Sunday Morning Open (at Last) Thread

This is a photo of Saturn and its rings.
It's also a photo of Earth.
See that bright point just right of centre?
That's home. That's us.

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— Paul Byrne (@theplanetaryguy.bsky.social) May 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM

From my perspective, the blog collapsed while I was working on a late-night post around 2:30am EDT. According to the CONNECTION TIMED OUT screen, it was not my browser nor was it CloudFlare, so I guess the developers forgot to feed the hamsters again. Blog was still busted when I gave up checking around 5:30am… but, well, here we are.

Haven’t got the energy to bricolage a Sunday Morning Garden Post (next week, Math Guy!) but here’s a Sunday space for y’all to sit and vent.

Two years after his death, President Jimmy Carter is still inspiring Habitat for Humanity's efforts to build more affordable housing in the U.S.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) May 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM

… In May, nearly 1,000 volunteers with Habitat for Humanity will complete Herrera’s new home and 23 other affordable housing units in Atlanta’s Sylvan Hills neighborhood for the 40th Carter Work Project.

The intensive, weeklong building sessions named after former President Jimmy Carter and his late wife Rosalynn have constructed roughly 5,000 homes in 14 countries since 1984. The project is returning to Atlanta for the first time since 1988, when the Carters helped construct 21 homes in another neighborhood.

Habitat is not just a homebuilder anymore
The Sylvan Hills construction also reflects a new shift into real estate development for Habitat for Humanity, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year amid a growing crisis in affordable housing and a broadening political battle over affordability more generally.

“The gap between what a family can afford and what it costs to create that unit of housing is the widest it has been in modern history,” said Jonathan Reckford, CEO of the international organization.

The nonprofit plans to serve as a developer on more of its projects because many smaller developers still haven’t recovered from the losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or have gone out of business altogether…

This is one of the most quietly revolutionary things any city can do to improve kids' lives & outcomes. If you genuinely care about kids having access to education or safe after school spaces & activities, then fund your libraries, staff your libraries, & make every public school ID a library card.

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— Dr. Damien P. Williams can't think of a fun display name right n (@wolvendamien.bsky.social) May 2, 2026 at 11:34 AM

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