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The Epstein case: Thirty years of judicial negligence, at the expense of victims
The Epstein case: Thirty years of judicial negligence, at the expense of victims
The first complaints against the millionaire date back to 1996. Yet between his initial conviction in 2008 and his arrest in the summer of 2019, he was never troubled by the justice system.
www.lemonde.fr
February 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The Epstein case: Thirty years of judicial negligence, at the expense of victims
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"The Pale Blue Dot"
The Earth as seen from 3.7 billion miles away by Voyager 1 on #ValentinesDay in 1990:
📸NASA
The Earth as seen from 3.7 billion miles away by Voyager 1 on #ValentinesDay in 1990:
📸NASA
February 14, 2026 at 5:08 PM
"The Pale Blue Dot"
The Earth as seen from 3.7 billion miles away by Voyager 1 on #ValentinesDay in 1990:
📸NASA
The Earth as seen from 3.7 billion miles away by Voyager 1 on #ValentinesDay in 1990:
📸NASA
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This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
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How Melinda French Gates Plans To Fund “Chronically,” “Unconscionably” Underfunded Programs For Women And Girls
America’s Top 25 Philanthropists — And The Richest Not On the List
MacKenzie Scott was the nation’s top philanthropist in 2025 and ranks third behind Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates in terms of lifetime giving.
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
How Melinda French Gates Plans To Fund “Chronically,” “Unconscionably” Underfunded Programs For Women And Girls
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This must be how the vetting of Lord Mandelson was conducted, prior to appointing him Ambassador to the US ⬇️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VtPG...
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Is Sir Humphrey a Soviet Spy? | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats
YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats
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February 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM
This must be how the vetting of Lord Mandelson was conducted, prior to appointing him Ambassador to the US ⬇️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VtPG...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VtPG...
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In case you’re wondering, Trump’s grotesque, racist post about the Obamas is making news globally.
Here is BBC News in the UK with a significant segment on it.
“A centuries old, deeply racist trope”
(🎥 BBC News)
Here is BBC News in the UK with a significant segment on it.
“A centuries old, deeply racist trope”
(🎥 BBC News)
February 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
In case you’re wondering, Trump’s grotesque, racist post about the Obamas is making news globally.
Here is BBC News in the UK with a significant segment on it.
“A centuries old, deeply racist trope”
(🎥 BBC News)
Here is BBC News in the UK with a significant segment on it.
“A centuries old, deeply racist trope”
(🎥 BBC News)
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1. After a federal judge ordered the release of him and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias (who had an active asylum application), Liam Conejo Ramos headed home to Minnesota on a Delta flight, where the pilots offered him a VIP tour of the cockpit.
(ABC News John Quiñones)
(ABC News John Quiñones)
February 1, 2026 at 9:50 PM
1. After a federal judge ordered the release of him and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias (who had an active asylum application), Liam Conejo Ramos headed home to Minnesota on a Delta flight, where the pilots offered him a VIP tour of the cockpit.
(ABC News John Quiñones)
(ABC News John Quiñones)
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As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize
With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.”
www.thenation.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
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The only time NATO Article 5 has been enacted was for the US after 9/11.
I stood on Ramp Ceremonies for 26 Canadians. And the Multinational Role 3 team fought like hell to save coalition lives. American, NATO, and the greater coalition.
Don't fucking tell me we stood back. We fucking stood up.
I stood on Ramp Ceremonies for 26 Canadians. And the Multinational Role 3 team fought like hell to save coalition lives. American, NATO, and the greater coalition.
Don't fucking tell me we stood back. We fucking stood up.
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The only time NATO Article 5 has been enacted was for the US after 9/11.
I stood on Ramp Ceremonies for 26 Canadians. And the Multinational Role 3 team fought like hell to save coalition lives. American, NATO, and the greater coalition.
Don't fucking tell me we stood back. We fucking stood up.
I stood on Ramp Ceremonies for 26 Canadians. And the Multinational Role 3 team fought like hell to save coalition lives. American, NATO, and the greater coalition.
Don't fucking tell me we stood back. We fucking stood up.
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-"This is simply the biggest insult of them all.
Today Donald Trump says that we NATO soldiers “didn’t really” contribute in Afghanistan. That we stayed a safe distance from the front lines. I’m honestly speechless. It’s just SO disrespectful to us Danish veterans."
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Today Donald Trump says that we NATO soldiers “didn’t really” contribute in Afghanistan. That we stayed a safe distance from the front lines. I’m honestly speechless. It’s just SO disrespectful to us Danish veterans."
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
January 23, 2026 at 8:36 PM
-"This is simply the biggest insult of them all.
Today Donald Trump says that we NATO soldiers “didn’t really” contribute in Afghanistan. That we stayed a safe distance from the front lines. I’m honestly speechless. It’s just SO disrespectful to us Danish veterans."
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
Today Donald Trump says that we NATO soldiers “didn’t really” contribute in Afghanistan. That we stayed a safe distance from the front lines. I’m honestly speechless. It’s just SO disrespectful to us Danish veterans."
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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British, French and Canadian soldiers returning home from Afghanistan…
January 23, 2026 at 5:21 PM
British, French and Canadian soldiers returning home from Afghanistan…
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"Trump says UK and other NATO troops stayed “mainly in the back” in Afghanistan.
May I please introduce you you to Lance Corporal Joshua Leaky VC - who ran into enemy fire to rescue injured US marines."
May I please introduce you you to Lance Corporal Joshua Leaky VC - who ran into enemy fire to rescue injured US marines."
January 23, 2026 at 12:43 PM
"Trump says UK and other NATO troops stayed “mainly in the back” in Afghanistan.
May I please introduce you you to Lance Corporal Joshua Leaky VC - who ran into enemy fire to rescue injured US marines."
May I please introduce you you to Lance Corporal Joshua Leaky VC - who ran into enemy fire to rescue injured US marines."
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I've been fighting against bear bile farming for decades and am delighted to see that South Korea is banning the vile industry.
people.com/south-korea-...
people.com/south-korea-...
South Korea to End Bear Bile Farming and Find New Homes for the 200 Bears Stuck in the Industry
Bear bile farming will be banned in South Korea, on Jan. 1, 2026, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment announced Tuesday, Dec. 30
people.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I've been fighting against bear bile farming for decades and am delighted to see that South Korea is banning the vile industry.
people.com/south-korea-...
people.com/south-korea-...
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Logo lift off! 🇦🇶
This is the moment we branded up the new Discovery Building. It's our new science and operations building at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.
Discovery replaces several buildings which faithfully stood against elements during the 50 years of Rothera's history.
📸 Eliot Perez
This is the moment we branded up the new Discovery Building. It's our new science and operations building at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.
Discovery replaces several buildings which faithfully stood against elements during the 50 years of Rothera's history.
📸 Eliot Perez
December 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Logo lift off! 🇦🇶
This is the moment we branded up the new Discovery Building. It's our new science and operations building at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.
Discovery replaces several buildings which faithfully stood against elements during the 50 years of Rothera's history.
📸 Eliot Perez
This is the moment we branded up the new Discovery Building. It's our new science and operations building at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.
Discovery replaces several buildings which faithfully stood against elements during the 50 years of Rothera's history.
📸 Eliot Perez
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Zbig's no 1 on Foreign Policy's books of 2025 (and 2 on Foreign Affairs). Greatly enjoying this end of year.. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/22/i...
The Books FP’s Contributors Loved This Year
Our favorite books—and reviews—of 2025.
foreignpolicy.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Zbig's no 1 on Foreign Policy's books of 2025 (and 2 on Foreign Affairs). Greatly enjoying this end of year.. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/22/i...
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"The most important thing is that you be a good person and you live by the golden rule of do unto others. If you live by that, that's all I care about."
In Memoriam, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
Clara-Jumi Kang performs Méditation, Jules Massenet, Thaïs.
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In Memoriam, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
Clara-Jumi Kang performs Méditation, Jules Massenet, Thaïs.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"The most important thing is that you be a good person and you live by the golden rule of do unto others. If you live by that, that's all I care about."
In Memoriam, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
Clara-Jumi Kang performs Méditation, Jules Massenet, Thaïs.
💔🕯️🕊️
In Memoriam, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
Clara-Jumi Kang performs Méditation, Jules Massenet, Thaïs.
💔🕯️🕊️
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This from Britain's deputy prime minister.
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This from Britain's deputy prime minister.
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Hear Aldous Huxley Narrate His Dystopian Masterpiece, Brave New World
Hear Aldous Huxley Narrate His Dystopian Masterpiece, Brave New World
The CBS Radio Workshop was an “experimental dramatic radio anthology series” that aired between 1956 and 1957. And it started with style--with a dramatized adaptation of Brave New World, narrated by A...
www.openculture.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Hear Aldous Huxley Narrate His Dystopian Masterpiece, Brave New World
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We are late to this piece by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social. It is brilliant, and sobering. We have a fight on our hands, booksellers…
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
jmarriott.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We are late to this piece by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social. It is brilliant, and sobering. We have a fight on our hands, booksellers…
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
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Canada’s Supreme Court Justices has changed its ceremonial robes making now free from mink fur 🙌
👉 Learn more: https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/10/24/canadas-supreme-court-becomes-fur-free-with-new-robes
#canada #furfree #mink #stopanimalcruelty #banfur
👉 Learn more: https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/10/24/canadas-supreme-court-becomes-fur-free-with-new-robes
#canada #furfree #mink #stopanimalcruelty #banfur
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Canada’s Supreme Court Justices has changed its ceremonial robes making now free from mink fur 🙌
👉 Learn more: https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/10/24/canadas-supreme-court-becomes-fur-free-with-new-robes
#canada #furfree #mink #stopanimalcruelty #banfur
👉 Learn more: https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/10/24/canadas-supreme-court-becomes-fur-free-with-new-robes
#canada #furfree #mink #stopanimalcruelty #banfur
3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Highlighting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931)
3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Highlighting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931)
Paul Klee led an artistic life that spanned the 19th and 20th centuries, but he kept his aesthetic sensibility tuned to the future.
www.openculture.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Canada’s Supreme Court Justices has changed its ceremonial robes making now free from mink fur. 🧥
#furfree #mink #fur #canada #animalrights
#furfree #mink #fur #canada #animalrights
Canada’s Supreme Court Becomes Fur-Free with New Robes
On 8th October 2025, Canada’s Supreme Court Justices appeared for the first time in robes free from animal exploitation during the ceremonial opening of the judicial year. The traditional white mink…
veganfta.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Canada’s Supreme Court Justices has changed its ceremonial robes making now free from mink fur. 🧥
#furfree #mink #fur #canada #animalrights
#furfree #mink #fur #canada #animalrights
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Want to hear what’s happening at the biggest health conferences? Follow The Lancet Live on LinkedIn & get exclusive insights straight from our editors.
🔗 linkedin.com/company/lancetlive
🔗 linkedin.com/company/lancetlive
October 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Want to hear what’s happening at the biggest health conferences? Follow The Lancet Live on LinkedIn & get exclusive insights straight from our editors.
🔗 linkedin.com/company/lancetlive
🔗 linkedin.com/company/lancetlive
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Victory for cats in California! @GavinNewsom signed AB 867 to ban declawing, a painful toe amputation that causes lifelong suffering. Thank you to everyone who spoke up for cats. #DeclawingBan #California
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Victory! Historic Declawing Ban Signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom
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October 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Victory for cats in California! @GavinNewsom signed AB 867 to ban declawing, a painful toe amputation that causes lifelong suffering. Thank you to everyone who spoke up for cats. #DeclawingBan #California
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bit.ly/3W8in8s