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"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(My original #watercolor #art)
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(My original #watercolor #art)
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in praise of moon light
December 15, 2024 at 3:33 PM
in praise of moon light
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Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch (1853-1890), The Mulberry Tree, 1889, oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm, Norton Simon Museum,
Pasadena, California, USA
Pasadena, California, USA
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch (1853-1890), The Mulberry Tree, 1889, oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm, Norton Simon Museum,
Pasadena, California, USA
Pasadena, California, USA
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Tom Turkey popped by with a Thanksgiving peek in my bathroom windows. 😂
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Tom Turkey popped by with a Thanksgiving peek in my bathroom windows. 😂
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This Thanksgiving, read a Native American poet’s song of healing. https://to.pbs.org/3hJeiqq
This Thanksgiving, read a Native American poet’s song of healing
When Allison Adelle Hedge Coke wrote her poem “America, I Sing Back,” she considered each word a note in a larger song about the nation. “I thought about America singing. That’s why this poem is a song -- a voice calling for reclamation.”
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November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This Thanksgiving, read a Native American poet’s song of healing. https://to.pbs.org/3hJeiqq
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In that trembling of beginnings
the whole sky leans closer,
and I offer nothing
but an open palm.
Gratitude moves without footsteps,
a wind that remembers
the names of stones,
the dreams of rivers,
the quiet labor of stars.
#GivingThanks
the whole sky leans closer,
and I offer nothing
but an open palm.
Gratitude moves without footsteps,
a wind that remembers
the names of stones,
the dreams of rivers,
the quiet labor of stars.
#GivingThanks
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In that trembling of beginnings
the whole sky leans closer,
and I offer nothing
but an open palm.
Gratitude moves without footsteps,
a wind that remembers
the names of stones,
the dreams of rivers,
the quiet labor of stars.
#GivingThanks
the whole sky leans closer,
and I offer nothing
but an open palm.
Gratitude moves without footsteps,
a wind that remembers
the names of stones,
the dreams of rivers,
the quiet labor of stars.
#GivingThanks
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November 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Hidden corners of Ordesa National Park 🍂🍁
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hidden corners of Ordesa National Park 🍂🍁
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Until a few weeks ago, most immigration arrests in NYC were happening at appointments in the Manhattan federal building or immigration offices. That's over: we're now in the randomly-grabbed-while-out-getting-coffee stage of lawless enforcement. From @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge
Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.
www.thecity.nyc
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Until a few weeks ago, most immigration arrests in NYC were happening at appointments in the Manhattan federal building or immigration offices. That's over: we're now in the randomly-grabbed-while-out-getting-coffee stage of lawless enforcement. From @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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It's the little things
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's the little things
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Trump’s plan for drilling off California and Florida faces bipartisan opposition [via @insideclimatenews.org]
Trump’s plan for drilling off California and Florida faces bipartisan opposition
His "idiotic proposal" is "dead in the water," says Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trump’s plan for drilling off California and Florida faces bipartisan opposition [via @insideclimatenews.org]
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October 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
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Fleeting moments
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Fleeting moments
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This is a keeper.
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
CDC.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is a keeper.
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“Doctors, epidemiologists and public health experts condemned it. “This revision represents political pressure overriding scientific consensus,” Dr. Jake Scott, an infectious disease physician at Stanford University, said… calling the change “a dangerous precedent for evidence-based medicine.”
C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“Doctors, epidemiologists and public health experts condemned it. “This revision represents political pressure overriding scientific consensus,” Dr. Jake Scott, an infectious disease physician at Stanford University, said… calling the change “a dangerous precedent for evidence-based medicine.”
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A simple scene from a remote black sand beach in Iceland.
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A simple scene from a remote black sand beach in Iceland.