January Handl

January Handl

@mamuofthewest.bsky.social

Retired teacher/parent educator, Mama and gramma, in love with Nature, and somehow relentlessly political. Not a photographer, just a noticer. Everyone should be able to self-determine in mutual respect. Resist.

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Baby herons just born in Kelsey Park with Mum shuffling them about in the nest while Dad watches on. Geese giving them a loud welcome!

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Audiences Prefer Films With Diverse Casts, UCLA Study Finds UCLA's Hollywood Diversity Report for 2025 reported that audiences prefer diverse casting in films, and the industry's need to focus on diversity.

variety.com/2026/film/ne...

But...but SUPERMAGAWHITE1488 on Twitter assured me "go woke go broke"

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leaked SNL cold open or real footage of Judge Box o' Wine having a performative meltdown during a news conference? Hard to tell!

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Men Do Not Vote Like They Care About the Legality of Abortion Dr. Michal Raucher is a 2025-2026 PRRI Public Fellow focusing on reproductive health and rights. She is also an Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University. In January 2026…

Nearly half of women who said abortion should be legal also said they would only vote for a candidate who shared their views (43%), compared with just 32% of men. That's a significant gender gap.

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Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.

Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.

But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.

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As smart devices multiply, so do fears over digital surveillance We are living in a time of extreme self surveillance. We carry with us devices that capture our every location, info about our health, and data about our private lives. This information can be saved, ...

Texas Public Radio podcast on our not so “smart” worlds of surveillance devices. www.tpr.org/podcast/the-...

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U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

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Cuz “I’ll waste everyone’s money and time!”

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this is beyond parody, folks. a complete mockery of the DOJ.

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10 hours ago

They can't control what's happening now, so they're trying to control what gets said about it.

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9 hours ago

Polymarket, Kalshi and all the rest of these prediction markets need to be wiped off the face of the earth. They provide absolutely nothing of value and are corrupting everything they touch.

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London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

It is remarkable how much clearer the air is in Silicon Valley than it was ten years ago. Electric cars have made a huge difference

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Fake News

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NEWS: The Trump administration just gave Vladimir Putin another break. Treasury issued a license letting countries buy Russian oil already loaded onto ships before March 12, allowing those sanctioned shipments to still reach buyers, handing the Kremlin a financial lifeline.

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Six years ago, police burst into Breonna Taylor’s home in the middle of the night and took a life that should still be here today.

Justice delayed, accountability denied, and her name still carries the weight of a system that failed her.

We remember Breonna Taylor. #SayHerName

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21 hours ago

Kuwait International Airport was also hit by several drones. Meanwhile, Iran continues to attack Saudi Arabia’s eastern oil fields and targeted Prince Sultan Air Base with ballistic missiles that Saudi officials say they successfully intercepted.

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13 hours ago

Breaking:

Four service members have died after a U.S. Air Force refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq on Thursday while supporting Trump's war in Iran.

Rescue efforts are still underway for the remaining two crew members after an apparent mid-air accident between two KC-135 tanker aircraft.

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9 hours ago

The fact that Hegseth feels the need to attack the press after every question shows how deeply insecure and unhinged he is. His TV studio with soft lighting, his makeup, hype videos, barring photographers from briefings - his sole obsession is how he is portrayed to the public.

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11 hours ago

The guy who bankrupted casinos has caused the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.
The team that accidentally invited a reporter to a top secret military discussion was taken by surprise when the Iranians closed the Strait of Hormuz.

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7 hours ago

The defense department is at war with Iran while the defense secretary is at war with the media.

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7 hours ago

Just saw a video that Jasmine Crockett is going to run for a newly drawn House Seat.

This makes me really happy! Wishing the best for one of our rock stars.

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10 hours ago

I know actual war crimes trials are a pipe dream but if they ever brought in Pete Hegseth I’m getting front row tickets. What an absolute piece of shit.

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Cartoon by Trevor Stone Irvin, The Sound and the Fury - Lady Hawk!

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I can’t stand this much winning.

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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." -George Orwell's '1984'

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Again denying us a peek at her tonsils.

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Dark money groups are paying influencers to spread attacks about our campaign.

Voters deserve to know who is trying to manipulate our election.

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4 days ago
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Anthropic v. The Pentagon: A Battle of Values The fight over AI and how it is used is, like AI itself, a reflection of who we are.

Anthropic just sued the Trump administration for its retaliatory designation of the company as a supply chain risk. I wrote about the larger ethical values at stake asharangappa.substack.com/p/anthropic-...

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"Moral disengagement is basically a cognitive process that helps us rationalize or justify decisions that result in harm to others. There are eight mechanisms, but three of them are especially salient when it comes to emerging technology." See Albert Bandura's psychology research. Read Asha!

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