katkit8.bsky.social
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BBC Future has used one of my popular Frankenstein illustrations (with my permission) in this web feature about the Mer de Glace:

www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
'The most desolate place in the world': The sea of ice that inspired Frankenstein
This French glacier has given rise to countless works of art in the past 200 years. Paintings, photos and satellites reveal how the site has dramatically transformed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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When it comes to rice and pasta, dietitians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.
There's a secret superfood in white rice and pasta: Here's how to unlock it
When it comes to rice and pasta, dietitians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.
n.pr
October 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Ever seen a 750-pound muskox face off with a 210-pound pumpkin? 💥 Hudson did, and won! 🏆 Catch more pumpkin-smashing, leaf-crunching, fall fun during #ZooBoo, October 18 & 19. 🎃🐾
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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They finally made the milk from that hotel
July 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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We are nearing the end.
April 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Even in 2025, some things still shock. Like the apparent selection of a long-time vaccine opponent who was disciplined & fined for practicing medicine without a license to conduct a new HHS study into whether there's a link between vaccines and autism.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/26/r...
Vaccine critic’s apparent selection to head HHS autism study shocks experts
The apparent choice of a major player in the anti-vaccine community to conduct an HHS study on autism has shocked vaccine experts.
www.statnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Many are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
February 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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guess what Hakeem is currently up to?

Escalating conflict in the middle east
February 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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When your base is getting battered in a culture war, pretending the war isn’t happening is, in every conceivable way, a losing strategy.

But keep it up with those “kitchen table” issues, I guess, Dems. Heckuva job
Will the Democrats start standing up for their core constituencies—instead of taking us for granted and acting like things are normal while GOP fascists complete a coup and brutally target the marginalized?

To quote the Magic 8 Ball, signs point to no

www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/when-will-...
When Will the Democrats Stand Up Against Fascist Culture Wars and For the Party's Base?
The answer, I fear, might have to do with porcine wings and an extreme cold snap in a very hot place
www.bugbeardispatch.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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“So what do we do to stop Trump?” is a question I get dozens of times per day. I answer in detail here.

The worst thing we can do is give up. Autocrats want capitulation through exhaustion and compliance through fear. Do not comply.

Here’s how to take action:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/magas-7-de...
MAGAs 7 Deadly Sins—So Far—And How to Fight Back
How MAGAs are undermining every aspect of our Republic as they march the United States towards fascism—and the actions we must take to stop them
www.qasimrashid.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
January 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Leakers declare war on Trump:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leakers-de...
Leakers Declare War on Trump
Trump’s attack on DEI triggers resistance, including against Elon Musk
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.

Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Billionaires Should Not Exist
Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
www.teenvogue.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.

See what changes are in store for your county.

By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North…
propub.li
January 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM