The Prince of the Lilies is one of the signature images of Minoan Crete, reproduced on postcards, book covers, and museum posters worldwide: a slender, muscular figure wearing a crown of lilies and peacock feathers, striding forward through a garden, one hand on his chest. It’s usually presented as a king, sometimes a priest-king, ruling…
Sunday Abiodun can often tell an animal is nearby before he sees it — from a broken twig or the way birds suddenly stop singing. For 15 years, he used those instincts to hunt wildlife to feed his family or to sell as bushmeat. Now he uses those same instincts to find wire snares hidden…
The wall of water and debris overtaking and destroying a border building – Screengrab Social Media/X Upscaled by Grok AI The landslide and resulting floods in Nepal were a horrific disaster, no one disputes that. Thousands of people are still missing and feared dead. It’s terrible all around. Our horrible media is now trying to…
Screencap of Twitter/X video. Trans actor Elliott Page (born Ellen Page) is complaining that the phone is not ringing with job offers despite the fact that Page had a significant role in this summer’s ‘The Odyssey’ which was a massive financial success. One of Page’s problems is a trap that many actors fall into. When…
What is the White House trying to tell us? The White House posted this video on social media on Wednesday evening. Loading… pic.twitter.com/QHenikVWOy — The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 3, 2026 Then the White House Press Office posted this – some eyes wide open: https://t.co/fT364pKfCj — Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) September 3, 2026 What does…
Screencap of Twitter/X video. A homeless encampment in Seattle is so overrun with garbage that it is being described as an environmental hazard, yet it keeps expanding in size. Trees are even being cut down to make it bigger. Of course, this makes no sense because Seattle is a city filled with liberals who care…
Old Missouri Congressional map on the left and new Missouri Congressional map on the right. The Missouri Supreme Court tossed the new map AFTER primaries already took place! The wacky Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the state’s new congressional map that favored the GOP and eliminated one Democrat seat to Congress. According to…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A space telescope with 100 times the sky coverage of Hubble lifted off from Florida this past Sunday. Astronomers have been waiting nearly a decade for this. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope survived two White House attempts to cancel it and is now on its way to a…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a lot tangled up in choosing a fertility clinic. Some of it is practical: where is it, what does it cost, what are their numbers. Some of it is harder to put into words, like whether you feel genuinely seen and supported through a process that’s already emotionally…
Trump Media wants to focus on other business ventures, according to an Axios report. The President Donald Trump-backed media company, Trump Media and Technology Group, is pulling back from two of its crypto deals, according to a report by Axios. The publication reported Friday that the two deals with Crypto.com — a prediction market and treasury — would…
