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Kula Shaker, with their album K (1996). #MusicSky

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Who in his right mind will go to DC on June 14th to watch Trump's military parade? It started as silly aggrandizement and waste of money. But after seeing the National Guard deployment in LA it is clear that the parade is to intimidate us, not America's enemies abroad.

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I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple. Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.

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The Black Crowes, with Shake Your Money Maker (1992). #MusicSky

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Up the Bracket (2002) was the debut album of the Libertines. #MusicSky

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Summerteeth (1999) is my favorite Wilco album. #MusicSky

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If you wonder why Trump has an axe to grind with Harvard.

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In 2023, a record marine heatwave in the North Atlantic, caused by weak winds and a shallow mixed layer, led to severe weather across Europe and beyond. Exacerbated by climate change and reduced ship emissions, this heatwave is a warning for future extreme weather. 🌊🧪

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A much younger Sting, with The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (1985).The song Russians captured the mood of the final years of the Cold War. #MusicSky

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Mono Lake weird growths for #WackyWednesdayArt, #JuneSea #growth & #AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWacky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #MobilePhotography #ArtYear

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St Vincent, with Actor (2009). #MusicSky

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Annie Lennox, with Diva (1992). #MusicSky

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Mount Etna produced a spectacularly explosive eruption Monday, sending a ripple of reddish clouds down from the southeast summit of Europe's highest active volcano.

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