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The US ends lifesaving food aid for millions in 14 countries, including Syria, Afghanistan, & Yemen. The World Food Program calls it a ‘death sentence’ These life-saving programs, some of the last humanitarian aid to these countries, were being canceled “for the convenience of the US Government”

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The latest on views of women in the workforce and women who stay at home to focus on family, from @pewresearch.org’s Religious Landscape Study (RLS).

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When David Brooks joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won, Brooks writes.

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I think the late nineteenth century manual labor job I could do is "bartender cowering behind the bar during a cowboy brawl"

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Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

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happy 30th birthday to A Goofy Movie which debuted April 7 1995, half a year behind schedule due to a single pixel on a single monitor

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"The U.S. Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the U.S. off the street and remove him from the country without due process. The Government’s contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable."

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Why Laurie's #WhiteLotus monologue was profoundly sad -- not profound.

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This is high art

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If you’re a North Carolinian, you can check whether your name or the names of anyone you know is on the list of the 65K voters whose votes may be tossed. You could have an opportunity to fix it if so. thegriffinlist.com

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Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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This is a real image. That's Europa at lower left, and the shadow of Io centre right. And the Great Red Spot is their backdrop.

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A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

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In a shift, American women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman. As one researcher told Stephanie H. Murray, “understanding the dynamics of these couples is key to understanding the future of marriage”: https://theatln.tc/MTCP3Ef0

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France, the country of true justice

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Just saw my book, “White Too Long” was purged from the US Naval Academy library. Listed along w/ 380 other books from @antheabutler.bsky.social , @michaelericdyson.bsky.social , @revjimwallis.bsky.social , Bryan Massingale, and others. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Maybe take up knitting?

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Painted in broad areas of colour partly derived from Japanese prints, Augustin Rouart's picture from 1946 uses a calm neutral palette that conveys an idea of tranquillity, peace, an imaginary dream world - the painting depicts Rouart's daughter at the family's apartment in Paris.

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Bread and Circuses

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with apologies to @xkcd.com

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Just realized my Irish cheddar about to go boom

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Good news in NYC. Already among the safest big US cities, in the first 3 months of 2025 we had only 63 murders, the 2nd fewest ever recorded. And 140 shootings, the fewest since NYPD stats started in 1994. On the subway system crime fell 18% and nobody was killed for the first time since 2018.

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The police at Florida Atlantic University are the first in the nation to partner with ICE. That means they can interrogate and detain students they suspect of being undocumented. Here’s our @nbcmiami.com report. www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/f...

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Yesterday, TX Rep. Keith Self (R) quoted Nazi Joseph Goebbels on controlling public opinion🤬 Using Nazi propaganda is more than vile; it’s a flashing red siren. This is how democracy dies: not with a bang, but with silence in the face of fascist rot. America, do not be silent. Call out evil.

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Divinity scholars, why aren’t you bringing this kind of energy to your work?

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You're all talking about Hyrule instead of he who rules on high

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22 weeks apart.

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Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love's sake.

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I want to steal* this for the church sign *borrow