“We’re not savage. We’re not animals. We’re not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.” —Bad Bunny
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“We’re not savage. We’re not animals. We’re not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.” —Bad Bunny
Election law experts are questioning the legality of the FBI’s unprecedented seizure of 2020 election ballots in Fulton County, Ga. in a raid that has further inflamed fears of federal interference in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
refuse silence when you can still sing
—Diana Di Prima
“Secretary Kennedy's vaccine policy will ruin more than just Americans' health -- it'll ruin our economic security.”
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...
Just how many scientists have abandoned careers in the United States may not emerge for years. ... “There have definitely been some cuts and delays in getting funded,” one chemist says. But “what we’re more seeing is the toll of the uncertainty.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
How Trump has used his office as President of the United States to pocket $1.4B
That's some grift » www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
#giftlink
Not funny.
“Billy Long, Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Iceland, joked with lawmakers this week that Iceland will become the 52nd U.S. state (it remains unclear, which country Long suggests will become the 51st state) and that he would serve as its governor.”
www.arctictoday.com/trumps-icela...
We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Surprising Study Finds www.sciencealert.com/we-emit-a-vi...
“If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve, there should now be none.” —Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina and member of the Banking Committee
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
“Enough is enough. No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation,” he said this week, calling Trump’s comments “entirely unacceptable”. —Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland
#giftlink
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
I keep thinking of you @joellemunch.bsky.social and your close encounter -- could have so easily gone the other way 🙏🕯️ so glad you're okay
In case you were wondering (I was) ⏺️ apastyle.apa.org/blog/music-a...
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Yes: This is worrying
“Greenland is not for sale,” Jacob Isbosethsen, head of representation of Greenland to the U.S. and Canada, said. “I think our Prime Minister and our Foreign Minister have made it very, very clear. Our country belongs to the Greenlandic people.”
thehill.com/homenews/568...
Happy New Year, P2 💛
«There is not much, if anything, Secretary Kennedy has done well in 2025. ...
To understand the magnitude of the damage Secretary Kennedy has done, one must first appreciate what we once had: global leadership.»
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...
Jackson Hole Airport pulled out all the stops to obtain a DarkSky certification, ... but the biggest difference the average traveler will notice is how many more stars are visible in the skies above and around the airport. »
Just improvised chilaquiles for the first time ever and it did not suck
A huge congratulations to my fellow grant and award winners, and deep deep gratitude to @penamerica.bsky.social 💛🙏
PEN America mourns the death of Tom Stoppard, one of the world's most influential playwrights and a tenacious defender of free expression.
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
Those cameras had no viewfinders. And since they were attached to the spacesuit, the astronauts had to learn to point the cameras with their bodies: picture-making as a kind of dance.”
#giftlink #astrophotography
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“They used custom Hasselblad cameras, functional in extreme temperatures, with extra-large buttons you could push even through a moonsuit glove.
“The discovery, published this week in Scientific Reports, is the first instance of an animal being described based on remains found in fossilized vomit.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
“Until we have real data, people making policy haven't got a clue what to rely on. They grasp at straws. This is one of the most outlandish straws that one could grasp at.” www.thehandbasket.co/p/wh-inflati...
(yeah I've considered it for the title of the book but the thing is -- he didn't)
I kinda love that a 45 single (VG+) of my dad's 1965 release is selling for sixty-freaking-dollars on the Discogs used vinyl marketplace 💛
www.discogs.com/sell/item/27...
Who receives SNAP? children 39% over 60 20% disabled adults under 60 9% full time caregivers 7%
Children are the largest recipients of SNAP benefits. Also: Seniors, the disabled and the folks who care for them. Because that's what civilized countries do: Support their citizens when they need support and ensure they can live with dignity
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
