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Laura Parrish
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Artist, Nana, living in a small town right on the tracks. Nurturing the little girl I was, who is still part of me, and deserves love and care. Putting her first.
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"Now, around a dozen clinical trials are in the works, testing the diet's effect on mental illness, most notably for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression, but also for conditions like anorexia, alcoholism and PTSD."

www.npr.org/sections/hea...
Patients say keto helps with their mental illness. Science is racing to understand why
It's not just for weight loss. Patients and doctors alike are having success using the diet for illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. And research is taking off.
www.npr.org
March 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Trump’s Demented Gaza Threats

US presidents kill civilians all the time, but it’s highly unusual for them to explicitly threaten a civilian population with extermination in a statement addressed directly to them.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/trumps-dem...
Trump's Demented Gaza Threats, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
March 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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If you’re looking at what’s happening in the world and you feel like screaming a lot of the time, read this. And thank you for keeping your heart open, and not looking away.
February 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Army vet Kris Goldsmith, CEO of Task Force Butler, sues the feds to block Musk & DOGE from accessing private info to target Trump critics & extremists.

@krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social

Watch full video here: youtu.be/9qxSGV8EpyA

Follow The Ken Harbaugh Show here: linktr.ee/thekenharbau...
I’m SUING to STOP Trump and Musk
YouTube video by Ken Harbaugh
youtu.be
February 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The Most Cruel and Dangerous Thing Trump and Musk Have Done
youtu.be/k-cIIzCQ3ww
The Most Cruel and Dangerous Thing Trump and Musk Have Done
YouTube video by Kristofer Goldsmith
youtu.be
February 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Where you at Dems ? You fighting to get them far better severance or going to ignore them, and all others in similar circumstances?
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.

Strong power move for Team Cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
" . . . overloaded and overstuffed."

" . . . criticized for having themes considered inappropriate or in poor taste."

" . . . harmonic progressions too unexpected and jarring."

. . . continued in comments
February 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
February 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Chris Hedges gets it. This is really happening.
The Empire Self-Destructs
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Wallace Shawn -- I can't communicate with those who don't see the evil either.
February 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"It is true that there are a great many ugly things happening in our world. It is also true that every single thing in every single moment is crackling with electrifying beauty, and that you can learn to see this for yourself."
Caitlin Johnstone
February 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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How To Be Both Happy And Well-Informed

It is very possible to live a truth-driven life which does not shy away from the harsh realities of the world without being consumed by the darkness.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/how-to-be-...
How To Be Both Happy And Well-Informed
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
February 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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"Quakers are horrified by Donald Trump's proposal to 'take over' and 'own' Gaza and ethnically cleanse two million Palestinians."

"These threats must be taken seriously. Any attempt to implement them would be a grave violation of international law."
February 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The racists are emboldened.
February 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Took my own advice and ran this morning without headphones, to air out the brain.

Highly recommended, especially now.
February 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Country music fans mad at Beyonce…. Do you realize it was mediocre white dudes that completely bastardized the genre? You cranked up Jason Aldean and now you’re a “purist?” Sit down.
February 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The people whose hair is on fire because Beyoncé won The Grammys Country Music Album of the Year. So. Much. Anger.
February 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. “So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Love Philippa
January 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This week in the US.
February 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM