Puddle of Consciousness
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Seeking the stream. Wide, but shallow. Humanities, poetic trees, Godzilla, maps, verbs, rain, D&D. User. PNW
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Save Big Oil a buck or save a life?
Easy choice, says the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Easy choice, says the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Save Big Oil a buck or save a life?
Easy choice, says the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Easy choice, says the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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Watching them all fall in line to brazenly lie to protect their new secret police/terror squads from accountability for shooting a scared mom in the face 3 times, is a reminder (in case we still needed one) that it’s no where near enough to just replace Trump. It’s the entire immoral & corrupt GOP.
Mike Johnson on Renee Good: "This woman was taunting ICE officers. She was impeding law enforcement. She was violating a number of laws. They were very patient ... what I saw was she hit the accelerator and hit the ICE officer and he reacted in a split second."
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Watching them all fall in line to brazenly lie to protect their new secret police/terror squads from accountability for shooting a scared mom in the face 3 times, is a reminder (in case we still needed one) that it’s no where near enough to just replace Trump. It’s the entire immoral & corrupt GOP.
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This incredibly disheartening news was made possible thanks to voters like you!
(Well, perhaps not exactly like you, especially if you think the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and/or public media are generally worthy of support. But you get the idea...)
#GiftLink #CPB #PBS #NPR
(Well, perhaps not exactly like you, especially if you think the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and/or public media are generally worthy of support. But you get the idea...)
#GiftLink #CPB #PBS #NPR
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Down
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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ICE agents have altered license plates and placed Mexican flag stickers on their vehicles to try to lure and detain people, NPR reported. And now, Oregon utilities are taking steps to ensure their customers don’t mistake ICE agents for their employees.
ICE posing as utility workers to detain immigrants, Gresham lawmaker warns • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Rep. Ricki Ruiz, D-Gresham, in December received reports of his constituents getting detained by people posing as utility workers.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
ICE agents have altered license plates and placed Mexican flag stickers on their vehicles to try to lure and detain people, NPR reported. And now, Oregon utilities are taking steps to ensure their customers don’t mistake ICE agents for their employees.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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anyway good night
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
anyway good night
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We’ll stop criticizing when they stop doing appalling things.
September 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
We’ll stop criticizing when they stop doing appalling things.
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The plan to block voters they perceive (rightly, most likely) as not supporting them is a core GOP plan right now for 2026.
They'll use many techniques, likely including ICE agents massed at selected polling stations.
Also, you know, gerrymandering on steroids.
They'll use many techniques, likely including ICE agents massed at selected polling stations.
Also, you know, gerrymandering on steroids.
Two-thirds of voters at Indiana University Bloomington’s sole on-campus polling site used their university ID to vote last fall.
Indiana banned students from using these IDs for voting this spring.
Indiana banned students from using these IDs for voting this spring.
Indiana Republicans Are Banning Student IDs for Voting
The new restriction, paired with Indiana’s stringent voter ID rules, is poised to make it much harder for many young people to vote in a state that already ranks near-last in turnout.
boltsmag.org
September 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The plan to block voters they perceive (rightly, most likely) as not supporting them is a core GOP plan right now for 2026.
They'll use many techniques, likely including ICE agents massed at selected polling stations.
Also, you know, gerrymandering on steroids.
They'll use many techniques, likely including ICE agents massed at selected polling stations.
Also, you know, gerrymandering on steroids.
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"Degree programs must deliver a clear return on investment... College is not a place to 'find yourself' - but to quip yourself for a concrete career," like making lots of 💰 off people who like to watch guys in spandex and face paint pound the crap out of each other, says our Secretary of Education
The Secretary of Education Outlined a Vision for Higher Ed in a Speech. Here’s Some Context.
In an address to Hillsdale College, Linda McMahon articulated the Trump administration’s vision for higher education. We annotated the speech.
www.chronicle.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Degree programs must deliver a clear return on investment... College is not a place to 'find yourself' - but to quip yourself for a concrete career," like making lots of 💰 off people who like to watch guys in spandex and face paint pound the crap out of each other, says our Secretary of Education
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BootBoyzBiz (of all places) has a great literature review informing the design of its (sadly sold-out) Library Synergy sweatshirt — ft the Bay Area Reference Center's Synergy magazine, Bootlegger mag, radical reference, library activism, Celeste West, Sandy Berman...
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September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
BootBoyzBiz (of all places) has a great literature review informing the design of its (sadly sold-out) Library Synergy sweatshirt — ft the Bay Area Reference Center's Synergy magazine, Bootlegger mag, radical reference, library activism, Celeste West, Sandy Berman...
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#ICYMI: For years, the FDA quietly allowed substandard foreign manufacturers to ship drugs to the U.S. from factories the agency had officially banned.
We compiled a list of the drugs and their makers.
We compiled a list of the drugs and their makers.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
#ICYMI: For years, the FDA quietly allowed substandard foreign manufacturers to ship drugs to the U.S. from factories the agency had officially banned.
We compiled a list of the drugs and their makers.
We compiled a list of the drugs and their makers.
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Why do we need a lot more protected bike-lanes in cities? Because biking in protected #bikelanes poses just 1/10th the risk of biking on major streets with parking. Via @momentummag.bsky.social. Plus they mean a LOT more people choosing biking, which has all sorts of health and cost saving benefits.
August 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Why do we need a lot more protected bike-lanes in cities? Because biking in protected #bikelanes poses just 1/10th the risk of biking on major streets with parking. Via @momentummag.bsky.social. Plus they mean a LOT more people choosing biking, which has all sorts of health and cost saving benefits.
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These two adolescent squirrels were loitering on the sidewalk outside work. So cocky :)
July 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
These two adolescent squirrels were loitering on the sidewalk outside work. So cocky :)
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I’m not entirely comfortable with how much of my mental health is tied up in whether or not this one individual albatross continues to breed. #OceanChat
www.allaboutbirds.org/news/wisdom-...
www.allaboutbirds.org/news/wisdom-...
Wisdom, Laysan Albatross Super Mom, Is 73 and Still Going Strong
Wisdom the Laysan Albatross (left) on Midway Atoll in 2015, with her mate, Akeakamai. Photo by Kiah Walker / USFWS via Wikimedia Commons.
When we first wrote about Wisdom the Laysan Albatross, in 2...
www.allaboutbirds.org
June 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I’m not entirely comfortable with how much of my mental health is tied up in whether or not this one individual albatross continues to breed. #OceanChat
www.allaboutbirds.org/news/wisdom-...
www.allaboutbirds.org/news/wisdom-...
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More.
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
More.
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I miss her so much, but the work is on the rest of us now.
@ursulakleguin.com at the 2014 National Book Awards. "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9N...
@ursulakleguin.com at the 2014 National Book Awards. "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9N...
Ursula Le Guin
YouTube video by National Book
www.youtube.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I miss her so much, but the work is on the rest of us now.
@ursulakleguin.com at the 2014 National Book Awards. "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9N...
@ursulakleguin.com at the 2014 National Book Awards. "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9N...
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Excellent points!
March 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Excellent points!
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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
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I’ve been testing out this new search engine under the extremely intensive use case of fact checking a book and I gotta say this is the best search I’ve used since old google. It consistently delivers what I’m looking for. Absolutely worth the cost by a mile.
kagi.com
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kagi.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’ve been testing out this new search engine under the extremely intensive use case of fact checking a book and I gotta say this is the best search I’ve used since old google. It consistently delivers what I’m looking for. Absolutely worth the cost by a mile.
kagi.com
kagi.com