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Chris
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Iong time Plant ecologist, goat farmer, cheesemaker, fig grower, bookworm.
Mr Quinn lighting up life
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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There are so many incredible journalists at CBS News. I’ve talked to the 60 Minutes team in the past, and I know them to be meticulous, fair, and deeply committed to getting the facts right.

What a shame.
December 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Made some pork tenderloin charcuterie
December 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A load of persimmons to get ready to dry
December 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#at40

This isn't Al Green doing the greatest, most needy, and erotic seduction of a past lover ever. But it's not bad.
December 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#at40

"One man band" is kind of a really strained metaphor.
If I was trying to convince a girl to be with me, I dont think I'd reach for that one
December 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#at40
Pay to the piper, and you too can be absolved of your crimes, fast track to become an American citizen, be allowed to flout laws and pollute the environment, discriminate against people, or anything else an obscenely rich person is granted the divine right to buy
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#at40
I recall this band, with this immigrant titled song, being honored at a place in DC back when
Can't recall the name of the place
December 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
#at40 renamed "Donald Trump's and Your Song"

Thank you for your attention to this matter
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is cruelly awful
Breaking news: The Trump administration plans to shift the federal government away from directly recommending most vaccines for children and suggest parents consult with doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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They’re stealing from us. They are stealing from us and we have to put a stop to this. This cannot stand.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glaciers, shifting fish populations, and rivers running orange. n.pr/4rYZwLP
New report finds the Arctic continues to warm faster than the planet as a whole
This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glaciers, shifting fish populations, and rivers running orange.
n.pr
December 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#at40

"There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy"

Dave Mason being whimsical and talking about some fantasyland
December 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#at40

Randy Newman with his, of course, satirical, song about ELO

youtu.be/FtbKch8x37o?...
The Story of a Rock and Roll Band
YouTube video by Randy Newman - Topic
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
#at40

Björk released her first album in December 1977. She was 12 years old, and still several years from the Sugarcubes and her solo career.

Not top40
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#at40
Mathis just retired at age 90
December 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Meatloaf and Steinman, masters of the subtle moment
December 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
#at40 Patti Smith broke her neck falling off the stage while opening for Bob Seger in 77
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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My thought was that this was the 1st kinda meh song Seger had done after a fantastic streak of great music. I really really really hated against the wind lp which soon followed.
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's dinner- broccoli cheddar soup
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Covid vaccines released last fall sharply decreased the risk of ER and urgent care visits in children, according to new data released by the CDC — providing a striking counterpoint to Trump administration rhetoric about the shots

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Driving down the fantasy fiction section at the bookstore
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Dec7, stil have one tree producing a few figs. Fighting the cold nights.
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#at40

Sly was not listening to Desiderata.

Probably the most sludgey hunk of stuttering noise to hit #1, a druggy treatise on the state of America, 1971
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM