Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water

A new study found that seeing authentic, original art can help drop cortisol levels and reduce inflammatory load, among other positive effects on the nervous system.

It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.

“Four top partners at Paul Weiss announced late Friday that they were leaving the law firm, a major blow to the firm in the wake of its decision to cut a deal with President Trump to head off an executive order that would have restricted its business.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...

Thank you @npr.org & @chiaraeisner.bsky.social for covering how HHS & this administration are muzzling CDC’s vital scientific communication. CDC’s communication specialists are being stopped from disseminating life saving communication to Americans, paid for by tax payer dollars. #publichealth #CDC

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

Jacob Lawrence, The migrants arrived in great numbers, 1940-41

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134641

Thank you PERU!

Advice from a Literature teacher and resister: read your history, but don’t forget your literature.

Resistance is woven through the words of abolitionism and feminism and anti-fascism. Read the history and the literature.