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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Pretenders
Pretenders
Pretenders
Neko Case
Bonnie Raitt
Garbage (openers)
Lucinda Williams (openers)
Pretenders
Pretenders
Neko Case
Bonnie Raitt
Garbage (openers)
Lucinda Williams (openers)
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
Last year alone:
Soccer Mommy
Amyl & the Sniffers
Lucy Dacus
Die Spitz
Japanese Breakfast
Chappell Roan
Last year alone:
Soccer Mommy
Amyl & the Sniffers
Lucy Dacus
Die Spitz
Japanese Breakfast
Chappell Roan
Cowboy Junkies
Waxahatchee
Neko Case and her Boyfriends
Liz Phair
Emmylou Harris
Waxahatchee
Neko Case and her Boyfriends
Liz Phair
Emmylou Harris
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Pretenders
Pretenders
Pretenders
Neko Case
Bonnie Raitt
Garbage (openers)
Lucinda Williams (openers)
Pretenders
Pretenders
Neko Case
Bonnie Raitt
Garbage (openers)
Lucinda Williams (openers)
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Oops, opposite is true, factory construction exploded under Biden and is now falling.
*TRUMP: FACTORY CONSTRUCTION UP BY 41%
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLMFG...
*TRUMP: FACTORY CONSTRUCTION UP BY 41%
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLMFG...
Total Construction Spending: Manufacturing in the United States
Total Construction Spending: Manufacturing in the United States
fred.stlouisfed.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Oops, opposite is true, factory construction exploded under Biden and is now falling.
*TRUMP: FACTORY CONSTRUCTION UP BY 41%
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLMFG...
*TRUMP: FACTORY CONSTRUCTION UP BY 41%
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TLMFG...
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January 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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1. The military raid on Venezuela and ouster of Maduro will create a financial windfall for a Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
Follow this thread for details.
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popular.info/p/venezuela-...
Follow this thread for details.
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popular.info/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
popular.info
January 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM
1. The military raid on Venezuela and ouster of Maduro will create a financial windfall for a Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
Follow this thread for details.
🧵
popular.info/p/venezuela-...
Follow this thread for details.
🧵
popular.info/p/venezuela-...
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With this regime anything is possible…
January 4, 2026 at 5:40 AM
With this regime anything is possible…
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Wilder that some KC biz owners would rather have a net 20–30 more parking spaces next to their businesses than 300+ new residences.
Because those of us who walk and bike don't complain about parking, and because owners drive and can only see from that perspective, they don't know their customers.
Because those of us who walk and bike don't complain about parking, and because owners drive and can only see from that perspective, they don't know their customers.
“Survey after survey has shown that business owners overestimate how many customers drive to their stores vs walking or biking. In a 2012 Los Angeles study, more than half of the store owners on the bike-laned part of the boulevard thought most of their customers drove. The actual number was 15%.”
I read all the studies on the economic impact of bike lanes. Here's what I learned.
Research proves that bike lanes are good for business. So why do so many stores and restaurants still oppose them?
www.businessinsider.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Wilder that some KC biz owners would rather have a net 20–30 more parking spaces next to their businesses than 300+ new residences.
Because those of us who walk and bike don't complain about parking, and because owners drive and can only see from that perspective, they don't know their customers.
Because those of us who walk and bike don't complain about parking, and because owners drive and can only see from that perspective, they don't know their customers.
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Just MacGyvered an antennae onto my TV to watch Monday Night Football and bypass the whole YouTube/Disney feud and I feel like a TECHNOLOGY GOD! Might bust out the VCR later.
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Just MacGyvered an antennae onto my TV to watch Monday Night Football and bypass the whole YouTube/Disney feud and I feel like a TECHNOLOGY GOD! Might bust out the VCR later.
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I snort laughed
October 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I snort laughed
Do it!
“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”
If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.
If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Do it!
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Pete Hegseth bombed that press conference more effectively than he did Iran.
June 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Pete Hegseth bombed that press conference more effectively than he did Iran.
Before the CDC disappears it.
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Before the CDC disappears it.
100%!
I seriously think the Social Internet is 21st century cigarettes. Complete with secondary smoke causing a lot of harm in nonusers.
June 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
100%!
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Really glad kids are growing up with Juneteenth, even is it is illegal to explain what it’s all about in 21 states.
June 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Really glad kids are growing up with Juneteenth, even is it is illegal to explain what it’s all about in 21 states.
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NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill"
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
June 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill"
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
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Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
Bessent: "We want the US to be more like Florida and less like New York"
May 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7