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catawba blueberries, painted by james marion shull, 1940

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The office of JD Vance, who once extolled the need to protect the freshwater of the Great Lakes, didn’t respond to questions from ProPublica about how the Trump administration’s cuts have affected Great Lakes research.

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eagle strawberries, painted by royal charles steadman, 1916

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House Republicans smuggled this👇attack on the federal judiciary into their reconciliation bill. Courts rarely require plaintiffs to post security, so this provision, if passed into law, would render a vast number of existing judgments—including Boasberg's contempt order—effectively unenforceable.

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I do not have language for how angry I am. It's just a long, wordless howl of rage. Cis people, understand what's at stake here: this is trans genocide. They are trying to murder us.

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skeels pippin apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1898

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linda avocados, painted by royal charles steadman, 1919

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Hey friends ! So here is the thing I keep telling folks we’re working on Here is a thread describing our why and our first steps Hope it helps and that we can grow it ( please hope it helps .. I now know so much more on government funding than I ever wanted to )

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duolingo recently declared they are now an AI-first company. well, here at The Museum of English Rural Life, we pride ourselves in being EI-first. EI EI O

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this is infrastructure.

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Cancer outcomes researcher here. Just want to note that cuts to cancer research (across NIH, CDC, ARHQ, even NSF) will slow down progress in therapeutics and care delivery (including cancer screening programs) & lead to more preventable deaths.

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people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future

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Sometimes I make service-y lists just for kicks. bookshop.org/lists/novels...

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I have eaten the potato salad that was left over from the catered work lunch and which you were probably saving for dinner Forgive me it was delicious so free and my boss ate my sandwich

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My boss is inflicting a homegrown AI written platform on us (he knows enough to be incredibly dangerous), but at least I was looking forward to work buying Zingerman’s for our lunch meeting to go over the development. But that motherfucker ATE MY GODDAMNED SANDWICH and didn’t even apologize.

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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

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No AI, this is a real photo taken by Percy’s engineering cameras of astronomical twilight on #Mars! You can see Deimos in the sky too. I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all. #astro #planetary

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Please use this image as the reply post to all dems who're trying to compromise right now. You have my blessing.

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ME IF I WERE A SENATOR: When did you graduate from clown school? TRUMP APPOINTEE: I... did not go to clown school. ME IF I WERE A SENATOR: So you're a self-trained clown?

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NEW — I’ve obtained audio of new acting FEMA head David Richardson threatening staff in an all hands meeting this morning. As first reported by Reuters, he told those who resisted change in the agency, “Don’t get in my way…I will run right over you.” Listen to the clip here:

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One of the single greatest line readings in all of Murder, She Wrote. Anne Meara was a treasure.

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I specifically told my brain last night that I am using a vacation day, so it should let me sleep in. Still awake before 5am.

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golden medal apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1927

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Cutbacks have gutted the staff at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, who work to protect the public from toxic algal blooms. Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing samples, such as filters and containers.

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Want to feel old? Just close your eyes. Breathe in…then exhale through the rasp and challenge of your lungs. Feel the weight of your aging body. Truly exist inside your drying skin and weakening bones and failing meat sack. Let the experience of time ravaging your very existence roll through you.

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May we become a nation worthy of Rumeysa Ozturk's faith.

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My love of reading is strongly link to this man…

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stephens rare ripe peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1911

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Pocket #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/99922

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Looks like the new Holy Father isn't a fan of JD Vance.

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Someday, I will have a wall filled with prints of these.

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king tangors, painted by elsie e. lower, 1911

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living through 2025 and having to wake up, go to work, handle responsibilities etc feels like this

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Even if you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d still need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented. His argument fails even on its own terms.

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Wanna see something cool? At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is. The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥

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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

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greenwood cherries, painted by royal charles steadman, 1926

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hollandberry admirable apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1913

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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down

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I think about this every day

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#MedicareForAll matters because every single American's health matters.

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White people, you do not know how BIG a deal this is. It is as if they just arrested MLK! Time to snatch off our collective wigs! baptistnews.com/article/will...

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A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here

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Whenever yall ask how these ppl today would treat Martin Luther king? I say look how they treat Rev barber. Most of the left has never heard of him and doesn't amplify the message of the poor ppls campaign, and the right would do everything in their power to keep it that way

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