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The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. - Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Repair Manifesto: If we can't fix it, we don't own it.
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
February 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Repair Manifesto: If we can't fix it, we don't own it.
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
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February 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Darius Kinsey took a photo of a snow-covered Reinig Rd. around 1940. Decades later it would be known as the “Welcome to Twin Peaks” sign spot in Snoqualmie, WA. He spent 50 years documenting the logging industry and forests in the Pacific Northwest. twinpeaksblog.com/2026/02/07/r...
February 8, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Darius Kinsey took a photo of a snow-covered Reinig Rd. around 1940. Decades later it would be known as the “Welcome to Twin Peaks” sign spot in Snoqualmie, WA. He spent 50 years documenting the logging industry and forests in the Pacific Northwest. twinpeaksblog.com/2026/02/07/r...
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With tax season in full swing, here's our reminder that TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
With tax season in full swing, here's our reminder that TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
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“You often meet your fate on the same road you take to avoid it.”
~ French Proverb
~ French Proverb
February 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
“You often meet your fate on the same road you take to avoid it.”
~ French Proverb
~ French Proverb
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Jeremy Miranda (American, b.1980)
"Path Clearing," 2026
Acrylic on board
11 x 12.5 i
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Path Clearing," 2026
Acrylic on board
11 x 12.5 i
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 7, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Jeremy Miranda (American, b.1980)
"Path Clearing," 2026
Acrylic on board
11 x 12.5 i
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Path Clearing," 2026
Acrylic on board
11 x 12.5 i
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Montana Tech in Butte offers one of the nation’s few university courses on unidentified flying objects, taught by anthropology professor Michael Masters, that treats UFOs as an evidence-based inquiry into history and science rather than a belief system, drawing on c…#ufo#uap#aliens#ovni#ufosky
Montana Tech professor teaches class that takes serious look at UFO phenomenon
Montana Tech becomes one of few U.S. colleges offering UFO studies course, examining the phenomenon through credible sources and evidence-based research.
www.kxlf.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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No one, no matter how strong or wise or great, can rightly own and use another.
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
No one, no matter how strong or wise or great, can rightly own and use another.
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Bitcoin gets a zero price target in wake of Burry warning $IBIT @seekingalpha
February 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Bitcoin gets a zero price target in wake of Burry warning $IBIT @seekingalpha
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‘Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi is reducing its exposure to US dollar assets and turning to European and emerging markets, its chief executive has said.’ www.ft.com/content/20d0...
Amundi says it will cut exposure to US over coming year
€2.4tn asset manager is latest to voice concern over US policymaking and its impact on dollar assets
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
‘Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi is reducing its exposure to US dollar assets and turning to European and emerging markets, its chief executive has said.’ www.ft.com/content/20d0...
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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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The symbols of mythology are not manufactured; they cannot be ordered, invented, or permanently suppressed. They are spontaneous productions of the psyche, and each bears within it, undamaged, the germ power of its source.~Joseph Campbell
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The symbols of mythology are not manufactured; they cannot be ordered, invented, or permanently suppressed. They are spontaneous productions of the psyche, and each bears within it, undamaged, the germ power of its source.~Joseph Campbell
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You can go home again, the General Temporal Theory asserts, so long as you understand that home is a place where you have never been.
February 4, 2026 at 1:30 AM
You can go home again, the General Temporal Theory asserts, so long as you understand that home is a place where you have never been.
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Charles Harbutt (1935 - 2015)
photographer 📷
Scrivener. Wall Street, New York, 1970
photographer 📷
Scrivener. Wall Street, New York, 1970
February 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Charles Harbutt (1935 - 2015)
photographer 📷
Scrivener. Wall Street, New York, 1970
photographer 📷
Scrivener. Wall Street, New York, 1970
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Daily bunny no.3218 is an appreciator of the arts
February 3, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Daily bunny no.3218 is an appreciator of the arts
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British artist: Antoinette Kelly
“The Magician”
“The Magician”
February 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
British artist: Antoinette Kelly
“The Magician”
“The Magician”
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Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000)
"Yosemite," 1994
Screenprint on paper
40 x 29.75 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Yosemite," 1994
Screenprint on paper
40 x 29.75 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 3, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000)
"Yosemite," 1994
Screenprint on paper
40 x 29.75 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Yosemite," 1994
Screenprint on paper
40 x 29.75 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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The time of day for cancer immunotherapy is associated with major outcomes. Early is better. Results from a randomized trial of lung cancer, backs up the importance of our circadian rhythm and immune system
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The time of day for cancer immunotherapy is associated with major outcomes. Early is better. Results from a randomized trial of lung cancer, backs up the importance of our circadian rhythm and immune system
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Peter Eugén (Sweden Artist, born 1978)
"Tree and Boat in Lake", 2024.
Watercolor, 30 × 40 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Tree and Boat in Lake", 2024.
Watercolor, 30 × 40 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 1, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Peter Eugén (Sweden Artist, born 1978)
"Tree and Boat in Lake", 2024.
Watercolor, 30 × 40 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Tree and Boat in Lake", 2024.
Watercolor, 30 × 40 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Daily bunny no.3217 watches the flock come home
February 2, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Daily bunny no.3217 watches the flock come home
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Story written by Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal about our closed-door meeting with members of Congress and firsthand witnesses to the 1996 #UFO incident in Varginha Brazil." - James Fox
Landmark Brazilian UFO Case Reaches Capitol Hill as Varginha Incident Turns 30
Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal report on discussions between U.S. lawmakers and Brazilian witnesses marking the thirtieth anniversary of the "Varginha UFO Incident."
thedebrief.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Story written by Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal about our closed-door meeting with members of Congress and firsthand witnesses to the 1996 #UFO incident in Varginha Brazil." - James Fox
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Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
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💬 You can, however, temporarily hide yourself by putting your phone/watch/whatever in an RFID / Faraday pouch for however long you need to be cloaked.
an.dywa.ng/carrier-gnss...
💬 You can, however, temporarily hide yourself by putting your phone/watch/whatever in an RFID / Faraday pouch for however long you need to be cloaked.
Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
In iOS 26.3, Apple introduced a new privacy feature which limits “precise location” data made available to cellular networks via cell towers. The feature is only available to devices with Apple’s in-h...
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January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
an.dywa.ng/carrier-gnss...
💬 You can, however, temporarily hide yourself by putting your phone/watch/whatever in an RFID / Faraday pouch for however long you need to be cloaked.
an.dywa.ng/carrier-gnss...
💬 You can, however, temporarily hide yourself by putting your phone/watch/whatever in an RFID / Faraday pouch for however long you need to be cloaked.
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Courts should treat biometric locks as equivalent to password protection, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @TheIntercept.com. “Your constitutional right against self-incrimination should not be dependent on technical convenience or lack thereof.”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.
theintercept.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Courts should treat biometric locks as equivalent to password protection, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @TheIntercept.com. “Your constitutional right against self-incrimination should not be dependent on technical convenience or lack thereof.”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.~Viktor Frank, Man’s Search for Meaning
January 31, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.~Viktor Frank, Man’s Search for Meaning