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“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” - B. Spinoza “I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
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Judge Mehta's J6 Requiem "That book is now closed. Today’s epilogue diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates the work of the prosecutors and ... officers who secured these convictions, and excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy ... to buckle."
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I saw one of his pieces at the Palm Springs Art Museum and it was fabulous
Sarah ArcherIt's Textile Tuesday, and you know what that means: a piece by artist Faig Ahmed called "The Dragons of Karabakh" that's woven to look like an antique Central Asian carpet is melting off the wall into a puddle. More about the artist here: faigahmed.com
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honestly can't stress enough, as a former family law attorney, how depressingly common Max Miller's behavior and words are, right down to the petty fixation on custody procedure and rules when faced with allegations of shocking violence.
Aaron RuparRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
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On the same day that David Ellison claims he's not putting his finger on the scale, there's this: "CBS’s 60 Minutes had the scoop on Jeffrey Epstein’s sketchy financials—before the Bari Weiss–run network fired the reporter fronting the investigation."
The New RepublicBanks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
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DFL CD8 candidate Trina Swanson called out Republicans at Farmfest for prioritizing corporate profits and tech data centers over working families facing soaring energy bills: "Follow the money ... Google paid $0 in federal taxes last year."
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Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) was met with jeers and boos at Farmfest after trying to blame the Biden administration for Trump's tariffs: "I'm sorry, is that appropriate? ... Let me speak, that would be helpful ..."
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"Get away from me right now," King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."
A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suingMilitary veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.www.npr.org
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Kinda starting to think the politicians who represent us should act before all this gets vastly worse.
Met4CastMany parts of southern England recorded 0mm of rainfall in July, a first since records began in 1871. No sign of meaningful rainfall in the next 2 weeks either as high pressure re-builds, the drought continues. 📷 Blackheath, London
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Today is ELECTION DAY! We voted then I got out to the polls in Detroit with some snacks for all the voters and volunteers making today possible. Get out there! Polls are open until 8pm. Find your polling place, sample ballot, and more at Michigan.gov/vote
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Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One NoticedThe next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.www.bloomberg.com
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My first ten minutes of MA method class are usually an unnerving version of "what is history?". "What is a fact?" is always among the first follow up questions!
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The same people who say history is just memorizing names and dates are the same people who think teaching the humanities in college is a waste of time. That narrow minded thinking is the result of the Republican assault on education over the past half century. They don't want you to go to college.
Aparna Nair"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.
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"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.
The New RepublicPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
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My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca SolnitSummer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joyswww.theguardian.com⟳ Репост от kentropic
"It’s as if we launched a war against nature, and that has turned place after place into something that resembles a war zone. The climate movement is a peace movement, a movement to end this war and its casualties. ...summer was an immaterial treasure and joy that belonged to all of us."
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“Here’s a radical thought: what if migration is only a problem to those who want it to be? What if we started seeing the mass movement of people less as an existential threat and more as a simple inevitability of human existence?”
Ceuta was a carnival of anti-migrant content for hateful opportunists on the right – and a lesson for the left | Jonathan LiewIt was framed as a perfect storm because nativists dearly wanted it to be. Looking on, progressives failed to meet the moment too, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liewwww.theguardian.com
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this seems good actually! more sports, more animals, more art, more books, more fashion, more movies, more poetry, more birds, more science, more museums, more obscure little hobbies. just because my job is politics doesn’t mean it’s the thing I want out of this kind of platform.
ScoiattoloGood lord I wish some of you could read on this text based social media website.
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"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration concedes it canceled research grants in blue statesThe administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.www.nbcnews.com