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I love this painting.
There's such a hidden story there.
Is the painter being annoying?
Is the painting meant to be put above the snack drawer her already chunky husband keeps raiding?
Or is she judging us through the mists of time?
Marco Basaiti - Portrait of a Lady early 1500
There's such a hidden story there.
Is the painter being annoying?
Is the painting meant to be put above the snack drawer her already chunky husband keeps raiding?
Or is she judging us through the mists of time?
Marco Basaiti - Portrait of a Lady early 1500
December 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I love this painting.
There's such a hidden story there.
Is the painter being annoying?
Is the painting meant to be put above the snack drawer her already chunky husband keeps raiding?
Or is she judging us through the mists of time?
Marco Basaiti - Portrait of a Lady early 1500
There's such a hidden story there.
Is the painter being annoying?
Is the painting meant to be put above the snack drawer her already chunky husband keeps raiding?
Or is she judging us through the mists of time?
Marco Basaiti - Portrait of a Lady early 1500
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December 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Big news: We are now only $10,000 away from our goal of $50,000! As of this morning, 348 donors have stepped up, helping us raise $40,000, including 193 first-time supporters. We have about 36 hours to go! Let's gooo team!
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Baudelaire for the end of the year
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Baudelaire for the end of the year
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"A buildup in pressure across the region is propelling wastewater up ancient wellbores, birthing [toxic saltwater] geysers that can cost millions of dollars to clean up."
This in a region where oil and gas companies now take $$$$ in tax credits for squirting CO2 underground for "sequestration."
This in a region where oil and gas companies now take $$$$ in tax credits for squirting CO2 underground for "sequestration."
America’s Biggest Oil Field Is Turning Into a Pressure Cooker
Drillers’ injection of wastewater is creating mayhem across the Permian Basin, raising concern about the future of fossil-fuel production there.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"A buildup in pressure across the region is propelling wastewater up ancient wellbores, birthing [toxic saltwater] geysers that can cost millions of dollars to clean up."
This in a region where oil and gas companies now take $$$$ in tax credits for squirting CO2 underground for "sequestration."
This in a region where oil and gas companies now take $$$$ in tax credits for squirting CO2 underground for "sequestration."
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The frequency with which this is happening is so bleak and depressing. Knowing a book has no AI before beginning it, and paying for it, and spending time on it, shouldn’t be a guessing game.
December 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The frequency with which this is happening is so bleak and depressing. Knowing a book has no AI before beginning it, and paying for it, and spending time on it, shouldn’t be a guessing game.
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Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
Trump administration blocks groups from voter registration at naturalization events
Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
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🚨BREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Strikes Down Gerrymandered Map, Reinstates Voter-Approved Redistricting Reforms
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🚨BREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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An interesting story about reforestation in Iceland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbkW...
...which reminded me of a poetical interlude in EARTH. Which I read aloud here:
youtu.be/bJXXab5ITpM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbkW...
...which reminded me of a poetical interlude in EARTH. Which I read aloud here:
youtu.be/bJXXab5ITpM
How do you grow trees in a treeless land?
YouTube video by RAZOR Science Show
www.youtube.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
An interesting story about reforestation in Iceland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbkW...
...which reminded me of a poetical interlude in EARTH. Which I read aloud here:
youtu.be/bJXXab5ITpM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbkW...
...which reminded me of a poetical interlude in EARTH. Which I read aloud here:
youtu.be/bJXXab5ITpM
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I wish they all could be California Girls🎶
August 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I wish they all could be California Girls🎶
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People stranded on a desert island will waste time making SOS signs out of clam shells instead of starting a successful business
July 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
People stranded on a desert island will waste time making SOS signs out of clam shells instead of starting a successful business
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Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Everyone A Damn Critic
theonion.com/supreme...
theonion.com/supreme...
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Everyone A Damn Critic
WASHINGTON—In a provocative 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that everyone’s a damn critic these days. “It is this court’s opinion that apparently everyone has their own ideas about how this court should operate and is not shy about sharing their views—even when no one asks,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his 10-page […]
theonion.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Everyone A Damn Critic
theonion.com/supreme...
theonion.com/supreme...
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“Despite the lofty promises of pharmaceutical companies, there’s simply no evidence to suggest that vaccines provide more immunological benefit than punching a few holes in a horseshoe crab’s carapace and slurping its blood directly,” said Kennedy theonion.com/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr.: Vaccines No More Effective Than Drinking Horseshoe Crab Blood Straight
WASHINGTON—Citing extensive research he had conducted on the matter, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a statement Friday claiming that vaccines were no more effective than drinking horseshoe crab blood straight. “Despite the lofty promises of pharmaceutical companies, there’s simply no evidence to suggest that vaccines provide more immunological benefit than […]
theonion.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“Despite the lofty promises of pharmaceutical companies, there’s simply no evidence to suggest that vaccines provide more immunological benefit than punching a few holes in a horseshoe crab’s carapace and slurping its blood directly,” said Kennedy theonion.com/rfk-jr-...
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They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing the number of kids who work but says the numbers remain "unacceptable."
How many kids go to work instead of school?
They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing the number of kids who work but says the numbers remain "unacceptable."
n.pr
June 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing the number of kids who work but says the numbers remain "unacceptable."
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For Louis Brizuela, leading the microfiche digitization team for Democracy's Library is more than a job—“I feel like I’m making a difference,” he says.
From Supreme Court docs to Canadian archives, he’s preserving history—live on stream. Meet Louis & tune in: ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/26/d...
From Supreme Court docs to Canadian archives, he’s preserving history—live on stream. Meet Louis & tune in: ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/26/d...
June 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For Louis Brizuela, leading the microfiche digitization team for Democracy's Library is more than a job—“I feel like I’m making a difference,” he says.
From Supreme Court docs to Canadian archives, he’s preserving history—live on stream. Meet Louis & tune in: ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/26/d...
From Supreme Court docs to Canadian archives, he’s preserving history—live on stream. Meet Louis & tune in: ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/26/d...
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Bezos Wedding Guests Given Monogrammed Plastic Bottles To Urinate In During Ceremony
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theonion.com/bezos-w...
June 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Bezos Wedding Guests Given Monogrammed Plastic Bottles To Urinate In During Ceremony
theonion.com/bezos-w...
theonion.com/bezos-w...
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NEW: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:
Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:
'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...
www.wired.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
NEW: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:
Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:
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NEW: The US concentrated its attack on Fordow, an enrichment plant built hundreds of feet underground. Aerial photos give important clues about what damage the “bunker-buster” bombs may have caused.
What Satellite Images Reveal About the US Bombing of Iran's Nuclear Sites
The US concentrated its attack on Fordow, an enrichment plant built hundreds of feet underground. Aerial photos give important clues about what damage the “bunker-buster” bombs may have caused.
www.wired.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW: The US concentrated its attack on Fordow, an enrichment plant built hundreds of feet underground. Aerial photos give important clues about what damage the “bunker-buster” bombs may have caused.
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IRAN, in response to the unprovoked U.S. bombing in Iran yesterday, launched 6 missiles toward U.S. military bases in Qatar
#Iran said this is not a “tit-for-tat” when asked about it by a reporter. Iran is defending itself against the aggressive attacks by #Israel & #U.S
youtube.com/shorts/gZS2-...
#Iran said this is not a “tit-for-tat” when asked about it by a reporter. Iran is defending itself against the aggressive attacks by #Israel & #U.S
youtube.com/shorts/gZS2-...
Iran launches six missiles toward US military bases in Qatar
YouTube video by TRT World
youtube.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
IRAN, in response to the unprovoked U.S. bombing in Iran yesterday, launched 6 missiles toward U.S. military bases in Qatar
#Iran said this is not a “tit-for-tat” when asked about it by a reporter. Iran is defending itself against the aggressive attacks by #Israel & #U.S
youtube.com/shorts/gZS2-...
#Iran said this is not a “tit-for-tat” when asked about it by a reporter. Iran is defending itself against the aggressive attacks by #Israel & #U.S
youtube.com/shorts/gZS2-...
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REMINDER: There are still hundreds of people jailed in El Salvador who never got due process.
June 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
REMINDER: There are still hundreds of people jailed in El Salvador who never got due process.
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I have a lot of respect for tomatoes but they don't belong on a sandwich of any kind. But you can't say that in today's society
June 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I have a lot of respect for tomatoes but they don't belong on a sandwich of any kind. But you can't say that in today's society
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5 Sensory Experiences of Prison. A writer shares what he sees, hears, smells, touches and tastes.
5 Sensory Experiences of Prison
Living in my Delaware prison is a sensory experience. Here is what I see, hear, smell, touch and taste.
prisonjournalismproject.org
June 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
5 Sensory Experiences of Prison. A writer shares what he sees, hears, smells, touches and tastes.
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