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Opportunity favors the prepared.
Louis Pasteur
The modern dogma is comfort at any cost.
Aldo Leopold
In absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king.
Thomas Paine
What we do in this life echoes in eternity.
Maximus
Louis Pasteur
The modern dogma is comfort at any cost.
Aldo Leopold
In absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king.
Thomas Paine
What we do in this life echoes in eternity.
Maximus
Pinned
The only justice in this world is what we demand & ensure.
'There are legal, appropriate ways for the federal and state government to ensure programs are being administered with integrity. As we have seen time and again this year, however, this administration seems to have little interest in following the law...'
Keith Ellison's press release re: claims of daycare fraud in MN: www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Commu...
Attorney General Ellison issues statement on Trump administration’s attempt to cut off childcare funding to Minnesota
The Trump administration is threatening funding for the essential childcare services that countless families across Minnesota rely on — apparently all on the basis of one video on social media. To say...
www.ag.state.mn.us
January 1, 2026 at 5:51 AM
'There are legal, appropriate ways for the federal and state government to ensure programs are being administered with integrity. As we have seen time and again this year, however, this administration seems to have little interest in following the law...'
warming up the flux capacitor in doc's delorean so I can go take this bribe, er, pardon list back to the gop hypocrites during the biden administration & flog them with it.
the gop 2026 slogan should be 'bribes for me, bootstraps for thee'.
the gop 2026 slogan should be 'bribes for me, bootstraps for thee'.
December 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
warming up the flux capacitor in doc's delorean so I can go take this bribe, er, pardon list back to the gop hypocrites during the biden administration & flog them with it.
the gop 2026 slogan should be 'bribes for me, bootstraps for thee'.
the gop 2026 slogan should be 'bribes for me, bootstraps for thee'.
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Criminal looks after criminals....
December 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Criminal looks after criminals....
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Absolutely nothing to do with Canada having proportional representation & strict campaign finance limits.
It is true that US has some of the top medical specialists, & Canadians sometimes come here for certain procedures. However, the insurance available to low/middle class Americans rarely covers the travel to those specialists' clinics.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
December 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Absolutely nothing to do with Canada having proportional representation & strict campaign finance limits.
It's the curated experience that is missing these days, something that an algorithm will never be able to replicate/provide.
Without a curator, you miss out on bands, books, writers, artists that you will likely never know & may have loved.
Without a curator, you miss out on bands, books, writers, artists that you will likely never know & may have loved.
December 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It's the curated experience that is missing these days, something that an algorithm will never be able to replicate/provide.
Without a curator, you miss out on bands, books, writers, artists that you will likely never know & may have loved.
Without a curator, you miss out on bands, books, writers, artists that you will likely never know & may have loved.
These record highs & fewer freezes result in more parasitic insects surviving winter to attack the trees during the rest of the year.
Which will decimate the pine forests.
These ecosystems need sustained low temps in the single digits for more than a month to keep the wood-boring insects at bay.
Which will decimate the pine forests.
These ecosystems need sustained low temps in the single digits for more than a month to keep the wood-boring insects at bay.
We’re in big trouble.
Wyoming Breaks 150-Year-Old High Temperature Records
cowboystatedaily.com/2025/12/26/w...
Wyoming Breaks 150-Year-Old High Temperature Records
cowboystatedaily.com/2025/12/26/w...
Wyoming Breaks 150-Year-Old High Temperature Records
Meteorologists are still analyzing Wyoming's Christmas temperatures, but it seems this was the warmest Christmas on record going back over 150 years.…
cowboystatedaily.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
These record highs & fewer freezes result in more parasitic insects surviving winter to attack the trees during the rest of the year.
Which will decimate the pine forests.
These ecosystems need sustained low temps in the single digits for more than a month to keep the wood-boring insects at bay.
Which will decimate the pine forests.
These ecosystems need sustained low temps in the single digits for more than a month to keep the wood-boring insects at bay.
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would add pre-protest networking, in the days before the protest for those already engaged in activism & awareness, with same-day (as the protest event) networking for the newbies - have info on orgs, petitions, referendums & bills available for maintaining momentum after the protest. ✊️✌️
In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
would add pre-protest networking, in the days before the protest for those already engaged in activism & awareness, with same-day (as the protest event) networking for the newbies - have info on orgs, petitions, referendums & bills available for maintaining momentum after the protest. ✊️✌️
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Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
Not a shocker for the folks that have actually read what the peace, love & understanding hippie said.
December 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Not a shocker for the folks that have actually read what the peace, love & understanding hippie said.
If I had to pick one, I couldn't, b/c it's these two.
Available online everywhere, but please buy the CD if they tickle your holiday fancy, musicians gotta eat too.
Available online everywhere, but please buy the CD if they tickle your holiday fancy, musicians gotta eat too.
December 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If I had to pick one, I couldn't, b/c it's these two.
Available online everywhere, but please buy the CD if they tickle your holiday fancy, musicians gotta eat too.
Available online everywhere, but please buy the CD if they tickle your holiday fancy, musicians gotta eat too.
the world isn't waiting & they're buying renewable next-gen power infrastructure from China.
'China’s...solar and wind farms now have enough capacity to power the United States...[and] China is' "...relying on the same core [solar] technology that the United States invented half a century ago."
'China’s...solar and wind farms now have enough capacity to power the United States...[and] China is' "...relying on the same core [solar] technology that the United States invented half a century ago."
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
www.science.org
December 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
the world isn't waiting & they're buying renewable next-gen power infrastructure from China.
'China’s...solar and wind farms now have enough capacity to power the United States...[and] China is' "...relying on the same core [solar] technology that the United States invented half a century ago."
'China’s...solar and wind farms now have enough capacity to power the United States...[and] China is' "...relying on the same core [solar] technology that the United States invented half a century ago."
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In his annual press talk, Putin made clear that he expected to prevail in Ukraine not through military force on the ground, but through influence operations carried out in the US, Europe and the UK which will install Kremlin-loyal and Kremlin-financed parties in control:
Vladimir Putin predicts European ‘swine’ backing Ukraine will lose power
Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech, showing no signs of compromise on invasion goals
ft.trib.al
December 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In his annual press talk, Putin made clear that he expected to prevail in Ukraine not through military force on the ground, but through influence operations carried out in the US, Europe and the UK which will install Kremlin-loyal and Kremlin-financed parties in control:
This is the way
Be the change
Do what you can
with what have
where you're at
Be the change
Do what you can
with what have
where you're at
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This is the way
Be the change
Do what you can
with what have
where you're at
Be the change
Do what you can
with what have
where you're at
Can't redact that. ⚖️⏳️🌪🔥
December 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Can't redact that. ⚖️⏳️🌪🔥
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Surfers in Bondi Beach #Australia hold a tribute the victims of the attack last week. ❤️
December 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Surfers in Bondi Beach #Australia hold a tribute the victims of the attack last week. ❤️
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I think we should all have the same health insurance as our representatives have
December 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I think we should all have the same health insurance as our representatives have
Spot-on analogy.
Malice, apathy & corruption are the lesser cousins of evil but still seek the same ends.
Malice, apathy & corruption are the lesser cousins of evil but still seek the same ends.
It's like on the eve of WWII we decided to stop funding R&D into weapons systems to develop advanced aircraft, ships, and tanks. Climate change is going to kick our butts if we lose NCAR (and NOAA) at a time when climate change is increasing extreme weather events capable of crashing the economy.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
December 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Spot-on analogy.
Malice, apathy & corruption are the lesser cousins of evil but still seek the same ends.
Malice, apathy & corruption are the lesser cousins of evil but still seek the same ends.
Love this, but the unspoken stress is the deliberate & enforced artificial economic/opportunity scarcity that everyone born into, or falls into, poverty faces every day.
This is a well-deserved band-aid by lottery, but it's a gesture, not govt policy.
It obviously changed this lady's life, though.
This is a well-deserved band-aid by lottery, but it's a gesture, not govt policy.
It obviously changed this lady's life, though.
If today feels heavy, this is for you.
Stay to the end.
It’s worth it. 🥹💖
VC mdmotivator
Stay to the end.
It’s worth it. 🥹💖
VC mdmotivator
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Love this, but the unspoken stress is the deliberate & enforced artificial economic/opportunity scarcity that everyone born into, or falls into, poverty faces every day.
This is a well-deserved band-aid by lottery, but it's a gesture, not govt policy.
It obviously changed this lady's life, though.
This is a well-deserved band-aid by lottery, but it's a gesture, not govt policy.
It obviously changed this lady's life, though.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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just found out Rob Reiner changed the ending of When Harry Met Sally because he met his wife during production and now I’m in shambles
December 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
just found out Rob Reiner changed the ending of When Harry Met Sally because he met his wife during production and now I’m in shambles
maga on everything except tax cuts for their gilded gaudy arse owner/donors.
wait, there's corruption - can't forget that one.
wait, there's corruption - can't forget that one.
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
maga on everything except tax cuts for their gilded gaudy arse owner/donors.
wait, there's corruption - can't forget that one.
wait, there's corruption - can't forget that one.
The measles virus first infects the macrophages in the alveoli, the wee airsacks in your lungs, then those 'Infected macrophages travel to lymph tissue, where the virus comes in contact with the memory cells of the immune system (memory T-cells and B-cells).'
If you wanna learn more about immune amnesia this is a good primer from the American Society for Microbiology.
Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.
Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.
Measles and Immune Amnesia | ASM.org
Measles is much more serious than a rash and fever: it also causes immune amnesia and leaves patients especially vulnerable to secondary infection.
asm.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The measles virus first infects the macrophages in the alveoli, the wee airsacks in your lungs, then those 'Infected macrophages travel to lymph tissue, where the virus comes in contact with the memory cells of the immune system (memory T-cells and B-cells).'