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"Malnutrition is a factor in 45 percent of child deaths worldwide ... these deaths can be inexpensively prevented." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Some Sunday night music: Follow Me Into the Dark, by Pierce Brothers. youtu.be/-DNXLB1ZpII?...
Pierce Brothers - 'Follow Me Into The Dark' [Official Video]
YouTube video by Pierce Brothers
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January 19, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Some Sunday night music: Follow Me Into the Dark, by Pierce Brothers. youtu.be/-DNXLB1ZpII?...
Watched Little Woods last night ... it is so good. youtu.be/8HxRrJk48sg?...
LITTLE WOODS - Official Trailer - In Select Theaters 4.19
YouTube video by NEON
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January 19, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Watched Little Woods last night ... it is so good. youtu.be/8HxRrJk48sg?...
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
Saunders explains that he is "as flawed a human being as anyone else, one who’s still wrestling with questions about how best to move through life with a modicum of grace and compassion." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/m...
George Saunders Says Ditching These Three Delusions Can Save You
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Saunders explains that he is "as flawed a human being as anyone else, one who’s still wrestling with questions about how best to move through life with a modicum of grace and compassion." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/m...
"Biblical lament names injustice honestly. It refuses denial or false optimism ... It makes space for grief without demanding quick answers. It insists on hope without pretending hope is easy.
Lament is not despair.
Lament is hope that refuses to lie." benjamin-cremer.kit.com/posts/lament...
Lament is not despair.
Lament is hope that refuses to lie." benjamin-cremer.kit.com/posts/lament...
Lament As A Way Forward.
benjamin-cremer.kit.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
"Biblical lament names injustice honestly. It refuses denial or false optimism ... It makes space for grief without demanding quick answers. It insists on hope without pretending hope is easy.
Lament is not despair.
Lament is hope that refuses to lie." benjamin-cremer.kit.com/posts/lament...
Lament is not despair.
Lament is hope that refuses to lie." benjamin-cremer.kit.com/posts/lament...
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Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
www.al.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Some (more) Saturday night music: Reign of Love, by Coldplay. youtu.be/yMHkOelzu9s?...
Coldplay - Reign Of Love HQ
YouTube video by juercasatita
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January 18, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Some (more) Saturday night music: Reign of Love, by Coldplay. youtu.be/yMHkOelzu9s?...
Some Saturday night music: I Feel Love (Every Million Miles), by The Dead Weather. youtu.be/98oMvKF-78Y?...
The Dead Weather - I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
YouTube video by TheDeadWeatherVEVO
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Some Saturday night music: I Feel Love (Every Million Miles), by The Dead Weather. youtu.be/98oMvKF-78Y?...
"Typically, it is the Earth's Moon that eclipses the Sun. In 2012, though, the planet Venus took a turn."
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
(Image Credit: NASA/SDO & the AIA, EVE, and HMI teams; Digital Composition: Peter L. Dove)
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Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
(Image Credit: NASA/SDO & the AIA, EVE, and HMI teams; Digital Composition: Peter L. Dove)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25031...
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
"Typically, it is the Earth's Moon that eclipses the Sun. In 2012, though, the planet Venus took a turn."
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
(Image Credit: NASA/SDO & the AIA, EVE, and HMI teams; Digital Composition: Peter L. Dove)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25031...
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
(Image Credit: NASA/SDO & the AIA, EVE, and HMI teams; Digital Composition: Peter L. Dove)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25031...
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As an Arkansan, it’s shocking how many people don’t know our state is the site of one of the worst race massacres in American history. It’s something I knew woefully little about before I was an adult.
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elai...
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elai...
Elaine Massacre of 1919 - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The Elaine Massacre was by far the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history and possibly the bloodiest racial conflict in the history of the ...
encyclopediaofarkansas.net
January 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
As an Arkansan, it’s shocking how many people don’t know our state is the site of one of the worst race massacres in American history. It’s something I knew woefully little about before I was an adult.
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elai...
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elai...
"How does dawn always take the trees by surprise?" flaminghydra.com/two-witch-po...
Two Witch Poems
Witch’s Lament
why ain’t you used them,
he asked, and i said i was saving
them for something special
—a big moon, maybe,
a summons with my sisters—
and he didn’t like that
and it came on me sudden
t...
flaminghydra.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"How does dawn always take the trees by surprise?" flaminghydra.com/two-witch-po...
Some Friday night music: Runaway Horses, by The Killers, ft. Phoebe Bridgers. youtu.be/GIV6NGRrpSU?...
The Killers - Runaway Horses ft. Phoebe Bridgers
YouTube video by TheKillersVEVO
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Some Friday night music: Runaway Horses, by The Killers, ft. Phoebe Bridgers. youtu.be/GIV6NGRrpSU?...
"Last year China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second." kottke.org/26/01/photos...
Photos of China’s Green Energy Transition
These photos by Chu Weimin show the mind-boggling scale of China’s green energy buildout.
Last year China insta
kottke.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:37 AM
"Last year China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second." kottke.org/26/01/photos...
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Some Thursday night music: The Stone, by Dave Matthews Band. youtu.be/zadYd0AqYlE?...
The Stone
YouTube video by Dave Matthews Band - Topic
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January 16, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Some Thursday night music: The Stone, by Dave Matthews Band. youtu.be/zadYd0AqYlE?...
"Each subject reveals something of himself or herself to the camera: the woman who takes the opportunity to pose in dignified profile or the one who purses her lips in an exaggerated pout, even the somewhat less-fortunate subjects caught adjusting their glasses." kottke.org/26/01/luncht...
Lunchtime
In the late 70s and early 80s, photographer Charles H. Traub roamed the streets of Chicago, New York, and Europe to take
kottke.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:12 AM
"Each subject reveals something of himself or herself to the camera: the woman who takes the opportunity to pose in dignified profile or the one who purses her lips in an exaggerated pout, even the somewhat less-fortunate subjects caught adjusting their glasses." kottke.org/26/01/luncht...
"The A.N.C., in a statement, called Dr. Christie’s role 'in disrupting and exposing the apartheid state’s clandestine nuclear weapons program' an 'act of profound revolutionary significance.'"
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
"The A.N.C., in a statement, called Dr. Christie’s role 'in disrupting and exposing the apartheid state’s clandestine nuclear weapons program' an 'act of profound revolutionary significance.'"
"The fact of the matter is that Renée Good was radicalized by these deranged, left-wing texts," said Vance. theonion.com/conservative...
Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor
WASHINGTON—Calling her actions “indefensible,” Vice President JD Vance stated Thursday that Renée Good was brainwashed by the Bible into loving thy neighbor. “The fact of the matter is that Renée Good...
theonion.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
"The fact of the matter is that Renée Good was radicalized by these deranged, left-wing texts," said Vance. theonion.com/conservative...
"Beneath these threats is the foreboding feeling that the culture has drifted away from Wikipedia’s founding ideals. Aiming for neutrality, evaluating sources, volunteering for the public benefit, sustaining a noncommercial online project ..." www.wired.com/story/wikipe...
Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever
As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"Beneath these threats is the foreboding feeling that the culture has drifted away from Wikipedia’s founding ideals. Aiming for neutrality, evaluating sources, volunteering for the public benefit, sustaining a noncommercial online project ..." www.wired.com/story/wikipe...
Some Wednesday night music: Not Strong Enough, by boygenius. youtu.be/RV1-GJJf2Pg?...
Not Strong Enough
YouTube video by boygenius - Topic
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Some Wednesday night music: Not Strong Enough, by boygenius. youtu.be/RV1-GJJf2Pg?...
Currently looking for a disused tractor shed in England. www.dezeen.com/2026/01/02/b...
Bindloss Dawes converts former tractor shed into light-filled rural home
Architecture studio Bindloss Dawes has transformed a disused agricultural building into a light-filled, low-carbon house in rural Dorset, UK.
www.dezeen.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Currently looking for a disused tractor shed in England. www.dezeen.com/2026/01/02/b...
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It just strikes me as incredibly limited thinking to insist ICE is the only way to do immigration enforcement. It borders on the imbecilic.
We can have immigration enforcement without this morally desiccated agency. DHS has only existed under four presidents.
Show some vision.
We can have immigration enforcement without this morally desiccated agency. DHS has only existed under four presidents.
Show some vision.
January 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
It just strikes me as incredibly limited thinking to insist ICE is the only way to do immigration enforcement. It borders on the imbecilic.
We can have immigration enforcement without this morally desiccated agency. DHS has only existed under four presidents.
Show some vision.
We can have immigration enforcement without this morally desiccated agency. DHS has only existed under four presidents.
Show some vision.
"It is evil."
"The lust for mud has taken up many guises in our history and has been many given names of late — neo-reaction, post-liberalism, fascism. But the name familiar to most is evil." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"The lust for mud has taken up many guises in our history and has been many given names of late — neo-reaction, post-liberalism, fascism. But the name familiar to most is evil." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is waging war against human conscience | Osita Nwanevu
The Trump administration’s assaults on liberty are the kinds of abuses that spurred the American revolution that the nation will commemorate this year
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:48 PM
"It is evil."
"The lust for mud has taken up many guises in our history and has been many given names of late — neo-reaction, post-liberalism, fascism. But the name familiar to most is evil." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"The lust for mud has taken up many guises in our history and has been many given names of late — neo-reaction, post-liberalism, fascism. But the name familiar to most is evil." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Some Tuesday night music: Church & State, by Brandi Carlile. youtu.be/1gQ64TD24wo?...
Brandi Carlile - Church & State (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BrandiCarlileVEVO
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Some Tuesday night music: Church & State, by Brandi Carlile. youtu.be/1gQ64TD24wo?...
"The airspace remained closed for 86 minutes, during which time flight patterns show dozens of other planes likely had to change course — making pilots and passengers unwitting participants in SpaceX’s test of the most powerful rocket ever built." www.propublica.org/article/spac...
“We’re Too Close to the Debris”: How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk
The FAA predicted Elon Musk’s Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to p...
www.propublica.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM
"The airspace remained closed for 86 minutes, during which time flight patterns show dozens of other planes likely had to change course — making pilots and passengers unwitting participants in SpaceX’s test of the most powerful rocket ever built." www.propublica.org/article/spac...