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Zelensky didn't provoke Trump to take Russia's side. He was planning this all along. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This is a bigger scandal than people realize.

It really makes it look as though this entire meeting was a setup by Trump that was planned in advance.

If you watch the video it is clear that they are deliberately and almost derangedly blindsiding Zelenskyy. Now we know who the audience was.

Putin.

Vance to Zelenskyy: you don’t say thank you.

Truth:

Trump is doing a great job of weakening US influence in the world. Treating President Zelensky like he was fodder for a reality tv-show is just the latest in what will be seen as US decline by historians.

what would you do differently if you were trying to legalize discrimination?

The decision to fire General Brown reflects Mr. Trump’s insistence that the military’s leadership is too mired in diversity issues, has lost sight of its role as a combat force to defend the country and is out of step with his “America First” movement. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has previously said that General Brown should be fired because of his “woke” focus on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the military. “First of all, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the Joint Chiefs,” Mr. Hegseth said in an appearance on the “Shawn Ryan Show” in November. He added that any general involved with D.E.I. efforts should be fired. “Either you’re in for warfighting, and that’s it,” he said. “That’s the only litmus test we care about.

This is so many words to say Trump fired the chairman of the joint chiefs because he’s black www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

All these polite euphemisms for appeasement.

No rare minerals for the US. France & the EU need to step up and protect Ukraine and its resources. The Kremlin is planning to loot those minerals alongside Trump & Musk, which they need so they can invade Poland and the Baltics next. That's the bottom line. Trump, Musk and Putin are the enemy.

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:

-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.

-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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Hey, here’s some of what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today 👋🏽

Doctors Whose Licenses Were Revoked, Suspended Named In Pro-RFK Jr. Letter To Senate The letter was meant to lend credibility to Kennedy’s nomination, which has faced strenuous opposition from experts due to his decades of anti-vaccine activism.

"A letter submitted to the Senate sent by 'physicians' in support of Kennedy's nomination includes names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline, the AP has found..."

www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

Chipmunk on a lichen covered rock with some grass behind

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How much in subsidies do fossil fuels receive? One number from the IMF that's often reported is $7 trillion – or 7% of global GDP!

Most of these subsidies are not direct payments, but estimates of the societal costs of burning fossil fuels.

Great chart from @hannahritchie.bsky.social:

The whole sordid tale in one paragraph

True then. True now. Thank you, Willem Arondeus.

Wondering how YOU can fight back?
Like this... get two friends, make a sign...

Because they were taking your jobs…

Guess who slept through the night last night?
Wasn’t me but maybe you know someone else who did?
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Charlie's nose is very prominent in this photo.

"The look the dog gives you when it wants a walk, but with a wide angle lens"

(Spoiler: We went for a walk)

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

What's the word?

If you're anything but a straight, cis white male in the US, DEI kept discrimination at bay for you.

Estimating future heat-related and cold-related mortality under climate change, demographic and adaptation scenarios in 854 European cities - Nature Medicine Modeled analyses of 854 European cities show that net temperature-related mortality will increase because of an increase in heat-related mortality exceeding future reductions in cold-related mortality...

We need commercials for major academic papers the way they do movies, with the quotes and music and all.

"Terrifying"
"You won't sleep for days."
"Shook me to my core"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reports of ICE harassing even indigenous people are an extra layer of disturbing that I didn't forsee. But here's what should happen! Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons

Hello to anyone passing by. 👋 I don't post often, I repost a lot. I have a LOT of thoughts; it's just that usually someone else has said it more eloquently than I'm trying to. :) Stay safe everyone. Read. Learn. Listen. Follow Wheaton's Law (don't be a dick). <3