
[ www.rt.com/news/638842-israeli-sexual-violence-west-bank/ ]
[ www.kitklarenberg.com/p/hidden-history-how-mossad-infiltrated ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639386-ben-gvir-birthday-noose-cake/ ]
[ www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/australias-antisemitism-envoy-makes ]
On the new Global Sumud Flotilla: –
[ www.defenddemocracy.press/israel-has-kidnapped-two-of-our-most-important-pro-palestine-activists/ ]
went2thebridge.substack.com/p/global-disinterest-in-gaza-genocide
[ consortiumnews.com/2026/04/29/flotillas-tell-the-world-gaza-hasnt-been-abandoned/ ]
[ www.normalisland.co.uk/p/israel-intercepts-flotilla-near-crete ]
More on the war with Iran over pistachios –
www.nefariousrussians.com/p/californias-war-on-iranian-pistachios
the307.substack.com/p/whats-behind-usisraeli-strikes-on
More on the Iranian Lego animations and the struggle for "hearts and minds" –
www.rt.com/news/634174-iran-us-lego-video-pr-war/
www.rt.com/news/638332-iran-lego-cartoon-artist/
[ www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd8jrd1vnyo ]
[ threesonorans.substack.com/p/latest-trump-lego-video-appeals-directly ]
went2thebridge.substack.com/p/propaganda-or-satire
"Israel fumes over Netanyahu effigy blown up in Spain (VIDEO)" – www.rt.com/news/638243-israel-spain-netanyahu-effigy/
[ www.commondreams.org/news/lego-video-iran-war ]
[www.commondreams.org/news/guido-reichstadter-lego-video ]
adc.org/statement-on-assassination-plot-against-nerdeen-kiswani/
[ www.rt.com/news/639308-pentagon-underreporting-iran-war-cost/ ]
simplicius76.substack.com/p/serious-escalation-russian-mod-implies
A warning to the hot-headed, Russophobic Baltic governments – www.rt.com/russia/638524-russian-security-chief-warning-nato-states/
[ www.rt.com/news/638701-baltic-states-deny-airspace-slovakia-fico/ ]
[ www.rt.com/russia/638759-pandemic-fascism-looming-west/ ]
In Norway: www.rt.com/news/637855-norway-ukraine-drone-attacks/
zanzibar.substack.com/p/drones-ukrainiens-une-escalade-dangereuse
www.defenddemocracy.press/during-war-climate-chaos-and-even-civilization-become-ephemeral/
Cuba and Latin America –
[ cpcml.ca/TML2026/MS5603.HTM ]
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/16/65-anos-de-la-proclamacion-del-socialismo-en-cuba/
"Pentagon Ramps Up Preparations for Potential Attack on Cuba" – www.defenddemocracy.press/88457-2/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/13/diaz-canel-sobre-posible-agresion-de-ee-uu-si-toca-morir-moriremos/
www.rt.com/news/638538-russia-sent-important-message-by/
"Russia sent important message by defying US oil blockade of Cuba – envoy – www.rt.com/news/638574-cuba-sends-secret-letter-trump/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/13/un-escudo-para-blindar-la-america-de-los-gusanos/
www.mtracey.net/p/cuban-regime-change-rally
[ www.defenddemocracy.press/us-sanctions-and-the-sharp-rise-in-infant-mortality-in-cuba/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/638777-von-der-leyen-super-authoritarian/ ]
[ www.rt.com/business/638932-eu-energy-crisis-iran-war/ ]
"Europe has ‘six weeks’ of jet fuel left – IEA chief" – www.rt.com/news/638553-europe-fuel-crisis/
www.rt.com/news/638541-nato-fuel-crisis-eu/
www.rt.com/news/637877-iran-war-eu-lesson/
[ www.defenddemocracy.press/slovak-mep-lubos-blaha-on-germany-and-russia/ ]
www.rt.com/news/638612-slovakia-sues-eu-russian-gas/
On the election in Bulgaria April 19th – www.rt.com/news/638589-bulgaria-election-radev-guide/
[ www.rt.com/news/638905-what-bulgaria-election-reveals/ ]
[Rumen Georgiev Radev of the Progressive Bulgaria party was born June 18, 1963 in Dimitrovgrad – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumen_Radev ]
www.rt.com/news/638375-bulgaria-election-ukraine-gas/
[ newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/bulgarian-misrule ]
On Hungary after the parliamentary elections on April 12th –
www.rt.com/news/638471-eu-spies-viktor-orban/
"Orban falls, but Hungary’s realities remain" –
www.rt.com/news/638373-after-orban-brussels-celebrates/
www.rt.com/news/638150-hungary-crucial-election-updates/
www.rt.com/news/638496-hungary-magyar-media-crackdown/
Peter Magyar was born March 16, 1981 in Budapest: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ter_Magyar
[ newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/after-orban ]
www.rt.com/news/637587-battle-for-hungary-us-eu/
"Von der Leyen pushes abolition of veto power in EU" – www.rt.com/news/638396-eu-veto-hungary-magyar/
[ www.rt.com/russia/638938-moldova-opposition-figure-jail/ ]
www.rt.com/russia/637578-ukraines-mobilization-crisis-deepens/
www.rt.com/russia/638131-ukrainian-draft-officers-snatch-man/
www.rt.com/russia/637320-two-conscription-officers-stabbed-ukraine/
[ simplicius76.substack.com/p/power-again-rebalanced-in-europe ]
[ alexkrainer.substack.com/p/kievs-2014-anti-terror-operation ]
[Romania – www.rt.com/news/639489-romania-eu-government-collapse/ ]
In Western Europe –
"Merz wants Ukrainian men in Germany sent to the front" – www.rt.com/news/638427-merz-wants-ukrainian-men-in-germany-sent-home/
"German ‘militaristic frenzy’ could end in tragedy – Moscow" – www.rt.com/news/637552-germany-military-merz-zakharova/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/04/alemania-se-prepara-para-la-guerra/
[ www.kitklarenberg.com/p/hidden-history-how-mossad-infiltrated ]
"French MPs withdraw controversial ‘anti-Semitism’ bill" – www.rt.com/news/638611-france-controversial-antisemitism-bill/
[ diario-octubre.com/2026/05/05/en-suiza-los-neonazis-celebraron-el-cumpleanos-de/ ]
www.rt.com/news/638540-von-der-leyen-immune-democracy-orban/
www.rt.com/news/638580-eu-age-verification-surveillance-durov/
[ www.rt.com/news/638628-britain-zionist-police-state-israel/ ]
www.rt.com/news/638581-starmer-mandelson-uk-epstein/
[ www.rt.com/news/638718-uk-cant-find-reservists/
["EU has four years to militarize – Belgian defense chief" – www.rt.com/news/638627-eu-four-years-war-russia/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639393-nato-tv-film-makers-propaganda/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639483-western-censorship-wrecking-press-freedom/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639530-uk-nurseries-racist-children/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639253-two-stabbed-suspected-anti-semitic-attack-london/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639338-venice-biennale-international-jury-resigns/ ]
[ www.rt.com/russia/639519-russian-pavilion-venice-biennale/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639340-iran-sovereign-germany-not/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639493-yerevan-summit-eu-circus/ ]
[Western Ukraine – the307.substack.com/p/ivan-katchanovski-faces-stalinist ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639367-odessa-massacre-ukraine-zakharova/ ]
[ www.rt.com/russia/639226-russian-archaeologist-freed-prisoner-swap-poland/ ]
www.rt.com/russia/637470-ukrainian-drones-target-russian-oil-shipment-hub-mod/
[ www.rt.com/news/639536-ukraine-femen-pussy-riot-protest/ ]
www.rt.com/news/638428-us-untested-missile-stock/
www.rt.com/india/637725-us-aircraft-losses-iran/
www.rt.com/news/637760-gulf-has-new-boss-here/
www.rt.com/russia/637445-billion-dollar-mirage-do-ukraines/
[ www.rt.com/news/639488-irans-nuclear-project-israel-us/ ]
www.rt.com/russia/638105-65-years-since-humanitys-first-spaceflight/
[ www.rt.com/news/611028-moon-endangered-sites-list/ ]
Western Sahara – diario-octubre.com/2026/04/14/la-republica-arabe-saharaui-democratica-sigue-en-pie-50-anos-despues/
In Nasser's Egypt – www.rt.com/africa/637956-aswan-dam-egypt-and-ussr-partnership/
[ www.rt.com/africa/639466-zambia-rejects-us-health-deal-critical-minerals-demand/ ]
"IMF raises Russia’s growth outlook" – www.rt.com/business/638424-russia-economic-growth-commodities-imf/
www.rt.com/africa/638464-russia-doubles-wheat-exports-sudan/
www.rt.com/africa/638579-south-african-opposition-party-da-gaza-stance-criticized/
"British oil giant faces lawsuit over 500 deaths in Kenya" – www.rt.com/africa/638562-british-oil-giant-bp-faces-pollution-lawsuit-kenya/
[ www.rt.com/africa/639025-more-than-five-hundred-people-killed-tanzania-postelection-violence/ ]
[ www.rt.com/india/638901-india-russia-military-logistics-pact-relos/ ]
[ www.rt.com/india/638915-right-time-for-india-to/ ]
[ www.rt.com/india/638812-india-expands-pool-of-russian/ ]
[ www.rt.com/india/638801-china-increases-direct-flights-to/ ]
[ www.rt.com/india/639413-nepal-raises-territorial-china-india/ ]
www.rt.com/news/637854-taiwan-china-peace-mission-split/
["Japan makes major shift from pacificism policy – Tokyo has further drifted away from its proclaimed post-WWII pacifist stance, allowing arms sales to 17 nations" – www.rt.com/news/638850-japan-pacifict-policy-shift/ ]
[Reminiscent of CERN and "gray goo?" – doomsdaymachines.net/p/burning-up-the-world/ ]
[ avi-loeb.medium.com/ – ? ]
[Simon Newcomb story – doomsdaymachines.net/p/mars-is-signaling-a-dark-star ]
[ doomsdaymachines.net/p/bolt-out-of-the-blue ]
[ doomsdaymachines.net/p/strange-even-to-the-men-who-used ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639499-democrats-trump-israeli-nukes/ ]
[ www.rt.com/russia/639176-ukrainian-drone-kills-worker-nuclear-plant/ ]
[ kucinichreport.substack.com/p/the-king-the-court-and-the-people ]
[ neuburger.substack.com/p/the-licensing-revolution-is-resistance ]
[Data centers – www.nefariousrussians.com/p/soul-harvesting-machinery-masquerading ]
"Trump orders probe into mysterious deaths of US nuclear scientists" – www.rt.com/news/638590-trump-us-scientist-deaths/
[Blaming Andropov – eventsinukraine.substack.com/p/the-kgb-and-perestroika ]
[World Aquatics – women’s water polo – www.rt.com/news/638876-russian-athletes-anthem-flag/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/638879-palantir-karp-technofascist-manifesto/ ]
[The Internet Wayback Machine endangered –
fair.org/home/the-wayback-machine-has-been-the-best-archive-for-preserving-our-digital-lives/
www.dw.com/en/digital-memory-at-stake-why-news-outlets-block-the-wayback-machine/a-76887853
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news-publishers-limit-internet-archive-access-due-to-ai-scraping-concerns/ ]
In Turkey –
[ www.rt.com/news/639492-t%C3%BCrkiye-unveils-intercontinental-ballistic-missile/ ]
April 7th? – www.rt.com/news/637574-israeli-consulate-istanbul-gunfight/
www.rt.com/news/638595-israel-turkiye-war-real/
[ www.defenddemocracy.press/us-sanctions-and-the-sharp-rise-in-infant-mortality-in-cuba/ ]
["Did America’s leading anti-racist NGO fund the KKK?" – www.rt.com/news/638940-splc-funded-kkk-indictment/ ]
Bizarre –
The "Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism" in Israel released its list of the alleged top ten "anti-Semite and anti-Zionist" and anti-Israel influencers, from Tucker Carlson to Greta Thunberg – www.rt.com/news/638549-israel-list-top-antisemite-influencers/
www.rt.com/news/638587-trump-useless-nato-hormuz/
www.rsn.org/001/finally-democrats-are-a-united-antiwar-party.html
www.rt.com/news/638551-hegseth-brands-media-pharisees-iran/
www.rt.com/news/637764-trump-weaponizing-christianity-iran/
www.rt.com/news/638498-jesus-slaps-trump-ai/
"Trump’s religion is ‘Israelism’ – Tucker Carlson (VIDEO)" – www.rt.com/news/638522-trump-christianity-pope-attack/
[ www.normalisland.co.uk/p/president-trump-died-yesterday-but ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639562-pope-leo-bank-call/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639528-idf-lebanon-attacks-christianity/ ]
Anti-communism on RT – "‘The night of red terror is over; this is a new dawn’: Villagers shed a former Maoist rebel past" – www.rt.com/india/638503-red-terror-naxalaites-india-modi-government/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Fairfax
[On the alleged 2025 EU mystery drones – www.rt.com/news/638946-belgium-drone-scare-fallout/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/627629-russia-drones-belgium-ufos/ ]
[ www.rt.com/news/639171-belgium-chases-ufos-50million/ ]
[Historical – www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/the-belgian-ufo-wave-close-encounter-or-mass-hysteria/ ]
From Tennessee: www.rt.com/news/637590-tim-burchett-aliens-visit-contact/
[ www.rt.com/news/639525-us-intelligence-brief-pastors-aliens/ ]
"The travellers mapping their holiday by the stars" – www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260416-why-astrocartography-is-having-a-travel-moment
[ tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/the-getting-spooked-reading-list-7 ]
"Sam the Sandown Clown" (not a clown, a strange being) was reportedly seen by two children on the UK's south coast Isle of Wight May... [15th?] or ... [8th?], after being reported June... [June 2, 1973?] in the 1970's. – theghostinmymachine.com website, May 30, 2022. Seen again since then?? [See also: durhamspark.blogspot.com/2025/07/deep-river-riverkeeper-founded-upcoming.html ] I'll have to hide away in a hermit 'hut' by water and eat wild fruits too?
On The Sprit of Socialism (a new book): www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/sheila-fitzpatrick/apocalypse-forgotten and www.amazon.com/dp/1501781510/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/12/netanyahu-debes-hacer-cola-para-besarnos-el-culo-que-no-eres-nadie/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/13/una-cosa-es-ganar-y-otra-cantar-victoria/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/11/los-paises-de-la-otan-anuncian-planes-de-evacuacion-en-caso-de-guerra/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/09/la-derecha-espanola-trumpista-y-sionista-ahora-esta-muda/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/13/rusia-despliega-robot-de-combate-kurier/
diario-octubre.com/2026/02/17/el-espanolismo-rancio-tambien-vive-en-una-parte-de-la-izquierda/
diario-octubre.com/2015/09/20/hijos-de-puta-muy-hijos-de-puta/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/15/la-confesion-interna-que-expone-como-funciona-google-en-realidad/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/14/el-factor-100-y-la-magia-negra/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/14/en-francia-se-han-presentado-libros-infantiles-dedicados-a-la-muerte/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/13/la-izquierda-traicionada-y-difamada/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/01/declaracion-de-los-comunistas-israelies/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/15/lula-impedir-el-retorno-del-fascismo-es-un-compromiso-moral-y-etico/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/15/rpdc-declaracion-del-minrex-sobre-japon/
diario-octubre.com/2026/04/16/si-la-tregua-falla-iran-puede-cerrar-el-ormuz-digital/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Norris
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mueller
[Jesse Jackson]
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%C3%A4niken ]
[Jurgen Habermas – newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/normcore?pc=1750 ] [And en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas ]
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_II_of_Georgia ]
[Asha Bhosle]
["US state lawmaker killed in plane crash (VIDEO) – A single-engine aircraft exploded soon after takeoff in Minnesota, killing Liz Conmy, a Democratic lawmaker from North Dakota" – www.rt.com/news/639131-us-lawmaker-killed-plane-crash/ [And: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Conmy ; see also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wellstone ]
General Sadio Camara – "Mali’s defense minister killed in suspected Western-backed terrorist coup attempt – Russian forces helped Bamako repel coordinated militant raids on key cities and military sites" – www.rt.com/africa/639133-mali-defense-minister-killed/ ] [Sadio Camara (March 22, 1979 – April 25, 2026, both in Kati, Koulikoro Region, Mali) – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadio_Camara ]
[The alleged attacker, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California was born April 11, 1995. –
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_White_House_Correspondents%27_dinner_shooting
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Donald_Trump
www.rt.com/news/639073-trump-shooting-press-statement/
www.rt.com/news/639134-trump-dinner-shooter-manifesto/
[ www.rt.com/news/639249-us-secret-service-deliberately-weak/ ]
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/assassin-wasnt-on-fbis-radar-sources
jfkfacts.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-trump-hinckley-hilton
jfkfacts.substack.com/p/week-in-review-an-assassination-attempt
[ geopolitiq.substack.com/p/israel-accuses-hezbollah-of-violating ]
threesonorans.substack.com/p/someone-got-close-enough-to-shoot
Satire:
[ www.normalisland.co.uk/p/trump-cancels-all-assassination-attempts ]
[ www.normalisland.co.uk/p/807-of-americans-think-trump-staged ]
www.normalisland.co.uk/p/huge-relief-as-americas-no-1-rapist
Posted beforehand, but relates: www.normalisland.co.uk/p/president-trump-died-yesterday-but ]
[ theworker.news/2026/05/05/attempted-annihilation-of-trump-in-washington-dc/ ]
[ www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/we-are-being-told-that-fabricated ]
[ geopolitiq.substack.com/p/the-usa-is-a-legal-and-constitutional- ]
[ went2thebridge.substack.com/p/the-end-of-reality-as-we-knew-it ]
[ www.un-diplomatic.com/p/the-good-liberal-assassin ]
[ www.kenklippenstein.com/p/cole-allen-hated-the-democratic-part ]
[Rob Urie – ]
[ www.normalisland.co.uk/p/i-dont-wish-to-alarm-you-but-fox/ ]
www.pollinator.org/earth-day-toolkit
Moth Week 2026 – July 18-25th
Bat Week 2026 – October,24-31
NAPPC – October 20th-22nd
Pollinator Week 2026 – June, 22nd-28t
World Bee Day – May 20th
www.myhomepark.com/p2-bee-friendly-gardening
[At UNCC in April – science.charlotte.edu/2026/04/15/unc-charlotte-botanical-gardens-enter-bloom-watch-for-another-first-time-corpse-flower/ ]
[ georgetsakraklides.substack.com/p/genomic-autocracies-how-hyacinths ]
[ georgetsakraklides.substack.com/p/what-a-potato-peel-taught-me-about ]
[ georgetsakraklides.substack.com/p/nature-always-vanishes-at-night ]
Surveys –
Business Owners Feedback on Durham Planning & Development Permitting Process – forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=gu99KTmUiEOoCDVIpOz0fRP-ECBJYgBDsvxr3ZG4FjhUOUFSRlE0VEU4VzVWTjNHRTQzM0hGSTZTUy4u (open April 17th to May 17th)
The Town of Cary Arbor Day Celebration was March 28th, 12-3pm.
[KoreaFest 2026 was March 28th, 10am-3pm, at the NC State Fairgrounds Exposition Center in Raleigh? Organzed by KoreaFest - InWave? – Google's "AI."] [See: www.inwavemovement.com/koreafest ] [ x.com/inwavemovement ] [And on Facebook.] [A different 2026 NC Korean Festival is in Greensboro April 25th and I think there is a SC Korean Festival coming up in September 2026.]
[Jacob Roggeveen, funded by the Dutch West India Company, was the first European known to have reached Easter Island, on Easter Sunday in 1722 (April 5th). Others came during the 18th-19th centuries, including Captain Don Felipe González de Ahedo of Spain November 15, 1770; expedition Admiral Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, of France, April 10, 1786; and Captain James Cook in 1774; starting in December 1862 Peruvians came to seize islanders (Rapa Nui or pascuense) for forced labor. – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island ]
The Triangle Land Conservancy's Wild Ideas – You Are a Force for Nature 2026 was April 11th (10am-2pm) at the NCMA.
From Keep Durham Beautiful –
Local Nursuries & Sales:
Field to Cottage Nursery: Pickups start on March 28!
NC Botanical Gardens: Daily Plant Sale returns on Tuesday, March 17!
Flowering Earth Natives: At the Durham Farmers Market, Saturdays from 9AM-12PM
Knotty by Nature: Every Saturday through the end of May
Briggs Ave Community Garden Spring Plant Sale: Saturday, April 18
Wolfberry Hawthorn Farm Spring Plant Sale: Sunday, April 19
Laurel's Garden Design and Native Nursery Plant Sale: April 24-26
Meg’s Natives: On sale now until sold out
Plant Swaps & Giveaways:
April 24 - Seed Swap At SEEDS! 9am-12pm & 4pm-7pm
April 28 (and every final Tuesday of the month) at Hi-Wire Brewing
There are also many local groups that focus on sharing seeds and plants for free year-round!
"Free mulch, anyone? City of Durham General Services Department is opening a brand new Mulch Yard to the public beginning on April 18! Stop by 2011 Fay Street on select dates from 8AM-12PM to pick up free wood chips created from routine Urban Forestry work—perfect for your landscaping and gardening projects.
Round one dates: April 18, May 2, May 16, May 30, June 13, & June 30. Come early, bring your containers, and give your garden a boost!
April 16-19 - Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
April 17-18 - Invasive Plant Removal at CR Wood Park
April 18 - Part & Parcel Earth Day Celebration
April 19 - MLK Parkway Cleanup
April 19 - Bluestem Conservation Cemetery Guided Walk
April 20 - Stories from the Water and the Land: Sustaining Communities
April 21 - Durham Garden Forum Presentation: Fireflies!
April 22 - Goose Creek Cleanup with KDB
April 22 - Bird Outing at Sandy Creek Park
April 22 - Earth Day Chalk Art with Trees for the Triangle at Hillside ATC Trail
April 24 - Invasive Plant Removal at Elmira Ave Park
April 24 - Durham County Government Public Art Tour
April 25 - KDB Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup
April 25 - Shred-a-thon & Medicine Take Back
April 25 - Moth Night at Brumley South with TLC
April 25 - Spring Soils Festival at The Hub Farm
April 25 - Backyard Composting Basics Workshop
April 27 - Tuscarora Nation of NC: Legacy of Survival and Sovereignty
April 28 - Guided Nature Walk at Hollow Rock: Step Into Nature
April 29 - RTP Electronics Recycling Day
May 2&3 - Durham Garden Tour!
"If you missed the recent Durham Environmental Coalition presentation by Communidad de Durham and the Tuscarora Nation, never fear! You can view the recording as well as all past presentations on our YouTube channel! Save the date for DEC Annual Potluck on May 11 - location TBA!"
Toxic Free NC at 40 – "You can also celebrate them at a free, family friendly event on Saturday, May 16 from 3-5PM at the Walnut Creek Wetland Center in Raleigh."
In Raleigh April 20th: raleighnc.gov/alerts/raleigh-water-activates-stage-1-water-restrictions-drought-conditions-continue
From the City of Durham –
"City of Durham Compost Bin Sale!! If you've been curious about at-home composting, there's never been a better time to start! No need to trash food scraps! Feed your garden & trees without leaving home. Buy a compost bin now. You'll divert waste from the landfill. Visit //DurhamNC.gov/935 to see the benefits of composting and click the link to order a bin. Pickups in May at 1833 Camden Ave"
From the NCNPS Reid Chapter (Triangle) –
- April 18, Granville Gardeners Expo, 9 AM-3 PM: volunteers needed for the later shifts.
- April 23, 5-7 PM: New Hope Elementary School STEAM Extravaganza, Orange County: 1 Volunteer needed. This is a fun event at an elementary school, with lots of engaging exhibits. (Address is Chapel Hill but it's closer to Hillsborough.)
- April 24, 5-10 PM, Raleigh Earth Day (volunteer slots filled, but come by to enjoy the event and say hi & thanks to our volunteers!)
- April 25, 12-4 PM, Apex EarthFEST. An interactive festival centering on Sustainable Fashion - and Pollinator Gardens (we'll be near the pollinator garden.) Sign up to volunteer.
- April 18, 1-4 PM Umstead Coalition Plant Sale (starts at noon for UC members/donors)
- April 24, 5-10 PM: Raleigh Earth Day at Dix Park - Eco friendly festival and movie ("Jane" - a 2017 documentary about Jane Goodall). Note new location within Dix Park for this festival. Stop by our table to say hi to our volunteers!
- April 25 & 26: Chapel Hill Garden Tour (more info and link below)
Saturday April 18th, 9am-3pm- Currituck Home, Flower, and Garden Show
NC Cooperative Extension Currituck Center 120 Community Way, Barco, NC
Wednesday April 22nd, 4pm-sunset- Earth and Arts OBX
The Soundside Event Site 6800 S. Croatan Hwy Nags Head, NC 27959
Saturday May 2nd, 9am-2pm- Coastal Gardening Festival
Baum Center 300 Mustian St, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
Record Store Day 2026 is April 18th: recordstoreday.com
From the SCNPS Upstate Chapter –
Spring Native Plant Sale
Saturday, April 18, 2026
9 AM to 1 PM
Conestee Park Stadium
840 Mauldin Road
Greenville, SC 29607
scnps.org/naturalhistoryofthreenativeplants/
Nepal Day 2026 will be at Cedar Fork District Park (off NC 54, on the east side, in 'downtown' Morrisville, just north of Crabtree Creek), April 18th.
Wake Forest is having Forest Fest Saturday, April 18th, 10am-2pm.
There will be an open house at the Simple Gifts Community Garden (3109 Tingen Road) in Apex, NC Saturday, April 18th, 10am-12:30pm; organized by Garden and the South Wake Conservationists.
[The Party for the Pine 2026 was in the Boyd Tract at Weymouth Woods, April 18th, 10am-3pm (parking was at Weymouth Center on East Connecticut Avenue); this state park has some longleaf pines over 450 years old, including the oldest known longleaf pine, alive in 1548 (predating English colonization in what is now the US South, and not long after Spanish colonization in the New World?). – friendsofwewo.org/party-for-the-pine-2026 and friendsofwewo.org/history-copy-1 ]
The 16th Annual North Carolina ‘Cuegrass Festival will be Saturday, April 18th, 12-6pm, in downtown Raleigh.
The eta Aquariid meteor shower falls April 19th-May 28th and the Lyrids fall April 14-30th: www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/meteor-shower-calendar/
[The webinar "Women Peacemakers - Building a world of peace and justice," organized by the International Women's Alliance (IWA) and Global Women United for Peace Against NATO (GWUAN), was April 18th at 10pm PT: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zq4BtW3-QwONij92NZe1sQ#/registration ]
From the Town of Carrboro –
"Join us on Sunday, April 19 from noon to 4 p.m. at Carrboro Town Hall, Town Commons and along Weaver Street for CARRBORO EARTH DAY!" – www.carrboronc.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=3208
Seedling Day at the Carrboro Farmers' Market –
SpringFest will be April 18th or 19th, 2-5pm, in Chapel Hill's Southern Village, in Chatham County.
The Hillsborough Really Really Free Market is on third Sundays each month, March-October, 12-2pm, at Gold Park.
The Hillsborough Jazz Festival will open April 18th at 12pm: www.moorefields.org
Hemparoo 2026 will be April 19th, 12-6pm, at The Plant (192 Lorax Lane) in Pittsboro, NC – www.theplantnc.com/event-details/hemparoo-2026
RSVP to Raleigh, NC - One Struggle, Many Fronts! Pullen Memorial Baptist Church - Sunday, April 19th at 1pm. Please RSVP in this form and reserve your ticket here! pci.jotform.com/form/260956358988076
"Sunday, April 19 @ 1pm
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
1801 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC
Buffalo, NY
Thursday, April 30 @ 7pm
Pilgraim-St. Luke's United Church of Christ
335 Richmond Ave, Buffalo NY
Geneva
Friday, May 1 @ 6pm
Trinity Place Episcopal Church 78 Castle Street, Geneva NY
Join us in Upstate NY! To say end the blockade and to make this a momentous May Day."
3rd Earth Day Birthday Celebration at the Thomas Trail!
Sunday April 19, 2:00 - 4:00pm
1215 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem
www.facebook.com/events/1914314679451512/
April 20-25th, with the theme “The Stories that Built U.S.” – dcolhumanities.substack.com/p/library-fest-is-next-week
Cal Poly Humboldt students arrested – "Protesting for Palestine Is Not a Crime!" – [ stopfbi.org/news/rick-toledos-arraignment-call-the-da-on-april-20th-to-drop-the-charges/ [and stopfbi.org/news/detroit-against/ ]
"On 4/22, Call in to drop the Charges on Conor Cauley! Fight Political Repression!" – stopfbi.org/news/jaxpsn-conor/ ]
Durham's 2026 State of the City Address will be Tuesday, April 21st at 5pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/mayor-williams-2026-state-of-the-city-tickets-1986216450872
106 Purefoy Road
Balance and Accuracy in Journalism
presents
with developments at home and abroad allegedly
Ray McGovern and Matthew Hoh return to the podium and our Q/A
Iran challenges U.S. Empire while Trump enriches oil majors|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AmQSOMQxOk
Amb. Chas Freeman on Nima Alkorshid's Dialogue Works
Oil Prices Surge; US Credibility Crisis: The Hidden Cost of Negotiations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3HeTfS4mOc
Pepe Escobar:
China Just humiliated Trumps Blockade Plan - Iran Takes FULL Control of Hormuz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46I3oA-N6bM
And then there are... the Larrys , both deeply informative on military and ethical issues!
Lawrence Wilkerson and Lawrence Johnson.
See nakedcapitalism.com for its self-described goal of
[A Nodutdol webinar, "Iran to Korea: Diplomacy, Defiance, and US Lawlessness" with "Dr Bikrum Gill, a scholar of international political economy, Basma, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, Simone Chun, a researcher and scholar affiliated with the Korea Policy Institute, and Ju-Hyun Park of Nodutdol’s US Out of Korea Campaign," will be Wednesday, April 22nd, at 8pm ET / 5pm PT – us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6yfHVu1dTnK50p3Y8KAuGQ#/registration ]
[Among other days, April 23rd is both English Language Day, Spanish Language Day, World Book and Copyright Day and International Girls in ICT Day: www.un.org/en/observances/international-days-and-weeks ] [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare ]
Carrboro Bluegrass Festival will be April 23rd; tickets from Cat's Cradle in Carrboro.
MerleFest 2026 will be April 23rd-26th at Warren Wilson Community College in WNC. – Merlefest.org
[There will be a Veterans for Peace webinar, "RESISTING US/ISRAELI WARS from Venezuela and Cuba to Gaza, Iran and Lebanon" April 23rd at 8pm [ET]: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/0PjrtvFbTSC5pKHFgT4Erg#/registration ]
[Tanner F Boyle and Mark Pilkington will be speaking about UFOs after a showing of The Arrival, about the Unarius contactee group, in London, UK April 23rd at 7pm: tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/the-getting-spooked-reading-list-7 ]
“How Housing Happens” will be Thursday, April 23rd 4-6pm at the Chatham Agriculture and Conference Center (1192 US 64 West Business, Pittsboro, NC); part of UNC's Our State, Our Homes initiative: bit.ly/chathamhousing
[The Lake Wheeler Invitational intercollegiate women’s rowing meetup was April 24-25th; organized by Duke and UNC.]
[There was a Sandlot Revival (baseball) at the Historic Durham Athletic Park April 24-26th.]
[The Mordecai Annual Heirloom Plant Sale was April 24-25th in Raleigh.]
Kick Back 'n Carve will be April 24-26th at The Plant in Pittsboro, NC. – greenwoodwrightsfest.com/kick-back-carve/
"Love Songs from the Liberation Wars"
"Friday, April 24, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
PSI Theatre, Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St., Durham, NC 27705
Cost: $35, BUY TICKETS HERE!" – laborsouth.org/event/love-songs-from-the-liberation-wars-love-songs/
Guided Walk in Guilford Woods
Friday April 24, 1:00pm
Guilford College,
5509 George Fox Rd, Greensboro, NC 27410
secure.qgiv.com/for/grouphikeouting/event/guidedwalkinguilfordwoods424/
[The superlative Gathering of Nations powwow April 24-25th in Albuquerque, New Mexico will be the last?]
[The 38th annual Mebane Dogwood Festival was April 24-25th in Mebane, NC.]
[The rightist Constitution Party will be tabling at the large Pickle Festival [the 40th] in Mount Olive, NC Saturday, April 25th [24-25th].]
[The 2026 NC Korean Festival in Greensboro will be April 25th, 11am-6pm at Center City Park: nckoreanfestival.org/ nckoreanfestival on Facebook (?), and www.facebook.com/DowntownGreensboro/videos/save-the-date-for-nc-korean-festival-downtowns-biggest-cultural-festival-is-retu/1531782374786431/ ]
[Neoliberal, rightist and/or "brown?" "Civic dialogue" with "experts" representing only the neoliberal side, as on NPR?? The ad goes from businesses people in the might want to area housing. "Why don’t we have a Trader Joe’s? And other questions everyone's asking about housing and development," with Whitney Shephard, Kenneth Clark Coo, Laura Lane Mckinnon, Meredith Stone, and Jason Combs, will be April 25th 10am-1pm at the Trinity United Methodist Church Social Hall at Telfair Square (entrance on President Street) in the Savannah, Chatham County (?), Georgia area; with food and refreshmentsorganized by The Current GA, supported by Report for America. RSVP at – www.jotform.com/form/261025824565154 ; from their email –
"Why don’t we have a Trader Joe’s? Or a Topgolf? Or a Cheesecake Factory? Or some of the other businesses we see in cities not that different from Savannah?
It’s something people here ask all the time. The answer isn’t about one company choosing not to come here. It’s about housing, growth, and the realities shaping Coastal Georgia right now.
As our region continues to grow, we’re feeling it in real time. Rising rents. Limited housing supply. Long development timelines. And a ripple effect that impacts everything from where people can live to what kinds of businesses choose to invest here.
Join The Current GA for a FREE, public community conversation focused on how housing and development actually work and why they affect so many of the questions we’re all asking.
This is not a lecture. It’s a chance to hear from local experts and community voices, ask questions, and better understand what’s driving change in Savannah and across Coastal Georgia."[
[There was an event for the 161st anniversary of the surrender near the end of the Civil War, in 1865, at Bennett Place in Durham April 25th.]
[Cary’s annual Spring Daze Arts and Crafts Festival was in Bond Park April 25th, 9am-5pm.]
[A Cary Really Really Free Market was held April 25th.]
[The weekly Raleigh Market held The Great Raleigh Yard Sale April 25-26th, 9am-5pm, at the NC State Fairgrounds.]
[The Durham Craft Market is being held every Saturday, 8am-12 pm, at the Durham Central Park.]
[There is a Black Farmers’ Market held in Durham and Raleigh.
[The New Hope Valley Railway (3900 Bonsal Road) in New Hill, NC (near Harris Lake) held Working on the Railroad Day April 25th, 9:30am-3:30pm. There is or was a proposed data center in the area; NPR has been reporting on a flurry of data center moratoriums here in recent weeks (but never organizing against the wars).]
[The Raleigh City Farm's Bearthday 15th anniversary and Earth Day celebration was April 25th, 10am-2pm.]
[3 Bluebirds Farm (1001 Horse Creek Road) in Raleigh held a Rubber Duck Race Fundraiser April 25th, 10am-3pm.]
[The Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge in Pittsboro held a Tour and Explore April 25th.]
[The Pauli Murray Center held a Free Community Day April 25th.]
[The NCACC’s second annual Student Film Festival was April 25th, from 11 am, at The Cary Theater (122 E Chatham Street).]
[The Y’all Means All NC Beer Festival was April 25th, 12-5pm, at the Raleigh Brewing Company (3707 Neil Street in Raleigh).
[There was a Garden Party with various vendors at Collected Treasures (5533 Veterans Parkway in Garner, NC) April 25th, 10am-3pm.]
[The 6th Annual Magical Hill Festival was April 25th, 11am-2pm, in the Chapel Hill Community Center Park.]
[Won Buddhism of North Carolina's Spring Open House was April 25th 12-5pm in Chapel Hill.]
[Apex EarthFest was held on the Town Hall Campus (73 Hunter Street) April 25th, 12-4pm.]
[There was a Community Free Market at The Master’s Hands Christian Church (4204 Lake Ridge Drive in Raleigh) April 25th 12-4pm.]
[There was a Spring Jazz Market at Moore Square Park in Raleigh April 25th, 12-6pm; organized by the Oak City Music Collective.]
[There was a Moon Party at the Chapel Hill Public Library April 26th, 2-4pm.]
[The CaribMask Caribbean Carnival held a Caribbean Link Up Festival April 25th 3-7pm at Sanderford Park (2623 Sanderford Road in Raleigh).
[Elisabeth von Trapp was at the Genesis United Methodist Church (850 High House Road in Cary) for a free concert April 25th 7pm.]
The CFSA's 2026 Piedmont Farm Tour is April 25-26th: carolinafarmstewards.org
[There was a Cars and Coffee Raleigh German Car Show April 26th, 8-11am, at Spirit Halloween.]
[A Durham Underground Market was held April 26th.]
[Rhiannon Giddens’ Biscuits & Banjos had a day of free programs at The Fruit (305 South Dillard Street) in Durham April 26th.]
[The 26th annual Mildred Council Community Dinner was held from 1pm April 26th in Chapel Hill.]
[Unleashed’s Annual Spring Fling was April 26th, 12-6pm, at Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre.]
[There was a free Giant Robot Fight Club at Tap Yard Raleigh April 26th [from 4pm].]
[The Highland United Methodist Church (1901 Ridge Road) in Raleigh held a Creation Celebration April 26th 4-6pm.]
[There was a free classical music concert Binkley Baptist Church (1712 Willow Drive) in Chapel Hill April 26th, from 7pm.]
[The Six Sundays in Spring concert series is being held April 26th-May 31st, 5:30-7:30pm, at Wake Forest’s East Carroll Joyner Park.]
[Morrisville's Music in the Park is being held on the first Friday each month, May to September, at the Indian Creek Trailhead (101 Town Hall Drive).]
[The concert series every Friday evening at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill?]
NC Workers Memorial Day is April 28th every year, with a memorial organized by the NC AFL-CIO in downtown Raleigh.
[International Workers' Day is May 1st, also May Day or Beltane.] [Walpurgis Night begins on April 30th, the anniversary of the full end of the Vietnam War?]
From the NC AFL-CIO –
In Raleigh
What: Kids Over Corporations rally
When: Friday, May 1, from 10 am to 3 pm
Where: Halifax Mall, 300 N Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC, 27603
RSVP: www.mobilize.us/ncae/event/932021/
In Durham
What: Durham May Day 2026: Workers Over Billionaires (rally + march)
When: Friday, May 1, from 5-6:30 pm
Where: The Bull (CCB Plaza), 211 W Parrish St, Durham, NC 27701
RSVP: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/922351/
In Asheville
What: Asheville May Day 2026: Workers Over Billionaires (rally + march)
When: Friday, May 1, from 3:30-7 pm
Where: Pack Square Park, 80 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC 28801
RSVP: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/932177/
In Charlotte
What: Charlotte's May Day March: Immigrant Rights Are Worker Rights
When: Friday, May 1, from 5-8 pm
Where: 4938 Central Ave 1, Charlotte, NC 28205
RSVP: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/920096/
In Greensboro
What: May Day Triad NC, March and Rally
When: Saturday, May 2, from 3-5 pm
Where: Guilford County Association of Educators, 315 Spring Garden St, Greensboro, NC 27401
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/may-day-8
PSL in Durham? A US general strike May 1st? There will be a demonstration by the NCAE outside the NC Legislature in downtown Raleigh?
[Wake Forest's annual HerbFest, selling organic, non-GMO, and heritage herbs, vegetables, and perennials, is being held April 24th-May 3rd.]
The Central Carolina Chrysanthemum Society will be selling rare and heirloom chrysanthemums May 1st-2nd, 10am 4pm, at the NC State Farmers Market (1201 Agriculture Street) in Raleigh.
From the SCNPS Upstate Chapter –
"SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, May 2, 10:00AM - 3:00PM
Pickens County Native Plant Jubilee
Career and Technology Center
Chastain Road
Liberty, SC
More details are available on the Jubilee Facebook page."
From ads in The Pitch in Kansas City, Missouri –
"Join us May 2nd, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. at Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center in Independence for the second annual KC Psychic Convention." – www.facebook.com/events/s/kc-psychic-convention/789519440570645/
"Villain Arts is at the Sheraton at Crown Center for the Eleventh Annual Kansas City Tattoo Arts Festival, May 1-3!" – villainarts.com/shows/kansas-city-mo/
[BOOM Charlotte 2026 was May 1st-3rd at the Boardwalk at Universal City: BOOMCharlotte.org ]
[PeakFest 2026 will be Saturday, May 2nd at the Apex Town Hall (73 Hunter Street).]
[The Durham Craft Market's Spring Fling Market is May 3rd, 10am-3pm.]
[Pullen Park's Letterland will be May 4-10th, 10am-6pm.]
The 22nd annual Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance will be May 7-10th and October 1st-4th in Chatham County. – www.shakorihillsgrassroots.org
["AI: Making employee disempowerment new again" – "join Economic Policy Institute’s Chief Economist Josh Bivens and Senior Economist Ben Zipperer in a conversation moderated by Director of Government Affairs & Advocacy Samantha Sanders on how policymakers should respond to the rise of AI." May 7th 1-2pm ET: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5417769685199/WN_kpbjZnIaS2uqkAl4RD8KHA ]
[Artisphere 2026 will be May 8-10th in downtown Greenville, SC: Artisphere.org ]
[WWII Victory Day is May 9th (the EU disagrees on the date).] [The BBC and NPR term it the Soviet victory (unlike their own "Western" 'holy' war?).]
[The 2026 Ritmo Latino Festival will be Saturday, May 9th, 11am-6pm, on North Academy Street in Cary.]
[There will be a Drag Down Our Electric Bills Rally at the Durham County Courthouse downtown May 12th, from 5:30pm: actionnetwork.org/events/drag-down-our-electric-bills-rally ]
[The 2026 Charlotte Dragon Boat Race and Asian Festival will be May 16th, 11am-5pm, at Ramsey Creek Park in Cornelius, NC: CharlotteDragonBoat.com ]
[Trendsetters: A Bollywood Musical Journey will be Saturday, May 16th at the Sloan Theater in Greensboro, NC.]
[The Triangle Gujarati Association's 2026 Kite Flying Festival will be Sunday, May 17th, 11am-6pm, at Morrisville's 'downtown' Cedar Fork District Park (232 Aviation Parkway, east of Highway 54, next to and just north of Crabtree Creek): NCTGA.org ]
[The 3rd annual Living History From the Rock Wall was rescheduled to May 17th, 1-3:30pm,, at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro.]
[There will be Hindi Vikas Mandal Poetry Recitals May 17th, 4:40-7:30pm, at the HSNC Cultural Hall in Morrisville.]
["Views from the Durham" the evening of May 19th on the Durham Hotel rooftop?]
RoosterWalk 16 will be May 21st-24th at Pop's Farm in Martinsville Virginia – roosterwalk.com
From the Haw River Assembly (going to be off the side) –
"Saturday, May 2: Haw River Festival and Saturdays in Saxapahaw Kickoff, 4-8pm |
Join us for this year's Haw River Festival, kicking off Saturdays in Saxapahaw with live music, a giant puppet parade, stand-up paddleboard raffle, canoe rides, stream monitoring, river walk, food trucks, and farmers market. Thanks to Haw River Ballroom, Paperhand Puppets, and Haw River Canoe and Kayak for making this event possible. Want to volunteer or donate a silent auction item? |
"Saturday, May 16: Fishing Workshop at Bell's Chapel Fishing Pier |
Come out on Saturday, May 16, from 9 AM-11 AM at Bell's Chapel Fishing Pier for a fishing workshop! Join JT Tate and his team from "Casting Your Cares Fishing" to learn the fishing basics and have the chance to practice your fishing skills. Casting Your Cares Fishing is a non-profit out of Durham that aims to foster community camaraderie and alleviate tension and anxiety while learning an enjoyable hobby. They will provide participants with fishing rods and reels and bait. Registration is $5 per person. We ask that all participants be 5 years of age or older. Sign up here!" |
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"Saturday, May 30: Climate Solutions Fair at The Plant, Time TBA |
The Climate Solutions Fair returns Saturday, May 30 at The Plant in Pittsboro with live music, interactive demos, kids' activities, film screening, panel discussion, and guided tours. Interested in being a vendor? Sign up HERE. POETRY NIGHT! Leading up to the fair, HRA and Fair Game Beverage will host a climate-themed poetry night on Thursday, May 28. Email Melissa at melissa@fairgamebeverage.com to sign up (8 minutes or less)."
"Learn more about the Freedom of Information Act with POWHR POWHR will be hosting a FOIA workshop on April 20th at 12pm via Zoom featuring Michael Reis, a lawyer and former Pulaski town council member. They will cover: 1. Who Does What? - Brief discussion of the various bodies, County, State, and Federal. Distinctions between governments, regional authorities, planning commissions, etc. 2. How do they do that? A summary of a typical process for development (data center or otherwise). 3. What kinds of documents? Conversation about what can be requested in FOIA. 4. Walkthrough on a FOIA request - We'll walk through how to draft the language, make sure it's the right entity etc. "Urge Durham City Council to Save Morgan Farm" [not the MFBR?] – act.audubon.org/a/urge-durham-city-council-save-morgan-farm From the Durham Planning & Development Department – "Morgan Farm (BDG2500014) contiguous voluntary annexation of one portion of a parcel totaling 223.91 acres located at 8422 Farrington Mill Road." [The 2026 Spoleto Festival USA will be May 22nd-June 7th in Charleston, SC: SpoletoUSA.org ] [The 2026 Charlotte Water Lantern Festival will be May 23rd from 5:30pm at Symphony Park at South Park: LanternFestival.com/events/Charlotte ] [The First Battle of Acentejo, between the Spanish and Canary Islanders or Guanches, was May 31, 1494; La Matanza for the the Spanish force: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanches ] [The 22nd Dances of India will be May 31st [from 4pm] at the Matthews Community Center (in the Charlotte area?): MahasDancesofIndia.com ] |
Spring lights out for migrating birds ends May 31st (until the fall; March 15th-May 31st?).
In Raleigh: raleighnc.gov/climate-action-and-sustainability/news/raleigh-joins-lights-out-bird-migration
[Taste of Charlotte 2026 will be June 5-7th: TasteofCharlotte.com ] st-a
[The 11th Raleigh International Food Festival will be June 6th, 11am-9pm, at the downtown City Plaza.]
[From the Haw River Assembly – Hawesome (a music event) will return June 14th in Chatham County, time TBA.]
[From the free Saathee magazine, Saathee.com [ – ] The Triad Hindu Temple's Prana Prathishtapana temple (at 7751 Alcorn Road[,27409,] in Greensboro) is being dedicated June 23rd-27th[: www.facebook.com/TriadHinduTemple – "Your presence is a blessing to this holy occasion."]
[Harris Lake County Park's 2026 Longleaf Celebration will be during September in southern Wake County; it was held in May until 2025 (?): www.wake.gov/departments-government/parks-recreation-open-space/all-parks-trails/harris-lake-county-park/harris-lake-programs-events/harris-lake-major-events ]
The Eno River Association will hold a 60th Anniversary fall benefit concert and community celebration the evening of September 12th (Rosh Hashanah) in downtown Durham, instead of having its usual week of July 4th Festival for the Eno beside the River (north of downtown Durham) this year (people apparently say that early July is too hot, plus Tropical Storm Chantal almost hit the event in 2025); the Festival format should return in the spring of 2027? – www.enoriver.org/festival-for-the-eno/ ; from ERA Director Ryan J. Fehrman: www.enoriver.org/a-new-chapter-for-the-festival-mar-dir-msg/ ; and www.enoriver.org/festival-for-the-eno/event-faqs/
The NC AFL-CIO's 69th (?) Annual Convention will be September 17-18th.
ArabCon2026 will be September 24-27th in Dearborn, Michigan.
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard ]
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_van_Eeden ]
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kent ]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Th%C3%A4lmann
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Honecker
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_van_Zantwijk
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tompkins ]
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Zachariadis ]
[There was a even "mass shooting," targeting tourists, recently at the ancient Teotihuacan archaeological site in Mexico?]
France is to return some Dahomey artifacts to Benin?
Twice there were pretty loud explosions nearby this evening. The IRS recommends turning to tax resistance?? The 'first' small, orange checkered pearl crescent butterfly of the year seen the afternoon of the 17th (or the third?)? Chimney swifts and a [male] ruby-throated hummingbird and maybe warblers, flycatchers, and blue-gray gnatcatchers have been heard and/or seen, and May beetles, about 6 yellow tiger swallowtails, a female white-tail skimmer dragonfly, various smaller moths (but very few caterpillars?), earwigs, various stinkbugs, a winged termite, various bees and wasps, and mosquitoes, hearing the orthopterans at night, etc. Any dance or March flies? [I found a dead male from this year (?) in a cobweb on about the 20th and I might have seen some a few weeks ago, in April. [Deciduous hollies bloomed around then, as in other years?] I think I've been hearing catbirds in April, but I saw one or two on the 20th (and heard an angry (?) hummingbird zoom by on about the 21st?). Brown thrashers must be building a nest in a Japanese privet hedge (soon to bloom). The Asian azaleas are finishing to past peak here and the irises finished; a dark blue to violet spiderwort has been blooming. Eight 'tame' deer were seen here around mid-day on the 20th or 21st. I saw an unfamiliar dark brown and dull orange 'skimmer' perched near the ground around mid-day on the 21st.] [No rain in weeks, but clouds now on the 22nd and around the 19th?]
In Oaxaca, México? [from Twitter?] –
Seen in a post by Mark Wauck; I would like to think of it as a tribute, but it is probably a pun; search for "Ayatohle y Tamales" – www.instagram.com/p/DViQc8WAJZt/ , www.facebook.com/hiddenamericans/posts/mourning-for-ayatollah-khamenei-in-mexico/1520949340037375/ , www.reddit.com/r/NewIran/comments/1rm77ht/are_they_mourning_him_or_just_calling_him_tamales/, www.instagram.com/p/DVhsUOjiNn5/ , www.facebook.com/Husseinjama2017/posts/halkaan-waa-mexico-waxa-lagu-xumaynayaa-trump-magaca-sida-loo-qoray-ayaaba-iga-q/1514325107364297/ , etc.
Grand Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei was born April 19th in 1939 in Mashhad, Iran. – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei
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