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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

Warnings of 'Permanent' Damage to People and Planet as Trump EPA Set to Repeal Key Climate Rule | Common Dreams One critic blasted the impending move as "an obvious example of what happens when a corrupt administration and fossil fuel interests are allowed to run amok."

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The mass market paperback is vanishing The mass market paperback — born in 1935, boomed after WWII — is vanishing from airports, drugstores, and groceries.

For those of you who were keeping up with the mass market mess, here is a more informative article.

Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.

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#Women&GirlsinScienceDay Academic & particle physicist Anne Kernan was a huge advocate for women in science, on one occasion funding a trip to CERN for an undergrad she had never met, meeting her at the airport and paying for her accommodation until funding came through. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...

Split-image historical photograph honoring Mary Sherman Morgan (1921–2004), the pioneering American rocket fuel scientist and America's first female rocket scientist, who invented the high-energy liquid propellant Hydyne in 1957 at Rocketdyne (North American Aviation). Hydyne (a blend of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine and diethylenetriamine) provided the critical extra thrust needed for the Jupiter-C (later renamed Juno I) rocket to successfully launch Explorer 1, the United States' first satellite, into orbit on January 31, 1958—helping the U.S. catch up in the early Space Race. On the left: A black-and-white portrait of a young Mary Sherman Morgan in the 1950s, seated at a desk in an office or lab setting. She wears cat-eye glasses, a light-colored blouse, a necklace, and a ring, smiling warmly and looking just right of the camera. She sits in front of an open book and is holding a pencil, with office equipment in the background. On the right: A dramatic color night-launch photograph of the Jupiter-C rocket (with "UE" markings visible on the body) blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1958. The rocket stands tall against a dark sky, illuminated by intense flames and bright exhaust plumes at liftoff, with billowing orange-white fire and smoke at the base as it ascends, symbolizing the successful orbital insertion powered by Morgan's innovative Hydyne fuel. This pairing highlights her behind-the-scenes contributions to one of the defining moments in space history (often overlooked). #MaryShermanMorgan #Hydyne #Explorer1 #WomenInSTEM #SpaceRace #NASA #WomenInScienceDay #IDWGS

Celebrating Mary Sherman Morgan--America's first female rocket scientist--on #NationalInventorsDay!

She invented the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957. Its most famous use came on 31 Jan 1958, when a Juno I rocket powered by Hydyne launched Explorer 1, America’s first successful satellite.

#WomenInSTEM

‘An absolute travesty': Critics slam affidavit behind Fulton raid for relying on 2020 election lies The affidavit reinforced fears that the FBI’s seizure was not about uncovering new evidence but about resurrecting a false narrative.

NEW: The unsealing of the FBI’s search warrant affidavit for its raid of a Fulton County, Georgia, election facility prompted swift condemnation from voting rights advocates, election experts and former federal officials. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Goldman: “You & your untrained, unqualified, unvetted, unidentified agents are intentionally terrorizing our cities & communities all over this country to avoid accountability for their excessive force & their lawless actions — that is why you're wearing masks. So no one can hold you accountable”

Vintage black-and-white photograph of Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850–1891), renowned Russian mathematician and the first major woman in modern mathematics. The young woman looks straight ahead with a thoughtful, composed gaze. She wears a formal dark Victorian blouse with a tall, stiff collar, and wide dark ribbon accents across the chest. Her hair is short dark, thick, and neatly styled.

Mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya was the first woman to:

+ Earn a doctorate in #mathematics (in the modern sense)
+ Be appointed to a full professorship in mathematics

She was also one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor. She died #OTD in 1891.

#WomenInSTEM

Meta Goes to Trial in a New Mexico Child Safety Case. Here’s What’s at Stake Attorney general Raúl Torrez is accusing the tech giant of failing to protect minors on Facebook and Instagram.

"Just as the world watched courtrooms hold Big Tobacco and Big Pharma accountable, we will, for the first time, see Big Tech CEOs like Zuckerberg take the stand."

Grand jury refuses to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with illegal military orders video A grand jury in Washington has refused to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person familiar with the matter.

A grand jury has refused to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged military members to resist “illegal orders.”

Ottawa commits $84M to install more than 8,000 EV chargers | CBC News In an effort to address range anxiety and get more drivers into electric vehicles, the federal government is committing to fund and further expand the country's EV charging infrastructure.

🇨🇦Ottawa -Federal government commits $84M to install more than 8,000 EV chargers.
According to Natural Resources Canada, more than 33,000 EV chargers have been installed and more than 18,000 are planned across the country.
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadaSky🇨🇦

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ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.

This should concern us all. You cannot speak of freedom and liberty and then support this regime’s actions.

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Pirro should be impeached just for attempting to get an indictment against members of Congress for speech.

Her incompetence is actually useful right now because it negates her malevolence.

Scientists may have discovered a pulsar at the Milky Way’s heart—a result that could reveal new physics If a pulsar that may lie at the center of our galaxy is confirmed, it could enable more precise measurements of the spacetime around the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole

If a pulsar that may lie at the center of our galaxy is confirmed, it could enable more precise measurements of the spacetime around the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

two cowboys are riding their horses in the sunset ALT: two cowboys are riding their horses in the sunset

When his daughter is kidnapped by a band of Texas Rangers after the Civil War, Antonio Baca tracks them across the plains of New Mexico and Texas using his skills as a former buffalo hunter. #cibolero #Booksky

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Sirena is a prescient novel. Published in 2008, it tells the story of a New Mexico Hispanic family and the rise of a racist demagogic U.S. president. In the name of freedom, they destroyed freedom, the bright shining star imploding, devouring itself. #Sirena #booksky

www.amazon.com/dp/B0791LRT8W/

“…there has been no real halt to the ethnic cleansing project driven by Stephen Miller and blessed by the president. On the streets, the secret police’s tactics of ICE and Border Patrol are becoming more strategic. But the overall mission is moving full speed ahead.”

Fulton County: What's In The Warrant? Hint: Everything but probable cause

Fulton County: What's In The Warrant?
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Old Skool #Audio Stack. #Audiophile

✨📚 February Book Releases Are NOT Playing 📚✨

@gizmodo.com just dropped its list of 69 new sci-fi, fantasy & horror books coming this month.

These stories imagine what’s possible—and what’s coming.

📚 Shop these titles and more at www.sistahscifi.com

#SistahScifi #SpeculativeFiction #nnediokorafor

Black-and-white vintage portrait photograph of Edith Clarke (1883–1959), the pioneering American electrical engineer, inventor of the Clarke Calculator (a graphical tool for solving power transmission problems), and the first woman to earn a master's degree in electrical engineering from MIT. She is shown in a close-up head-and-shoulders view against a dark, neutral background, gazing directly at the camera with a composed, intelligent expression. Clarke has distinctive curly hair neatly styled, and she wears thin, round pince-nez glasses perched on her nose with a thin bridge and side arms. She is dressed in a formal dark blouse or jacket. The classic early-to-mid-20th-century studio portrait style conveys her trailblazing role in electrical engineering and power systems innovation. #EdithClarke #WomenInEngineering #ElectricalEngineering #ClarkeCalculator #InventorsHallOfFame #MIT #MITAlum #PowerSystems

Edith Clarke, the first professional female electrical engineer in the US, was born #OTD in 1883.

+ Invented the Clarke calculator to solve electric power transmission problems faster
+ First woman to earn an MS in electrical engineering (EE) at MIT, 1919
+ First woman EE professor, US #WomenInSTEM

Andrea, thanks for posting. I highly recommend your article. When I visited the Auschwitz memorial in Poland more than a decade ago, I was struck by our tour guide's explanation of how fast the Auschwitz death camp system was planned, constructed and put into operation, in about two year's time.

Building the camps The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.

When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.

Project Salt Box: How citizen sleuths are monitoring ICE in Maryland Inside their homes scattered around the Baltimore area, the group of watchdogs is unearthing records, like property filings, contracts, and government procurements, that are otherwise overlooked.

On Monday evening, Rachel Maddow spotlighted this group working out of Baltimore. Just another in a long list of unsung, American heroes. Donate to their project!
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A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., on foot, completing a 15-week trek for peace from Texas apnews.com/article/budd...

Sirena is a prescient novel. Published in 2008, it tells the story of a New Mexico Hispanic family and the rise of a racist demagogic U.S. president. In the name of freedom, they destroyed freedom, the bright shining star imploding, devouring itself. #Sirena #booksky

www.amazon.com/dp/B0791LRT8W/

Thank you for the support!! Can’t wait to hear what you think. 😍

"Cibolero" is the epic tale of a retired buffalo hunter in 19th century New Mexico who embarks on a desperate quest to rescue his kidnapped daughter. #Cibolero

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