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I've decided I will not be participating in Standard Time this year. I can pretend during business hours but in this house we follow daylight time.
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I've decided I will not be participating in Standard Time this year. I can pretend during business hours but in this house we follow daylight time.
It’s kind of wild that the most tenacious problems the U.S. faces are all results of failing to hold powerful people responsible for their crimes.
August 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s kind of wild that the most tenacious problems the U.S. faces are all results of failing to hold powerful people responsible for their crimes.
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Interesting new research out in the British Journal of Criminology
Homicides in El Salvador rose when tough on crime policies were pursued, and fell when policies based on truces and negotiation with and between gangs were followed
academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
Homicides in El Salvador rose when tough on crime policies were pursued, and fell when policies based on truces and negotiation with and between gangs were followed
academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
Mano Dura v. Uneasy Peace in El Salvador: Effects of Tough-on-Crime and Gang Truce Policies in the Former Murder Capital of the World
Abstract. Until recently, El Salvador had one of the world’s highest homicide rates, largely driven by criminal groups. Since 2003, the government attempte
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July 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Interesting new research out in the British Journal of Criminology
Homicides in El Salvador rose when tough on crime policies were pursued, and fell when policies based on truces and negotiation with and between gangs were followed
academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
Homicides in El Salvador rose when tough on crime policies were pursued, and fell when policies based on truces and negotiation with and between gangs were followed
academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
As a progressive, I love the US like a failing sports team. I will watch the games religiously and I will never stop rooting for them, but I will also complain loudly, to anyone who will listen, that the manager needs to be immediately sacked.
July 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
As a progressive, I love the US like a failing sports team. I will watch the games religiously and I will never stop rooting for them, but I will also complain loudly, to anyone who will listen, that the manager needs to be immediately sacked.
Cuomo locks down the endorsement of the Sexual-Misconduct caucus within the Democratic Party .
Former President Bill Clinton is endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his former HUD secretary, as the Democratic establishment tries to attempt to ensure Zohran Mamdani does not win the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor
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June 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Cuomo locks down the endorsement of the Sexual-Misconduct caucus within the Democratic Party .
In a just world we deserve a treat not for being good enough, but by being the best version of ourselves at that moment.
-Dog who just stole a marinating steak from the kitchen counter.
-Dog who just stole a marinating steak from the kitchen counter.
May 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In a just world we deserve a treat not for being good enough, but by being the best version of ourselves at that moment.
-Dog who just stole a marinating steak from the kitchen counter.
-Dog who just stole a marinating steak from the kitchen counter.
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
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"We will be implementing a policy to reject all incoming publications".
The federal prison in Terre Haute, IN, seems to have a new ban on ALL mailed books.
We provide free books to people with otherwise limited options. Fears of drug-soaked paper now used to ban our books without recourse for us.
The federal prison in Terre Haute, IN, seems to have a new ban on ALL mailed books.
We provide free books to people with otherwise limited options. Fears of drug-soaked paper now used to ban our books without recourse for us.
May 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"We will be implementing a policy to reject all incoming publications".
The federal prison in Terre Haute, IN, seems to have a new ban on ALL mailed books.
We provide free books to people with otherwise limited options. Fears of drug-soaked paper now used to ban our books without recourse for us.
The federal prison in Terre Haute, IN, seems to have a new ban on ALL mailed books.
We provide free books to people with otherwise limited options. Fears of drug-soaked paper now used to ban our books without recourse for us.
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Happy bunny season!
May 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Happy bunny season!
Some photos from the Big Sur International Marathon this weekend.
April 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Some photos from the Big Sur International Marathon this weekend.
I’ve been feeling some major de ja vu this week.
April 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I’ve been feeling some major de ja vu this week.
My wife was smart enough to start stockpiling coffee. Sadly, my banana stockpile is not fairing nearly as well.
Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
April 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My wife was smart enough to start stockpiling coffee. Sadly, my banana stockpile is not fairing nearly as well.
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For #NationalDoctorsDay this year, instead of a paperweight or a gift card, I would appreciate a commitment from our leaders to work toward restoring our nation’s health infrastructure and focus on providing real care for Americans again. Please.
March 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
For #NationalDoctorsDay this year, instead of a paperweight or a gift card, I would appreciate a commitment from our leaders to work toward restoring our nation’s health infrastructure and focus on providing real care for Americans again. Please.
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All the homies hate bradford pears
March 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
All the homies hate bradford pears
Even worse than predicted: When Trump wildly overestimated the number of illegal immigrants during the campaign it wasn’t because he was making up numbers, but because he includes a broad swath of legal immigrants.
Homeland Security revokes temporary status for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
The Department of Homeland Security says it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about...
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March 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Even worse than predicted: When Trump wildly overestimated the number of illegal immigrants during the campaign it wasn’t because he was making up numbers, but because he includes a broad swath of legal immigrants.
Also, it was a war worth fighting. Some things are better than peace.
March 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Also, it was a war worth fighting. Some things are better than peace.
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Updated list of flippers from the dark side, it’s working!
March 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Updated list of flippers from the dark side, it’s working!
@schumer.senate.gov just resign already. It’s clear you aren’t up to the job. Make room for someone who is.
March 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
@schumer.senate.gov just resign already. It’s clear you aren’t up to the job. Make room for someone who is.
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Arab countries reject Gaza displacement as ethnic cleansing, but Israeli officials say they are working on plans to make it happen, and polls suggest most Israelis are open to the idea.
Moving Palestinians out of Gaza? Trump's idea takes on a life of its own in Israel
Arab countries reject Gaza displacement as ethnic cleansing, but Israeli officials say they are working on plans to make it happen, and polls suggest most Israelis are open to the idea.
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March 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Arab countries reject Gaza displacement as ethnic cleansing, but Israeli officials say they are working on plans to make it happen, and polls suggest most Israelis are open to the idea.
DOGE is just Elon Musk’s midlife crisis. Some people get a sports car. He assembles of team of tech children so he can pretend to be a youthful disrupter.
March 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE is just Elon Musk’s midlife crisis. Some people get a sports car. He assembles of team of tech children so he can pretend to be a youthful disrupter.
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As workers continue to struggle with the fallout of their abrupt firings, their union is jumping in to protect them.
Firings at the Forest Service Are Decimating an Already Understaffed Agency
As workers continue to struggle with the fallout of their abrupt firings, their union is jumping in to protect them.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As workers continue to struggle with the fallout of their abrupt firings, their union is jumping in to protect them.
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the American dream that with enough effort and guile anyone can slip through the diminishing crack in that sacrosanct door marked "opportunity" and immediately join their considerable gifts to those inside trying to shut it forever
February 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
the American dream that with enough effort and guile anyone can slip through the diminishing crack in that sacrosanct door marked "opportunity" and immediately join their considerable gifts to those inside trying to shut it forever