A little bit of non-grim, or at least grimly funny news to lighten your day. 1. DOJ Files Ballroom Brief That Reads Like Truth Social Post — Because Trump Probably Wrote It. Not good news per se, but I see the unhinged-ness of the brief as a positive sign that, like the unhinged Kilmar Abrego Garcia filing before it, this will go nowhere in court.

2. Trump pulled his surgeon general nomination from Casey Means after a cringey Senate hearing and after three Republican senators refused to advance her out of committee. 3. And speaking of cringey hearings, Democrats got Pete Hegseth to agree that US troops shouldn't follow illegal orders. 4. King Charles gave a good speech at the Senate. Here's a post contrasting Charles' speech with Trump's from Heather Cox Richardson. 5. Stand up for Science is hosting a virtual, accessible May Day (May 1st) event. This May Day is Science Fight Day! For those able to attend an in-person May Day event, there are more that 3,000 to choose from. May Day is tomorrow, Friday, May 1st. Keep the faith, everyone.

Religious group ‘reviewing all available remedies’ after clips of young people rushing its buildings in ‘raids’ go viral

On any given day, Los Angeles’s Hollywood Boulevard teems with tourists and street performers clustered near the area’s many landmarks. But in recent months, the strip has been set abuzz for a new reason.

Throngs of mostly adolescent boys and young men have been rushing the Church of Scientology’s international headquarters on the famed street.

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Denise Ann Williams, 62, was last heard from on 15 April, when she told her family she was travelling to the west coast of Cape Breton Island in Canada’s east

A search is continuing for a 62-year-old Australian woman who was reported missing on Tuesday while hiking in a Canadian national park.

Denise Ann Williams was last heard from on 15 April, when she told family she was travelling to Chéticamp, a fishing village on the west coast of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.

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David McKelvey has added a photo to the pool:

Wintjiri Wiru, meaning 'beautiful view out to the horizon' in the local Pitjantjatjara language, is a breathtaking cultural storytelling experience that brings to life a chapter of the ancestral Mala story through choreographed drones, lasers and projections that illuminate the night sky.

A story passed on for thousands of generations, now passes to you.

David McKelvey has added a photo to the pool:

Wintjiri Wiru, meaning 'beautiful view out to the horizon' in the local Pitjantjatjara language, is a breathtaking cultural storytelling experience that brings to life a chapter of the ancestral Mala story through choreographed drones, lasers and projections that illuminate the night sky.

A story passed on for thousands of generations, now passes to you. Source: www.ayersrockresort.com.au

David McKelvey has added a photo to the pool:

Wintjiri Wiru, meaning 'beautiful view out to the horizon' in the local Pitjantjatjara language, is a breathtaking cultural storytelling experience that brings to life a chapter of the ancestral Mala story through choreographed drones, lasers and projections that illuminate the night sky.

A story passed on for thousands of generations, now passes to you.

David McKelvey has added a photo to the pool:

Wintjiri Wiru, meaning 'beautiful view out to the horizon' in the local Pitjantjatjara language, is a breathtaking cultural storytelling experience that brings to life a chapter of the ancestral Mala story through choreographed drones, lasers and projections that illuminate the night sky.

A story passed on for thousands of generations, now passes to you.

David McKelvey has added a photo to the pool:

Wintjiri Wiru, meaning 'beautiful view out to the horizon' in the local Pitjantjatjara language, is a breathtaking cultural storytelling experience that brings to life a chapter of the ancestral Mala story through choreographed drones, lasers and projections that illuminate the night sky.

A story passed on for thousands of generations, now passes to you.

David McKelvey has added a photo to the pool:

Wintjiri Wiru, meaning 'beautiful view out to the horizon' in the local Pitjantjatjara language, is a breathtaking cultural storytelling experience that brings to life a chapter of the ancestral Mala story through choreographed drones, lasers and projections that illuminate the night sky.

A story passed on for thousands of generations, now passes to you. Source: www.ayersrockresort.com.au

David McKelvey has added a photo to the pool:

Wintjiri Wiru, meaning 'beautiful view out to the horizon' in the local Pitjantjatjara language, is a breathtaking cultural storytelling experience that brings to life a chapter of the ancestral Mala story through choreographed drones, lasers and projections that illuminate the night sky.

A story passed on for thousands of generations, now passes to you.