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Tree at Vermillion Lakes
Margaret Shelton
1950
Margaret Shelton
1950
October 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Tree at Vermillion Lakes
Margaret Shelton
1950
Margaret Shelton
1950
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Diviners
Joe Coffey
2022
Joe Coffey
2022
October 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Diviners
Joe Coffey
2022
Joe Coffey
2022
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O-Canada - Watch Yer Snacks
Timothy Wilson Hoey
n.d.
Timothy Wilson Hoey
n.d.
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
O-Canada - Watch Yer Snacks
Timothy Wilson Hoey
n.d.
Timothy Wilson Hoey
n.d.
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Brazil is considering halting the grant of patent monopolies to U.S. drug companies as retaliation to Trump's attacks www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Unlike intellectuals here, Lula recognizes that patent monopolies are NOT the free market.
Brazil Weighs Measures on US Dividends, Tech Firms, Reports Say
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government is intensifying its deliberations on possible measures after the US government announced it was revoking visas for some Brazilian Supreme Court justice...
www.bloomberg.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Brazil is considering halting the grant of patent monopolies to U.S. drug companies as retaliation to Trump's attacks www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Unlike intellectuals here, Lula recognizes that patent monopolies are NOT the free market.
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The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here’s the evidence.
July 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here’s the evidence.
Welcome to the resistance, billg!
U.S. global health and development aid is estimated to have saved 92 million lives over the past 20 years. We can't afford to let that kind of progress unravel: b-gat.es/4kjSUCG
July 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Welcome to the resistance, billg!
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Justice Jackson taking on Gorsuch's "pure textualism" and arguing for a more holistic reading of Congress' handiwork—worth reading in full. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insufficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an
unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative
task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And,
indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is
imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia
of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A methodology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that—
and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand
the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to
achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing
judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and
not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources
of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own preferences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insufficiently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s
its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexible enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreih3qdtlloz3yhggypbtwiveqdgzzfgapsnetvq7qsni7wfmyuovoi@jpeg)
June 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Justice Jackson taking on Gorsuch's "pure textualism" and arguing for a more holistic reading of Congress' handiwork—worth reading in full. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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This is a deep cut
"Somerville" by David Misch
YouTube video by Ron Bargoot
youtu.be
June 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is a deep cut
Does anyone think Trump would treat his "cherished" 51st state any better than he's treating his 31st?
June 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Does anyone think Trump would treat his "cherished" 51st state any better than he's treating his 31st?
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Language matters: training care staff to minimize elderspeak in assisted living/nursing homes led to reductions in non-compliance and use of antipsychotics among patients.
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak (Gift Article)
A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Language matters: training care staff to minimize elderspeak in assisted living/nursing homes led to reductions in non-compliance and use of antipsychotics among patients.
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
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Mike Waltz has left the chat.
May 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
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Because if I wanted someone to confidently make up answers to my questions I would simply ask a man
Bit of an odd story this one - the main analysis says women don't use AI because they lack STEM skills, confidence and value in the workplace. Yet the anecdotes suggest that women excel at communication, whether writing or interpersonal, and can spot ChatGPT's flaws
www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
Why are fewer women using AI than men?
The use of artificial intelligence appears to have a significant gender imbalance.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Because if I wanted someone to confidently make up answers to my questions I would simply ask a man
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Let this be a warning to you all: nobody steals my charts and gets to be Prime Minister of Canada
insanely funny to have the likely future Prime Minister of Canada just take my chart and intentionally crop out the watermark where I say I made it lmao
April 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Let this be a warning to you all: nobody steals my charts and gets to be Prime Minister of Canada
And here's to you, Mrs. Dalloway, Jesus loves you more than you will know.
Yeah mothaf***as better know
Lock your windows close your doors
Mrs. Dalloway
Lock your windows close your doors
Mrs. Dalloway
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking Mrs. Dalloway.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking Mrs. Dalloway.
March 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
And here's to you, Mrs. Dalloway, Jesus loves you more than you will know.
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billboard outside atlanta,
brought to you by the canadian govt.
brought to you by the canadian govt.
March 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
billboard outside atlanta,
brought to you by the canadian govt.
brought to you by the canadian govt.
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I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
Shockingly, Canadian supply management helps manage our egg supply: www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
This is why Canada has plenty of eggs — and the U.S. doesn't
While the U.S. grapples with an egg shortage caused by avian flu, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada. There are reasons for that, including that egg farms there tend to be smaller.
www.npr.org
March 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Shockingly, Canadian supply management helps manage our egg supply: www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...
"reliable allies"
I spoke with Prime Minister Albanese over the phone this morning about strengthening Canada and Australia’s trade and defence relationship.
Against tariffs and a shifting global economy, Canada is working with reliable allies to build lasting and resilient ties.
@albomp.bsky.social
Against tariffs and a shifting global economy, Canada is working with reliable allies to build lasting and resilient ties.
@albomp.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"reliable allies"
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In honor of the return of American exceptionalism, we here at the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office are proud to announce our new slogan: “Come to America! There’s only a small chance you’ll be detained indefinitely!”
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Dear tourists: Come to America! You might win a free trip to El Salvador! | Opinion
Greetings, international tourists. I'm here to convince you to spend your vacation time this year in MAGAmerica, formally known as 'America.'
www.usatoday.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In honor of the return of American exceptionalism, we here at the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office are proud to announce our new slogan: “Come to America! There’s only a small chance you’ll be detained indefinitely!”
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Either way, it is an important example of the media's affirmative action policy for lazy sons of billionaires.
March 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Either way, it is an important example of the media's affirmative action policy for lazy sons of billionaires.