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Stephen Cahill
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It's just sitting there, along with a host of better energy solutions
October 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I’ve never rooted for a squirrel so hard
April 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Tim Walz: "You you claim to love freedom but want to restrict certain groups, you don’t love freedom. You love privilege." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #MomSky
April 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Workers in a small rural town in Arida, Japan, built a new 3D-printed train station overnight, in what the railway’s operators say is a world first. Here's how they did it in six hours. nyti.ms/4ju9Bvj
April 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The inspiration for Dylan's All Across The Watchtower (Dylan said Jimi did it better)
March 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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March 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Let’s not forget whose day it really is today. #MLKDay
January 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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January 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.

Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.

Any others you know?
December 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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The good news is that despite the sharp increase in litigation, pro-voting forces continued to win, notching three times as many victories as losses with most of those victories coming in the presidential battleground states. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The Most Litigated Election Ever
From Marc | Despite the sharp increase in litigation, pro-voting forces continued to win, notching three times as many victories as losses.
www.democracydocket.com
December 28, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Read these headlines, at least!
5 Key Findings: 2024 Arctic Report Card
“Change will continue for decades to come, with extreme conditions now becoming the new norm.”
open.substack.com
December 29, 2024 at 5:39 AM
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Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2024: $454.1 billion

Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2024: $242.3 billion

Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2024: $210.1 billion

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2024: $7.25

It’s not the start of an oligarchy. We’re in the thick of it.
December 25, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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This piece does not mention that Musk has funneled billions to his foundation, securing tax breaks, but Musk’s foundation has not donated the legal minimum to actual charitable causes

www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ma...
December 25, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
November 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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Let me state this is bluntly as I can, as a biographer of both Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Vladimir Putin is now inside the U.S. government, with visibility into absolutely everything. He has that access through Trump, Musk, and David Sacks.

We are fully infiltrated. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...
Elon Musk Puts His Imprint on the Trump Transition at Mar-a-Lago
He’s on the patio. He’s on the golf course. Everywhere Donald Trump looks, there is the world’s richest man.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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This time he’s changed. He promised he won’t beat me.
November 12, 2024 at 8:47 PM