Linda Farrelly

What Happened at MacArthur Park Is a Warning Masked agents, horses, and helicopters stormed a park full of kids. No warrants. No arrests. Just the machinery of fear doing its job.

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Financial Firepower: School Shootings and the Strategic Contributions of Pro-Gun PACs Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Financial Firepower: School Shootings and the Strategic Contributions of Pro-Gun PACs www.nber.org/papers/w33900

An interesting and disturbing read.

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...

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How To Protect Your Immigrant Neighbors From ICE Raids Answering common FAQs on countering ICE raids, and providing 7 meaningful ways to better protect our immigrant and undocumented neighbors

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It’s Not ICE. It’s Organized Crime. They’re not law enforcement. They’re paid criminals in masks—and the words we use are giving them cover.

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A remarkable message You need to read this.

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US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians Research shows that decades of policy choices shaped today’s fragmented health care system – which is precisely why reform is so difficult.

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Urge Congress: Save Public Media Save your local stations. Call your Members of Congress now!

Congress is considering clawing back approved public media funding – ripping vital services from our communities. Join me in stopping it. Call Congress now. bit.ly/3T68Qgw

Riddle Me This, Batman

Riddle Me This, Batman, 1987 #artbots #basquiat
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The Three Huge Lies Trump is Telling Republican Senators about his Medicaid Cuts — to finance a big tax cut mostly for the wealthy Friends,

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19 companies pulling back their support for Pride For years, major corporations publicly celebrated the LGBTQ community.

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I do, mostly on scarves I am going to twist fringe. Saves me time counting threads later, and the weaving is protected if it sits in the "to be fringed" basket for a while.

#makersmARTch
#pattern
#quiltsky
#fiberart

One big kaleidoscope of pattern and color! One block wonder quilt.

date inscribed Presented by the artist 1990

Maggi Hambling, Mud Dream 3, 1990
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Jackie Milad

Margaret Fabrizio

Another week, another scarf. This warp is mostly unknown fiber with some stripes of Noro Silk Garden. Weft is a cashmere blend from the stash.

YouTube video by StarTalk Happy Pi Day from the Tysons!🤓 How many places of pi can you recite?

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Presented by Rose and Chris Prater through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975

Dame Barbara Hepworth, Orchid, 1970
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Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund

Lynn Bowers, Rhythms in Barbara, 1970

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On Harriet Tubman Day, a new effort to place the abolitionist on the $20 bill launches The latest measure, sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire, follows years of delays and efforts to have Harriet Tubman replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

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Spring 2025 Isthmus voter guide Isthmus breaks down the candidates and races in our Spring 2025 voter guide.

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Explore WPR’s candidate guide for the April 1 election in Wisconsin WPR sent a survey to the candidates for state Supreme Court and state superintendent of public instruction. Here's where they stand on the issues most important to you.

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Extra! Extra! 3/9 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Hey, all, and happy Sunday!

A roundup of progressive accomplishments this week. Keep it up!

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Yggdrasil poncho (pattern on Ravelry) by Regina Weiss with Hobbii sultan shadow yarn. I made some slight modifications because I used a thinner yarn, including to the tree and extra rows around. #crochet 🧶

Caption: Jeff has finally succeeded in bringing together the disparate forces of the universe in his 'Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory.' Jeff stands before a wall plastered with papers, joined up with red string and annotated with post-its. He is saying "It's all connected!" Themes covered by the theory: Woke Scientists, Chemtrails, Big Foot, Moon "Landings", 5G, Bill Gates, Reptilian Overlords, Paul is Dead, UFO Abductions, Weather Control, The Masons, Flat Earth, Fake Birds So-Called Experts, Illuminati, Aliens, JFK.

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

An older shot of a dramatic summertime sky for #Scape Friday.

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

She got her dream job at CDC back. But she's already moving on An unknown number of fired CDC workers got their jobs back this week. Among them was Bri McNulty, who had shared her story with NPR.

An unknown number of fired CDC workers got their jobs back this week. Among them was Bri McNulty, who had shared her story with NPR.