Janice Blake
@janiceblake.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. "The Battalion Artist" traces Nat Bellantoni's World War II odyssey in the Pacific. Next up, my Uncle Joe's #WWII experiences in the Atlantic. From service on the legendary USS Wichita to Lighter Than Air sailor, Lakehurst NJ blimp base.
ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
How, in God's name, does separating a six-year-old child from his father make America "Great"?
How, in God's name, does separating a six-year-old child from his father make America "Great"?
ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
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December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
How, in God's name, does separating a six-year-old child from his father make America "Great"?
How, in God's name, does separating a six-year-old child from his father make America "Great"?
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So much for Trump's bigoted claims that he is going after "the worst of the worst." So many here illegally fled violence/chaos spawned by Reagan's C.I.A.
So much for Trump's bigoted claims that he is going after "the worst of the worst." So many here illegally fled violence/chaos spawned by Reagan's C.I.A.
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record (Gift Article)
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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So much for Trump's bigoted claims that he is going after "the worst of the worst." So many here illegally fled violence/chaos spawned by Reagan's C.I.A.
So much for Trump's bigoted claims that he is going after "the worst of the worst." So many here illegally fled violence/chaos spawned by Reagan's C.I.A.
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Blame Mitch McConnell. By refusing to bring approval of Obama's nominee to a vote in 2016...rushing through Trump's nominee in 2020, he has stacked the Supreme Court w stooges.
Blame Mitch McConnell. By refusing to bring approval of Obama's nominee to a vote in 2016...rushing through Trump's nominee in 2020, he has stacked the Supreme Court w stooges.
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps
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December 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Blame Mitch McConnell. By refusing to bring approval of Obama's nominee to a vote in 2016...rushing through Trump's nominee in 2020, he has stacked the Supreme Court w stooges.
Blame Mitch McConnell. By refusing to bring approval of Obama's nominee to a vote in 2016...rushing through Trump's nominee in 2020, he has stacked the Supreme Court w stooges.
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
“The real problem here is the dubious and legally overbroad assertion that the United States is justified in using wartime authority against a criminal problem.”
“The real problem here is the dubious and legally overbroad assertion that the United States is justified in using wartime authority against a criminal problem.”
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
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December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
“The real problem here is the dubious and legally overbroad assertion that the United States is justified in using wartime authority against a criminal problem.”
“The real problem here is the dubious and legally overbroad assertion that the United States is justified in using wartime authority against a criminal problem.”
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"No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters."
- Edgar Degas -
👨🎨: Edgar Degas
🖼️: "A Cotton Office in New Orleans", 1873, oil on canvas
🏛️: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau (🇫🇷)
#Quotes #Art #Painting #Impressionism
- Edgar Degas -
👨🎨: Edgar Degas
🖼️: "A Cotton Office in New Orleans", 1873, oil on canvas
🏛️: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau (🇫🇷)
#Quotes #Art #Painting #Impressionism
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters."
- Edgar Degas -
👨🎨: Edgar Degas
🖼️: "A Cotton Office in New Orleans", 1873, oil on canvas
🏛️: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau (🇫🇷)
#Quotes #Art #Painting #Impressionism
- Edgar Degas -
👨🎨: Edgar Degas
🖼️: "A Cotton Office in New Orleans", 1873, oil on canvas
🏛️: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau (🇫🇷)
#Quotes #Art #Painting #Impressionism
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
The Trump Administration's fantasy that all human experience/history is identical w no variations based on ethnicity or gender is willfully ignorant. Idiotic, in fact.
The Trump Administration's fantasy that all human experience/history is identical w no variations based on ethnicity or gender is willfully ignorant. Idiotic, in fact.
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
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December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
The Trump Administration's fantasy that all human experience/history is identical w no variations based on ethnicity or gender is willfully ignorant. Idiotic, in fact.
The Trump Administration's fantasy that all human experience/history is identical w no variations based on ethnicity or gender is willfully ignorant. Idiotic, in fact.
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Ask Ernie Pyle about sitting in an air-conditioned office somewhere. The Secretary of Defense is an ass.
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The Last Assignment: Ernie Pyle on Okinawa - Indiana Historical Society
In early April 1945, while covering the American invasion of Okinawa, an island located only 330 miles from Japan, two war correspondents, one a veteran of the Pacific War and the other a newcomer to ...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Ask Ernie Pyle about sitting in an air-conditioned office somewhere. The Secretary of Defense is an ass.
indianahistory.org/blog/the-las...
indianahistory.org/blog/the-las...
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Wouldn't it be far better for the community to have 28 plus 8 acres be farmland rather than another neighborhood of McMansions or, worse, a shopping mall or industrial park?
Wouldn't it be far better for the community to have 28 plus 8 acres be farmland rather than another neighborhood of McMansions or, worse, a shopping mall or industrial park?
This Westwood family has been farming for 14 generations. A land dispute with the town could change that. - The Boston Globe
The 10-acre farm is just too small to generate enough income to make it financially viable. But 28 acres of conservation land could help solve its money woes.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Wouldn't it be far better for the community to have 28 plus 8 acres be farmland rather than another neighborhood of McMansions or, worse, a shopping mall or industrial park?
Wouldn't it be far better for the community to have 28 plus 8 acres be farmland rather than another neighborhood of McMansions or, worse, a shopping mall or industrial park?
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#ColorfulMonday
Seen In Paducah
This is "Just A Little Crazy" by Elaine Braun who lives in Paducah, KY. This quilt was quite an undertaking. I don't think I have the vision to construct a crazy quilt. I bow to her collage ability. I'll post a close-up.
Seen In Paducah
This is "Just A Little Crazy" by Elaine Braun who lives in Paducah, KY. This quilt was quite an undertaking. I don't think I have the vision to construct a crazy quilt. I bow to her collage ability. I'll post a close-up.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
#ColorfulMonday
Seen In Paducah
This is "Just A Little Crazy" by Elaine Braun who lives in Paducah, KY. This quilt was quite an undertaking. I don't think I have the vision to construct a crazy quilt. I bow to her collage ability. I'll post a close-up.
Seen In Paducah
This is "Just A Little Crazy" by Elaine Braun who lives in Paducah, KY. This quilt was quite an undertaking. I don't think I have the vision to construct a crazy quilt. I bow to her collage ability. I'll post a close-up.
‘Folktales’ Review: A Bracing Education in Arctic Norway www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/m...
My daughter just told me about this movie. Looking forward to seeing it!
My daughter just told me about this movie. Looking forward to seeing it!
‘Folktales’ Review: A Bracing Education in Arctic Norway
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December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
‘Folktales’ Review: A Bracing Education in Arctic Norway www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/m...
My daughter just told me about this movie. Looking forward to seeing it!
My daughter just told me about this movie. Looking forward to seeing it!
Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
What cruel absurdity: To punish ALL for the act of one. What betrayal: To revoke protection for those who helped U.S. What ignorance: to ignore the mental state of the accused
What cruel absurdity: To punish ALL for the act of one. What betrayal: To revoke protection for those who helped U.S. What ignorance: to ignore the mental state of the accused
Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants
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December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
What cruel absurdity: To punish ALL for the act of one. What betrayal: To revoke protection for those who helped U.S. What ignorance: to ignore the mental state of the accused
What cruel absurdity: To punish ALL for the act of one. What betrayal: To revoke protection for those who helped U.S. What ignorance: to ignore the mental state of the accused
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A bronze statue of the opera singer Luciano Pavarotti was unveiled in 2024 in Pesaro, an Italian town on the northern Adriatic where he had owned a villa. It was met mostly with public approval, but then the city decided to build a temporary ice skating rink around it.
Whoops, the New Skating Rink Is Encroaching on Luciano Pavarotti
“Nessun Dorma?” More like “Ice, Ice Baby,” as a statue in Italy is overshadowed.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A bronze statue of the opera singer Luciano Pavarotti was unveiled in 2024 in Pesaro, an Italian town on the northern Adriatic where he had owned a villa. It was met mostly with public approval, but then the city decided to build a temporary ice skating rink around it.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/01/n...
Trump's "chainsaw" cuts trimmed deficit by $41 billion(2%) but were offset by spending increases, including 8.3% higher interest on national debt which topped $1 trillion.
Trump's "chainsaw" cuts trimmed deficit by $41 billion(2%) but were offset by spending increases, including 8.3% higher interest on national debt which topped $1 trillion.
Trump vowed to slash the federal budget deficit. Analysts say his policies will increase it by $4.1 trillion. - The Boston Globe
Nonpartisan analysts warn that President Trump's policies will swell the annual budget deficit instead of shrinking it.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Trump's "chainsaw" cuts trimmed deficit by $41 billion(2%) but were offset by spending increases, including 8.3% higher interest on national debt which topped $1 trillion.
Trump's "chainsaw" cuts trimmed deficit by $41 billion(2%) but were offset by spending increases, including 8.3% higher interest on national debt which topped $1 trillion.
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Big Oil is "wildly desperate to dodge the growing array of lawsuits over the damage caused by their decades-long scheme to deceive the public about climate change," writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Big Oil is "wildly desperate to dodge the growing array of lawsuits over the damage caused by their decades-long scheme to deceive the public about climate change," writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
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Here’s my Maclean’s feature on riding the newly-opened REM in #Montreal :
Canada’s gridlocked cities are global stragglers at building efficient, effective mass transit. A new Montreal megaproject has the solution we need. https://macleans.ca/society/montreals-new-rail-line-is-the-future/
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Here’s my Maclean’s feature on riding the newly-opened REM in #Montreal :
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
We should ALL be fighting climate change! If we care about ourselves, our planet, the next generations, and the ones after that.
We should ALL be fighting climate change! If we care about ourselves, our planet, the next generations, and the ones after that.
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
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December 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
We should ALL be fighting climate change! If we care about ourselves, our planet, the next generations, and the ones after that.
We should ALL be fighting climate change! If we care about ourselves, our planet, the next generations, and the ones after that.
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When it comes to clothes, I am a true New Englander: "Use it up; wear it out; make it do, or do without." Yet had fun "scroll" shopping, so decided to share
When it comes to clothes, I am a true New Englander: "Use it up; wear it out; make it do, or do without." Yet had fun "scroll" shopping, so decided to share
The 50 Best Clothing Stores in America (Gift Article)
Transporting, surprising and specialized, these stores keep alive the thrill of in-person shopping and are worth the trip — even if nothing is bought.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
When it comes to clothes, I am a true New Englander: "Use it up; wear it out; make it do, or do without." Yet had fun "scroll" shopping, so decided to share
When it comes to clothes, I am a true New Englander: "Use it up; wear it out; make it do, or do without." Yet had fun "scroll" shopping, so decided to share
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Within Indigenous communities across North America and beyond, we have long known that food is medicine. This isn’t just theory; it’s fact.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Food is medicine, and that’s a fact. Why we all need Native American foodways
Ecologically sound farming and land stewardship can change individual, collective and planetary health
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December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Within Indigenous communities across North America and beyond, we have long known that food is medicine. This isn’t just theory; it’s fact.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
'm guessing the Trump Administration will turn out to be the most corrupt and self-aggrandizing in U.S. history.
'm guessing the Trump Administration will turn out to be the most corrupt and self-aggrandizing in U.S. history.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
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December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
'm guessing the Trump Administration will turn out to be the most corrupt and self-aggrandizing in U.S. history.
'm guessing the Trump Administration will turn out to be the most corrupt and self-aggrandizing in U.S. history.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
“Electricity is the new price of eggs,”
“Electricity is the new price of eggs,”
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills
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December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
“Electricity is the new price of eggs,”
“Electricity is the new price of eggs,”
I, too, am a subscriber of Garrett M. Graff's Doomsday Scenario newsletter. I want to read every book on his list! Can't decide where to start. (I "discovered" the commentary of this brilliant man after reading the gripping oral history of D-Day he compiled: "When the Sea Came Alive."
“I thought several times this year while reading a particularly good book about what amazing bargains books still are
— for $20 or $30 bucks, and often even just $5 or $10 used - you can dive into an entire world created by someone else over years of work, research, and creativity.”
#SundaySentence
— for $20 or $30 bucks, and often even just $5 or $10 used - you can dive into an entire world created by someone else over years of work, research, and creativity.”
#SundaySentence
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I, too, am a subscriber of Garrett M. Graff's Doomsday Scenario newsletter. I want to read every book on his list! Can't decide where to start. (I "discovered" the commentary of this brilliant man after reading the gripping oral history of D-Day he compiled: "When the Sea Came Alive."
Seabees of the USN's 78th Construction Battalion joyfully turn in their battle gear, Okinawa, 1945.
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Seabees of the USN's 78th Construction Battalion joyfully turn in their battle gear, Okinawa, 1945.