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We are and will be, odds are, on the wrong side of nearly everything for a while. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/w...

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Could someone out there write a definitive guide on convenient alternatives to using Amazon.com for goods and books and whatnot? Asking for some folks who don’t want to see democracy die in darkness.

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A serious proposal: If the Trump administration is going to neglect and eliminate entire US Government functions, Democrats should select a full shadow cabinet to fill the void. Send an alt SecState to the G20, have an alt CDC Director let us know what’s really going on with Bird Flu and TB, etc.

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...

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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.

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“I don’t understand what produce in the Central Valley has to do with fires in LA” this is the subject of one of the most famous movies ever made, in which it is explained to Jack Nicholson at length by the director of The Maltese Falcon

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👋 Hey, journalists, how's your digital security looking for 2025? Track your progress with our checklist.

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200 years, magnificent. youtu.be/il4N9v92T50 Well done, Larry Weinstein.

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Please remember that President Carter appointed more minorities and women to the bench than all previous presidents combined. He was the first President to embrace the concept of bringing racial diversity to the federal bench. A key aspect of his legacy. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...

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President, humanitarian, strike thrower

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There’s a reason the 39th president is still revered by former Soviet dissidents. foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/29/j...

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Jimmy Carter Dies at 100 www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

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“Since 2005, more than 3,200 print newspapers have vanished. Newspapers continue to disappear at a rate of > 2 per week … In our 2022 report, the State of Local News Project predicted that by the end of 2025, the US wld have lost 1/3 of its print newspapers over the past 2 decades.“ 10/23/24 1/

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I don't think Ben Taub is on here but his New Yorker piece on The Assad Files will always stick with me. (And horray, for the ability to easily post links to deeply reported journalism!) www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

submitted 77 days ago • 19 comments

Such an important part of our history. Even in our worst moments, people of courage show us the path forward.

submitted 77 days ago • 82 comments

I have a lot to say about RFK, Jr., for sure. He has bits of genius, no doubt. He was the gateway drug to Trumpism for a lot of people I know. This article is part of the reason we very much need a competent and methodical NIH and CDC. It is hard, not easy. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/h...

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“There are just two major pacts governing nuclear weapons in the cosmos, both of which predate Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon,” W.J. Hennigan writes. Decades later, are they enough to protect against a new space Cold War? nyti.ms/4imfWsG

submitted 79 days ago • 10 comments

“South Koreans Defy Biden’s Man in Seoul” Veteran journalist @timshorrock.bsky.social, who has been reporting on the Korean peninsula since the 1970s, breaks down the insane events of the past few days. Story at @dropsitenews.com www.dropsitenews.com/p/south-kore...

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When the United States and Israel decided they had to win all their wars, large and small, when they couldn't even lose battles with an eye to the long term, they ratcheted up body counts in ways neither of our countries are remotely psychologically ready to face. www.nytimes.com/card/2024/11...

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From the world of Chess, in 2024. A fascinating story imbued with issues of mental health, confidence, 'sports'-psychology, and symbolic competition between Asian great powers. via: NYT Dylan Loeb McClain (unpaywalled "Gift" link) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/s...

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