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Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
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Meme image of a blue and white carton of Goats Butter, adorn with an illustration of a goat, sitting on a store shelf. Hand-written on the carton in sharpie are the words "Who you gonna call"

If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood...

One map maker who really embraces the #AlternateHistoween spirit is Bruce Munro. He always manages to sprinkle a bit of horror in all of his creations and I especially liked this map he did. Titled "Cthulhu's North America", in this scenario the Great Old Ones have returned but humanity persists 1/

"One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material."
William Zinsser
(True!)

She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security. Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.

Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior DHS position in which she’ll help oversee election security.

“DHS now appears poised to become a primary amplifier of false election conspiracies pushed by our enemies,” one expert said.

Important read

Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight “Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.

This is a long, thoughtful, and brilliant post about how to understand political campaigning & strategy from one of the progressive left's most brilliant thinkers and practitioners @anatosaurus.bsky.social. Read it and listen to her: Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

As the History Representative for ACIS, I have the distinct privilege to chair the Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book. If you, or someone you know, has a book copyrighted in 2025 in Irish Studies please do consider submitting! Details here. 🗃️ #speirgorm

A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round b...

In the immortal words of Stephen Sondheim:

Tonight, tonight!

Google search of "Measles Cases in US 2025" Results show cases on the rise. Overlayed is the image of RFK JR and the label "RFK JR is making our kids sick"

Today is National Child Health Day. In honor of the health of all children we are calling on RFK Jr. to resign.

A vaccine to prevent the measles was discovered in 1954. In less than 50 years it was considered eliminated in the US.

RFK Jr. has no place in making decisions about our health care.

The Housemartins, #ArtistFave15
#10 "Coal Train to Hatfield Main"
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Picture of a price tag at a grocery store - that says Leeks, Baby!

What are you making for dinner?

If I Ran the Media™
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up

More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC

History Matters | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

The celebrated late historian’s advice to writers. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/h... @simonandschuster.bsky.social #booksky

ICE is doing a hell of a lot of harm in the Chicago area *right now.* I don’t mean to trivialize the national guard stuff, it absolutely is an irresponsible escalation, but the guard-centric convo around this really does understate what’s going on without any guardsmen.

In the old days this would have been a New Yorker newsbreak, headlined The Mysterious East

This guy is good and thanks to Senator Booker for introducing him to me.

1. I need to find 26 new subscribers to the Editorial Board because I’m one of the 24 million Americans soon to face a dire choice: pay unsustainable health insurance premiums or go without. You can help by joining the Board for just $6 a month!

OMG finally!

This is the way

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Here’s the flip side of your problem:

The New Age of Entrepreneurship: 70 to 79 The motivations for septuagenarian entrepreneurs include desiring autonomy, pursuing meaningful projects and addressing societal needs.

Head smack. This wkend’s WSJ has a story on entrepreneurship: twice as many ppl in their 70s as those in 60s are self-employed. What do they fail to mention? People in their 70s are on Medicare! Not locked into their job by need for health insurance. www.wsj.com/health/welln...

Text Message from my sister: “Phoebe’s new expletive this morning: “bummer farts on pie”

Watching my nieces grow up has convinced me that our creative language skills peak around 3.5yo

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

Boy did I need this

There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won. A feasibility study was underway about restoring the ailing federal building that houses important Ben Shahn frescoes, Philip Guston murals, and other FDR-era artwork. But the Trump administration put...

Oh hell, no. These are great works of American art that Trump is condemning to destruction.

Fully equivalent with ISIS destructive of precious artifacts.

Excellent response.

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Happy Buster Keaton's birthday!