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The Mysterious Bookshop opened 46 years ago yesterday (April 13, 1979). Thanks to our wonderful customers—the best in the world—for keeping us around!!
April 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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There we go. Support this man.
Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return

"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Public broadcasting is essential.
youtube.com/shorts/H8Cgt...
Right-wing politicians want to eliminate public broadcasting like NPR, CBC, and PBS
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Baby American Dippers having breakfast this morning.

Washington state

#birds #nature 🌿
April 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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If you love your library, listen up…
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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This is my most ambitious video yet.

A nation built on bold choices now stands at a tipping point.
Two futures diverge.
One election decides.

#CanadianHistory #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli
youtu.be/UOkyo45LFQY

✅ Get my "From Far and Wide" newsletter or podcast: FarAndWide.news
Canada Was Here: A Brief History of the Next 200 Years
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood said the Trump administration will cut federal family planning funding affecting birth control, cancer screenings and other services for low-income people.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Trump administration to freeze family-planning funds for Planned Parenthood
Reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood said on Monday the Trump administration would cut federal family planning funding as of Tuesday, affecting birth control, cancer screenings and other services for low-income people.
www.reuters.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I've been surprised this hasn't engendered more outrage/attention, as it appears to be much worse than Columbia's original capitulation. A major university has effectively given the POTUS a veto power over who serves as its President. Shocking if true, and ...

balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
Balkinization: The Tenth Demand?
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Thank you! ❤️
Everyone should subscribe and become a Patron. Tod’s work is excellent-smart, informative—delivered in his charming slightly self-deprecating Canadian way —but doesn’t make you want to jump off a bridge after reading it. The opposite, in fact! He makes you want to get involved in your community!
March 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵

In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.

We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.

with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
January 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM