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“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in.” —Bill Fujioka, Japanese American National Museum board chairman
Japanese American National Museum Stands Up for DEI
The institution said it would continue to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in the face of widespread government funding cuts and pressures.
hyperallergic.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Never thought I’d see the day that the People’s Republic of China would circulate a video of Ronald Reagan to inveigh against a Republican president who has imposed the largest tax increase in American history
April 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Donald Trump’s hefty new tariffs represent an unprecedented shock to the economy, and they are being accompanied by policies that run directly counter to the goal of promoting American economic dominance.
How Donald Trump Crushed the Stock Market
The President’s tariff policy isn’t strategic protectionism; it’s economic self-harm.
www.newyorker.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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There are good people out there.
I love this!!

Actress Cassandra Peterson, better known as her horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, has donated her Tesla to NPR.

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#Swasticar

#ElonSux
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Whilst X drowns in bots, extreme content, misinformation & its own vomit Bluesky Hits 25 Million Users👏

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Bluesky Hits 25M Users As Exodus From X Continues
The social media platform has added over 10 million users since U.S. Election Day.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 14, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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"The second ship is already going down, holy sh*t," sailors nearby comment on the Volgoneft tankers.

Both ships have reportedly sunk.
December 15, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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Abysmal, irresponsible, war-mongering idiocy from the Israeli government, which seemingly cannot find a situation it does not wish to actively worsen www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Israel launches dozens of airstrikes on Syria despite rebel leader's peace pledge
Strikes follow statement by Israel’s defence minister that troops would remain on Mount Hermon for winter
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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88 years ago today, Robert Johnson stepped into a San Antonio hotel room and changed music forever. His first recording session and recorded blues classics like 'Sweet Home Chicago,' 'Terraplane Blues,' and 'I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom.' The birth of a legend.
November 25, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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🔥 🗣️STURGILL SIMPSON: “This toxic patriarchal energy is an age coming to an end… that energy is clawing for its survival bc it knows it’s dying. We’re heading to something beautiful, we just have to go through some dark shit first. So love everybody.” (H/T @wutangforchildren.bsky.social )
November 24, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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The United Nations kicks off a summit today with the goal of creating a global treaty to end plastic pollution.

Here are the key points to watch out for as countries prepare for nail-biting negotiations: www.politico.eu/article/busa...
November 25, 2024 at 8:06 AM
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Treat the trolls that are popping up here like you would invasive spotted lanternflies -- stomp on them (with a quick block or report) and then just keep walking, with a little spring in your step because you're helping protect our ecosystem
November 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Trump ally Candace Owens said she doesn’t believe in the moon landing. Popular pro-Trump independent journalist Jessica Reed Kraus agrees with her.

Kraus has access in Trump world and Mar-a-Lago, and is very popular among the Trump / RFK Jr base.
November 20, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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Meet Trump’s new Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon
November 20, 2024 at 6:49 AM
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“I never thought I’d see the day when this was a ‘serious’ — put that in scare quotes — policy.”
"Absolutely Insane": Pentagon Officials on Trump's Military Deportation Plan
Trump campaigned on mass deportations. Now he’s threatening to use the U.S. military to carry them out.
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November 19, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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Francis Fukuyama does in fact make this point in the final chapter of "The End of History"!

He suggests that a generation growing up knowing nothing other than the relative safety and comfort of a prosperous liberal democracy will eventually revolt against it because there's nothing else to fight
November 18, 2024 at 9:31 PM