Bob and the Wasters
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The Curse of the Zombie Zoo, Bob and the Wasters, archaeologist, geology is fun, Buffalo National River in AR is where it is at
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EMPATHY:
“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”
~Elon Musk
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
~Hannah Arendt
"Love nurture and protect our children. The greatest gift is love.”
~Santa Claus
“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”
~Elon Musk
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
~Hannah Arendt
"Love nurture and protect our children. The greatest gift is love.”
~Santa Claus
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 AM
EMPATHY:
“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”
~Elon Musk
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
~Hannah Arendt
"Love nurture and protect our children. The greatest gift is love.”
~Santa Claus
“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”
~Elon Musk
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
~Hannah Arendt
"Love nurture and protect our children. The greatest gift is love.”
~Santa Claus
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DEMS WIN BIG IN IOWA: Democrat Renee Hardman wins IA State Senate SD-16 with 71.5%, a 27-point Dem overperformance from 2024. Harris won the district by 16. Hardman's victory blocks a GOP supermajority and makes history as the first Black woman elected to the Iowa Senate.
December 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
DEMS WIN BIG IN IOWA: Democrat Renee Hardman wins IA State Senate SD-16 with 71.5%, a 27-point Dem overperformance from 2024. Harris won the district by 16. Hardman's victory blocks a GOP supermajority and makes history as the first Black woman elected to the Iowa Senate.
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Planning even more Backwood Folk in 2026! Get in on the ground floor with a new sale on the digital editions of BOTH issues. For just $3 you can get almost 100 pages of comics all about Ozark ghosts, lights in the skies, and small town gossip. Sale goes until January 2!
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December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Planning even more Backwood Folk in 2026! Get in on the ground floor with a new sale on the digital editions of BOTH issues. For just $3 you can get almost 100 pages of comics all about Ozark ghosts, lights in the skies, and small town gossip. Sale goes until January 2!
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Aimed for legend, landed on butt.
December 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Aimed for legend, landed on butt.
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Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
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Tenured, Cambridge-educated U. of Arkansas Middle East studies professor demoted, suspended over comments on Israel amid pressure from posse of state senators led by Sen. "Book Ban" Dan Sullivan. Her lawyer denounced U of A's actions as "dangerous" assault on academic freedom.
#arpx
#arpx
Attorney for former Middle East center director says University of Arkansas is under pressure | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
After more than 20 members of the Arkansas Senate released a statement last week weighing in on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's discipline of the erstwhile director of the King Fahd Center…
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December 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tenured, Cambridge-educated U. of Arkansas Middle East studies professor demoted, suspended over comments on Israel amid pressure from posse of state senators led by Sen. "Book Ban" Dan Sullivan. Her lawyer denounced U of A's actions as "dangerous" assault on academic freedom.
#arpx
#arpx
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A Proposal for All Parents Worldwide
Santa Opens It Up
YouTube video by Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins
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December 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A Proposal for All Parents Worldwide
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President Donald Trump's administration will reportedly begin seizing wages from up to 5 million student loan borrowers who are behind on their payments.
Trump admin to seize wages of up to 5 million defaulted student loan holders
President Donald Trump's administration will reportedly begin seizing wages from up to 5 million student loan borrowers who are behind on their payments.On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed the plan to CNBC.Borrowers' paychecks have not been at risk since the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
President Donald Trump's administration will reportedly begin seizing wages from up to 5 million student loan borrowers who are behind on their payments.
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Wishing a blessed Winter Solstice to all!
December 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Wishing a blessed Winter Solstice to all!
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PBS officials dispute Carlton Wing's assertion that internal deadline justified sudden & antediluvian decision to disaffiliate Arkansas PBS. Network also has enough money to fund PBS programming until 2028, allowing time to find solutions for loss of federal funds.
#Arkansas #arpx
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#Arkansas #arpx
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Arkansas Educational Television commissioner criticizes vote to sever ties with PBS | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
An Arkansas Educational Television commissioner is taking issue with the commission's decision to sever ties with the Public Broadcasting Service.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
PBS officials dispute Carlton Wing's assertion that internal deadline justified sudden & antediluvian decision to disaffiliate Arkansas PBS. Network also has enough money to fund PBS programming until 2028, allowing time to find solutions for loss of federal funds.
#Arkansas #arpx
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#Arkansas #arpx
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Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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This should come as no surprise to anyone. The Trump Cult is killing jobs, farms, education, research, healthcare, and most of all hope. All they care about is control. #Arkansas is a failed state. #arpx #arnews
Nearly 1 in 3 Arkansans reports symptoms of depression
The Arkansas Health Survey provides a detailed description of the state's mental and physical health, mapping conditions in more than 800 census tracts.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Here is a member of the Arkansas PBS Board (and Arkansas Legislator) saying the quiet part out loud. "La carte selection" (sic) means they don't want to pay for programming that includes racial, religious, or LGBTQ minorities. Arkansas has a $367 million dollar surplus. #arpx
December 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Here is a member of the Arkansas PBS Board (and Arkansas Legislator) saying the quiet part out loud. "La carte selection" (sic) means they don't want to pay for programming that includes racial, religious, or LGBTQ minorities. Arkansas has a $367 million dollar surplus. #arpx
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All archaeologists should be aware of how our discipline is being used in Palestine right now 🏺
Israel preparing largest ever act of ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
Israel preparing largest ever ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
All archaeologists should be aware of how our discipline is being used in Palestine right now 🏺
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
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NPR: “Head Start early childhood programs are being told to remove a list of ~200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied— "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" "women…” www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
NPR: “Head Start early childhood programs are being told to remove a list of ~200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied— "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" "women…” www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
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Everyone who opposes ending PBS in Arkansas should contact: Arkansas PBS (800-662-2386), our governor's office (501-682-2345), and their state lawmakers. (Find contact information for your state lawmakers at www.arkleg.state.ar.us.) #arpx
SAY SO LONG TO SESAME STREET: Arkansas' statewide public TV broadcaster - Arkansas PBS - ending contract to air PBS programming; will brand itself as ATV and air locally produced programming instead. Arkansans will need streaming services to get PBS content.
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
RIP, Arkansas PBS - Arkansas Times
The end of federal funding for public media demolishes Arkansas PBS. The station will rebrand as ATV and feature mainly local programming.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Everyone who opposes ending PBS in Arkansas should contact: Arkansas PBS (800-662-2386), our governor's office (501-682-2345), and their state lawmakers. (Find contact information for your state lawmakers at www.arkleg.state.ar.us.) #arpx
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Possible consequences of Arkansas Supreme Court's torching of direct democracy: Recreational cannabis & legal abortion are dead; legislators can come after medical cannabis & higher minimum wage; Pope Co. casino could get revived or casinos banned entirely.
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
The Arkansas Supreme Court just gutted direct democracy - Arkansas Times
Now, even in a hypothetical scenario where someone gets a proposed amendment on the ballot and that measure passes with 95% of the vote, the Legislature can simply gut that amendment with a…
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December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Russell Vought came from Heritage Action — the Heritage Foundation’s dark money division. Vought is now Trump's shadow president, director of OMB.
After today’s vote in Indiana, serious fissures in Vought’s diabolical plans.
www.propublica.org/article/russ...
After today’s vote in Indiana, serious fissures in Vought’s diabolical plans.
www.propublica.org/article/russ...
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Russell Vought came from Heritage Action — the Heritage Foundation’s dark money division. Vought is now Trump's shadow president, director of OMB.
After today’s vote in Indiana, serious fissures in Vought’s diabolical plans.
www.propublica.org/article/russ...
After today’s vote in Indiana, serious fissures in Vought’s diabolical plans.
www.propublica.org/article/russ...
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The Arkansas Supreme Court today overturned its 1951 Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. Edgmon decision that said legislators could not change citizen-initiated constitutional amendments without another vote of the people.
#ARballot
#ARballot
Case Loading • Arkansas Judiciary
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December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Arkansas Supreme Court today overturned its 1951 Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. Edgmon decision that said legislators could not change citizen-initiated constitutional amendments without another vote of the people.
#ARballot
#ARballot
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December 10, 1938
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
December 10, 1938