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Sebastião Salgado, 1944-2025. An extraordinary vision.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/a...
Sebastião Salgado, Acclaimed Brazilian Photographer, Is Dead at 81
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Bleak truth from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social 👇

"Well, this was the week that should have seen the death of hope in a number of places... What we are left with is a world where either Ukraine’s supporters will or will not step up to help Ukraine in this war in the way that is needed."
Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. The big story of the week was the Istanbul talks--not the talks themselves but what they reveal about where the US, Russia, Europeans and Ukrainians stand. It should be clarifying to even the most optimistic. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #133: The Istanbul Talks
How Did We Get Here, What Happened, What Did They Reveal. Also A Revealing Trump Interview
open.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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"Our nation’s politics have not merely gone conservative. They have gone white nationalist. That makes country music, and Nashville, a good fit for the moment."

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
Opinion | The Country’s Gone Country. What Gives?
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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If having a Pope can’t save the White Sox, nothing can.
May 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Don't expect the courts to save us - The latest from Michael Podhorzer (@mikepod.bsky.social)

www.weekendreading.net/p/the-courts...
The Courts Will Not Save Us
We must resist the learned helplessness of judicial supremacy.
www.weekendreading.net
March 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We’ve lived in this house for 25 years. Today, I saw my first white weasel. It was chasing a rabbit about 3x its size. The critter is also called an ermine.
January 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This is what the morning sky looked like from our back door at around 5:30,
November 16, 2024 at 2:51 PM