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Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86

Neil Sedaka is my second cousin. He and my mom grew up together. Perhaps they’ll connect again. Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86.

Anyways, this is my dog Dexter trying to ask for permission to come aboard the Midnight Express to Sleepytown last night. 🛌

SHE’S SO GOLDEN 🥇

Alysa Liu wins GOLD and becomes the first U.S. woman to medal in figure skating since 2002.

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.

Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis | Common Dreams "Tenants in Minnesota are in a crisis," said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. "The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home and devastated our local economy."

Twin Cities Unions Planning 'Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years' as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis
#ICEOUT #FDT #Rent #Eviction #MN #ICEOUTNOW
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Liu was radiant and joyful beyond compare ✨✨

Alysa Liu Just Changed Figure Skating Forever In a sport that can be scary and stressful, she proved it doesn’t have to be that way.

Liu looked straight at the Olympic rings and said, “I’m not scared of you.” slate.trib.al/iaa08QJ

Anna’s Hummingbird on branch

🪶 Anna’s Hummingbird talking in the filtered light — Southern Oregon.
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#Hummingbird #naturephotography #BirdPhotography #Birding #BirdsOfBsky

Whatever it takes!!!!

Never

Members of the Elaine Legacy Center are embroiled in a legal fight over control of the nonprofit - Arkansas Times The nonprofit dedicated to memorializing the history of the Elaine Massacre of 1919 is now embroiled in a legal battle over control of the group.

Board member of Elaine Legacy Center, a non-profit formed to memorialize 1919 race massacre in Arkansas Delta town, seeks removal of longtime leader Mary Olson; says she's ignoring board, treating center as "her personal alter ego."
#arpx #arnews
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Injured by a fishing hook, this seabird knocked on the ER door for help The cormorant, a shiny black waterbird, had a triple fishing hook stuck in its beak when it made its presence known at the glass door of the Klinikum Links der Weser hospital in the German city of Bremen on Sunday.

An injured seabird sought help by pecking at the door of an emergency room at a hospital in Germany until medical staff noticed it and called firefighters to help with its rescue. https://to.pbs.org/4qBvjAn

Thousands of Arkansas third graders could be held back under LEARNS retention rule | Arkansas Democrat Gazette Thousands of third-graders who fall short of Arkansas’ reading standard could be forced to repeat the grade under a rule taking effect this year as part of the LEARNS Act.

Worth noting that none of the Arkansas third-graders whose parents get taxpayer dollars to subsidize private school or homeschool educations are in danger of being held back for not meeting Gov. Sanders one-size-fits-all reading mandate. Only public school students.
#arpx #arleg

Arkansas judge blocks state law increasing signature requirement for ballot measures  | Arkansas Advocate An Arkansas judge on Thursday blocked implementation of a 2023 state  law that increased the signature requirements for measures to qualify for the ballot.

Arkansas judge blocks state law increasing signature requirement for ballot measures  #ARLeg #ARpx arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/13/a...

New York leaders, advocates re-raise Stonewall pride flag after Trump admin removal New York City leaders and LGBTQ+ advocates re-rasied the pride flag over the Stonewall National Monument after the National Parks Service removed it from federal grounds.

5/5 La bataille du 🏳️‍🌈 continue: retiré par des employés fédéraux du NPS à Stonewall (NY) hier, le 🏳️‍🌈 a été hissé à nouveau par les autorités locales

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Tim Onion gave us this:

Bill Clinton’s response to the closed-door subpoena.

Angry Staffer's comment: "Master class in how to respond to political bullshit. Happy to talk to you out in the open, but I’m not going to let you feed the selective outrage machine with cherry-picked quotes."
#ProudBlue

Two Black women joined by their braids, each holding one end of small a boat containing male figures, with packages hanging down. Professor of Art at Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Fine Arts “María Magdalena Campos-Pons was born in in 1959 in the province of Matanzas, in the town of La Vega, Cuba. She grew up on a sugar plantation in a family with Nigerian, Hispanic and Chinese roots. Her Nigerian ancestors were brought to Cuba as slaves in the 19th century and passed on traditions, rituals, and beliefs.

Prof of Art, Chair of Fine Arts,
born in 1959 in Cuba,
María Magdalena Campos-Pons.

Raised on a sugar plantation with Nigerian, Hispanic and Chinese roots, her Nigerian ancestors were brought to Cuba in the 19th c., kept traditions, rituals, and beliefs.

De las dos aguas (Of the Two Waters), 2007

ICE Proposal to Hold 8,500 Immigrants in Mississippi Mega Warehouse Draws Local Opposition An ICE plan to use a warehouse to hold 8,500 immigrants in Byhalia, Mississippi, has drawn opposition from residents and Sen. Roger Wicker.

The Trump administration is considering opening an ICE facility in a Mississippi warehouse that would hold 8,500 people—far more than any current ICE facility.

But local opposition is growing—including from Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker.
www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-proposal...

Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.

'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies Marimar Martinez said she believes that she survived her encounter with Border Patrol agents so she could share her story.

Gestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs

1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--"

The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."

This... remember Pizzagate? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤷🏾‍♀️

Just sayin’.

a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.

Heads are going to explode 💥

Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.

All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Lmao, imagine getting your ass kicked by a group of teenagers — in a fight you started — and then going to jail for it 🤣🤣🤣

Freedom Album Cover Neil Young

Rockin' in the Free World
-Neil Young🇨🇦🎸🎶
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First Neil Young album “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere”. First song to learn by ear “Heart of Gold”. NY has inspired with his every iteration.