Mike Craine
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Maps, Photos, History, Roads and More
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'Marie Tharp’s 1953 map of the seafloor helped prove the theory of continental drift, but the male geologist she collaborated with took all the credit.'
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November 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
'Marie Tharp’s 1953 map of the seafloor helped prove the theory of continental drift, but the male geologist she collaborated with took all the credit.'
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www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seei...
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Incredible quotes over the past 48 hours.
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'We got our asses handed to us.'
Snapshot of a stunned America amid shocking results
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November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Incredible quotes over the past 48 hours.
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@detroitnews.com @detroitfreepress.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @democrats.org @houserepublicans.bsky.social
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Ok “mamdani and spanberger/sherrill took two wildly different paths to winning” is not the take, people. Really. Not everything is a left vs. center battle for the soul of the party.
Come with me. 1/
Come with me. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Ok “mamdani and spanberger/sherrill took two wildly different paths to winning” is not the take, people. Really. Not everything is a left vs. center battle for the soul of the party.
Come with me. 1/
Come with me. 1/
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The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
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"The glory of art is that it can not only survive change, it can lead it." - Robert Redford
September 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"The glory of art is that it can not only survive change, it can lead it." - Robert Redford
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Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony.
Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
August 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony.
Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
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When I joined NPR almost 30 yrs ago as a complete outsider with no qualifications other than being a lifelong fan, nobody welcomed me more avidly and kindly than Susan. She loved what we were trying to do, and helped us do it.
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
Susan Stamberg, iconic NPR voice and broadcast journalism legend, is retiring
www.npr.org
August 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When I joined NPR almost 30 yrs ago as a complete outsider with no qualifications other than being a lifelong fan, nobody welcomed me more avidly and kindly than Susan. She loved what we were trying to do, and helped us do it.
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
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The worst effects of Trump's economic policies may not hit for several years. Should Democrats withhold a real effort to win the next two elections so that they aren't the ones saddled with blame?
August 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The worst effects of Trump's economic policies may not hit for several years. Should Democrats withhold a real effort to win the next two elections so that they aren't the ones saddled with blame?
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My newsletter is BACK! New article on Jeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and the dream of justice: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
Laura Palmer’s House
Jeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and dreams of justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My newsletter is BACK! New article on Jeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and the dream of justice: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
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I wish analysts would stop torturing themselves to try to show that Craigslist didn't kill newspaper classifieds, which at one time brought in 40% of revenues. Of course it did. I don't blame Craig Newmark, who built a better mousetrap, but let's be real. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
Did Craigslist decimate newspapers? Legend meets reality. - Poynter
Craig Newmark’s simple site was hailed as a disruptor and blamed for the collapse of classifieds. But journalism’s business failures ran deeper.
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August 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I wish analysts would stop torturing themselves to try to show that Craigslist didn't kill newspaper classifieds, which at one time brought in 40% of revenues. Of course it did. I don't blame Craig Newmark, who built a better mousetrap, but let's be real. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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New motto for all reporters at WH "briefings" or questioning Trump: WWJPD?
What Would Jerome Powell Do, in face of relentless lies from Trump and his minions?
What Would Jerome Powell Do, in face of relentless lies from Trump and his minions?
Powell called out Trump for making stuff up to smear him
"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
July 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New motto for all reporters at WH "briefings" or questioning Trump: WWJPD?
What Would Jerome Powell Do, in face of relentless lies from Trump and his minions?
What Would Jerome Powell Do, in face of relentless lies from Trump and his minions?
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I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
July 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
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Here's a gift link to the piece about how the world's richest man decided to kill the world's poorest children. wapo.st/3GjK8qn
June 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Here's a gift link to the piece about how the world's richest man decided to kill the world's poorest children. wapo.st/3GjK8qn
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Insane message discipline from this guy.
Mamdani: "I've already had to start get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, ultimately bc he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for. I'm fighting for the the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since betrayed."
June 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Insane message discipline from this guy.
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New post: Fuller Goes to Washington
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June 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New post: Fuller Goes to Washington
www.maproomblog.com/2025/06/full...
www.maproomblog.com/2025/06/full...
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I see the Washington Post is platforming an op-ed by Krisi Noem, because apparently they're still pissed they missed their opportunity to publish Goebbels in the original German.
June 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I see the Washington Post is platforming an op-ed by Krisi Noem, because apparently they're still pissed they missed their opportunity to publish Goebbels in the original German.
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These are not mutually exclusive!
For example: Clifford Clinton ran a chain of cafeterias in LA in the 1930s. and also was a crusader against corruption in the LAPD... so they bombed his house.
And his flagship cafeteria (which is still there!) looked like this:
For example: Clifford Clinton ran a chain of cafeterias in LA in the 1930s. and also was a crusader against corruption in the LAPD... so they bombed his house.
And his flagship cafeteria (which is still there!) looked like this:
June 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
These are not mutually exclusive!
For example: Clifford Clinton ran a chain of cafeterias in LA in the 1930s. and also was a crusader against corruption in the LAPD... so they bombed his house.
And his flagship cafeteria (which is still there!) looked like this:
For example: Clifford Clinton ran a chain of cafeterias in LA in the 1930s. and also was a crusader against corruption in the LAPD... so they bombed his house.
And his flagship cafeteria (which is still there!) looked like this:
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Really disagreed with Robert Kagan 25 years ago, about attacking Iraq.
Really agree with him now, about attacking Iran.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Including the last line. On countless fronts, it's a time to be counted. A time to choose sides and stand up.
Really agree with him now, about attacking Iran.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Including the last line. On countless fronts, it's a time to be counted. A time to choose sides and stand up.
June 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Really disagreed with Robert Kagan 25 years ago, about attacking Iraq.
Really agree with him now, about attacking Iran.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Including the last line. On countless fronts, it's a time to be counted. A time to choose sides and stand up.
Really agree with him now, about attacking Iran.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Including the last line. On countless fronts, it's a time to be counted. A time to choose sides and stand up.
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I'm on tour and I've been talking a lot about the WIP, which is kicking my ass, but -- I enjoy that part, the way I enjoy working all the daily puzzles. Success, failure, starting over, trying to puzzle through what you're doing -- isn't that the BEST part?
This is incredibly disappointing. The so-called “mechanics” - like research and structure and brainstorming - are literally how writers craft, how they find the way into the work and make it weird, make it theirs. Without that crucial stuff, you’re trying to find emotional truth where there is none
June 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm on tour and I've been talking a lot about the WIP, which is kicking my ass, but -- I enjoy that part, the way I enjoy working all the daily puzzles. Success, failure, starting over, trying to puzzle through what you're doing -- isn't that the BEST part?
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This is incredibly disappointing. The so-called “mechanics” - like research and structure and brainstorming - are literally how writers craft, how they find the way into the work and make it weird, make it theirs. Without that crucial stuff, you’re trying to find emotional truth where there is none
June 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is incredibly disappointing. The so-called “mechanics” - like research and structure and brainstorming - are literally how writers craft, how they find the way into the work and make it weird, make it theirs. Without that crucial stuff, you’re trying to find emotional truth where there is none
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Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from June 17, 1906.
June 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from June 17, 1906.
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Taking potshots at the freedom of the press in the midst of going after the right of the people peaceably to assemble.
Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)
June 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Taking potshots at the freedom of the press in the midst of going after the right of the people peaceably to assemble.
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Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)
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People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
April 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.