Andy
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Spectacular reporting from the NYT.
"The climbers scampered down the mountain after stashing the C.I.A. gear on a ledge of ice, abandoning a nuclear device that contained nearly a third of the total amount of plutonium used in the Nagasaki bomb."
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"The climbers scampered down the mountain after stashing the C.I.A. gear on a ledge of ice, abandoning a nuclear device that contained nearly a third of the total amount of plutonium used in the Nagasaki bomb."
#Giftlink
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Spectacular reporting from the NYT.
"The climbers scampered down the mountain after stashing the C.I.A. gear on a ledge of ice, abandoning a nuclear device that contained nearly a third of the total amount of plutonium used in the Nagasaki bomb."
#Giftlink
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"The climbers scampered down the mountain after stashing the C.I.A. gear on a ledge of ice, abandoning a nuclear device that contained nearly a third of the total amount of plutonium used in the Nagasaki bomb."
#Giftlink
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"THIS SHOULDN’T BE CONTROVERSIAL. It is simply history for grown-ups which assumes that people can accept both that the revolution was a triumph for the idea of liberty and that the revolutionaries who fought it didn’t live up entirely to their beautiful words" #Gift
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/a...
What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"THIS SHOULDN’T BE CONTROVERSIAL. It is simply history for grown-ups which assumes that people can accept both that the revolution was a triumph for the idea of liberty and that the revolutionaries who fought it didn’t live up entirely to their beautiful words" #Gift
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/a...
Excellent article. NY was founded in 1624 by the Dutch to make a buck, but even back then it was a diverse city.
“This is also the city that created Trump,” Mr. Mamdani reminded Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” this week. “We have to reckon with that.” #Giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
“This is also the city that created Trump,” Mr. Mamdani reminded Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” this week. “We have to reckon with that.” #Giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
New York, Long a City of Contradictions, Is Still Turning Up New Ones
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Excellent article. NY was founded in 1624 by the Dutch to make a buck, but even back then it was a diverse city.
“This is also the city that created Trump,” Mr. Mamdani reminded Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” this week. “We have to reckon with that.” #Giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
“This is also the city that created Trump,” Mr. Mamdani reminded Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” this week. “We have to reckon with that.” #Giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
It's fitting that the news comes out that Bill Gates now thinks that climate change is no big deal on the same day that one of the strongest hurricanes in history, fueled by the super hot waters in the Caribbean, is slamming into Jamaica #Giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's fitting that the news comes out that Bill Gates now thinks that climate change is no big deal on the same day that one of the strongest hurricanes in history, fueled by the super hot waters in the Caribbean, is slamming into Jamaica #Giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Trump responds to the No Kings protests by tearing down part of the White House to build a palace. #Giftlink
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How Trump’s ballroom will dwarf the White House
Trump’s new 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom would be almost as large as the rest of the complex.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Trump responds to the No Kings protests by tearing down part of the White House to build a palace. #Giftlink
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Times Square No Kings Day NYC
October 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Times Square No Kings Day NYC
Fantastic! In deep red Hernando County! Brooksville was named after the pro-slavery congressman who almost killed an abolitionist senator on the floor of the senate no less.
Brooksville, FL - Hernando County. Over 500 people at today's event. 2.5x the size of the crowd at last month's protest. Only 7 counter-protestors.
#NoKings #8647
#NoKings #8647
June 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Fantastic! In deep red Hernando County! Brooksville was named after the pro-slavery congressman who almost killed an abolitionist senator on the floor of the senate no less.
These Are the U.S. Universities Most Dependent on International Students
More than 1.1 million international students contributed about $43 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2023-24 academic year, most of it on tuition and housing
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
More than 1.1 million international students contributed about $43 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2023-24 academic year, most of it on tuition and housing
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
These Are the U.S. Universities Most Dependent on International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
These Are the U.S. Universities Most Dependent on International Students
More than 1.1 million international students contributed about $43 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2023-24 academic year, most of it on tuition and housing
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
More than 1.1 million international students contributed about $43 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2023-24 academic year, most of it on tuition and housing
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
Sickening. Fifty three dead, including five children, and the most powerful people in our government celebrated their deaths with emojis.
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Fresh US strikes in Yemen with 53 now dead, Houthis say
The US said it launched a "decisive and powerful" wave of air strikes on Houthi targets on Saturday.
bbc.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Sickening. Fifty three dead, including five children, and the most powerful people in our government celebrated their deaths with emojis.
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"Many Americans are naive. They take democracy for granted in our country. With the exception of a handful of immigrants, we don't know what it's like to live in an autocracy."
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky: "Right Now, the U.S. Is Ceasing to Be a Democracy"
Donald Trump is currently transforming the U.S. into an authoritarian state, argues Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky, author of "How Democracies Die." And he is using an unexpected twist in the autho...
www.spiegel.de
March 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Many Americans are naive. They take democracy for granted in our country. With the exception of a handful of immigrants, we don't know what it's like to live in an autocracy."
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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I just got a public death threat from a few folks who noticed I am doing a library event to talk about my career and my books. They called me all the familiar names, then “I won’t be sad if someone shoots her in the face.” And a woman’s reply, “Right between the eyes.”
I am a children’s author.
I am a children’s author.
March 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I just got a public death threat from a few folks who noticed I am doing a library event to talk about my career and my books. They called me all the familiar names, then “I won’t be sad if someone shoots her in the face.” And a woman’s reply, “Right between the eyes.”
I am a children’s author.
I am a children’s author.
Just inhumane. This will get lost in the chaos of the latest scandals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries (Gift Article)
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Just inhumane. This will get lost in the chaos of the latest scandals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
This is insane. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Environmental Agenda Is Actually Toxic (Gift Article)
Trump says one thing about toxins and does another.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is insane. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
Craziness on top of craziness.
"The highest-ranking national security officials gave evident deference to the deputy White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller. And then there were the emojis."
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"The highest-ranking national security officials gave evident deference to the deputy White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller. And then there were the emojis."
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Opinion | It’s a 🤦🤦♂️🤦🏽 week for Trump’s 🤡🤡🤡 national security team
Texting war plans to a journalist was an astonishing security breach. The emojis were pretty bad, too.
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March 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Craziness on top of craziness.
"The highest-ranking national security officials gave evident deference to the deputy White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller. And then there were the emojis."
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"The highest-ranking national security officials gave evident deference to the deputy White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller. And then there were the emojis."
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A day of transition! Last day on Twitter as I share my plans with my peeps on TikTok, Blue Sky and the 20,000 on X. Here’s to a fresh start! ✊🏾🇺🇸🇺🇦
November 18, 2024 at 9:57 AM
A day of transition! Last day on Twitter as I share my plans with my peeps on TikTok, Blue Sky and the 20,000 on X. Here’s to a fresh start! ✊🏾🇺🇸🇺🇦
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"You know, it’s almost like #Florida’s plan for education — censoring books, berating teachers, whitewashing history lessons and sending families to fly-by-night voucher schools in strip malls — hasn’t worked out so well." www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/11/15/f...
Maxwell: Florida SAT scores drop again, now to 47th. Florida's drop started before COVID and is starker than states where even more students take the test
Maxwell: Florida SAT scores drop again, now to 47th. Florida’s drop started before COVID and is starker than states where even more students take the test
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2024 at 12:10 AM
"You know, it’s almost like #Florida’s plan for education — censoring books, berating teachers, whitewashing history lessons and sending families to fly-by-night voucher schools in strip malls — hasn’t worked out so well." www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/11/15/f...