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POND WATER (a text from my mum, that I have turned into a poem)
Bridget was round my neck
All night
I thought
It was affection
But I see from the weather
That she was just
Sucking the warmth from me
She smelled
Just like pond water
We have the plumber
Coming
To fit a new shower
Bridget was round my neck
All night
I thought
It was affection
But I see from the weather
That she was just
Sucking the warmth from me
She smelled
Just like pond water
We have the plumber
Coming
To fit a new shower
December 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
POND WATER (a text from my mum, that I have turned into a poem)
Bridget was round my neck
All night
I thought
It was affection
But I see from the weather
That she was just
Sucking the warmth from me
She smelled
Just like pond water
We have the plumber
Coming
To fit a new shower
Bridget was round my neck
All night
I thought
It was affection
But I see from the weather
That she was just
Sucking the warmth from me
She smelled
Just like pond water
We have the plumber
Coming
To fit a new shower
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This month's 11th Hour column in the print New Republic is about Trump's threatened sale of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, the "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal." We have since learned Trump is preparing to bypass the GSA and demolish it before sale. Please spread the word.
December 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This month's 11th Hour column in the print New Republic is about Trump's threatened sale of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, the "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal." We have since learned Trump is preparing to bypass the GSA and demolish it before sale. Please spread the word.
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A more detailed account of the purchase by @ricksteves.bsky.social of a neighborhood hygiene center, his plans to help improve it further, and him calling out a failure to support vulnerable people. What a mensch. Be Rick.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Rick Steves buys ‘the most beautiful Christmas present’ for homeless neighbors
Five years after the Lynnwood Hygiene Center opened, serving hundreds in poverty, the landlord planned to sell. Steves stepped in to buy it.
www.seattletimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A more detailed account of the purchase by @ricksteves.bsky.social of a neighborhood hygiene center, his plans to help improve it further, and him calling out a failure to support vulnerable people. What a mensch. Be Rick.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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The fixation that some people have on the Postal Service losing money is just bad. It's a constitutionally mandated service and part of the government. It's not supposed to make money, it's supposed to provide that service. It's not a business!
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The fixation that some people have on the Postal Service losing money is just bad. It's a constitutionally mandated service and part of the government. It's not supposed to make money, it's supposed to provide that service. It's not a business!
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This is where holiday cinema peaked
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is where holiday cinema peaked
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What is the global ocean overturning circulation, and why does it matter for you?
Here’s a great short explainer by the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science.
Did you know a slowing ocean overturning circulation could also affect your life?
antarctic.org.au/new-aceas-ex...
Here’s a great short explainer by the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science.
Did you know a slowing ocean overturning circulation could also affect your life?
antarctic.org.au/new-aceas-ex...
New ACEAS Explainer highlights risks of slowing global ocean overturning circulation - ACEAS
The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) today published a new Explainer on the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) – a vast system of ocean currents that underpins Earth...
antarctic.org.au
December 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
What is the global ocean overturning circulation, and why does it matter for you?
Here’s a great short explainer by the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science.
Did you know a slowing ocean overturning circulation could also affect your life?
antarctic.org.au/new-aceas-ex...
Here’s a great short explainer by the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science.
Did you know a slowing ocean overturning circulation could also affect your life?
antarctic.org.au/new-aceas-ex...
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I was flipping through the car radio and heard familiar voices. It was @rosemarymosco.com and @corinanewsome.bsky.social talking about birds! A thoroughly enjoyable listen.
#birds 🌿
#birds 🌿
'Just' A Blue Jay? Don't Overlook These Magnificent Common Birds
This Christmas Bird Count, we salute the fabulous, underappreciated, common species. Here's to you, house sparrow.
www.sciencefriday.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I was flipping through the car radio and heard familiar voices. It was @rosemarymosco.com and @corinanewsome.bsky.social talking about birds! A thoroughly enjoyable listen.
#birds 🌿
#birds 🌿
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Ah yes, fighting people on your side. How "Indivisible."
December 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ah yes, fighting people on your side. How "Indivisible."
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UNION MADE GIFT IDEAS: Buying union keeps good jobs in the community, and lets you vote with your dollars for businesses that pay workers a living wage. And it isn’t as hard as you might thing. Here are some ideas. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/unio...
Union-made gift ideas
Buying union keeps good jobs in the community, and lets you vote with your dollars for businesses that pay workers a living wage.
nwlaborpress.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
UNION MADE GIFT IDEAS: Buying union keeps good jobs in the community, and lets you vote with your dollars for businesses that pay workers a living wage. And it isn’t as hard as you might thing. Here are some ideas. nwlaborpress.org/2025/12/unio...
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Washington State set up a special unit to investigate cold cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people. They just got their first conviction www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. artist's murder solved by cold case unit for Indigenous people in Washington State | CBC News
65-year-old master carver George David of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation was killed in Port Angeles in 2016.
www.cbc.ca
December 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Washington State set up a special unit to investigate cold cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people. They just got their first conviction www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What state constitutional case from 2025 should our readers know about, and why?
We asked some of the country’s leading legal thinkers, and their answers highlight the myriad ways state courts can chart their own jurisprudential courses.
A must read piece to wrap up the year!
We asked some of the country’s leading legal thinkers, and their answers highlight the myriad ways state courts can chart their own jurisprudential courses.
A must read piece to wrap up the year!
2025’s Most Significant State Constitutional Cases
Leading legal thinkers weighed in on the state constitutional rulings our readers should know about from this past year.
statecourtreport.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What state constitutional case from 2025 should our readers know about, and why?
We asked some of the country’s leading legal thinkers, and their answers highlight the myriad ways state courts can chart their own jurisprudential courses.
A must read piece to wrap up the year!
We asked some of the country’s leading legal thinkers, and their answers highlight the myriad ways state courts can chart their own jurisprudential courses.
A must read piece to wrap up the year!
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These historic floods will require major cleanup. That brings the risk of shady contractors making promises and taking money for work they never intend to do. Be on guard and use these resources to protect your home or business:
December 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
These historic floods will require major cleanup. That brings the risk of shady contractors making promises and taking money for work they never intend to do. Be on guard and use these resources to protect your home or business:
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NEW: A Discord community for gay gamers is in disarray after one of its moderators and an executive at Anthropic forced the company’s AI chatbot, Claude, on the Discord, despite protests from members.
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.
www.404media.co
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEW: A Discord community for gay gamers is in disarray after one of its moderators and an executive at Anthropic forced the company’s AI chatbot, Claude, on the Discord, despite protests from members.
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***North Carolina*** Thank you to everyone who’s already stepped up to run — you’re doing the work of democracy.
If you’re still feeling that “should I do this?” tug, reach out. We still have districts that need a champion, and we’ll walk you through it every step of the way.
If you’re still feeling that “should I do this?” tug, reach out. We still have districts that need a champion, and we’ll walk you through it every step of the way.
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
***North Carolina*** Thank you to everyone who’s already stepped up to run — you’re doing the work of democracy.
If you’re still feeling that “should I do this?” tug, reach out. We still have districts that need a champion, and we’ll walk you through it every step of the way.
If you’re still feeling that “should I do this?” tug, reach out. We still have districts that need a champion, and we’ll walk you through it every step of the way.
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One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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Remember, even Amazing Silent Death On The Wing Predators can start life with truly incredible amounts of Derp. They're so beautiful. :)
Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar: One of the wildlife highlights of my year was discovering this Great Horned Owl nest early in the spring. I kept an eye on Mom sitting on the nest for weeks and was starting to think she had been unsuccessful. I couldn't have been more wrong! #birds #owls
December 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Remember, even Amazing Silent Death On The Wing Predators can start life with truly incredible amounts of Derp. They're so beautiful. :)
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When I visit Mount Vernon, I always go to Easton's Books. Bought a few books today!
It's a great time to support local businesses in towns like Mount Vernon that are being impacted by recent floods.
It's a great time to support local businesses in towns like Mount Vernon that are being impacted by recent floods.
December 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
When I visit Mount Vernon, I always go to Easton's Books. Bought a few books today!
It's a great time to support local businesses in towns like Mount Vernon that are being impacted by recent floods.
It's a great time to support local businesses in towns like Mount Vernon that are being impacted by recent floods.
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Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
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A lava "whirlpool" formed during the 2011 Axial Seamount eruption and frozen in time. When subsurface magma erupts onto the seafloor as 1200°C lava, it hits near-freezing seawater and crusts over with a layer of glass, forming incredible river-like shapes! 🌊🚢🧪
PC: UW/NSF/OOI/WHOI; J2-1737, V25.
PC: UW/NSF/OOI/WHOI; J2-1737, V25.
December 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A lava "whirlpool" formed during the 2011 Axial Seamount eruption and frozen in time. When subsurface magma erupts onto the seafloor as 1200°C lava, it hits near-freezing seawater and crusts over with a layer of glass, forming incredible river-like shapes! 🌊🚢🧪
PC: UW/NSF/OOI/WHOI; J2-1737, V25.
PC: UW/NSF/OOI/WHOI; J2-1737, V25.
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Additional atmospheric rivers are expected to impact the West later this month. Given the significant river flooding already impacting Washington and Oregon, a continued risk of flooding and landslides is expected across the region through at least late December.
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Additional atmospheric rivers are expected to impact the West later this month. Given the significant river flooding already impacting Washington and Oregon, a continued risk of flooding and landslides is expected across the region through at least late December.
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Each photograph in the “First American Doll” series features a life-sized doll box that she designed and crafted, where she poses the women with objects that represent their families, traditions and unique stories.
She reimagined dolls for her daughter — and defied stereotypes about Indigenous women
In her “First American Doll” series, Indigenous photographer Cara Romero showcases the diversity of tribes and their unique regalia and cultural histories.
19thnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Each photograph in the “First American Doll” series features a life-sized doll box that she designed and crafted, where she poses the women with objects that represent their families, traditions and unique stories.
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Labor groups overcome what the Salt Lake Tribune characterized as the “toughest referendum process” in the country to get hundreds of thousands of signatures in just 30 days. The effort played off big time, and Republicans have now repealed the law before voters could do it for them.
Republicans have repealed an anti-collective bargaining law that threatened to make Utah "the most anti-labor state in America." Republicans backed down after labor groups broke signature records to place a repeal referendum on next year's ballot.
Morning Digest, sponsored by Grassroots Analytics: Facing an ugly defeat at the ballot box, Utah GOP repeals anti-union law
After labor organizers qualified a veto referendum, Republicans backed down
www.the-downballot.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Labor groups overcome what the Salt Lake Tribune characterized as the “toughest referendum process” in the country to get hundreds of thousands of signatures in just 30 days. The effort played off big time, and Republicans have now repealed the law before voters could do it for them.