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Trump administration pauses Medicaid funding to Minnesota The news comes a day after President Trump tasked Vice President Vance with waging a “war on fraud.” Dr. Mehmet Oz said there's more to come.

Trump administration pauses Medicaid funding to Minnesota
www.ms.now/news/trump-a...

J.D. Vance wants your mother to die of a treatable illness.

Woman Says Catholic Hospital Canceled Sterilization Surgery to ‘Protect Her Sacred Fertility’ The Tennessee woman said she was already waiting in pre-op with an IV in her arm when she was given the news.

The Tennessee woman said she was already waiting in pre-op with an IV in her arm when she was given the news.
www.jezebel.com/woman-says-c...

A light brown mourning dove perches on the base of a transparent plastic, cylindrical feeder which has a few inches of bird seed in it. A bright red cardinal looks on from a railing a few feet away.

I wish we still got snow days. Perils of remote work I guess.
This weekend I installed a new bird feeder and the mourning doves can perch on it, unlike on my wooden feeder which they find very awkward.

A red cardinal sits on a birdfeeder in the foreground. In the background, a cat on a window perch inside a house looks on.

Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text

John Varley's short fiction collection "The Barbie Murders" was a big influence on me. It came out in 1980, when I was still in high school, when I was first really trying to write.

The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking? - - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...

SALES DIRECTOR: Why no kitchen table?

DESIGN LEAD: Because kitchen tables are for fucking Candyland. We’re selling a political mode of thinking: deduction as power. Think less “family night,” and more “I will find the hidden structure of your choices, and then I will destroy you.”

Recently watched the movie "All is Lost", a one-person survival movie starring Robert Redford. There's no dialog. I loved it.

Just watched the trailer and it looks amazing. Is there dialogue?

A golden retriever and a human resting on a green, furry, cozy-looking, oval-shaped bed with a rounded raised border. The human has a blanket over them that matches the bed.

We were talking about dog beds for people/humans who like having nests yesterday and I immediately started getting ads for things like this

I hope someone's been enjoying it and posting content to backrooms-related forums

That took some serious time and commitment! <3

The 4th Witch - ArtsEmerson Manual Cinema returns to Boston with their signature stage-magic to conjure Macbeth from a brand new perspective called the 4th witch.

If you have a chance to go see The 4th Witch at the Emerson Paramount Center, I highly recommend it! There are two more shows, at 8 tonight and 2 tomorrow.
There are mirrors and shadow puppets and actors in profile. They invite folks up on stage to see the setup.
artsemerson.org/events/the-4...

Only a couple days left on the fundraiser bundle @mkzariel.bsky.social made to raise survival funds for me, could I please get some more eyes on it? It's only at 50% funded.. -Allēna
itch.io/b/3339/fundr...

#mutualaid #helpfolkslive2025 #transcrowdfund #disabledcrowdfund #zines #zinester #Booksky

Happy book day, Max!

I'll be at Porter Square Books with him tonight to celebrate! Come on out!

portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...

The World That Is Coming Inside You The debut poetry collection by Andy Izenson, a T4T love letter to the living cosmos

GOOD MORNING babes, great fucking day because you can now pre-order some of the best poetry you’re ever gonna read in your life, coming this spring from @andyeyeballs.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lty...

TIL!!!

YouTube video by GLITCH KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE [TRAILER]

I'm so proud of this team. See you September 19th. 💙🪐

youtu.be/G4Df2vAnKZo?...

Cracking the Flag-Burning Amendment Visit the post for more.

TWENTY YEARS AGO I posted about how easy it is to get around any sort of flag-burning law/amendment/executive order/whatever, and here we are today, having it have some relevance. Also our current president is a feculent spoon.

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Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital The broadcaster condemns the "blatant attack on press freedom", while the IDF alleges one of the journalists was part of Hamas.

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Written on the Subway Walls For February, The Sunday Morning Transport brings you stories by Jennifer Hudak, John Chu, Carrie Vaughn, and Marie Brennan.

It's my birthday! 🎉Please celebrate by:
-eating something delicious and not feeling guilty about it.
-visiting/supporting your local library
-telling a creator how much you like their work
-reading this story about my hometown which means a lot to me: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...

If we're doing groceries and take-out discourse, here's my take:

Man-made famines are crimes against humanity.

If you can help the World Central Kitchen in Gaza, please do. Donate dollars. Call your reps. Share their story in your communities to invite help.

Thanks for the recommendation!

He also reads "And Put Away Childish Things". I suppose at some point I'll listen to one of his books that isn't read by him, but I love listening to authors read their own work. All the cadence and emphasis just the way they meant it to be.

Service Model This program is read by Hugo Award - winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Chil...

I'm listening to @aptshadow.bsky.social/Adrian Tchaikovsky'sService Model, read by the author, and having a very fun time of it. It's got many of my favorite things, done quite well, and Adrian's voices and narration are, of course, spot on.
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Google’s shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month It’s time to change to a new URL shortener.

If you expected Google's URL shortened to work forever, there's news for you. (I think I've used it ever, but hopefully had the good sense to observe what Google usually does with its tools, eventually)
www.theverge.com/news/713125/...

‘Avatar: Seven Havens’ Drops First Look at New Earthbender Avatar Set After ‘Legend of Korra’ The first look at 'Avatar: Seven Havens,' the sequel to 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' and 'Korra' has been revealed.

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variety.com/2025/tv/news...

In the foreground, a Kobo Libra Colour, showing the cover of John Scalzi's "Starter Villain", on a plastic white Adirondack chair. In the background, a dock, with another chair and a towel, and a small lake/ pond of water beyond that.

The sky is blue, and the lake. There are clouds, wispy. And green, in many kinds of trees, nearby, and on the far shore. Fishing line hangs from some of the nearest trees, though I don't know if it's visible in the picture. The leaves of the beech tree, top right, are succumbing to beech leaf disease.

A patterned towel on a dock on a pond. A plastic Adirondack chair holds a sunhat, tie-dyed cotton shoulder bag, a bottle of sunscreen, and an ebook reader in a light purple case.

Finally settling down to read a book (John Scalzi's "Starter Villain") by looking at it, because I don't need to be multi-tasking every moment. And because my libraries don't have the audiobook version, I suppose.

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