Disco_taj
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A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
William Wordsworth
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
William Wordsworth
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Disco_taj
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· May 20
Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer
www.nytimes.com
Sending heartfelt wishes to President Biden and his family. As a centrist-leaning liberal, I’m grateful for the decency and steady leadership he brought. His presidency gave me four years of hope and stability. Thank you, Mr. President—I won’t forget it!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
Good news to start 2026. Go Bernie — the OG champion for working people. 🙏🏽
Nineteen states raised their minimum wage starting this month, providing a pay bump to an estimated 8.3 million workers.
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
Nineteen states raised their minimum wage starting this month, providing a pay bump to an estimated 8.3 million workers.
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
Sweeping Minimum-Wage Hikes Take Hold Across the Country
A mix of 19 states, both red and blue, bumped their minimum wages this month, several to over $15 an hour.
www.wsj.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Good news to start 2026. Go Bernie — the OG champion for working people. 🙏🏽
Nineteen states raised their minimum wage starting this month, providing a pay bump to an estimated 8.3 million workers.
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
Nineteen states raised their minimum wage starting this month, providing a pay bump to an estimated 8.3 million workers.
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
Toooo good!
“…When Hoover once scrawled “Watch the borders” on one of the memoranda that passed across his desk, agents were reportedly dispatched to America’s frontiers with Mexico and Canada. It turned out that he was in fact concerned about the width of the margins on the document…”
“…When Hoover once scrawled “Watch the borders” on one of the memoranda that passed across his desk, agents were reportedly dispatched to America’s frontiers with Mexico and Canada. It turned out that he was in fact concerned about the width of the margins on the document…”
How bosses unwittingly exert power
Messages can be received, even if none have actually been sent
economist.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Toooo good!
“…When Hoover once scrawled “Watch the borders” on one of the memoranda that passed across his desk, agents were reportedly dispatched to America’s frontiers with Mexico and Canada. It turned out that he was in fact concerned about the width of the margins on the document…”
“…When Hoover once scrawled “Watch the borders” on one of the memoranda that passed across his desk, agents were reportedly dispatched to America’s frontiers with Mexico and Canada. It turned out that he was in fact concerned about the width of the margins on the document…”
Still an optimist, even in tough times. If each of us helps just a little, the math starts to work in our favor—because there are millions of people who care. That adds up. 🤞🏽💗
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Millions of soon-to-be uninsured Americans are looking for a 'plan B'
In January, millions of Americans will face more costly premiums on their ACA health plans. Some will go without insurance, pay out of pocket to see doctors, and use special prescription drug plans.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Still an optimist, even in tough times. If each of us helps just a little, the math starts to work in our favor—because there are millions of people who care. That adds up. 🤞🏽💗
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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The thing here is that he stole $39,000,000 from Medicaid and only got 3 years in the first place.
Trump pardoned him anyway.
www.mcknights.com/news/skyline...
Trump pardoned him anyway.
www.mcknights.com/news/skyline...
Skyline’s Schwartz ordered to state prison, despite federal pardon
A former nursing home owner pardoned by President Trump in a $39 million fraud case still must report to prison this month to serve time on a state conviction, an Arkansas judge ruled Thursday.
www.mcknights.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The thing here is that he stole $39,000,000 from Medicaid and only got 3 years in the first place.
Trump pardoned him anyway.
www.mcknights.com/news/skyline...
Trump pardoned him anyway.
www.mcknights.com/news/skyline...
Armani’s suits—and the Hollywood style they carried—sparked my imagination early on.
Like my Dad, I’ve always loved clothes and shoes.
Giorgio Armani felt like a singular presence in that world: elegant, disciplined, quietly revolutionary.
Salute. RIP.
economist.com/obituary/202...
Like my Dad, I’ve always loved clothes and shoes.
Giorgio Armani felt like a singular presence in that world: elegant, disciplined, quietly revolutionary.
Salute. RIP.
economist.com/obituary/202...
Giorgio Armani freed the forms of both men and women
The Italian master-designer of a whole lifestyle died on September 4th, aged 91
economist.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Armani’s suits—and the Hollywood style they carried—sparked my imagination early on.
Like my Dad, I’ve always loved clothes and shoes.
Giorgio Armani felt like a singular presence in that world: elegant, disciplined, quietly revolutionary.
Salute. RIP.
economist.com/obituary/202...
Like my Dad, I’ve always loved clothes and shoes.
Giorgio Armani felt like a singular presence in that world: elegant, disciplined, quietly revolutionary.
Salute. RIP.
economist.com/obituary/202...
Thought-provoking piece. Maybe the question isn’t “peak human,” but what level of human presence the planet can sustainably support—equitably, and in balance with nature.
A fertility slowdown may be less a crisis than a chance to rethink scale and stewardship.
A fertility slowdown may be less a crisis than a chance to rethink scale and stewardship.
Don’t panic about the global fertility crash
A world with fewer people would not be all bad
economist.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Thought-provoking piece. Maybe the question isn’t “peak human,” but what level of human presence the planet can sustainably support—equitably, and in balance with nature.
A fertility slowdown may be less a crisis than a chance to rethink scale and stewardship.
A fertility slowdown may be less a crisis than a chance to rethink scale and stewardship.
This article is money! 🤑
As an intermediate snowboarder and an amateur-but-serious photographer, doing the homework on the right gear actually leveled up my winter game. ❄️📸
Worth a read if you’re trying to stay warm and look cool doing it — literally.
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
As an intermediate snowboarder and an amateur-but-serious photographer, doing the homework on the right gear actually leveled up my winter game. ❄️📸
Worth a read if you’re trying to stay warm and look cool doing it — literally.
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
I run over 20 miles a week in the winter. Here's everything I wear to stay warm
A winter run can leave you feeling invigorated – as long as you don’t neglect layering up against the cold
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This article is money! 🤑
As an intermediate snowboarder and an amateur-but-serious photographer, doing the homework on the right gear actually leveled up my winter game. ❄️📸
Worth a read if you’re trying to stay warm and look cool doing it — literally.
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
As an intermediate snowboarder and an amateur-but-serious photographer, doing the homework on the right gear actually leveled up my winter game. ❄️📸
Worth a read if you’re trying to stay warm and look cool doing it — literally.
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
Love is love.
Murray Hill Knows How to Put on a Show. This One Doubled as a Wedding. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/s...
Murray Hill Knows How to Put on a Show. This One Doubled as a Wedding. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/s...
Murray Hill Knows How to Put on a Show. This One Doubled as a Wedding.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Love is love.
Murray Hill Knows How to Put on a Show. This One Doubled as a Wedding. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/s...
Murray Hill Knows How to Put on a Show. This One Doubled as a Wedding. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/s...
I've Survived Two School Shootings. I Implore You to Speak Up. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | I've Survived Two School Shootings. I Implore You to Speak Up.
As a future physician, I believe all clinicians have a duty to fight against gun violence
www.medpagetoday.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I've Survived Two School Shootings. I Implore You to Speak Up. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
I respect this man so deeply. I am against capital punishment, and I cannot imagine the Herculean task this man faces as he records that which even the Fates probably recoil from.
Florida Had a Record Number of Executions in 2025. He Witnessed Them All. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Florida Had a Record Number of Executions in 2025. He Witnessed Them All. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Florida Had a Record Number of Executions in 2025. He Witnessed Them All.
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I respect this man so deeply. I am against capital punishment, and I cannot imagine the Herculean task this man faces as he records that which even the Fates probably recoil from.
Florida Had a Record Number of Executions in 2025. He Witnessed Them All. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Florida Had a Record Number of Executions in 2025. He Witnessed Them All. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Lots of spitting & snotting in team sports on grass or turf. I’m puzzled.
Don’t these pros realize they’re (1) sliding into their own spit and snot, (2) doing this on what is essentially their workplace, and (3) potentially increasing slip-related injury risk on dry fields?
Still puzzling. 🤔
Don’t these pros realize they’re (1) sliding into their own spit and snot, (2) doing this on what is essentially their workplace, and (3) potentially increasing slip-related injury risk on dry fields?
Still puzzling. 🤔
December 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Lots of spitting & snotting in team sports on grass or turf. I’m puzzled.
Don’t these pros realize they’re (1) sliding into their own spit and snot, (2) doing this on what is essentially their workplace, and (3) potentially increasing slip-related injury risk on dry fields?
Still puzzling. 🤔
Don’t these pros realize they’re (1) sliding into their own spit and snot, (2) doing this on what is essentially their workplace, and (3) potentially increasing slip-related injury risk on dry fields?
Still puzzling. 🤔
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All of these new rulings don’t just affect today, they rewrite precedent. Trump still has three years left, and whatever expanded powers the Court hands him now will automatically pass to the next president as well.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
All of these new rulings don’t just affect today, they rewrite precedent. Trump still has three years left, and whatever expanded powers the Court hands him now will automatically pass to the next president as well.
Such a good article. This is complicated stuff, but the writer raises an important point about culture and accountability in college sports. Worth the read.
Notre Dame’s opt-out crosses a new line — and college football is worse off for it www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Notre Dame’s opt-out crosses a new line — and college football is worse off for it www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Notre Dame’s opt-out crosses a new line — and college football is worse off for it
Notre Dame may be upset, but the point of playing football is to play football.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Such a good article. This is complicated stuff, but the writer raises an important point about culture and accountability in college sports. Worth the read.
Notre Dame’s opt-out crosses a new line — and college football is worse off for it www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Notre Dame’s opt-out crosses a new line — and college football is worse off for it www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
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I don’t know if you are aware of this. There is a Walk for Peace happening across America.
They are currently in Mississippi.
Unfortunately, one of the Buddhist monks was hit by a vehicle and had lost his leg in the process.
They are currently in Mississippi.
Unfortunately, one of the Buddhist monks was hit by a vehicle and had lost his leg in the process.
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I don’t know if you are aware of this. There is a Walk for Peace happening across America.
They are currently in Mississippi.
Unfortunately, one of the Buddhist monks was hit by a vehicle and had lost his leg in the process.
They are currently in Mississippi.
Unfortunately, one of the Buddhist monks was hit by a vehicle and had lost his leg in the process.
What a good guy. A special team. And a deserving city. 🤛🏽💗
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youtube.com/watch?v=_5_Z...
Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Look at Josh Allen’s Legacy at The University of Wyoming | Buffalo Bills
YouTube video by Buffalo Bills
youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
What a good guy. A special team. And a deserving city. 🤛🏽💗
youtube.com/watch?v=_5_Z...
youtube.com/watch?v=_5_Z...
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Teaching young minds is one of our most sacred missions. The teachers and mentors in my life remain my heroes—and I’m sure this remarkable woman was the same for thousands of young women she inspired. Rest in peace.
Razia Jan insisted on educating Afghanistan’s girls
economist.com/obituary/202...
Razia Jan insisted on educating Afghanistan’s girls
economist.com/obituary/202...
Razia Jan insisted on educating Afghanistan’s girls
The fearless teacher and campaigner died on July 20th, aged 81
economist.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Teaching young minds is one of our most sacred missions. The teachers and mentors in my life remain my heroes—and I’m sure this remarkable woman was the same for thousands of young women she inspired. Rest in peace.
Razia Jan insisted on educating Afghanistan’s girls
economist.com/obituary/202...
Razia Jan insisted on educating Afghanistan’s girls
economist.com/obituary/202...
I don’t often schlep the brands I love, but Z&V is the bomb. And when this ad lands in your texts…well, guffaws follow. Enjoy—and the clothes are pretty cool too. 💗
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I don’t often schlep the brands I love, but Z&V is the bomb. And when this ad lands in your texts…well, guffaws follow. Enjoy—and the clothes are pretty cool too. 💗
This is non-trivial.
"...Both high- and low-income Americans have pulled back considerably in their intended spending on gifts since October, while middle-income earners’ estimate is about the same..."
news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
"...Both high- and low-income Americans have pulled back considerably in their intended spending on gifts since October, while middle-income earners’ estimate is about the same..."
news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This is non-trivial.
"...Both high- and low-income Americans have pulled back considerably in their intended spending on gifts since October, while middle-income earners’ estimate is about the same..."
news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
"...Both high- and low-income Americans have pulled back considerably in their intended spending on gifts since October, while middle-income earners’ estimate is about the same..."
news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
Learned about this group through a piece by NYT’s Frank Bruni. Remarkable work—helping two lives at once. Sharing here for anyone who wants to take a look.
eenp.org
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Home - EENP
Partnering people with dogs to improve lives EENP harnesses the unique strengths of human-canine partnerships. We teach incarcerated men to train assistance dogs that we then partner with people who…
eenp.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Learned about this group through a piece by NYT’s Frank Bruni. Remarkable work—helping two lives at once. Sharing here for anyone who wants to take a look.
eenp.org
eenp.org
“…The international AIDS establishment has nevertheless been given the shock of its life. The stop-work order resulted in scores, probably hundreds, of PEPFAR-supported clinics and community-based projects laying off their staff and closing their doors…”
economist.com/internationa...
economist.com/internationa...
Rethinking the war on AIDS
American funding cuts are a catalyst for fresh thinking
economist.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“…The international AIDS establishment has nevertheless been given the shock of its life. The stop-work order resulted in scores, probably hundreds, of PEPFAR-supported clinics and community-based projects laying off their staff and closing their doors…”
economist.com/internationa...
economist.com/internationa...
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Biked from Brighton Beach to Williamsburg last night and passed through an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood full of families, kids, and this beautiful sense of safety and joy.
Didn’t take photos out of respect, but the energy stayed with me. NYC at its best. 💗
Didn’t take photos out of respect, but the energy stayed with me. NYC at its best. 💗
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Biked from Brighton Beach to Williamsburg last night and passed through an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood full of families, kids, and this beautiful sense of safety and joy.
Didn’t take photos out of respect, but the energy stayed with me. NYC at its best. 💗
Didn’t take photos out of respect, but the energy stayed with me. NYC at its best. 💗
Wearing my Ann-Katrin Berger jersey today. Huge kudos to NY Gotham FC on the NWSL title. The Spirit were superb too. Berger is such a remarkable “mistake-eraser,” and a world-class keeper. A beautiful, tactical match with a brilliant goal. 🙏🏽💗
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wearing my Ann-Katrin Berger jersey today. Huge kudos to NY Gotham FC on the NWSL title. The Spirit were superb too. Berger is such a remarkable “mistake-eraser,” and a world-class keeper. A beautiful, tactical match with a brilliant goal. 🙏🏽💗