biruda
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Everything by Kim Stanley Robinson
the sight and sound of water
Japanese food
and a calm dialysis
the sight and sound of water
Japanese food
and a calm dialysis
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Went with the whole family to see Superman last night. From start to finish, LOVED every last moment of it!!! Brilliant cast, perfect script, so much FUN… many 🙏s to @jamesgunn.bsky.social for getting it so right. 👍 Also: Is there a fan club for Krypto the super-pup I can join? #woof
July 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Went with the whole family to see Superman last night. From start to finish, LOVED every last moment of it!!! Brilliant cast, perfect script, so much FUN… many 🙏s to @jamesgunn.bsky.social for getting it so right. 👍 Also: Is there a fan club for Krypto the super-pup I can join? #woof
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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It’s a cult.
Mike Johnson: "All of us have to give up on our personal preferences."
July 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It’s a cult.
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Playing around with a close-up B&W edit of the best footage I have ever captured on this Earth. Hoping compression doesn't prevent y'all from seeing the incredible rain of debris.
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
June 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Playing around with a close-up B&W edit of the best footage I have ever captured on this Earth. Hoping compression doesn't prevent y'all from seeing the incredible rain of debris.
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
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MAINE NO KINGS - JUNE 14
Updated 6/10 10PM
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1800+ Events Nationwide
TOGETHER WE HAVE THE POWER - #NONViolentPower
#RESIST t2 admin & P2025 Steering Committee through #PeacefulProtest.
Maine Says "NO #Fauxking Parades!"
#SeeYouInTheStreets
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Updated 6/10 10PM
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1800+ Events Nationwide
TOGETHER WE HAVE THE POWER - #NONViolentPower
#RESIST t2 admin & P2025 Steering Committee through #PeacefulProtest.
Maine Says "NO #Fauxking Parades!"
#SeeYouInTheStreets
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MAINE NO KINGS - JUNE 14
Updated 6/10 10PM
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1800+ Events Nationwide
TOGETHER WE HAVE THE POWER - #NONViolentPower
#RESIST t2 admin & P2025 Steering Committee through #PeacefulProtest.
Maine Says "NO #Fauxking Parades!"
#SeeYouInTheStreets
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MAINE NO KINGS - JUNE 14
Updated 6/10 10PM
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1800+ Events Nationwide
TOGETHER WE HAVE THE POWER - #NONViolentPower
#RESIST t2 admin & P2025 Steering Committee through #PeacefulProtest.
Maine Says "NO #Fauxking Parades!"
#SeeYouInTheStreets
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In Japan, nearly 40% of the workforce is stuck in non-regular jobs—part-time, temp gigs. They make barely half of what the lifers earn. Overwork is chronic; dating: no time or energy for it. Overworked, underpaid, and romantically bankrupt.
Kids: a luxury
www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/n...
Kids: a luxury
www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/n...
Japanese Births Fall Below 700,000 for the First Time
This week's news roundup is dominated by baby-related stories as Japanese births continue to decline and Mako Komuro welcomes her first child.
www.tokyoweekender.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In Japan, nearly 40% of the workforce is stuck in non-regular jobs—part-time, temp gigs. They make barely half of what the lifers earn. Overwork is chronic; dating: no time or energy for it. Overworked, underpaid, and romantically bankrupt.
Kids: a luxury
www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/n...
Kids: a luxury
www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/n...
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BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
June 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
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As always, a beautiful speech from Carl
"Man in His Arrogance" by Carl Sagan
"Man in His Arrogance" by Carl Sagan
June 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
As always, a beautiful speech from Carl
"Man in His Arrogance" by Carl Sagan
"Man in His Arrogance" by Carl Sagan
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WOW! Cleaning up unnecessary photos, I just found this commission that I didn't even remember doing... Judge Anderson, I think she is.
June 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
WOW! Cleaning up unnecessary photos, I just found this commission that I didn't even remember doing... Judge Anderson, I think she is.
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Thank you to everyone who’s taken the time to leave a glowing review for the Tokyo Noir audiobook on Apple Books—I really appreciate it.
If anyone in the UK has had trouble downloading it, please let me know so I can make sure the issue gets sorted.
#TokyoVice #TokyoNoir
If anyone in the UK has had trouble downloading it, please let me know so I can make sure the issue gets sorted.
#TokyoVice #TokyoNoir
May 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thank you to everyone who’s taken the time to leave a glowing review for the Tokyo Noir audiobook on Apple Books—I really appreciate it.
If anyone in the UK has had trouble downloading it, please let me know so I can make sure the issue gets sorted.
#TokyoVice #TokyoNoir
If anyone in the UK has had trouble downloading it, please let me know so I can make sure the issue gets sorted.
#TokyoVice #TokyoNoir
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Medicare for All isn't radical.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right.
Don’t believe me?
Listen to what these nurses have say:
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right.
Don’t believe me?
Listen to what these nurses have say:
May 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Medicare for All isn't radical.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right.
Don’t believe me?
Listen to what these nurses have say:
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right.
Don’t believe me?
Listen to what these nurses have say:
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Wise words from Mr. Rogers. We are all in this together. Let us all renew ourselves to strive for the common good.
May 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Wise words from Mr. Rogers. We are all in this together. Let us all renew ourselves to strive for the common good.
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The crevalle jacks were really booking it today 🐟🐟🐟💨💨💨 #jackcrevalle #jack #school #bookingit #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf #keybiscaynecommunityfoundation
May 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The crevalle jacks were really booking it today 🐟🐟🐟💨💨💨 #jackcrevalle #jack #school #bookingit #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf #keybiscaynecommunityfoundation
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The sinkhole that emerged in Saitama Prefecture earlier this year is a warning that all levels of government must coordinate to upgrade Japan's aging infrastructure.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
A tragic accident in Saitama shows how aging pipes, soft soil and climate threats are straining the country’s infrastructure.
www.japantimes.co.jp
May 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The sinkhole that emerged in Saitama Prefecture earlier this year is a warning that all levels of government must coordinate to upgrade Japan's aging infrastructure.
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Last year the Japanese variety show Gaki no Tsukai had the famous singer Yoko Takahashi go undercover at a restaurant where she fooled everyone right up until she took the stage and belted out A Cruel Angel's Thesis, the intro song to Neon Genesis Evangelion. Just stunning.
May 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Last year the Japanese variety show Gaki no Tsukai had the famous singer Yoko Takahashi go undercover at a restaurant where she fooled everyone right up until she took the stage and belted out A Cruel Angel's Thesis, the intro song to Neon Genesis Evangelion. Just stunning.
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The first trailer for Ryan Coogler's 'Ironheart' has been released.
Starring Dominique Thorne, Anthony Ramos, Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam, and Anji White.
The first 3 episodes will premiere June 24th on Disney+.
[📽 Via Marvel Studios] #Ironheart
Starring Dominique Thorne, Anthony Ramos, Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam, and Anji White.
The first 3 episodes will premiere June 24th on Disney+.
[📽 Via Marvel Studios] #Ironheart
May 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The first trailer for Ryan Coogler's 'Ironheart' has been released.
Starring Dominique Thorne, Anthony Ramos, Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam, and Anji White.
The first 3 episodes will premiere June 24th on Disney+.
[📽 Via Marvel Studios] #Ironheart
Starring Dominique Thorne, Anthony Ramos, Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam, and Anji White.
The first 3 episodes will premiere June 24th on Disney+.
[📽 Via Marvel Studios] #Ironheart
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Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.
May 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.
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Veterans know about trust - how trust is given and how trust is earned.
Our nation continues to face a crisis of trust - and all of us can and must take action to change that.
Our nation continues to face a crisis of trust - and all of us can and must take action to change that.
May 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Veterans know about trust - how trust is given and how trust is earned.
Our nation continues to face a crisis of trust - and all of us can and must take action to change that.
Our nation continues to face a crisis of trust - and all of us can and must take action to change that.