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"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." #OTD in 1892. Oscar Wilde's comedy Lady Windermere's Fan is premièred at St James's Theatre in London, starring Winifred Emery and Marion Terry. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Wi... At PG: gutenberg.org/ebooks/790 #books #literature #theatre

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#NoKingsDay was only the beginning! Start planning for 50501’s next nationwide day of protests - March 4th For Democracy!! 💙🤍❤️‍🩹 Flyer template + more resources for organizing a demonstration: FiftyFifty.one #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy #NoKings @polrev.bsky.social

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"There are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion; and what remains but to take it ready-made from others, instead of forming opinions for himself?" ~Arthur Schopenhauer, born #OTD in 1788 Schopenhauer at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature #philosophy

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‘My paedophile letters’: French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 patients, mostly children

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Donald Trump just fired a well-respected General who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And his Administration announced they’re replacing other officers, too. The purge of people of stature and independence goes on.

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"I know that Beauty must ail and die, And will be born again, — but ah, to see Beauty stiffened, staring up at the sky! Oh, Autumn! Autumn! — What is the Spring to me?" Second April (1921) ~Edna St. Vincent Millay, born #OTD in 1892. At PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

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When these inaccuracies were first found, they could be called "mistakes." When DOGE took efforts to cover them up, they can no longer be considered "mistakes."

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Migrants deported from the US were locked in a hotel and held at a remote camp in Panama, lawyers say: cnn.it/3X7LGbZ

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Waste Land to a Scream: A Gay Science Novel - 001 1. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Nietzsche 27 July, 1914 - London open.substack.com/pub/stirling...

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The transmission grid is key. Conductors are key. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHUJ...

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Trump's illegal NIH cuts mean cancer researchers would be laid off, sick kids going without treatment, and more. These cuts would be DEVASTATING for lifesaving research. Some Republicans have said they agree—but they just blocked my amendment to reverse Trump's NIH cuts anyway.

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Out in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social Can people tell true from false news? Yes! Our meta-analysis shows that people rate true news as more accurate than false news (d = 1.12) and were better at spotting false news than at recognizing true news (d = 0.32). www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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There is natural climate change, and the difference between what we see and what should be is artificial climate change. Artificial climate change is much smaller, but it happens very rapidly. This is why we need to get to carbon neutral. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA78...

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This is what real losses look like. 2020 was a dangerous year - this year not so much. When we start talking about 1000s in the DJIA, it will get serious.

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All the instruments are flashing 🔴 We are heading for a catastrophic crash. No one is hitting the brakes It's all business-as-usual There is no urgency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency Graphic by @edhawkins.org ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

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If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money. That starts with banning super PAC donations in Dem primaries. There’s no way the party can speak for the majority of working people in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.

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Eating a pint of Rocky Road and mouthing off on Bluesky does not qualify as a revolutionary act. Nonviolent revolution is making strides; violent revolution, to date, has not. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_R...

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Trolling has gone from an occasionally used tool on the right to a unifying touchstone of an entire political faction. "Call it a coalition of the crass," writes @alibreland.bsky.social.

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Vincent van Gogh, Bank of the Oise at Auvers, 1890

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Staff of NSF’s Human-Environment & Geographical Sciences program terminated. Anti-intellectual vengeance against geographers. And, perhaps, against Tim Walz, high school geography teacher & advocate, in particular.

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This is genuinely fucking hysterical bc 1) Adams is making similar, albeit specious, claims in his own case and 2) Adams says he's not getting any really sensitive information.

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As The New Yorker turns 100, its art editor Françoise Mouly says the magazine's distinctive covers are meant to give readers "a sense of what's going on in the world, but not through words."

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"We are getting lots of calls about Musk and lots of calls thanking me for sticking up for Ukraine..." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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In our latest review, we explore 12 deep-learning tools for metagenomic analysis, covering their strengths, limitations, and key applications. We hope it serves as both a resource and inspiration for new ways to analyze metagenomic data. Great work by Eli Levy Karin! 📄 doi.org/10.1093/nsr/...

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I don't know who needs this information, but Van Gogh's "Olive Trees" has returned to the MIA after yea these many months. I could have sat in front of it all day.

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It's been a crazy week – and Donald Trump is trying to silence journalists who stand up to him. It’s working. Here's the most important thing you missed: youtu.be/4Ch2t4ffc0o?...

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President Trump's executive order that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, is disrupting the lives of some trans, nonbinary and intersex people applying for passports.

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You do not want to violently overthrow the US Government. You just want to say that you do and throw a tantrum. There is a wide difference between these two. A violent revolution entails blood. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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No one is coming to save you.

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Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had his first court appearance since he was arraigned in December on charges including murder as an act of terrorism.

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What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?

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Republicans aim to extend a $684 billion tax break that benefits many of them

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Todd Blanche, Trump’s criminal defense lawyer, promised he would follow the advice of career ethics officials at the Department of Justice. Then they fired the career ethics officials. Piece by piece they are destroying the Justice Dept. And any hope of justice along with it.

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Brand-name prescription drugs invented in America cost more than twice as much in the U.S. as in Canada. Americans deserve better. This week, I introduced bipartisan legislation to save Americans money by allowing them to import their medications from pharmacies in Canada.

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All spiders are venomous predators. Collectively, they eat at least half a billion pounds of meat per year, more than the amount consumed by human beings.

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March 4th For Democracy!! 🚨 Get more info, resources, or find a protest: fiftyfifty.one (check back next week for protest listings). 50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement. #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy @polrev.bsky.social FAQs + talking points + other ways to act next. 🪡🧵

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