“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
These are e most important for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
Happy Birthday to ME,!!
Citizens of foreign countries seem to have a much better grasp on how exactly to wield economic pressure via boycotts than we do here in the US and that sure is something.
Here is a nice mushroom
A single little brown mushroom grows from a crack in a mossy log, a first pioneer after the snow has melted. All photos by me
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NEW: Judge Boasberg calls a 4 p.m. hearing today and directs the government to be ready to answer the following questions posed by petitioners about the Venezuelan deportations www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741...
1) whether any flight with individuals subject to the Proclamation took off after either the
Court's written or oral Orders were issued;
2) whether any flight with individuals subject to the Proclamation landed after either the
Court's written or oral Orders were issued;
3) whether any flight with individuals subject to the Proclamation was still in the air after
either the Court's written or oral Orders were issued; and
4) whether custody of any individuals subject to the Proclamation was transferred to a
foreign country after either the Court's written or oral Orders were issued.
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I feel like you can support Trump’s wicked immigration policy, OR celebrate St Paddy’s day, but you can’t do both.
Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing:
"I'm alive!" said Gatsby, roaring past on a speedboat. He'd faked his own death and gotten away with everything. That's why they called him the Great Gatsby. "Out of the way, current!" he yelled at the water. "This speedboat is bearing me ceaselessly into the future!"
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People dislike language policing so much, God was like, “do not take my name in vain or you will burn forever!” And we were like “well I wasn’t really planning on it, but since you didn’t want me to…”
Hey creative folks, a reminder NOT to feel weird or bad about promoting your new/upcoming work right now. Life is full of chaos; people are looking for new work to relax and restore and escape. And you have that work! Let them know it's there! IN FACT: Share your latest work in this thread! Do it!
Copies of Mary Robinette Kowal's The Martian Contingency, which is out March 18, and my When the Moon Hits Your Eye, which is out March 25.
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film still #64 Tramell and bust of Jame.
In honor of St Patrick’s Day here’s a newly-discovered copy of the 9 December 1817 Baptism record of my great great great grandmother Alice McCarthy in Waterford, Ireland 🇮🇪 🍀
In today’s episode, how is NOAA faring with large-scale layoffs? Plus, the impact of freezing billions of dollars for sustainable agriculture and conservation. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...
“With resources being throttled, it's highly likely that much of the forecasting work, which has seen substantial improvement over the past few decades, will begin to regress.” —Umair Irfan
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just found a copy of Unc's manifesto... Oh UNC!! Come on Unc
Why Costco’s hot dogs are still $1.50 on today’s Prof G Markets: open.spotify.com/episode/2FMS...
Let’s stop these people before the world can’t.
A Fox News chyron that says “MAGA-FEST DESTINY”
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Like I consumed this over the weekend, and I highly encourage everyone to read it. The coverage is treating the book as an expose of Meta culture and execs and while it is that, I think the more interesting parts are in between and focus on global power dynamics 1/
At 12:35 am ET, the president decreed that he was nullifying President Biden’s preemptive pardons of members of the January 6 committee, an assertion of a power the Constitution does not bestow.
We make our own luck around here. ☘️ Happy St. Patrick's Day!
A contribution graph featuring alternating rows of green four-leaf clovers and white squares on a white background.
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