Eleven Baskets
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Mom, rancher, herbalist
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Smart observation by Mark O'Connell about the recent Curtis Yarkin profile in the New Yorker by Ava Kofman.
June 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Smart observation by Mark O'Connell about the recent Curtis Yarkin profile in the New Yorker by Ava Kofman.
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They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
March 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
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In the US, through the decades, administrations of both parties have allowed JBS to become a dominant player in our meat industry and have disregarded massive evidence of environmental impacts, oligopolistic behavior and labor exploitation.
All the while arguing they protect US ag, of course.
All the while arguing they protect US ag, of course.
Agricultural expansion in Brazil’s Pará and Mato Grosso states has destroyed 27 million hectares of jaguar habitat, most of it illegally.
A report by Global Witness links some of this deforestation to indirect suppliers of JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker.
A report by Global Witness links some of this deforestation to indirect suppliers of JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker.
Report links meat giant JBS to massive destruction of jaguar habitat
Agricultural expansion in two Brazilian states has cleared a U.K -sized area of jaguar habitat, nearly a fifth of which occurred in the last decade alone, a new report shows. About 27 million…
news.mongabay.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
In the US, through the decades, administrations of both parties have allowed JBS to become a dominant player in our meat industry and have disregarded massive evidence of environmental impacts, oligopolistic behavior and labor exploitation.
All the while arguing they protect US ag, of course.
All the while arguing they protect US ag, of course.
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Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
May 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
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It is kinda funny to me when the segregationists are like 'you need to be focusing on BUSINESS not diversity' and a company responds 'we've actually found that diversity is good for business 🤷🏾♀️' and then the segregationists are like wait no
💥 NEWS: McDonald's shareholders voted Tues. to reject an anti-DEI proposal, 99-1 percent. McDonald's Board said the proposal "unduly interferes" with the company's "flexibility and judgment." MCD: "Our success in the future builds on our history of embracing diversity as a competitive advantage."
May 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It is kinda funny to me when the segregationists are like 'you need to be focusing on BUSINESS not diversity' and a company responds 'we've actually found that diversity is good for business 🤷🏾♀️' and then the segregationists are like wait no
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For those who were not raised with decent “home training”, the only proper response at a time like this is to express sympathy and well wishes. And if you can’t do that, silence works.
May 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
For those who were not raised with decent “home training”, the only proper response at a time like this is to express sympathy and well wishes. And if you can’t do that, silence works.
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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
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In what might be the logical endpoint of American Zionism, the Heritage Foundation has declared that pro-Palestinian activism is not just antisemitic, but is in fact a shadowy global conspiracy … led by Jews. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
May 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In what might be the logical endpoint of American Zionism, the Heritage Foundation has declared that pro-Palestinian activism is not just antisemitic, but is in fact a shadowy global conspiracy … led by Jews. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
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Buried in the House's 1,000-page tax-and-budget bill: a provision banning federal judges from enforcing contempt of court rulings over a wide range of court orders open.substack.com/pub/walterol...
Wild: House bill would strip courts of contempt enforcement power
In the ongoing public discussion about whether the courts will try to rein in the Trump administration’s lawlessness, or will prevail in a resulting showdown if they do, the story that follows has bee...
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May 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Buried in the House's 1,000-page tax-and-budget bill: a provision banning federal judges from enforcing contempt of court rulings over a wide range of court orders open.substack.com/pub/walterol...
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This would be an obvious act of ethnic cleansing under international law.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, five people with knowledge of the effort told NBC News.
Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya
Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.
nbcnews.to
May 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This would be an obvious act of ethnic cleansing under international law.
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500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
May 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
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so the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?
May 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
so the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?
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We live in such strange times
May 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We live in such strange times
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Going insane reading this Politico story about Musk's AI servers poisoning the air of a 90% Black community in Memphis followed immediately by this Washington Post story about states lining up their own communities to host the next ones
May 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Going insane reading this Politico story about Musk's AI servers poisoning the air of a 90% Black community in Memphis followed immediately by this Washington Post story about states lining up their own communities to host the next ones
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The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate.
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, with @tennesseelookout.com
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, with @tennesseelookout.com
This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.
The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending…
www.propublica.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate.
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, with @tennesseelookout.com
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, with @tennesseelookout.com
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Oh this absolutely sucks. Carla Hayden was an amazing Librarian of Congress, and a *massive* improvement over her predecessor who was there forever and was terrible.
BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:
May 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Oh this absolutely sucks. Carla Hayden was an amazing Librarian of Congress, and a *massive* improvement over her predecessor who was there forever and was terrible.
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Full clip of "Murphy To Secretary Of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: Your Department Is Out Of Control"
Murphy To Secretary Of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: Your Department Is Out Of Control
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
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May 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Full clip of "Murphy To Secretary Of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: Your Department Is Out Of Control"
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We should understand this for what it is: an effort to build public consent for the president to ignore the Supreme Court. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jus...
Justice Department investigating 2022 Abrego Garcia traffic stop: Sources
DOJ has been investigating a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ABC News has learned.
abcnews.go.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We should understand this for what it is: an effort to build public consent for the president to ignore the Supreme Court. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jus...
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This story explains a LOT of things: ChatGPT appears to be rooting on sociopathic mental illness by validating every delusion of grandeur.
It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.
www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.
www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
May 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This story explains a LOT of things: ChatGPT appears to be rooting on sociopathic mental illness by validating every delusion of grandeur.
It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.
www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.
www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
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We are implementing a 900% tariff on all movies that utilize humans inside any penguin film, in name or subject. People excel in destroying our vibe, and it ends now. Hands off the Glacierverse!
May 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We are implementing a 900% tariff on all movies that utilize humans inside any penguin film, in name or subject. People excel in destroying our vibe, and it ends now. Hands off the Glacierverse!
Her hands were filled with memory
1. Before cities pierced the sky and machines dug through the veins of the world, there was a quiet force who walked with the Earth: the Carbon Goddess.
Keeper of Balance, Archivist of Time.
Her hands were filled with memory.
Keeper of Balance, Archivist of Time.
Her hands were filled with memory.
May 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Her hands were filled with memory
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I think the real problem is that men have an insecurity epidemic. Men act as if they do not have emotions, that they do not get insecure, and poor parenting reinforces this repression. It's much easier and convenient to be pissed off and mad than it is to take responsibility for how you feel.
May 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I think the real problem is that men have an insecurity epidemic. Men act as if they do not have emotions, that they do not get insecure, and poor parenting reinforces this repression. It's much easier and convenient to be pissed off and mad than it is to take responsibility for how you feel.
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“maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls”
April 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls”
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Jesus’s parents were unwed and undocumented. So he got what he deserved.
by J. D. Vance
by J. D. Vance
April 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Jesus’s parents were unwed and undocumented. So he got what he deserved.
by J. D. Vance
by J. D. Vance
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look who also believed
April 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
look who also believed