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Former print journalist in the education field, I'm into music and guitar, current events, history, writing, songwriting, nature, spiritual exploration, chess and lots of other stuff. Pro-Constitution
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Persons on Medicaid can have trouble navigating paperwork & deadlines—I’ve seen this up close. The House billionaire tax cut bill takes advantage of that difficulty to reduce deserved benefits, as this article discusses.

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An important, eye opening article on a growing threat to human health. Fungi.

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Take a moment, and read... • Siegfried Sassoon •

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Important thread

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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

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I’m not Catholic but I’m behind the best of the church. (St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC)

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Artifacts of your immortal soul—not AI—are what we care about.

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Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.

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Cuts to public research and development would shrink the economy, a new study found. It would also reduce the tax base and the federal government’s revenue.

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Pause, and read... • Mary Oliver •

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Time for some “We All Are Harvard” tee shirts.

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“Truth has only to appear once, in one single mind, for it to be impossible for anything to prevent it from spreading universally and setting everything ablaze.” —Teilhard de Chardin (via Cynthia Bourgeault).

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Record wildfires Record heat Record melt Record floods Record droughts We can't solve this crisis if we keep expanding the problem. It's time to unplug fossil fuels and #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #go100re

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A room with a view. Georgia O’Keeffe’s bedroom windows in her house in Abiquiu, New Mexico. We visited this week.

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This is what we are fighting for. This what we are building. A reminder that there are objectively more of US than them! We have the numbers, they do not. Let that give you hope and strength 💪 Sign your card today :) #generalstrike #strongertogether

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It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.

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A prayer labyrinth in Abiquiu, NM. Let’s pray for the preservation of Nature’s wonders.

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Prophetic and tragic.

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“Take time to dance and sing.”

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This 👇

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The verdict on Paul Weiss.

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Reminder: If you’re sharing information, protect yourself. Documents and communications often contain hidden watermarks, intentional typos, odd punctuation, inconsistent spacing, or stylized phrasing—all designed to uniquely identify the source.

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I predict that what we will see tonight is a sick man. #trump

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How to build community. On a restaurant bulletin board in Ellsworth, Maine

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Media literacy is one of many literacies (democracy, climate) we need to brush up on.

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Fully resourcing our national parks means more people can enjoy views like this one (Acadia NP today).

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