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"Are they, finally, a result? Yes, the way a bud is a result before it breaks out in the splendid colors of the blossoms, fascinating and important as is everything that harbors a future." - R. Schumann
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I agree with Dryden's assessment. This is a terrific read.

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Our annual viewing of the Brutalist Easter Bunny in Jyväskylä, Finland. www3.jkl.fi/taidemuseo/v...

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I dream in my dream all the dreams of the other dreamers,

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They’re just a gang of thieves who want to ruin the property they’ve stolen and then sell it back to their victims.

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Roots of a lime tree that spreaded underneath the paving stones, uncovered in the course of their removal. For what reason is still unclear.

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Every day, but esp. today, a good day to choose not to be monetized by shameless art thief Mark Zuckerberg.

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210509 - Toshihiko Okuya

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Truly, it does not disappoint.

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Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/andrew-wyeth/not-detected-41

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Remember when Vice President Kamala Harris said she would lower grocery prices, help people buy their first home, and everyone got mad.

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James McNeill Whistler, Blue and Gold: The Rose Azalea, c.1890-95.

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Toad fell into the pond. He sank to the bottom and came up again.

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After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.

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NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —

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“She stayed in her seat and said she could not leave because ‘what they were doing was wrong.’” Lynn McFarland, age 80, standing up for undocumented kids in school www.wsmv.com/2025/04/02/c...

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you're making me dance insiiiiiide www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCT1...

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Simply fascinating, until the last graf: The Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut NASA’s science budget in half, eliminating future space telescope and other astrobiology projects. If that happens...“the search for life elsewhere would basically stop.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

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On Tuesday alone, judges in Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., issued orders barring immigration authorities from acting against students after the Trump administration canceled their legal basis for being in the U.S.. www.reuters.com/world/us/for...

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always a good time to give a bookish kid who thinks magic is cool the Earthsea books

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went thru the zone today. saw some weird rocks. the ordovician cliffs in mossy splendor, mullein a threat to the condo developments, progress & destruction

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USAID & cancer research & Meals on Wheels & Americorps & ... Unadulterated villainy.

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Connect the dots.

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Well, this was quite an afternoon.

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“In March, @stevelevitsky.bsky.social and fellow prof @ryanenos.bsky.social authored a letter, co-signed by 800 colleagues, calling on Harvard to defend itself and academic freedom more broadly by mounting ‘a coordinated opposition to anti-democratic attacks.’ Their pressure seems to have helped…”

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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

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I smell a cover-up

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I put a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination. He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech. Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin. So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.

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[clears throat, repeats]: never has Daniel Webster's successful defense of Dartmouth in front of SCOTUS against the arbitrary power of the state been more relevant than right now. home.dartmouth.edu/about/dartmo...

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And Rubio claims he can decide which university students are antisemitic

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The Trump administration is composed wholly of actual monsters: "Your parole will terminate 7 days from the date of this notice," the man read. "If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions."

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Does Vance have anything better to do with his time than post (No)

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"Our democracy is crumbling, and as allies, immigrants, and teachers who have a responsibility to protect our immigrant students, this moment demands we step up where our politicians have failed." In this op-ed, two teachers explain how they're trying to protect and advocate for their students. ⤵️

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Will sound hubristic, but something I'm really starting to enjoy about being in my fifties is how little tolerance I have now for nonsense, while my wisdom and my confidence in my hard-won values have grown. Want to lean into this!

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Happy 78th Birthday to the legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 🎂🎉🎈

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The things this window has seen. #WindowOnWednesday #WednesdayWindow #Calabria #EastCoastKin

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The green tree (lichen I think), Earlscourt Park

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Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/andrew-wyeth/not-detected-11

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UPDATE: It happened. In an 11:15 meeting, employees were told that the office has been eliminated and their positions will be terminated.

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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold administration in contempt of court for defying his order to turn around planes, demands new details in order for officials to “purge” their contempt. Details TK

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In new Economist/YouGov weekly track Trump's job approval is 42%-52%, down 16 pts (!!!!!) from week 1. And..... 18-29 33%-54% (-21) Hisp 25%-71% (-46) !!!!!!! Indies 32%-56% (-24)

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Reading Act I of Faust haha this slaps

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It’s Too Late was released April 16, 1971. “It’s Too Late” (cowritten with Toni Stern) was released April 16, 1971 Here is Carole King performing “It’s Too Late” Live on the 10th of February, 1971 with Danny Kortchmar for BBC. well.  #Music #RockNRoll #CaroleKing #ToniStern

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"Celebration" Choreographed by Martha Graham, 1937 by US photographer Barbara Morgan, known for her depictions of modern dancers #WomensArt

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