In France, they give each other chocolate fish today for Poisson d’Avril. I like that better than the pranks. At any rate, no April Fool’s shenanigans here today, but if you’re into that you can check out the Museum of Hoaxes or keep up with this year’s goofiness via the Guardian’s liveblog.

From Cassandra: The meteor showers are coming, huzzah!

Also from Cassandra: the joy of Sufi Islam, and the fear behind Trump supporters.

For this week’s Folderol, we present some memorable Opening Days for the baseball season.


Have a spiffy weekend, everyone! See you next week.