If this doesn't lift your spirits

 I don't know what will. A knitting patterns on Ravelry, Meant To Bee. Not too sure how the title related to the toys.

Unless it's this

Anti-surveillance jumper

This sweater* pattern is advertised on Ravelry as being "anti-surveillance." Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

* A.k.a. jumper on the other side of the pond - what's that about Great Britain & the U.S. being divided by a common language?)

Andrew Bird is amazing

 Musician, actor, and whistler extraordinaire, ladies and gentlepeople, I give you Andrew Bird.

Food for thought

 A couple videos I want to share with you about journalism and its effect on society.

What's wrong with this picture?

 Caught outside our house where there's more street work going on: