arlene
@fal34.bsky.social
Not a content creator, but an enthusiastic consumer and occasional reposter.
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My origin story is this collection that came with a set of encyclopedias we had since I could remember - read and learned so much from these - so many different stories.
December 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My origin story is this collection that came with a set of encyclopedias we had since I could remember - read and learned so much from these - so many different stories.
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Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t. www.wired.com/story/people...
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who...
www.wired.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t. www.wired.com/story/people...
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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the way to restart the worlds idea machine is to invest the ai money into creative arts programs in middle and high schools
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
the way to restart the worlds idea machine is to invest the ai money into creative arts programs in middle and high schools
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30 November 1899 | A Czech Jew, Valtr Pollak, was born in Liberec.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
30 November 1899 | A Czech Jew, Valtr Pollak, was born in Liberec.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
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in Namibia
November 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
in Namibia
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Well that's my evening sorted.
need something fun to watch? how about this: THREE MEN IN A BOAT (1975), dramatized by Tom fuckin' Stoppard and starring Tim Curry and Michael Palin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwk...
"THREE MEN IN A BOAT" (1975 Jerome K. Jerome TV Adaptation-starring Tim Curry, Michael Palin)
YouTube video by Archive Media Vault
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Well that's my evening sorted.
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"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
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The water that submerged the church in Iznik for more than 700 years has receded due to climate change. 🥲
Basilica emerges from lake, illuminating early Church life in Turkey.
Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity in AD 325
u.afp.com/Sh5e
Known as the Basilica of the Holy Fathers, it marks the site of one of the early Church's most important gatherings which took place in Nicaea 12 years after the Roman Empire legalised Christianity in AD 325
u.afp.com/Sh5e
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The water that submerged the church in Iznik for more than 700 years has receded due to climate change. 🥲
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
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People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
Essay | How to Turn the Bureaucratic Grind of Life Into a Party
We all feel it: the growing stream of administrative tasks sapping our time, spirits and social lives. Admin Night represents a tiny, nerdy resistance.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
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One of my favorite things about NYC is that the entire fleet of NYC ferries was named by 2nd graders. I think about this every time my run takes me past the docks.
Anyway, there are people who went to work this morning aboard The Tooth Ferry and the Ocean Queen Rockstar.
Anyway, there are people who went to work this morning aboard The Tooth Ferry and the Ocean Queen Rockstar.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
One of my favorite things about NYC is that the entire fleet of NYC ferries was named by 2nd graders. I think about this every time my run takes me past the docks.
Anyway, there are people who went to work this morning aboard The Tooth Ferry and the Ocean Queen Rockstar.
Anyway, there are people who went to work this morning aboard The Tooth Ferry and the Ocean Queen Rockstar.
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Younger adults are more likely to get news from news influencers, but they aren’t more likely to actively seek it out.
Among those who get news from influencers, 72% under age 50 say they happen to come across it, compared with 60% of Americans ages 50+. www.pewresearch.org/...
Among those who get news from influencers, 72% under age 50 say they happen to come across it, compared with 60% of Americans ages 50+. www.pewresearch.org/...
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Younger adults are more likely to get news from news influencers, but they aren’t more likely to actively seek it out.
Among those who get news from influencers, 72% under age 50 say they happen to come across it, compared with 60% of Americans ages 50+. www.pewresearch.org/...
Among those who get news from influencers, 72% under age 50 say they happen to come across it, compared with 60% of Americans ages 50+. www.pewresearch.org/...
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It's almost like this was a policy choice made by the leaders of a large country with a large western desert region.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's almost like this was a policy choice made by the leaders of a large country with a large western desert region.
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Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
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Farmers market in Kyiv today
October 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Farmers market in Kyiv today
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24 October 1911 | A Czech Jew, Raul Zeisner, was born in Znojmo.
Deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive.
Deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive.
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
24 October 1911 | A Czech Jew, Raul Zeisner, was born in Znojmo.
Deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive.
Deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive.
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At the age of 80, Helen Dortch Longstreet--wife of former Confederate general and postwar Republican James Longstreet--worked in a Georgia factory helping to make B-29 bombers during WWII.
October 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
At the age of 80, Helen Dortch Longstreet--wife of former Confederate general and postwar Republican James Longstreet--worked in a Georgia factory helping to make B-29 bombers during WWII.
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You, new to baseball, naive: wow what a game by Ohtani!!
Me, wise, jaded: actually i routinely see pitchers hit one of their three home runs in clinching playoff games clear out of the ballpark
Me, wise, jaded: actually i routinely see pitchers hit one of their three home runs in clinching playoff games clear out of the ballpark
October 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
You, new to baseball, naive: wow what a game by Ohtani!!
Me, wise, jaded: actually i routinely see pitchers hit one of their three home runs in clinching playoff games clear out of the ballpark
Me, wise, jaded: actually i routinely see pitchers hit one of their three home runs in clinching playoff games clear out of the ballpark
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October 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Everyone has the constitutional right to gather peacefully, protest, and make their voices heard. Before standing up and speaking out, know your rights with guidance from @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social.
oag.dc.gov/release/atto...
oag.dc.gov/release/atto...
Attorney General Schwalb Issues Guidance on Your Right to Protest in the District Of Columbia
oag.dc.gov
October 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Everyone has the constitutional right to gather peacefully, protest, and make their voices heard. Before standing up and speaking out, know your rights with guidance from @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social.
oag.dc.gov/release/atto...
oag.dc.gov/release/atto...
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Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad