@lhes.bsky.social
On the last day of the world
I would want to plant a tree
W.S. Merwin
I would want to plant a tree
W.S. Merwin
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Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
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1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
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My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
September 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
I can't imagine justifying this cut. "The programs are considered vital in those states but represent only a little over $1 million a year in federal money."
The Trump Administration pulls funding for deafblind kids because of "concerns about 'divisive concepts' and 'fairness.'" So glad they're bringing wokeness to its knees.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I can't imagine justifying this cut. "The programs are considered vital in those states but represent only a little over $1 million a year in federal money."
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Betrayal indeed.
The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]
Former Afghan interpreter for U.S. military detained by ICE after routine immigration appointment
Zia’s arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betra...
n.pr
July 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Betrayal indeed.
lol adding 8675309 to numbers string
June 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
lol adding 8675309 to numbers string
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"The bill forces sale of at least 2 MILLION acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands in 11 Western states... gives Secs. of Interior and Ag broad discretion to choose which"
OH HELL NO
OH HELL NO
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"The bill forces sale of at least 2 MILLION acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands in 11 Western states... gives Secs. of Interior and Ag broad discretion to choose which"
OH HELL NO
OH HELL NO
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shel silverstein on the LLM, 1981
June 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
shel silverstein on the LLM, 1981
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"A former Afghan National Army soldier in the process of applying for asylum in the U.S. was arrested last month by federal immigration agents at his Houston-area home, according to his attorney, who said the man and most of his family are being threatened with deportation."
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media
The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
June 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"A former Afghan National Army soldier in the process of applying for asylum in the U.S. was arrested last month by federal immigration agents at his Houston-area home, according to his attorney, who said the man and most of his family are being threatened with deportation."
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This is my all-time favorite quote from someone directly involved in a nuclear weapon accident (be sure to read the thread for the details):
Captain Richard Meyer glanced out his cockpit window and saw black smoke rising from the desert. Controllers at Kirtland Air Force Base saw it too and radioed, “Do you have ‘hot cargo’ aboard?,” obliquely referring to the massive weapon it was carrying moments earlier. “Not anymore,” replied Meyer.
May 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is my all-time favorite quote from someone directly involved in a nuclear weapon accident (be sure to read the thread for the details):
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SCOOP from me: the mass exodus of employees from NOAA is decimating a tiny office that literally keeps our measurements of latitude and longitude accurate — and, former employees tell me, endangers the science of how the US understands global measurements:
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate
A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.
www.wired.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
SCOOP from me: the mass exodus of employees from NOAA is decimating a tiny office that literally keeps our measurements of latitude and longitude accurate — and, former employees tell me, endangers the science of how the US understands global measurements:
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So I don't have the energy to redo the entire thread about the papal conclave but I will redo the part about the Latin nerdery: the announcement of a new pope is always in Latin, and uses a very traditional form.
May 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
So I don't have the energy to redo the entire thread about the papal conclave but I will redo the part about the Latin nerdery: the announcement of a new pope is always in Latin, and uses a very traditional form.
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Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
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Looking at European elections 1976-2017, "we find neither general nor conditional support for the claim that accommodative strategies significantly reduce support for the radical right."
March 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Looking at European elections 1976-2017, "we find neither general nor conditional support for the claim that accommodative strategies significantly reduce support for the radical right."
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My first NARA experience wasn't, as with most, a tourist one, viewing the Charters of Freedom or attending a public event. It was four decades ago, in Archives I, as a college student.
I went to examine records of the Census and the Department of the Navy, to explore my family history.
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I went to examine records of the Census and the Department of the Navy, to explore my family history.
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February 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
My first NARA experience wasn't, as with most, a tourist one, viewing the Charters of Freedom or attending a public event. It was four decades ago, in Archives I, as a college student.
I went to examine records of the Census and the Department of the Navy, to explore my family history.
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I went to examine records of the Census and the Department of the Navy, to explore my family history.
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Happy 10th birthday to the Ea-Nasir complaint tablet meme! A glorious decade of memes, mashups, merchandise, erotic fanfic, real-life copper fraud, and pilgrimages to the British Museum. Thread 🧵:
February 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Happy 10th birthday to the Ea-Nasir complaint tablet meme! A glorious decade of memes, mashups, merchandise, erotic fanfic, real-life copper fraud, and pilgrimages to the British Museum. Thread 🧵:
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This is what our government is doing. Decimating health systems and programs we championed for 2 decades in an instant. Madness. groundup.org.za/article/abou...
1,500 Lesotho health workers sent home after US aid suspended
Trump blocking aid threatens vital health services
groundup.org.za
February 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is what our government is doing. Decimating health systems and programs we championed for 2 decades in an instant. Madness. groundup.org.za/article/abou...
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Senator Schmitt’s remarks right now on “cultural Marxism” are nearly verbatim from the opening pages of the Oslo murderer Anders Breivik’s manifesto. Not saying he’s plagiarizing! Just that these are literally fascist talking points.
January 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Senator Schmitt’s remarks right now on “cultural Marxism” are nearly verbatim from the opening pages of the Oslo murderer Anders Breivik’s manifesto. Not saying he’s plagiarizing! Just that these are literally fascist talking points.
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Kinda happy I finished my student days before this was possible…
omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain
December 30, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Kinda happy I finished my student days before this was possible…
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Minnesotans .. . you have missed your one true calling.
December 12, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Minnesotans .. . you have missed your one true calling.
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December is a time for powering down, reflecting on the year passed, and contemplating intention to the year ahead. To that end I make it a point to reread this every December. I truly have no idea what 2025 is going to bring, but I can control what I hold as important.
The Inner Ring - CS Lewis Society of California
www.lewissociety.org
December 8, 2024 at 2:27 AM
December is a time for powering down, reflecting on the year passed, and contemplating intention to the year ahead. To that end I make it a point to reread this every December. I truly have no idea what 2025 is going to bring, but I can control what I hold as important.