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Joanie Labine was the first female DJ at the Whisky A Go-Go in L.A. in 1964. She played records in a suspended booth next to the stage and danced along to the music. Club goers thought it was part of the show, which resulted in the popularity of go-go dancing.

Almost time for the hummingbirds to return They've made it up to ~NYC. Likely will start to see a few sightings in SNE by end of this week

BOSTON (AP) — Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard after university defies its demands over campus protests.

Wisconsin's capital city's municipal clerk has resigned amid investigations into how she failed to count nearly 200 ballots in November's elections.

Emily Ratajkowski criticizes the Blue Origin space launch in new video: “You are going up in a space ship that is built and paid for by a company that is single-handedly destroying the planet.”

🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: “russia attacked over 1,700 schools, ki##ed more than 600 children, and hit 780 medical facilities. We’ve lost 13,000 civilians, and as many as 100,000 of our soldiers. We are paying the highest price possible”

Everything was going smoothly until the VP's klutzy fumble.

She's still going to make an astronaut song

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A fun anecdote I enjoy sharing is that the first workplace I ever had where pronouns were permitted and encouraged was because our CFO was French Canadian and had a name that is traditionally male but in recent decades almost universally female and he was sick of people wrongly assuming his gender

Harvard University: “We have informed the [Trump Administration] through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 view.hu.harvard.edu?qs=351b45ebf...

Do you know who started the first food truck?

Yesterday’s missile strike on Sumy is beyond forgiveness. Ukrainian artillery sent a few clear messages to the russians because every crime against our civilians would be answered by our military. For Sumy. For Kryvyi Rih. For every Ukrainian city scarred by russian aggression.

Stephen Miller then says that bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US would be tantamount to “kidnapping a citizen of El Salvador and fly[ing] him back here”

Her brain must be cooked...

The death tall following the russian missile attack on the downtown of Sumy yesterday has risen to 35. Among the deceased are 11-year-old and 17-year-old boys. Additionally, 117 people were injured, including 15 children.

War

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today ~ Jevons... "China will allow the construction of new coal power plants through at least 2027..." e360.yale.edu/digest/china...

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot called on the European Union to impose the toughest sanctions against Russia "to suffocate its economy and prevent it from fuelling its war effort" "This weekend,the horror in Ukraine reached its climax with the Palm Sunday massacre…

Led by the U.K. and Germany, the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) has committed to an extraordinary wave of new military aid packages for Kyiv, collectively valued at over €21 billion ($23.8 billion).

Preparing ID documents, fleeing abroad, and medical backup plans. "We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe." Families are in survival mode as the Trump White House uses the full weight of the federal government to go after trans kids. These are their stories.

We focus on oil and gas emissions but the atmosphere doesn't care where the methane comes from and there are plenty of sources these days. Here is a landfill in Florida that Carbon Mapper found. Just pumping out the methane. #methaneemergency

Pure hope

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROJECTS FOR THE COMMODORE 64 (Source.)

Last evening, lawyers for the Department of Justice told a federal court that the administration does not believe it has a legal obligation to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States, despite a court order to do so.

"I was wrong; I now believe that supporting Ukraine is 'America First.'"- Mark Burns The ongoing support for Ukraine reminds me of those movie devices that won't work unless filled with blood to a certain level.

“There is no denying that the biggest challenge of our era is the #ClimateEmergency. It will trigger difficult conversations about where investment is focussed & approaches that may need to be taken in areas with limited properties & fewer economic benefits" - Clare Pillman, Chief Executive at NRW

Governor Shapiro and his family were EXTREMELY lucky. This is ghastly.

Charoset, a paste made of ground apples, is found on the Passover seder plate to remind us of the mortar used by the Israelites when they were slaves in Egypt. Let's remember farm workers who do the hard work so we have apples on our tables. #WeFeedYou

A Wall Street Journal columnist placed his bets on a future Trump impeachment after the president’s chaotic tariff rollout sent markets spiraling last week.

Before DNA-genealogy, cops had a 8000-potential-suspect list for the 13 murders, 51 rapes, 120 burglaries committed by the ONE man btwn 1974-86; dubbed the Visalia Ransacker, East Area Rapist, Original Night Stalker and Golden State Killer. Ex-cop/fmr-military Joe D’Angelo was NOT among those 8000.

BREAKING: The helicopter tour company that operated the sightseeing chopper that broke apart in New York, killing 6, is ceasing operations, the FAA says.

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This morning wind is the largest source of electricity and fossil fuels below 9% in the UK. Please share and spread the good news! via grid.iamkate.com

One little-known company has made billions running detention camps for asylum-seekers at the border. It's now repurposing its tents to hold some of the thousands of people arrested by ICE and facing deportation. By @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro