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John P. Cummings
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Afro-Indigenous #DCNative Working on my 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham. #BlackSky #NativeSky #Resist #StopFascismNow #NoFascistUSA #NoNazisAllowed #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #StopReproductiveSlaveryNow #SmashThePatriarchy #Mars 😎
What She said! 👇 #Science! 😎
February 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Great new study on early medieval foodways, specifically a lack of fish in cooking pots! Glad it's not just our #ArchaeoFINS pots that lack 🐟! Implication with the human isotopes is that the Vikings adapted to local cuisine & left their fishy ways behind! doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Cuisine and culture-contact: lipid residue analysis reveals lack of aquatic products in pottery from Viking Age England | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Cuisine and culture-contact: lipid residue analysis reveals lack of aquatic products in pottery from Viking Age England
doi.org
February 13, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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'Broom Jumpers'
Bisa Butler, 2019
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Fans mourning Bud Cort might be interested to know there is a new book, "Held Over: Harold and Maude at The Westgate Theater,” about the film’s 115-week run at the Minneapolis-area cinema in 1972-74.

Gift Link:

www.startribune.com/john-gaspard...
That time ‘Harold and Maude’ ran at Edina theater so long that people picketed
Local nonfiction: Minneapolis writer John Gaspard, who was an usher at the Edina venue, wrote a book about the historic run.
www.startribune.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
New round of Ukraine-russia peace talks to be held next week in Geneva

✍️ Ferdinand Knapp

moscow will be represented by vladimir medinsky, a putin aide who has been criticized by the Ukrainians after previous negotiating sessions.

www.politico.eu/article/new-...
New round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks to be held next week
Moscow will be represented by Vladimir Medinsky, a Putin aide who has been criticized by the Ukrainians after previous negotiating sessions.
www.politico.eu
February 13, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Author Judy Blume was born #OTD in 1938.

Her novel 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥? 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘔𝘦, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵. is regarded as one of the most important & influential books in children's & young adult #literature, especially for its groundbreaking, honest portrayal of early adolescence from a girl's perspective. #booksky
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Now that the proscription of Palestine Action has been deemed unlawful, I hope the thousands of people arrested for protesting the proscription make a joint claim against the government for compensation
February 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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UK Wind Power has fallen to 11.5GW this morning. With 0.4GW of Solar we are burning 22.3GW of Gas as well as exporting 2.3GW. Hydro is 0.7GW. Nuclear is 4.3GW and the awful Biomass 3GW The price of wholesale electricity over the past 24 hours was £78 per MWh. #renewables
February 13, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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How the fuck is Corey Lewandowski in any position to fire a Coast Guard pilot?

What is his title?

What is his job?

What is his official position in the US government?

If you are Kristi Noem’s boyfriend you get to fire Coast Guard officers?
February 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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UW–Madison scientists have published new research about the makeup of death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) after learning that its spread across continents has changed the chemistry of the species. 🍄‍🟫
The Changing Chemistry of Invasive Death Cap Mushrooms
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers just released a groundbreaking study on the same mushrooms behind an uptick in poisonings in California.
ls.wisc.edu
February 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Meep. 👀
Today's frog is the purple frog.
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Oh.
Explosions reported at a Moscow thermal power plant
February 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
What She said 👇
this country likes to administrate itself free of accountability. Grenfell happened because of classism, greed, systemic failures and neglect. Regulation won't stop this from happening again. This is a good review of the failings found in the inquiry:

www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/grenf...
Grenfell disaster: ‘culmination of decades of failure by government and construction industry’ | New Civil Engineer
The Inquiry today, 4 September, released its final report into the disastrous fire in the 24-storey west London tower block that took place on 14 June
www.newcivilengineer.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Gal's gonna show her ankles. 😎
February 13, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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It's Judy Blume's birthday. She's 88 today.

Back in 2013, she said, "It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers."
February 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Details. #Scratch 👺 #DCNative
But not a dictator.
February 13, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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Le Bangladesh tourne la page de Sheikh Hasina et porte une autre dynastie au pouvoir
Le Bangladesh tourne la page de Sheikh Hasina et porte une autre dynastie au pouvoir
Selon des résultats provisoires, le Parti nationaliste aurait remporté haut la main les élections législatives face à la formation islamiste Jamaat-e-Islami. Le pays met ainsi définitivement un terme au régime autoritaire de l’ex-première ministre, exilée en Inde.
www.lemonde.fr
February 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Remember when Pam Bondi sold between $1 million & $5 million in Trump Media (DJT) stock back on April 2, 2025—

The same day Trump announced new tariffs during a “Liberation Day” press conference held after markets closed — & then (DJT) fell 13% in the following days
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Yep, that’s me. Yep, that’s my public library. Maybe they’ll ban dancing next and Kevin Bacon will show up. (And I mean the actor and not the pig that escapes from down Clinton Allen Road with that name. 🤣)

www.livingstonparishnews.com/stories/burn...

@la-cac.org @everylibrary.bsky.social
"Burn the book and get rid of it forever": Library board votes to restrict award-winning graphic novel for teens despite legal warnings and disrupted meeting - Livingston Parish News
LIVINGSTON, La. — A contentious Livingston Parish Library Board of Control special meeting on February 10th, 2026, ended with the board voting 6-3 to relocate the award-winning graphic novel "This …
www.livingstonparishnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Ukrainian Athlete Disqualified From Olympics Over Helmet Depicting War Dead: ‘The Price of Our Dignity’
time.com/7377960/vlad...
Ukrainian Athlete Disqualified From Olympics Over Helmet
“This is the price of our dignity,” Heraskevych said, in response to the International Olympic Committee's decision.
time.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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OTD in 1990 the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany was drafted

Despite how massively important NATO's promise was, and how it *totally* was made, the treaty makes NO mention of NATO allowing new eastern members. The USSR didn’t even ask for it to be included.
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM