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Good idea, and Chris Matthews.

US refuses to label Russia as aggressor in G7 statement Washington’s shift in policy threatens to undermine the G7’s traditional display of unity, the report adds. www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/ft-us-refuse...

A prayer: Beings are numberless, I vow to save them. Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them. Dharma gates are boundless, I vow to enter them. Buddha's way is unsurpassable, I vow to become it. – San Francisco Zen Center, Beginner’s Mind Temple Dedication www.sfzc.org/calendar/eve...

Well I see things are going well 😬

Great to be back at UChicago Institute of Politics tonight. Tune in.

“Damn it, DEI again!”

Donald Trump pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers https://www.ft.com/content/3f951e0b-a9cb-489a-be89-fdf9f996ed27

@malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social

"On Tuesday, a bipartisan coalition of civil society groups, journalists, archivists, librarians, and concerned citizens, sent a letter to President Donald Trump protesting both the unwarranted firing of the archivist of the United States." freedom.press/the-classifi...

"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office." www.ap.org/the-definiti...

"Since President Trump began his political career in 2015, the number of media and defamation lawsuits involving him or his businesses as either the plaintiff or defendant quadrupled..." - Kerry Flynn, Axios www.axios.com/2025/02/08/t...

"Remember that underneath what we're furious about is what we care about, that our deepest feeling in this moment isn't necessarily anger, but protectiveness for what we love that may feel like fury. And that love is very, very powerful." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the CDC but then abruptly vanished.

It kind of feels like 1971 “men, men, men, it’s a ship all full of men…” youtu.be/2lCaIZE7Wuo

Breaking NYT: The Trump admin will reduce the number of workers at USAID from more than 10,000 to only about 290 positions. USAID officials were also told that about 800 awards and contracts administered through the agency were being canceled. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

We Are Not Who They Think We Are: How Human Nature Matters In This Emergency meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/we-are-not-w... @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

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If America thinks tariffs will crush the resolve of Canadians – they’re wrong. We will not roll over. BC is stepping up to do our part by: ❌ Pulling US liquor off shelves ❌ Excluding US products from government purchases

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

Ok we’re full up with TV doctors. No more TV doctors please.

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Time to fire up that AI chyron fact checker!

Hours before leaving office, Biden issues preemptive pardons to Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney and others to guard against Trump's promised "retribution." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...

Are you interested in U.S. legislative history? Newly-available complete dataset on all persons serving as legislators in the 50 state houses between 1900 and 2016: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

Monday morning we are entering a new chapter in this country's history and we are entering it together, with our friends and principles held close and our eyes wide open.

was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch

David Lynch, 1946-2025 "I like L.A. because of the light. The light makes me feel so good. It's really beautiful. And there's something about L.A. being so spread out that gives you a feeling of freedom. Light and freedom."

NEWS: More than 400 WashPost journalists - including some of its most distinguished reporters & editors - have sent plea to owner Jeff Bezos to intervene. This petition was sent last night and disclosed by NPR. While not citing CEO Will Lewis by name, it casts a harsh light on his leadership/more

I say, I say the DOJ has bad people Ms. Bondi

New: F.B.I. Failed to interview key Hegseth sources including the woman he paid a settlement to after she accused him of rape. GOP senators also declined to talk with her.

escape the inferno acrylic media on paper board

ok cam girls give up and stop following me. Hello bsky

Happy Sunday! Everything’s coming up roses 🌹

Art journal #abstraction

wut #art

Art in your inbox! markgould.substack.com

How the fuck is someone posting about shutting down the US government and having secret meetings with foreign and domestic enemies of the US keeping his huge government contracts to run our satellites and space program. Seems—what is the word?—bad.

I like the unbounded Paul Krugman podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...