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Protests fill L.A. —
Trump sends the Guard to the streets,
Tension thick as smoke.

#NewsInHaikus
June 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Illegal alien.
An E.T.-like figure in a balaclava holding a paper bag and pointing a gun across the service counter of a convenience store.
June 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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We're about 3 lines deep into the "first they came for" poem. It's not a very long poem, folks
May 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
May 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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May 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Constitution trashed -
Judge Dugan under arrest
What the actual fuck?

#NewsInHaikus
April 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Gunfire shatters peace,
Twenty-six lives lost in grief—
Kashmir weeps in shock.

#NewsInHaikus
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Trade war shadows growth,
IMF cuts forecasts deep—
World slows, hopes dimmed low.
#NewsInHaikus

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump tariffs: US forecast to be hit hardest of major economies
The US suffers the biggest downgrade to growth among advanced economies, in the influential International Monetary Fund's latest forecast.
www.bbc.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Voices held inside—
Most want change for Earth’s future,
But they think they're few.
#NewsInHaikus

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?
Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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China makes it clear:
Don’t trade with U.S. in ways
that hurt Beijing's stake.

#NewsInHaikus
April 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Stroke struck silently,
Heart falters, life’s breath fades out
Pope Francis at rest.

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April 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Less dramatic bridge. Drama is overrated.
January 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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The end of my guttering has fur. And at least one eye. #MarsupialMonday
A ringtail possum curled up in a little drey in a roof guttering. Keeping a fearful eye on the camera.
December 15, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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A couple of stragglers passing Merimbula on the way to Antarctica. #Whales
Two humpback whales photographed from an aeroplane.
November 7, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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Monotreme Monday!
A young Echidna staring determinedly through a mesh fence.
October 21, 2024 at 9:57 PM
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Obi is over my petting.
Very fluffy cat with a slightly peeved expression, but lying on his back with legs akimbo.
September 28, 2024 at 1:59 AM