November 9, 2024 at 8:31 PM
“What is most exceptional about the Americans is not the voluminous record of their violence but their extraordinary ability in the face of that record to persuade themselves that they are among the best behaved and best regulated of peoples.”
- Richard Hofstadter, American Violence, 1970 🗃️
- Richard Hofstadter, American Violence, 1970 🗃️
July 15, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Lost in the ongoing Trumpapalooza is the excellent news that a malaria vaccination developed at Oxford Univ. over the last 30 years and costing only £3 per shot is being unrolled in malaria-prone countries. If it fulfills its promise, this will make an enormous difference to so many lives.
July 15, 2024 at 2:58 PM
you see your pets twitching their little limbs in their sleep and say to your partner "look, it is running through a field in its sleep", you are wrong: your pet is in a casino: throwing dice, playing slots and video poker, walking on two legs and betting large on a blackjack table
July 15, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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Self driving Tesla hits empty police cruiser parked at the scene of a fatal accident. ktla.com/news/local-n...
Tesla in self-drive mode slams into police car in Orange County
A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said. The officer was on traffic control duty…
ktla.com
June 14, 2024 at 11:07 AM
June 14, 2024 at 11:06 AM
BREAKING: Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Probe Finds
Thomas flew to Montana & elsewhere on the billionaire’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed the flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose investigation was sparked by ProPublica reporting
Thomas flew to Montana & elsewhere on the billionaire’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed the flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose investigation was sparked by ProPublica reporting
Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds
The Supreme Court justice flew to Montana and other destinations on the billionaire GOP donor’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed these flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose ongoing investigatio...
www.propublica.org
June 13, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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BREAKING: Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Probe Finds
Thomas flew to Montana & elsewhere on the billionaire’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed the flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose investigation was sparked by ProPublica reporting
Thomas flew to Montana & elsewhere on the billionaire’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed the flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose investigation was sparked by ProPublica reporting
Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds
The Supreme Court justice flew to Montana and other destinations on the billionaire GOP donor’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed these flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose ongoing investigatio...
www.propublica.org
June 13, 2024 at 8:15 PM
BREAKING: Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Probe Finds
Thomas flew to Montana & elsewhere on the billionaire’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed the flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose investigation was sparked by ProPublica reporting
Thomas flew to Montana & elsewhere on the billionaire’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed the flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose investigation was sparked by ProPublica reporting
June 13, 2024 at 10:10 PM
“Sauve qui peut.” This is a French phrase that means something like “run for your life!” or “every man for himself!”, indicating a chaotic or dangerous situation. Postcard from my collection, no date.
June 13, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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The old guard said it was impossible. That the funding was a waste. But they lacked vision
June 13, 2024 at 8:15 PM
The AP deleted this 10 seconds after posting probably the most debasing thing a news organization has posted in 8 years
June 13, 2024 at 8:15 PM
June 13, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Graduates of Newtown High School were missing 20 of their classmates on Wednesday.
Newtown, Connecticut, residents paused to reflect on what would have been the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims’ high school graduation, more than 11 years after one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.
Newtown, Connecticut, residents paused to reflect on what would have been the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims’ high school graduation, more than 11 years after one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.
Sandy Hook Victims Are Remembered on Day They Would Have Graduated
More than 11 years after one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, on what would have been the victims’ high school graduation day, the residents of Newtown, Conn., paused to reflect.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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📚 Attention Readers & Researchers
More than 500,000 books have been removed from our lending library due to the publishers' lawsuit. Have you been affected? Share your story with us and help us fight to restore access. #LetReadersRead
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More than 500,000 books have been removed from our lending library due to the publishers' lawsuit. Have you been affected? Share your story with us and help us fight to restore access. #LetReadersRead
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Share Your Story: The Impact of Losing Access to 500,000 Books
The publishers' lawsuit against the Internet Archive (Hachette v. Internet Archive) has resulted in the removal of more than 500,000 books from our lending library, including over 1,300 banned and cha...
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June 13, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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