Thisistheforestsuccessional
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Books, nature’s last ups
From the sprawl
From the sprawl
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November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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Polar bears are experts in relaxing. Nothing like a good kelp bed in the sunshine. #Mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Polar bears are experts in relaxing. Nothing like a good kelp bed in the sunshine. #Mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
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It’s really just this simple. He has no idea what’s going on. Anyone with some flattery or a promise of a million dollars can get him going.
Trump fell for a dumb idea from Bill Pulte and reveals to Laura Ingraham — who promptly corrects him — his ignorance about the duration of a typical home mortgage
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s really just this simple. He has no idea what’s going on. Anyone with some flattery or a promise of a million dollars can get him going.
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Equatorial Guinea is routinely ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. It has been ruled by the same person since 1982 - for 45 years. Despite the title of President, he rules with near-absolute power.
The Trump admin just deposited $7.5 million in his government's bank account.
The Trump admin just deposited $7.5 million in his government's bank account.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Equatorial Guinea is routinely ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. It has been ruled by the same person since 1982 - for 45 years. Despite the title of President, he rules with near-absolute power.
The Trump admin just deposited $7.5 million in his government's bank account.
The Trump admin just deposited $7.5 million in his government's bank account.
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Dan Kennedy discovers: It turns out that you can share Boston Globe stories with non-subscribers for free.
dankennedy.net/2025/11/10/i...
dankennedy.net/2025/11/10/i...
It turns out that you can share Boston Globe stories with non-subscribers for free
On several occasions recently, I’ve argued that The Boston Globe ought to make a few gift links available each month so that subscribers can share them. Among other things, it might entice so…
dankennedy.net
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Dan Kennedy discovers: It turns out that you can share Boston Globe stories with non-subscribers for free.
dankennedy.net/2025/11/10/i...
dankennedy.net/2025/11/10/i...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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My local rural school district is set to lose over $700,000 a year under the new school funding formula, while the Governor is funding private religious schools with taxpayer vouchers.
What a scam…
What a scam…
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My local rural school district is set to lose over $700,000 a year under the new school funding formula, while the Governor is funding private religious schools with taxpayer vouchers.
What a scam…
What a scam…
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Celebrating Ann Reinking on her birthday with this astonishing Jack Mitchell photo. Annie was elegant, intelligent, hilarious, bawdy, ferocious, silly, empathetic, and deep as the ocean. 💔💜
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Celebrating Ann Reinking on her birthday with this astonishing Jack Mitchell photo. Annie was elegant, intelligent, hilarious, bawdy, ferocious, silly, empathetic, and deep as the ocean. 💔💜
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Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was charged Tuesday night with assault on a federal officer after the immigration operation in L.A. in which the suspect and a U.S. marshal were injured.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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50 years ago today.
Australia's most memorable political moment.
And I remember it.
I was at high school. Came home to the news and remember feeling surprised that the PM was sacked. I didn't realise that could happen.
It was all anyone could talk about for a while. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia's most memorable political moment.
And I remember it.
I was at high school. Came home to the news and remember feeling surprised that the PM was sacked. I didn't realise that could happen.
It was all anyone could talk about for a while. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'The bastards have sacked us!' What it was like to be there for The Dismissal
After Gough Whitlam was sacked, a crowd formed. They could have stormed the building. Fifty years on, this photo tells the story of The Dismissal.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
50 years ago today.
Australia's most memorable political moment.
And I remember it.
I was at high school. Came home to the news and remember feeling surprised that the PM was sacked. I didn't realise that could happen.
It was all anyone could talk about for a while. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia's most memorable political moment.
And I remember it.
I was at high school. Came home to the news and remember feeling surprised that the PM was sacked. I didn't realise that could happen.
It was all anyone could talk about for a while. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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OK folks no more parrots. We have to make to with the species we have because there is just not enough room in the type cabinets for any more new parrots (including cockatoos, lorikeets, macaws, and their friends).
Thank you.
Thank you.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
OK folks no more parrots. We have to make to with the species we have because there is just not enough room in the type cabinets for any more new parrots (including cockatoos, lorikeets, macaws, and their friends).
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
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We had a case of identity theft here when an unrepentant imposter pretended to be Lily. 🐈
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
We had a case of identity theft here when an unrepentant imposter pretended to be Lily. 🐈
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November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Far Side
Poor Humpty
Poor Humpty
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Far Side
Poor Humpty
Poor Humpty
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The MAGA Republican shutdown froze funding that helps families keep the heat on and stay warm. As temperatures drop, Mark Wolfe and I call on utilities to stop shutting off electricity and gas for families who are not getting the assistance they depend on.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The MAGA Republican shutdown froze funding that helps families keep the heat on and stay warm. As temperatures drop, Mark Wolfe and I call on utilities to stop shutting off electricity and gas for families who are not getting the assistance they depend on.
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Trying to piece together footage from the last few months in any coherent way just feels like making a trailer for a horror movie starring the feds...and all things considered, that's probably about where we're at.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trying to piece together footage from the last few months in any coherent way just feels like making a trailer for a horror movie starring the feds...and all things considered, that's probably about where we're at.
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Under Gov. Landry’s tough-on-crime agenda, Louisiana has eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1, 2024.
For most prisoners already behind bars, an algorithm is now deciding if they have a shot at early release.
(Published April with @veritenews.org)
For most prisoners already behind bars, an algorithm is now deciding if they have a shot at early release.
(Published April with @veritenews.org)
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...
www.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Under Gov. Landry’s tough-on-crime agenda, Louisiana has eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1, 2024.
For most prisoners already behind bars, an algorithm is now deciding if they have a shot at early release.
(Published April with @veritenews.org)
For most prisoners already behind bars, an algorithm is now deciding if they have a shot at early release.
(Published April with @veritenews.org)
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate