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a January Cormorant chilling on its perch over a pond in mid Hampshire, England
January 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM
a January Cormorant chilling on its perch over a pond in mid Hampshire, England
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Across the U.S., farmers are struggling. Prices for nearly every major crop are below what it costs to grow them. Farmers in Mississippi are perhaps worse off than farmers in the rest of the country. Rice is one of their biggest crops, and almost no one is buying.
Hard Times in the Mississippi Delta as Farmers Consider Letting Crops Rot
Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Across the U.S., farmers are struggling. Prices for nearly every major crop are below what it costs to grow them. Farmers in Mississippi are perhaps worse off than farmers in the rest of the country. Rice is one of their biggest crops, and almost no one is buying.
Trump may be able to help. I will pray. The losers can never be winners.
August 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Trump may be able to help. I will pray. The losers can never be winners.
He's not great. And I never said I was great. I didn't invent the hierarchy.
August 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
He's not great. And I never said I was great. I didn't invent the hierarchy.
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“People are falling down now in the streets of Gaza from extreme hunger.”
“The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in Gaza.”
“Feel for us. Enough is enough. … Some people have spent months without a single loaf of bread.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
“The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in Gaza.”
“Feel for us. Enough is enough. … Some people have spent months without a single loaf of bread.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
79 Gazans killed waiting for food after Israeli troops open fire, medics say
The casualties Sunday among a crowd around an aid convoy came as the United Nations said Israeli authorities are starving civilians in Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
“People are falling down now in the streets of Gaza from extreme hunger.”
“The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in Gaza.”
“Feel for us. Enough is enough. … Some people have spent months without a single loaf of bread.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
“The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in Gaza.”
“Feel for us. Enough is enough. … Some people have spent months without a single loaf of bread.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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@hrw.org release on al-Suweida violence: www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Syria: Abuses, Humanitarian Emergency Amid Sweida Clashes
Nine days of armed clashes and serious abuses in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate have triggered a dire humanitarian crisis,
www.hrw.org
July 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
@hrw.org release on al-Suweida violence: www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
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Constantly amazed by how effectively Virginia Guiffre having gotten a job working at Trump's Mar-a-Lago as a "spa attendant" because her father worked for Trump at Mar-a-Lago and she met Maxwell and Epstein at Trump's Mar-a-Lago has been buried by most of the press.
July 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Constantly amazed by how effectively Virginia Guiffre having gotten a job working at Trump's Mar-a-Lago as a "spa attendant" because her father worked for Trump at Mar-a-Lago and she met Maxwell and Epstein at Trump's Mar-a-Lago has been buried by most of the press.
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"Senior Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Coached Epstein on Denying Pedophile Allegations." No headline ever.
July 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Senior Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Coached Epstein on Denying Pedophile Allegations." No headline ever.
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I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
www.wired.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.
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Allegedly the first video of an assault by North Korean forces in the Kursk region. This coincides with previous info. According to Ukraine's intelligence, yesterday North Korea’s military was placed on high alert and ordered to await further instructions.
December 14, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Allegedly the first video of an assault by North Korean forces in the Kursk region. This coincides with previous info. According to Ukraine's intelligence, yesterday North Korea’s military was placed on high alert and ordered to await further instructions.
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Health insurance industry PR is working overtime right now diverting blame to physicians for claim denials and rising costs. I feel compelled to remind everybody that Optum (UHC) is the largest employer of physicians in the US. We have never had less power in healthcare than we do right now.
December 12, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Health insurance industry PR is working overtime right now diverting blame to physicians for claim denials and rising costs. I feel compelled to remind everybody that Optum (UHC) is the largest employer of physicians in the US. We have never had less power in healthcare than we do right now.
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Hello Bluesky. I co-wrote Oathbreakers, a history about how fast societies can fall apart when elites ignore pre-existing rifts and then pursue power with ruthlessness and lack of care for the consequences. And it’s shiny and has a sword on the cover.
www.harpercollins.com/products/oat...
www.harpercollins.com/products/oat...
Oathbreakers
The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones—the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that wou...
www.harpercollins.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Hello Bluesky. I co-wrote Oathbreakers, a history about how fast societies can fall apart when elites ignore pre-existing rifts and then pursue power with ruthlessness and lack of care for the consequences. And it’s shiny and has a sword on the cover.
www.harpercollins.com/products/oat...
www.harpercollins.com/products/oat...
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Update, UHC says I need to do 6 weeks of physical therapy before they’ll pay for an MRI. The problem is my PT recently stopped accepting UHC because UHC slashed its PT coverage to the bone. So I’m looking at paying 5x my co-pay out of pocket for 6 weeks to get *eligible* for the MRI my doctor wants!
Update, UHC helpfully explained me that they approved “the site”—so, this hospital—to *hypothetically* perform MRIs for me, but they denied the *actual MRI*, and if I hadn’t called I would have been on the hook for the whole thing! Terrific system!
I am at the hospital right now to get a follow-up MRI on my spine. The hospital says my MRI has been approved by UHC. UHC sent me a letter denying authorization. Which is right? I don’t know! Guess I’m gonna spend an hour on the phone in the waiting room trying to find out!
December 14, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Update, UHC says I need to do 6 weeks of physical therapy before they’ll pay for an MRI. The problem is my PT recently stopped accepting UHC because UHC slashed its PT coverage to the bone. So I’m looking at paying 5x my co-pay out of pocket for 6 weeks to get *eligible* for the MRI my doctor wants!
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He could declassify information he judges the public needs to know. He could sign worthwhile treaties the US hasn’t already joined. He could put more equipment bound for Ukraine on ships and get them sailing. He could organize a series of public health summits at the White House.
December 11, 2024 at 7:28 PM
He could declassify information he judges the public needs to know. He could sign worthwhile treaties the US hasn’t already joined. He could put more equipment bound for Ukraine on ships and get them sailing. He could organize a series of public health summits at the White House.
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He could commute the sentences of federal prisoners on death row, for instance. He could fill vacancies, fire bad officials, replace them with worthy candidates whom Trump would have to dismiss. He could issue a series of reasoned executive orders recognizing limits on the powers of the presidency.
December 11, 2024 at 7:24 PM
He could commute the sentences of federal prisoners on death row, for instance. He could fill vacancies, fire bad officials, replace them with worthy candidates whom Trump would have to dismiss. He could issue a series of reasoned executive orders recognizing limits on the powers of the presidency.
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is he doing a bit? www.governing.com/policy/nine-...
December 11, 2024 at 8:51 PM
is he doing a bit? www.governing.com/policy/nine-...
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Yeah, I'm really bothered by Southpaw's framing here. My fiancée's autistic, enough so to get shuffled 'onto the short bus' (his words) in primary school. He thinks ABA is a scam. And the state I'm in is dealing with orgs using ABA services as cover for fraud. www.startribune.com/fbi-searchin...
FBI searching autism centers in Minneapolis, St. Cloud after finding ‘substantial evidence’ of health care fraud
Federal law enforcement suspects many autism centers are billing the state for services not actually provided to young Minnesotans with autism spectrum disorder.
www.startribune.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Yeah, I'm really bothered by Southpaw's framing here. My fiancée's autistic, enough so to get shuffled 'onto the short bus' (his words) in primary school. He thinks ABA is a scam. And the state I'm in is dealing with orgs using ABA services as cover for fraud. www.startribune.com/fbi-searchin...
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if street level drug distributors were given an opportunity to resolve criminal investigations with monetary payments—the same opportunity McKinsey had here—I imagine we’d raise significant state and local revenue but the tabloids and local news desks might not be too happy about it.
December 13, 2024 at 3:23 PM
if street level drug distributors were given an opportunity to resolve criminal investigations with monetary payments—the same opportunity McKinsey had here—I imagine we’d raise significant state and local revenue but the tabloids and local news desks might not be too happy about it.
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NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵
December 12, 2024 at 11:51 PM
NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵
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Unpacking The Evidence, a new podcast from the House of Lords will be launching on Monday 16 December, looking at ‘Fixing Our Broken Food System.’
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee chair Baroness Walmsley will take listeners on an in-depth exploration of what experts said during its recent inquiry.
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee chair Baroness Walmsley will take listeners on an in-depth exploration of what experts said during its recent inquiry.
December 13, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Unpacking The Evidence, a new podcast from the House of Lords will be launching on Monday 16 December, looking at ‘Fixing Our Broken Food System.’
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee chair Baroness Walmsley will take listeners on an in-depth exploration of what experts said during its recent inquiry.
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee chair Baroness Walmsley will take listeners on an in-depth exploration of what experts said during its recent inquiry.
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📢 In debates, members raised issues on the future of small farms and family businesses, support for domestic abuse victims, IPP sentences, and NHS allergy care.
December 13, 2024 at 2:20 PM
📢 In debates, members raised issues on the future of small farms and family businesses, support for domestic abuse victims, IPP sentences, and NHS allergy care.
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This week in the #HouseOfLords:
❓ In #LordsQs, members quizzed the government on guns manufactured by 3D printers, special educational needs, 75th anniversary of Formula 1, convictions of sub-postmasters in relation to the Capture system, and housebuilding.
🔽 Learn more about Lords questions
❓ In #LordsQs, members quizzed the government on guns manufactured by 3D printers, special educational needs, 75th anniversary of Formula 1, convictions of sub-postmasters in relation to the Capture system, and housebuilding.
🔽 Learn more about Lords questions
December 13, 2024 at 2:19 PM
This week in the #HouseOfLords:
❓ In #LordsQs, members quizzed the government on guns manufactured by 3D printers, special educational needs, 75th anniversary of Formula 1, convictions of sub-postmasters in relation to the Capture system, and housebuilding.
🔽 Learn more about Lords questions
❓ In #LordsQs, members quizzed the government on guns manufactured by 3D printers, special educational needs, 75th anniversary of Formula 1, convictions of sub-postmasters in relation to the Capture system, and housebuilding.
🔽 Learn more about Lords questions
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🕙 From 10am: the #HouseOfLords debates private members’ bills on complications from abortions, asylum support, non-consensual sexually explicit images, and the use of automated and algorithmic tools.
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December 13, 2024 at 9:32 AM
🕙 From 10am: the #HouseOfLords debates private members’ bills on complications from abortions, asylum support, non-consensual sexually explicit images, and the use of automated and algorithmic tools.
📄 See more www.parliament.uk/business/new...
📺 Watch online parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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