What a wonderful world

Just so 😎

Pope Leo as young man dressed as a Blues Brother with sunglasses and black fedora

Why I ❤️ Pope Leo, Reason #3:

Leo’s “on a mission from God,” (quote from the film The Blues Brothers)

www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting “I hope this [lunch] will be an opportunity to speak to him and ask him not to backtrack on rights," Alesia Nobile said.

Why I ❤️ Pope Leo, Reason #2:

“Pope Leo XIV will meet and dine with a group of trans women”

www.them.us/story/pope-l...

At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.

Why I love Pope Leo, Reason #1 (and I’m not even Catholic, with ❤️ and ✊ for those who observe):

“At Pope Leo’s urging…Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in…a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president”

www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/breaking-a...

🙌 Indeed!!

(From a fellow alum!)

🎉Awesome news! Congratulations to University of California faculty and staff via AAUP!! Showing how to “hold the line”—per Maria Ressa, journalist, winner of Noble Peace Prize and author of “How to Stand up to a Dictator”

I loved the movie—the visualization and attention to detail! I had not read the original book, so it was “experimental” to me! I suspect most viewers have also not read the book. (I had seen the ballet—also based on the 1818 version—so a little familiar, but still!) I’m now finally reading the book!

“67” 🤣

Thank you for this thread which will hopefully encourage people when encountering such behavior

The story of Watson reminds me a bit of Steve Jobs from his biography—brilliant and contributed a lot to modern life (❤️ my Mac and iPhone) but the stories of how he treated some people are truly awful 😢

Ideally, the VA would cover all cancer—actually, all health care—in gratitude for their service

And it is virtually impossible to definitively identify the specific cause of most cancers. For breast cancer specifically, only about half of the associated (not direct) causes have been identified, including alcohol. As for the rest…🤷‍♀️ So it would be a huge burden to “prove” associated with service

It also makes sense that a cancer associated with fatty tissue (which can accumulate toxins), and hormones, could be highly influenced by exposure to toxic chemicals

If language is the issue, they can easily fix by stating they will cover “cancers of primary reproductive organs or of the breast” (because, technically, breasts are not required for reproduction). And multiple oncology references can validate that male breast cancer is real

😮 Wow! So awesome! I never knew! I once took a vacation to Chicago in January 🥶 (I know! The swirling snow over the river was beautiful though!) and I’m sure we never used these. Now I know! 🔥

🎶“The name is Mamdani…”🎶

He is not throwing away his shot! 😉

Congratulations to Mamdani! 🎉 So happy for my ancestral “homeland”!

🎶”The greatest city in the world!” 🎶🎆

(My father’s side from NYC and mother lived there though raised in NJ, yet no other strong cultural affiliations with past immigrant family, so New York City it is!)

“We won”!!!

🎶 We won! (We won!) We won! (We won!)
The world turned upside down! 🎶

👀 🤓😆 (It’s by the 📷.)

Happy 👻 👻 👻 👻 👻 Day!

Genius! And love how the larger sizes lead the columns. She’s speaking my language! (As a kid I used to love to organize my parents’ shopping cart as it filled with the weekly groceries. Now I still “play” with data working in epidemiology)

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OMG this entire story sounds like a side plot of Dr. Strangelove (read end to learn identity of intruder)

The government shutdown as explained gamer style by now-independent journalist Paul Jorgensen! The new School House Games?!? (See also Jorgenson’s recent resignation video “letter” to Jeff Bezos! 😆)

Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

Her book “Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America” is a great playbook on the effort to flip Georgia and can be applied to other situations to empower voters! (I bought it partially as a thank-you for all her efforts—the least I could do!)

bookshop.org/p/books/our-...

Sunset with sun near horizon

Cliffs by the sea with pink glow from sunset

Tunnel of trees, light bleached trees on left, dark trees on right

Post-protest sunset walk along cliffs near Half Moon Bay CA 🙂

Protester with sign stating “No Kings in America since 1776”

Protesters with signs and American flags. One sign states “Hell No to Dictatorship”; another states “Patriots Protect the Constitution”

Protester with sign of an image of a black cat kicking a pumpkin head with swoop of blond hair and a crown, and underneath states “Nope”

Protester with a sign stating “the Power of the People is Stronger than the People in Power” with bottom row of flowers

Mountain View CA shows up yet again!!
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#NoKings

“AI is barely functional and … requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.”

This! My whole life I’ve been taught to turn off lights, don’t waste electricity, etc.… Same applies to water (especially in California). Yet the scale of use by AI makes these lifetime efforts seem for naught

So true!

And faulty “training data” is like pouring a glass of muddy water in a tub—now it’s all dirty

Yes!! 👏 Academic freedom!!

M.I.T.
BROWN
PENN
USC
UVA

"Hold the line!"
—advice per Maria Ressa, journalist, 2021 winner of the Noble Peace Prize, and author of "How to Stand up to a Dictator"

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“This case was never about improving elections — it was about creating confusion and scoring political points at the expense of our democracy”

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Can We Fix Our Broken Constitution? | Rep Jamie Raskin

For a fun 5-minute overview of the broad powers of Congress (“the people”) versus the limited executive powers of the Presidency in the U.S. Constitution, see minutes 1-6 of Democracy Docket interview by Marc Elias of Jamie Raskin (and others—stay for entire interview if can!)

youtu.be/3I1r3jdrWbM