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All I can think about is Jeff Bezos saying that he slashed jobs at the Washington Post — including those of foreign correspondents in the Middle East — based on "the data," and a few weeks later a whole war breaks out in the Middle East that these laid off folks would have covered as true experts.

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

Three black and white prints featuring Black women by different artists

Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (1915[– 2010), Samella Lewis (1923 – 2022), African American women printmakers who influenced the world with their art #WomensHistoryMonth

Don’t like it, but get it.

Almost spring.

Kharkiv, Ukraine 📍

Light flowing through a streetcar, N Rampart, New Orleans

It did. It’s been 75 years since her death.

Cover of The Lancet:

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Monochrome photograph featuring a young white girl to the left and young Black boy ro the right both facing each other, both with arms raised as if dancing on a street

Photographer Helen Levitt,
Two Children Dancing, New York, 1940 #WomensArt

NEW: When anti-ICE protesters disrupted a church service, the Trump administration vowed to stop at nothing to protect religious liberty.

But congregations across the country who welcome immigrants say ICE has been violating their rights on a mass scale.
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Hundreds of American nurses choose Canada over the U.S. under Trump More than 1,000 American nurses have successfully applied for licensure in British Columbia since April, a massive increase over prior years.

Hundreds of American nurses choose Canada over the U.S. under Trump
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The Interior Department has rescinded more than 80% of its prior rules under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA, one of the country’s foundational environmental laws, requires federal agencies to conduct detailed reviews of how proposed projects could impact surrounding communities,

Excuse me, some of us reporters aspired to a Honda Civic. My Chevy Chevette was known for its automatic heating system - in the summer.

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Read thread for horrific crimes being committed against American history and truth.

Beatrix Potter, Four rabbits on bicycles, 1895 #womensart #Sunday

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics.

"It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Trump administration war on science and public health continues apace.

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico

Shot: Colbert explaining to his audience last night that the Trump administration ordered him not to air an interview with Texas Democrat and Senate candidate James Talarico - or even mention his name. (Scroll to 1:30) youtu.be/oh7DPSP65JA

A skeletal death dressed as a medieval jester stands by an open grave with the handle of a shovel protruding and a church in the background. Death holds a smiling human mask and his marotte lies at his feet.

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead #MardiGras Death as Jester, from Quarles Emblems, Charles Bennett, 1860
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Photo of a man standing astride a bicycle with a large front basket. There's a small girl at his side and a few people behind him.

Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson test rides a World Wildlife Fund bicycle on a trip to Sweden, circa 2012

#RIPJesseJackson

Happy Mardi Gras to all who observe!
Thank you @marcorasi.bsky.social for your stunning photography of New Orleans.

Such a dynamite image!

Yes, “The Apostle” was a tour de force!

15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
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“Risky” school alums include: Trump, Vance and Hegseth.

“Inside the debacle” becoming a regular Trump admin headline.

Pa. doctor who treated an injured Olympic legend making risky comeback says ‘she’s fearless’ Olympic ski racing legend Lindsey Vonn makes a bid for gold, one weeek after suffering a severe knee injury..

Lindsey Vonn's knee injury puts mere mortals out for months. She was back on skis in days to prepare for her last Olympic medal bid. How did she do it? I talked to a team doc who has treated her to find out. tinyurl.com/yzyzr6x8
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