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Easily distracted by shiny objects.
Strive against the odds to make a model of balancing people, prosperity, and the planet. Gaia warrior.
Easily distracted by shiny objects.
Strive against the odds to make a model of balancing people, prosperity, and the planet. Gaia warrior.
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Notice how those who wanted to overthrow the government for being asked to carry proof of their covid vaccination, claiming it’s an infringement on their freedoms, are suddenly all in favor of needing multiple proofs of identity just so they can exercise their constitutional right to vote.
February 15, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Notice how those who wanted to overthrow the government for being asked to carry proof of their covid vaccination, claiming it’s an infringement on their freedoms, are suddenly all in favor of needing multiple proofs of identity just so they can exercise their constitutional right to vote.
Got a little misty eyed while going through Woodinville, Washington today. At a prominent intersection folks were holding anti ice signs.
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Woodinville, WA | Data USA
In the year of 2023, Woodinville, WA had a population of 13.4k people with a median age of 39.1 and a median household income of $158,723. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Woodinville, WA grew ...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Got a little misty eyed while going through Woodinville, Washington today. At a prominent intersection folks were holding anti ice signs.
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Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen by Santana on Apple Music
Song · 1970 · Duration 5:20
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February 14, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Minnesota sends the ice problem back to Trump🤭
February 13, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Minnesota sends the ice problem back to Trump🤭
The language of flowers
Monkshood—Beware, a deadly foe is near.
Monkshood—Beware, a deadly foe is near.
February 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The language of flowers
Monkshood—Beware, a deadly foe is near.
Monkshood—Beware, a deadly foe is near.
13 European countries formed an alliance- EuroPA to build a continent-wide payment system that routes around Visa & Mastercard — & the $24t in annual transactions the 2 American companies currently handle, Doctorow writes in Pluralistic.
pluralistic.net/2026/02/11/p...
pluralistic.net/2026/02/11/p...
Pluralistic: Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world (11 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
February 11, 2026 at 11:32 PM
13 European countries formed an alliance- EuroPA to build a continent-wide payment system that routes around Visa & Mastercard — & the $24t in annual transactions the 2 American companies currently handle, Doctorow writes in Pluralistic.
pluralistic.net/2026/02/11/p...
pluralistic.net/2026/02/11/p...
www.nature.com/articles/d41... Audience
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent
Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
www.nature.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
www.nature.com/articles/d41... Audience
…Together, the leasing plans give a clear picture of where ICE is going next in the US: Everywhere…
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
…Together, the leasing plans give a clear picture of where ICE is going next in the US: Everywhere…
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
the devious villainess offers to vindicate djt 🤔
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
the devious villainess offers to vindicate djt 🤔
Super Bowl Visitors Find San Francisco Better Than Its Apocalyptic Image
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Paramilitaries on the street galvanize dem voters.
A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Opinion | A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Paramilitaries on the street galvanize dem voters.
A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Whoo hoo, everywhere I’ve been today is giving a Seahawks discount 💙
February 9, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Whoo hoo, everywhere I’ve been today is giving a Seahawks discount 💙
I’ve given up loading a friends dishwasher … it’s rearranged after my efforts🤣
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I’ve given up loading a friends dishwasher … it’s rearranged after my efforts🤣
“There is another America inside this one, visible in the statistics of nations that made different choices. Call it Latent America: the nation that would exist if our democracy functioned to serve the public rather than protect the already powerful.” Kai
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 PM
“There is another America inside this one, visible in the statistics of nations that made different choices. Call it Latent America: the nation that would exist if our democracy functioned to serve the public rather than protect the already powerful.” Kai
“Hidden corruption persists because it is difficult to mobilize against. Exposed corruption shifts the axis of politics from left versus right to clean versus corrupt, people versus oligarchs. That’s a fight authoritarians lose.”
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
“Hidden corruption persists because it is difficult to mobilize against. Exposed corruption shifts the axis of politics from left versus right to clean versus corrupt, people versus oligarchs. That’s a fight authoritarians lose.”
Has the American dream been replaced? Is it now a cautionary tale?
February 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Has the American dream been replaced? Is it now a cautionary tale?
Cause-and-effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension.
– Rebecca Solnit
– Rebecca Solnit
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Cause-and-effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension.
– Rebecca Solnit
– Rebecca Solnit
“The beauty of this approach is that by presenting the immune system with multiple related antigens at once, we can train it to recognize features that are conserved across the entire sarbecovirus family,” said D Veesler, prof/biochemistry at UW Med
www.geekwire.com/2026/first-m...
www.geekwire.com/2026/first-m...
First multi-coronavirus vaccine enters human testing, built on UW Medicine technology
A vaccine with University of Washington roots that fights a suite of coronaviruses including COVID-19 and related, deadly diseases is starting human clinical testing.
www.geekwire.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
“The beauty of this approach is that by presenting the immune system with multiple related antigens at once, we can train it to recognize features that are conserved across the entire sarbecovirus family,” said D Veesler, prof/biochemistry at UW Med
www.geekwire.com/2026/first-m...
www.geekwire.com/2026/first-m...