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JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Margaret Atwood cuts to the chase for a French audience.
La Grande Librairie on Instagram: "✍️"Chers amis : que puis-je dire de l’état du monde ?"
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👉La légendaire Margaret Atwood nous offre un texte inédit, lucide et percutant, sur le vertige de notre époq...
39K likes, 482 comments - lagrandelibrairie on November 20, 2025: "✍️"Chers amis : que puis-je dire de l’état du monde ?"
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👉La légendaire Margaret Atwood nous offre un texte inédit, lucide et percuta...
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January 31, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Margaret Atwood cuts to the chase for a French audience.
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Pretty sizable global health diplomacy story: Jeffrey Epstein helped plan and probably financed a high-level political event in Geneva on September 11-12, 2015 called "Preparing for Pandemics: Lessons Learned for More Effective Responses." It was attended by the biggest names in global health. 👇
January 31, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Pretty sizable global health diplomacy story: Jeffrey Epstein helped plan and probably financed a high-level political event in Geneva on September 11-12, 2015 called "Preparing for Pandemics: Lessons Learned for More Effective Responses." It was attended by the biggest names in global health. 👇
Happiness is Ethiopian leftovers. The Rendez-Vous gave me an extra injera.
January 31, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Happiness is Ethiopian leftovers. The Rendez-Vous gave me an extra injera.
The one thing I know for certain living for 62 years next to America, with a family history near the Niagara border, is that the spirit of the people and the country is unique and special. We need you. I need you. Please, don't surrender your beauty and goodness.
#Grateful
#Grateful
January 31, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The one thing I know for certain living for 62 years next to America, with a family history near the Niagara border, is that the spirit of the people and the country is unique and special. We need you. I need you. Please, don't surrender your beauty and goodness.
#Grateful
#Grateful
This is a war crime.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 31, 2026 at 5:31 PM
This is a war crime.
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Can Dündar will be speaking in Toronto at the Munk School about free speech under authoritarian rule on February 10th, 4pm ET. In person and online.
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/free-s...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/free-s...
Free Speech under Authoritarian Rule
munkschool.utoronto.ca
January 31, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Can Dündar will be speaking in Toronto at the Munk School about free speech under authoritarian rule on February 10th, 4pm ET. In person and online.
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/free-s...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/free-s...
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January 31, 2026 at 2:12 PM
today's tunes
Father John Misty - The Old Law (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Father John Misty
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 4:58 PM
today's tunes
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Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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I sometimes despair that the camera can never really capture just how amazing the natural world can be. But sometimes, just sometimes, the winter light hits those reeds and all those reflections pop... #birds #birdphotography #birding #photooftheday #photography #NatureIsAmazing
January 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM
I sometimes despair that the camera can never really capture just how amazing the natural world can be. But sometimes, just sometimes, the winter light hits those reeds and all those reflections pop... #birds #birdphotography #birding #photooftheday #photography #NatureIsAmazing
Reminded of this brilliant song this week
The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
YouTube video by ChemicalBrothersVEVO
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Reminded of this brilliant song this week
Love + Kindness + Ethiopian food
Rendez-Vous, Toronto
Rendez-Vous, Toronto
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Love + Kindness + Ethiopian food
Rendez-Vous, Toronto
Rendez-Vous, Toronto
I think of all the lawyers propping this up. The men and women working behind the scenes to silence independent voices.
January 30, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I think of all the lawyers propping this up. The men and women working behind the scenes to silence independent voices.
The loss of Catherine O'Hara is great. And she has left us so much. Some of her very best work — Schitt's Creek and The Studio — was done in the last decade. What a brilliant career. Rest in peace. Thanks for all the laughs.
January 30, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The loss of Catherine O'Hara is great. And she has left us so much. Some of her very best work — Schitt's Creek and The Studio — was done in the last decade. What a brilliant career. Rest in peace. Thanks for all the laughs.
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The King Oak - Sevenoaks, the Kingdom of Kent
The only one of the original ‘seven oaks’ to survive the hurricane of 1987.
The other six have since been replaced, so no longer the town of ‘Oneoak’
The only one of the original ‘seven oaks’ to survive the hurricane of 1987.
The other six have since been replaced, so no longer the town of ‘Oneoak’
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 AM
The King Oak - Sevenoaks, the Kingdom of Kent
The only one of the original ‘seven oaks’ to survive the hurricane of 1987.
The other six have since been replaced, so no longer the town of ‘Oneoak’
The only one of the original ‘seven oaks’ to survive the hurricane of 1987.
The other six have since been replaced, so no longer the town of ‘Oneoak’
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Moon Walk
Wilf Perreault
2020
Wilf Perreault
2020
January 30, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Moon Walk
Wilf Perreault
2020
Wilf Perreault
2020
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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the Senate rejected the DHS Appropriations bill! the people's momentum is its own kind of power.
here it is: some tips and scripts. (I may add more later.) if you have trouble accessing the Doc, let me know!
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
the Senate rejected the DHS Appropriations bill! the people's momentum is its own kind of power.
Still messing about and dreaming of June strawberries.
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Still messing about and dreaming of June strawberries.
It is wild watching the Washington Post be dismantled. I'm so proud of the freelance work I did with them. I learned so much from the exemplary team at Food and Voraciously. There are so many beloved recipes in my folder, many by Daniela Galarza. 1/
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
It is wild watching the Washington Post be dismantled. I'm so proud of the freelance work I did with them. I learned so much from the exemplary team at Food and Voraciously. There are so many beloved recipes in my folder, many by Daniela Galarza. 1/
Reminded of this beautiful song listening to a Derrick Gee interview with Fred Again.
Phosphorescent - Song For Zula
YouTube video by PhosphorescentVEVO
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Reminded of this beautiful song listening to a Derrick Gee interview with Fred Again.
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Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)