MindfulMatters
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Health care provider, lover of books and seeker of wisdom. My goal is to live my life mindfully and increase kindness in this world. We are entering a dark time and will need to be present for one another.
The absence of historical accuracy in my textbooks was so blatant, it leaves no doubt where biases gain an initial foothold.
Thanksgiving is handled with satin gloves for white children, who can learn the name of the chief who sat with the pilgrims of Plymouth, but not that those same pilgrims mounted his son’s head on a pike and left his body to rot.
Thanksgiving Is Another Reminder of What America Forgot
The absence of Native perspectives in American history books and classrooms has been remarked on for over 50 years. Will it ever change?
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The absence of historical accuracy in my textbooks was so blatant, it leaves no doubt where biases gain an initial foothold.
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Breaking news: The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a copy reviewed by The Post.
White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations
The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Breaking news: The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a copy reviewed by The Post.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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Best to check this out. www.instagram.com/p/DQscWujgd1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Best to check this out. www.instagram.com/p/DQscWujgd1...
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The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings. n.pr/4ntG3PR
White House fires entire commission that reviews designs for federal buildings
The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.
n.pr
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings. n.pr/4ntG3PR
With a diversity of sources either commenting on or writing about his smell, I'm beginning to wonder if there's some veracity to the observation.
President Xi speaking to his staff in Mandarin after standing next to Trump for a photo op said he smelled like rotting fish marinating in a puddle of diarrhea
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
With a diversity of sources either commenting on or writing about his smell, I'm beginning to wonder if there's some veracity to the observation.
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Trump administration in talks to take stakes in quantum-computing firms, WSJ reports https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-talks-stakes-quantum-060030756.html
Trump administration in talks to take stakes in quantum-computing firms, WSJ reports
President Donald Trump's administration is in talks with several quantum-computing companies to take equity stakes in exchange for federal funding, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Companies including IonQ, Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum are discussing the government becoming a shareholder as part of the agreements, the report said, adding that the discussions include minimum funding awards from Washington of $10 million each.
www.yahoo.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Trump administration in talks to take stakes in quantum-computing firms, WSJ reports https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-talks-stakes-quantum-060030756.html
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Longest government shutdown in US history - 35 days (Dec ‘18 - Jan ‘19)
Second longest shutdown - 22 days+ (Oct 1st ‘25 - present day)
Both shutdowns occurred under Trump.
How Americans let this criminal lunatic keep failing upwards will vex historians for generations to come.
Second longest shutdown - 22 days+ (Oct 1st ‘25 - present day)
Both shutdowns occurred under Trump.
How Americans let this criminal lunatic keep failing upwards will vex historians for generations to come.
October 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Longest government shutdown in US history - 35 days (Dec ‘18 - Jan ‘19)
Second longest shutdown - 22 days+ (Oct 1st ‘25 - present day)
Both shutdowns occurred under Trump.
How Americans let this criminal lunatic keep failing upwards will vex historians for generations to come.
Second longest shutdown - 22 days+ (Oct 1st ‘25 - present day)
Both shutdowns occurred under Trump.
How Americans let this criminal lunatic keep failing upwards will vex historians for generations to come.
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The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
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Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military & Corporate Data
Using $800 equipment, UCSD researchers found a stunning variety of data—eg T-Mobile calls & texts & US military comms—sent unencrypted.
flip.it/NeG--G so the USG, Putin, Zuck & Thiel & banks etc have all the data…
Using $800 equipment, UCSD researchers found a stunning variety of data—eg T-Mobile calls & texts & US military comms—sent unencrypted.
flip.it/NeG--G so the USG, Putin, Zuck & Thiel & banks etc have all the data…
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
flip.it
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military & Corporate Data
Using $800 equipment, UCSD researchers found a stunning variety of data—eg T-Mobile calls & texts & US military comms—sent unencrypted.
flip.it/NeG--G so the USG, Putin, Zuck & Thiel & banks etc have all the data…
Using $800 equipment, UCSD researchers found a stunning variety of data—eg T-Mobile calls & texts & US military comms—sent unencrypted.
flip.it/NeG--G so the USG, Putin, Zuck & Thiel & banks etc have all the data…
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Putin not Musk is probably the richest man on earth but that only makes the point stronger — control of media by oligarchs leads to folly, fascism, and war
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Putin not Musk is probably the richest man on earth but that only makes the point stronger — control of media by oligarchs leads to folly, fascism, and war
Why should we expect the money to be spent with the average Texas family in mind? It hasn't operated with this philosophy since Ann Richards led the state.
Emergency relief” in Abbott’s Texas means “send checks to my billionaire friends.”
Nearly $1B in no-bid contracts went to his donors, under the guise of crisis response.
👉 Dive into the receipts via Public Citizen:
🔗 www.citizen.org/news/public-... #TexansOverBillionaires
Nearly $1B in no-bid contracts went to his donors, under the guise of crisis response.
👉 Dive into the receipts via Public Citizen:
🔗 www.citizen.org/news/public-... #TexansOverBillionaires
September 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Why should we expect the money to be spent with the average Texas family in mind? It hasn't operated with this philosophy since Ann Richards led the state.
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Chicago has quickly emerged as a hub for quantum computing, but what does a quantum computer even look like? And how do they work?
Those are questions that a new exhibit unveiled at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport seeks to answer.
Those are questions that a new exhibit unveiled at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport seeks to answer.
‘A real physical thing’: Quantum computer exhibit at O’Hare seeks to make the technology tangible
An exhibit of a quantum computer at O’Hare put on by the University of Chicago and IBM aims to make learning about the technology accessible amid Chicago’s rise as a quantum hub.
trib.al
September 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Chicago has quickly emerged as a hub for quantum computing, but what does a quantum computer even look like? And how do they work?
Those are questions that a new exhibit unveiled at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport seeks to answer.
Those are questions that a new exhibit unveiled at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport seeks to answer.
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This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)
September 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)
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"On Friday afternoon, shortly after this article was published, Ms. Cauley sent an email saying, “There was a miscommunication with international staff and no destruction has yet happened but we are reviewing the matter.”"
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
Belgian Authorities Say $10 Million Supply of Birth Control Has Not Yet Been Destroyed
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"On Friday afternoon, shortly after this article was published, Ms. Cauley sent an email saying, “There was a miscommunication with international staff and no destruction has yet happened but we are reviewing the matter.”"
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
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That's weird.
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
September 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
That's weird.
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Let’s get this straight, once and for all:
Homophobia is not an opinion.
Transphobia is not an opinion.
Xenophobia is not an opinion.
Misogyny is not an opinion.
Racism is not an opinion.
It’s hatred. — Are we all clear on this?
Homophobia is not an opinion.
Transphobia is not an opinion.
Xenophobia is not an opinion.
Misogyny is not an opinion.
Racism is not an opinion.
It’s hatred. — Are we all clear on this?
September 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Let’s get this straight, once and for all:
Homophobia is not an opinion.
Transphobia is not an opinion.
Xenophobia is not an opinion.
Misogyny is not an opinion.
Racism is not an opinion.
It’s hatred. — Are we all clear on this?
Homophobia is not an opinion.
Transphobia is not an opinion.
Xenophobia is not an opinion.
Misogyny is not an opinion.
Racism is not an opinion.
It’s hatred. — Are we all clear on this?
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BREAKING: This politician has bet against the US economy.
Representative Tim Moore disclosed new trades showing a leveraged bet against U.S. small-cap stocks
Moore invested up to $215,000 in the Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares ETF, $TZA.
He is on the House Financial Services Committee.
Representative Tim Moore disclosed new trades showing a leveraged bet against U.S. small-cap stocks
Moore invested up to $215,000 in the Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares ETF, $TZA.
He is on the House Financial Services Committee.
September 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
BREAKING: This politician has bet against the US economy.
Representative Tim Moore disclosed new trades showing a leveraged bet against U.S. small-cap stocks
Moore invested up to $215,000 in the Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares ETF, $TZA.
He is on the House Financial Services Committee.
Representative Tim Moore disclosed new trades showing a leveraged bet against U.S. small-cap stocks
Moore invested up to $215,000 in the Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares ETF, $TZA.
He is on the House Financial Services Committee.
These are truly amazing drone displays.
Happy Birthday Pope Leo
Amazing singers and stunning drone display over the Vatican
Amazing singers and stunning drone display over the Vatican
September 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
These are truly amazing drone displays.
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“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell
George Orwell
September 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell
George Orwell
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