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A SENSE OF WONDER I’m in my 60s. I’ve seen a lot. [Read the image or alt text] Please, don’t give up your sense of wonder. It's an act of resistance against the current political culture. Yes, it’s hard. It makes the tragedies more painful, but it also brings joy. And we all need that.

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Dear Mr. Clegg I have started a business, selling the contents of your house I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house Without this access my company will not be profitable Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree Please advise how I should proceed

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At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...

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This is the most Chicago editors note ever

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In a move that raises very serious First Amendment issues, ICE executed a major splashy operation in California aiming to arrest a guy for posting fliers with names, pictures, and apparent phone numbers for ICE HSI agents. I am struggling to think what possible law posting that info could violate.

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#MomSky Keep Reposting

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Need an excuse to buy more books? Now you have one! Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day! Show your favorite indie some love.

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Spoiler-ish thoughts on Andor S02 ep1-3 I was writing a story where I needed the MC to go away so other characters could advance the plot. I think the Andor writers had that problem: He had to do something big at the start & end. But in between, he had to go away so they could set up other pieces.

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🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees: Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and… 1. Download your NSF award letters. 2. Print PDF your annual reports. 3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports. NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov

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POPE WARS: 1 The Papal Menace 2 Attack of the Vatican 3 Revenge of the Crusades 4 A New Pope 5 The Eastern Orthodox Strikes Back 6 The Return of the Jesuit 7 The Lutherans Awaken 8 The Last Cathari 9 The Rise of Anglicans

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one of the most accurate memes out there

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Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

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I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

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Elon Musk has been a walking SEC violation for a decade and no one cared. The entire Trump era could have been avoided if the US took white collar crime anywhere near as seriously as it does low level drug crime.

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Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant

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While you’re committing to #BuyCanadian, please don’t forget that Shopify is a shockingly evil company 😡

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Ad seen in London

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Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help? Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together. Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵 Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙

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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:

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One of the many things that Americans don't get about other countries is that patriotism doesn't mean being loud or in your face. After 25 years, "Joe the Canadian" is back with another message. "Canada is not the 51st ANYTHING!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...

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Here’s the official NRCC account referring to @repespaillat.bsky.social—a member of Congress since 2017, @hispaniccaucus.bsky.social chair, and NATURALIZED US CITIZEN—as an “illegal immigrant.” If you are non-white, they simply do not see you as a “real” American.

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journos, a story you might want to look into, re: a trans woman who has been a thorn in the side of cops for a long time who now seems to be experiencing retaliation to the point that authorities periodically won’t even tell her lawyers where she is or when she’ll be arraigned?

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The U.S. government has put up a submission form for reporting schools who teach kids about “DEI.” It accepts file uploads. Internet, you know what to do enddei.ed.gov

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If any Hugo Awards voters enjoyed Lower Decks, it would be very cool to get a nod! Thank you for your consideration. This is our entire campaign. 🖖

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Guess he’s right. Imitation is the highest form of flattery. 🥴

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If RFK wants to meaningfully decrease rates of depression, he can support paid family and maternity leave, equal pay for women, universal healthcare, and fully funded public schools. Stigmatizing medication that treats the mental impact of a country that devalues your existence won’t cut it.

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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?

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Kind of delicious that after all that it turns out the humanities are load bearing for the republic and we’re all going to die because a bunch of bros never bothered to take a history class

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The furthest north I’ve been: Either Edinburgh, Scotland or Edmonton, Canada The furthest south I’ve been: Not sure. I think Wellington, New Zealand is south of Cape Town, South Africa. The furthest east/west I’ve been: I’ve circumnavigated the globe in both directions. quote with yours! 🌍🌎🌏

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