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Spring has sprung. A season of renewal and something hopeful.

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This just in: Netflix's Reed Hastings has donated $50 million to Bowdoin College to study the risks and consequences of A.I. “We have a moral imperative, as educators, to take this on, to confront A.I," Safa Zaki, the president of Bowdoin College, told me. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/t...

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I think the world has USA fatigue.

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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

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Everyone should be screaming like this! More of this, now please!

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I’ve introduced many students to her work.

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Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety. This won’t go well—we love our parks.

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Been working all day….Did I miss anything?

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Nice

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“Each new piece is an internal journey, a sort of enigma that asks to be solved," the artist says.

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Yes please.

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The world’s richest man who no one elected just walked into the US Treasury, stole your Social Security number, and Trump let him. You deserve to know why this is happening - call your member of Congress and Senators (202) 224-3121 and ask why.

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Ford didn’t have a “mandate” to announce his US booze ban, so why is he saying the election is to give him one? His translucent excuse offers us a way to look back on his six years of doing dubious things without a “mandate”. My @thestar.com column.

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I never thought in 2025 we would be dealing with fascists who have the ear of the president. Elon Musk is wrong. There is no such thing as "getting over" the guilt of mass murder. On Holocaust Remembrance Day we say Never Again. And we commit to never forgot.

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Feminism is NOT Man-hating. Rather it fights the system of patriarchy. Women have no rights in this kind of society. We aren't allowed agency. Feminism fights for an egalitarian society. Everyone w the SAME rights. We fought hard for what we have now. Not over. Not going back. I fight for us all.

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One of my students started addressing me as ‘bestie’. It’s a little disconcerting.

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Relatable. Work by Jean Jullien

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Don’t want to be an alarmist, but is today the last day of American democracy as we know it

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(AFP) – The last two years exceeded on average a critical warming limit for the first time as global temperatures soar "beyond what modern humans have ever experienced", an EU agency said Friday. www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

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Good morning. ☕️🎅🏻🎄

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Our annual worshipping of Michael Johansson’s Christmas trees. michaeljohansson.com

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I’m thrilled and honoured to have this illustration recognized and chosen for the Society of Illustrators annual exhibition and book. Huge thank you to my AD Kathleen Oudit, and also to this year’s jury at SOI.

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Today is Krampusnacht.

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My work recently licensed by RPRA (Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority) for use on their latest strategic report. . Good to see a government initiative take a chance on using illustration for this material. #illustration #thomsevalrud #strategicplan