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David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top🥲
Thank you for showing that life is stranger than reality.
Thank you for showing that life is stranger than reality.
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat:
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (17 min) 📖🍿🔊
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (17 min) 📖🍿🔊
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat:
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (17 min) 📖🍿🔊
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
Article BASE thread 🧵 (17 min) 📖🍿🔊
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🚨 A topline analysis of yesterday's historic ICJ ruling on states' obligations to combat climate change, based on a debrief from @ciel.org
ICJ topline
In its historic first, the International Court of Justice has issued a groundbreaking ruling on climate change, declaring that government actions fueling the climate crisis are illegal under internati...
docs.google.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
🚨 A topline analysis of yesterday's historic ICJ ruling on states' obligations to combat climate change, based on a debrief from @ciel.org
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1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
popular.info
July 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
As a sustainability professional it seems that also in the EU a noticeable shift from communication on DEI to belonging is happening. It feels a bit off but I can' quite point to why (because maybe it isn't). 'The price of belonging' seems a clue. Anybody care to provide me some pointers? Thanks!
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
As a sustainability professional it seems that also in the EU a noticeable shift from communication on DEI to belonging is happening. It feels a bit off but I can' quite point to why (because maybe it isn't). 'The price of belonging' seems a clue. Anybody care to provide me some pointers? Thanks!
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Listen to how Trump plans to crush the dollar while maintaining it as the reserve currency works. And notice what Trump would like about it—the chance to strong-arm country-by-country and make "deals" that benefit himself and his cronies.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
April 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Listen to how Trump plans to crush the dollar while maintaining it as the reserve currency works. And notice what Trump would like about it—the chance to strong-arm country-by-country and make "deals" that benefit himself and his cronies.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
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🔥 ⚖️ today: day 2 of #ClimateJustice hearing in #SaulvsRWE
🏛️ The Higher Regional Court in Hamm (🇩🇪) reviews if a #fossilfuels company can be held accountable for climate harms, potentially setting a historic precedent.
🐦 📝 I am reporting live from the Court's room.
🧵 🔽 thread below
🏛️ The Higher Regional Court in Hamm (🇩🇪) reviews if a #fossilfuels company can be held accountable for climate harms, potentially setting a historic precedent.
🐦 📝 I am reporting live from the Court's room.
🧵 🔽 thread below
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🔥 ⚖️ today: day 2 of #ClimateJustice hearing in #SaulvsRWE
🏛️ The Higher Regional Court in Hamm (🇩🇪) reviews if a #fossilfuels company can be held accountable for climate harms, potentially setting a historic precedent.
🐦 📝 I am reporting live from the Court's room.
🧵 🔽 thread below
🏛️ The Higher Regional Court in Hamm (🇩🇪) reviews if a #fossilfuels company can be held accountable for climate harms, potentially setting a historic precedent.
🐦 📝 I am reporting live from the Court's room.
🧵 🔽 thread below
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The GOP is not a conservative movement. It's a far right authoritarian cult.
March 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The GOP is not a conservative movement. It's a far right authoritarian cult.
now I need a pastafarian secretary of State on screen
March 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
now I need a pastafarian secretary of State on screen
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Wired: $5 subscription for one year (seriously)
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
Rolling Stone: $7.99 per month (though you can find deals if you like)
www.rollingstone.com/subscribe/
Teen Vogue: No subscription, but you can sign up for their newsletters
www.teenvogue.com/newsletter
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
Rolling Stone: $7.99 per month (though you can find deals if you like)
www.rollingstone.com/subscribe/
Teen Vogue: No subscription, but you can sign up for their newsletters
www.teenvogue.com/newsletter
February 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Wired: $5 subscription for one year (seriously)
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
Rolling Stone: $7.99 per month (though you can find deals if you like)
www.rollingstone.com/subscribe/
Teen Vogue: No subscription, but you can sign up for their newsletters
www.teenvogue.com/newsletter
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
Rolling Stone: $7.99 per month (though you can find deals if you like)
www.rollingstone.com/subscribe/
Teen Vogue: No subscription, but you can sign up for their newsletters
www.teenvogue.com/newsletter
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To many right-wing evangelicals, Trump is not just a president but a messiah. How did he gain such mythic power, and where will it lead?
The second coming of Donald J. Trump
To many evangelicals, Trump is not just a president but a messiah. How did he gain such mythic power, and where will it lead?
newhumanist.org.uk
February 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
To many right-wing evangelicals, Trump is not just a president but a messiah. How did he gain such mythic power, and where will it lead?
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Sheryl Crow:
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
February 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Sheryl Crow:
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
"Fearful of a renewed European war, world leaders appeased Hitler by agreeing to cede the Sudetenland. They did so just a stone's throw from the Bayrischer Hof, which this weekend will host the Munich Security Conference." www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
www.euractiv.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"Fearful of a renewed European war, world leaders appeased Hitler by agreeing to cede the Sudetenland. They did so just a stone's throw from the Bayrischer Hof, which this weekend will host the Munich Security Conference." www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
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A great website tracking all the companies that have bent the knee to Trump and eliminated their DEI programs, and all the companies that have stood strong.
www.dei.watch
www.dei.watch
DEI WATCH
This guide is broken into three categories: 1) DISMANTLED - companies that have ended or scaled back their DEI efforts; 2) COMMITTED - companies that have active DEI initiatives; and 3) FUNDED - organ...
www.dei.watch
February 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A great website tracking all the companies that have bent the knee to Trump and eliminated their DEI programs, and all the companies that have stood strong.
www.dei.watch
www.dei.watch
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Edmond Dédé is the first Black American to compose a full opera (“Morgiane”). It’s finally being staged after 138 years amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/... #tellemwhatwedid ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #BlackHistoryMonth
Edmond Dédé is the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years | CNN
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled with a collective sense the audience was about to witness history.
amp.cnn.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Edmond Dédé is the first Black American to compose a full opera (“Morgiane”). It’s finally being staged after 138 years amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/... #tellemwhatwedid ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #BlackHistoryMonth
Sustainability due diligence processes for US products and companies just got a lot simplified for EU business. Disengage where possible, move all the rest to high risk and systematically require ESG audits. The alternative is being linked with serious environmental damage and human rights breaches.
Here's the latest catastrophic EO from this administration, c/o Interior Sec Doug Burgum. Rolling back protections for migratory birds while also dramatically expanding offshore drilling seems likely to end the way you'd expect.
www.doi.gov/document-lib...
www.doi.gov/document-lib...
SO 3418 - Unleashing American Energy | U.S. Department of the Interior
SO 3418
www.doi.gov
February 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Sustainability due diligence processes for US products and companies just got a lot simplified for EU business. Disengage where possible, move all the rest to high risk and systematically require ESG audits. The alternative is being linked with serious environmental damage and human rights breaches.
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Say , do you like crabs? How about horror? How about horror about crabs? Man, are you in luck!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Click Clack
Click Clack By Ian Fortey The Vanya Island blood crab was endemic to the tiny island in the Indian Ocean and something of a marvel of nature. During the mating season, people actually came from all o...
docs.google.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Say , do you like crabs? How about horror? How about horror about crabs? Man, are you in luck!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Rest In Peace, David Lynch🌹
January 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Rest In Peace, David Lynch🌹
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An actual giant. What a loss.
January 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An actual giant. What a loss.
This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top🥲
Thank you for showing that life is stranger than reality.
Thank you for showing that life is stranger than reality.
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top🥲
Thank you for showing that life is stranger than reality.
Thank you for showing that life is stranger than reality.
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Milieuramp dreigt door het zoveelste krakkemikkige kutschip uit de Russische shadowfleet.
Het wordt echt tijd om dit gelazer aan banden te leggen.
nos.nl/artikel/2551...
Het wordt echt tijd om dit gelazer aan banden te leggen.
nos.nl/artikel/2551...
Olietanker uit Rusland in problemen voor Duitse kust, vrees voor milieuramp
De olietanker Eventin raakte op drift na een stroomstoring, met bijna 100.000 ton olie aan boord. Volgens de Duitse minister Baerbock hoort het schip tot de Russische 'schaduwvloot', en neemt dat land...
nos.nl
January 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Milieuramp dreigt door het zoveelste krakkemikkige kutschip uit de Russische shadowfleet.
Het wordt echt tijd om dit gelazer aan banden te leggen.
nos.nl/artikel/2551...
Het wordt echt tijd om dit gelazer aan banden te leggen.
nos.nl/artikel/2551...