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I read. My goal is to learn everything. I design and make. I envy tetrachromats.
Mohammad Ali Dadfar, age 37 helped us fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. Last month he was grabbed by ICE. He is still in detention 26 days later.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/i...
coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/i...
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Mohammad Ali Dadfar, age 37 helped us fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. Last month he was grabbed by ICE. He is still in detention 26 days later.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/i...
coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/i...
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Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism, and poverty and saved the sight of millions of people.
In 1986, she invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment. It was patented in 1988. She was born #OTD in 1942. #WomenInSTEM
cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/b...
In 1986, she invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment. It was patented in 1988. She was born #OTD in 1942. #WomenInSTEM
cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/b...
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism, and poverty and saved the sight of millions of people.
In 1986, she invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment. It was patented in 1988. She was born #OTD in 1942. #WomenInSTEM
cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/b...
In 1986, she invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment. It was patented in 1988. She was born #OTD in 1942. #WomenInSTEM
cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/b...
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Whether you're concerned about your digital footprint or looking to safeguard your physical privacy, understanding where your personal address appears and how to obscure it is a crucial step. Here's what you need to know. #OptOutOctober
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Whether you're concerned about your digital footprint or looking to safeguard your physical privacy, understanding where your personal address appears and how to obscure it is a crucial step. Here's what you need to know. #OptOutOctober
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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I beg you, please watch. Why America is like this.
October 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I beg you, please watch. Why America is like this.
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“She became a living legend in Havana, her very presence a reminder that the empire’s reach was not infinite.”
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newsone.com/6494629/whit...
Assata Shakur Died Free. White America Will Never Forgive Her For It
Assata’s death is not just the end of a life. It is the reopening of a wound that white America never stopped scratching and Black America never stopped trying to heal.
newsone.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“She became a living legend in Havana, her very presence a reminder that the empire’s reach was not infinite.”
newsone.com/6494629/whit...
newsone.com/6494629/whit...
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Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793), French feminist, slavery abolistionist, writer of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791) due to the French revolutionary goverments failure to include women in its calls for liberty & freedom. She was guillotined in 1793 for political criticisim #WomensArt
September 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793), French feminist, slavery abolistionist, writer of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791) due to the French revolutionary goverments failure to include women in its calls for liberty & freedom. She was guillotined in 1793 for political criticisim #WomensArt
When nursing homes start closing and people die because there's no more Medicaid, who will the Trump voters blame?
July 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
When nursing homes start closing and people die because there's no more Medicaid, who will the Trump voters blame?
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Remember this: Hawley talked a good game for Missouri, but when it came time, he voted yes. Yes to taking food and healthcare away from his constituents. He listened to the needs of the people he represents, then CHOSE to betray them.
June 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Remember this: Hawley talked a good game for Missouri, but when it came time, he voted yes. Yes to taking food and healthcare away from his constituents. He listened to the needs of the people he represents, then CHOSE to betray them.
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Why did folks stop talking about grocery prices?
I just left the store and OMFG…
I just left the store and OMFG…
June 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Why did folks stop talking about grocery prices?
I just left the store and OMFG…
I just left the store and OMFG…
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If you’re documenting the ICE atrocities, make sure to back up your data.
Don’t assume it’s safe in the cloud or on social media.
Keep a copy (or multiple copies).
I also strongly recommend journaling what you witnessed by hand if possible.
Tell your story. The world is watching.
Don’t assume it’s safe in the cloud or on social media.
Keep a copy (or multiple copies).
I also strongly recommend journaling what you witnessed by hand if possible.
Tell your story. The world is watching.
June 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If you’re documenting the ICE atrocities, make sure to back up your data.
Don’t assume it’s safe in the cloud or on social media.
Keep a copy (or multiple copies).
I also strongly recommend journaling what you witnessed by hand if possible.
Tell your story. The world is watching.
Don’t assume it’s safe in the cloud or on social media.
Keep a copy (or multiple copies).
I also strongly recommend journaling what you witnessed by hand if possible.
Tell your story. The world is watching.
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(Should be) Self-Evident. Situations like that rarely fail to have ancillary costs. Far too often though, we fail to consider them. And it takes an article (Or two) like this to remind us.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
The USA has one of the highest rates of incarceration on Earth...at massive costs which go far beyond the budget. It plays a major role in keeping whole families poor. www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...
Researchers say the true cost of prisons and jails is higher than many realize
A new report tries to capture the true cost of incarceration to families of people behind bars. It found it costs them around $350 billion every year – almost four times the government's estimate for ...
www.npr.org
June 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
(Should be) Self-Evident. Situations like that rarely fail to have ancillary costs. Far too often though, we fail to consider them. And it takes an article (Or two) like this to remind us.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
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The Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) is the largest extant pinniped (walrus, seals, sea lions) & the largest in Order Carnivora.
Absorb the massive size of this one, who decided this home-owner in New Zealand won't be going to work today.
The extinct 'Pontolis magnus' was ~33% larger.
Absorb the massive size of this one, who decided this home-owner in New Zealand won't be going to work today.
The extinct 'Pontolis magnus' was ~33% larger.
June 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) is the largest extant pinniped (walrus, seals, sea lions) & the largest in Order Carnivora.
Absorb the massive size of this one, who decided this home-owner in New Zealand won't be going to work today.
The extinct 'Pontolis magnus' was ~33% larger.
Absorb the massive size of this one, who decided this home-owner in New Zealand won't be going to work today.
The extinct 'Pontolis magnus' was ~33% larger.
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@npr.org has been extremely brave in the face of MAGA authoritarianism. Their continued accuracy and unwillingness to pull punches has brought retribution from Mango Mussolini...and they are fighting back. www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House
NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.
www.npr.org
May 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@npr.org has been extremely brave in the face of MAGA authoritarianism. Their continued accuracy and unwillingness to pull punches has brought retribution from Mango Mussolini...and they are fighting back. www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
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Wherever you are, you can make a difference by calling your Senators NOW to oppose the Big BS Bill. Every one of them know they're called on to vote for something that's massively unpopular.
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.
May 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Wherever you are, you can make a difference by calling your Senators NOW to oppose the Big BS Bill. Every one of them know they're called on to vote for something that's massively unpopular.
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The South African president probably should’ve seen this coming.
The US president confronts his South African counterpart over violence inflicted on white farmers in his country, in an at-times heated White House meeting reminiscent of the February clash involving Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump clashes with Ramaphosa in another televised Oval Office stoush
The US president confronts his South African counterpart over violence inflicted on white farmers in his country, in an at-times heated White House meeting reminiscent of the February clash involving Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
www.abc.net.au
May 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The South African president probably should’ve seen this coming.
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Jane Ormes, contemporary UK printmaker based in Bristol #WomensArt
May 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Jane Ormes, contemporary UK printmaker based in Bristol #WomensArt
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No more tears.
We not scared.
Time to protect your communities.
We are not weak - we are soldiers.
Grab your quilt, wrap it around yourself and fight!
- you local radical quilt shop
We not scared.
Time to protect your communities.
We are not weak - we are soldiers.
Grab your quilt, wrap it around yourself and fight!
- you local radical quilt shop
April 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
No more tears.
We not scared.
Time to protect your communities.
We are not weak - we are soldiers.
Grab your quilt, wrap it around yourself and fight!
- you local radical quilt shop
We not scared.
Time to protect your communities.
We are not weak - we are soldiers.
Grab your quilt, wrap it around yourself and fight!
- you local radical quilt shop
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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
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'Bluebells', machine embroidered artwork by Alison Holt, UK textile artist #womensart
April 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
'Bluebells', machine embroidered artwork by Alison Holt, UK textile artist #womensart