One scientist texted his landlord to say his rent would be late. Another wasn’t able to pay her credit card bill. Yet another worried how much longer he could afford his mortgage. These were some effects of Trump’s federal funding freeze on researchers who rely on National Science Foundation grants.

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For the latest Unshocked episode w/ @mehdirhasan.bsky.social we talked about - what else? - shock.

How Trump is using "shock and awe" as a governing strategy and how we fight back.

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My Father was the Lieutenant Commander on this ship.
My dad was a wonderful man.
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A small Dutch minesweeper was the only survivor of a vicious confrontation with the Japanese in late 1941 and was immediately ordered to retreat to Australia.

2 years the pandemic had me marooned in Darwin, (Northern Territory, Australia) Nobody could leave or enter the Territory. To compensate, the SUNSETS held my mind in check.

Bali in 1968 was an adventure never forgotten.
Beratan Lake, Bedugul.
No tourists anywhere. As one of the first surfers, I had no realization that surfers were going to be the beginning of the mass tourism we see today.

Always interesting to ride on the New York subway.

My Grandmother, Baroness Van Wicheren, and daughters Bunty & Muffy my mother. Java 1920's.
— in Bandung, Indonesia.