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Graham Greene has passed away at the age of 73

Time to remind people about the Commercial Pattern Archive — it doesn’t have instructions and search is a bear but there’s two hundred years’ worth of clothing patterns in here including all the big names new and old:
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Faculty and students ARE the university.

black and white photo of a ACT UP protestors holding up black coffins, main one in foreground “WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER, WE HATE THE FUCKING PRESIDENT” held by visionary writer and poet Assotto Saint (with coffin), protest an appearance by then-president George H.W. Bush, New York City, July 1990. Photo © @dona_ann_mcadams posted by Igbt_history on IG

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Let's all be the grim reaper for Halloween no matter what.

Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.

9 Principles for Journalists Reporting On Neo-Nazis You may have landed here because you want to talk about neo-Nazis without helping them. Excellent. You have an important role in combatt...

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Ngl I really miss whatever art style this was in games.
Everything now is either hyper realistic or like 2-3 standards of anime waifu and I just
Idk man
I miss artistic diversity. Idk how to explain it any better than that

The difference between the text of the post and the headline of the article below it is staggering

www.theguardian.com Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice

Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice

Parallels between Trump and AI are endless. Both overpromise, underdeliver. They put people out of jobs. They lie and steal constantly. They think they know way more than they do. Both backed by techbro billionaires. Neither are any fucking good at their job. And everywhere you turn, there they are.

How to report on Nazis. And it's real, I checked thenightly.com.au/editions

He Plagiarized and Promoted Falsehoods. The White House Embraces Him.

The Trump administration used Benny Johnson's claims that his house was "burned to the ground" and that "people were murdered in my front yard" to justify its federal takeover of DC.

@kenbensinger.bsky.social found out that Johnson made it all up.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...

I’m Gen-X, so I got my titers checked to make sure my measles vax was still working. It is! But if you’re old like me you might wanna get it checked.

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I auto pay every month and I love the access. Currently watching All Creatures Great and Small. And the News Hour. And Washington Week. Superb!

On Vaccines, Kennedy Has Broken Sharply With the Mainstream While many officials and scientists embrace other parts of the secretary’s agenda, his stance on vaccines is alienating allies who fear a public health crisis.

On nutrition, Jeffrey Dahmer has broken sharply with the mainstream.

The curved top of a gravestone, depicting seven men wearing what could be chain mail, waving swords and axes above their heads.

The 'Domesday Stone', an early 9th century grave marker found on Holy Island, perhaps recalling the infamous Viking raid of 793. On display at the Lindisfarne Priory museum. #FindsFriday #Northumberland #Vikings #Museums
📷 My own

A four-picture collage of cats in different poses. A fluffy cat warms its belly on a sunny windowsill, two neatly groomed cats lie on a red-and-white blanket, a short-haired orange cat lies on a couch, and a mottled black-and-white cat curls up on its side as it sleeps.

A four-picture collage of cats in different poses. A black cat wears a knitted strawberry hat. A small grey kitten with a tiny, pointed face looks ahead. A black-and-white cat lies on the ground and gnaws on a fish toy. A black-and-white cat with a dignified appearance, its fur neatly groomed.

A four-picture collage of cats in different poses. A tabby lies on a blue sofa, its bright black eyes looking wet and reflective. A striped orange cat with drooping whiskers looks ahead. Two small kittens lie together, with one seemingly shooting a glare at the other. A fluffy white cat rests its head on a book as it plays with a hand at its feet.

A four-picture collage of cats in different poses. A hairless cat seemingly glares at something in the corner, its skin covered in folds. Two long-haired cats pose together, one with a sleepy expression on its face. A black cat rests on a desk, its fur so dark that few details can be made out. A cat rests on a rounded back, its face away from the camera and a tail swinging down.

Happy International Cat Day! 🐾

Today we’re celebrating all members of the Cat School — our team members’ four-legged friends!

Swipe through to meet the purr-fect RED kitties🐱.

#insideRED #RED #CDPR

Use a very interesting bind off method that keeps the edge from curling without changing the look of the fabric.
For more details about this method, go to
www.10rowsaday.com/no-curl-bind...

#knitting #knit #knitsky #knittingsky #handknit #beginnerknitter #knitwear
#handmade #justknitting

Rainy Tropics Could Face Unprecedented Droughts as an Atlantic Current Slows New research warns that global rainfall patterns could shift dramatically as a result of climate change

🌳From UC Davis: Even a modest slowdown of a major Atlantic current could cut rainfall across the tropics, threatening #ecosystems from the Amazon to West Africa. (Chijun Sun)
▶️ www.ucdavis.edu/news/rainy-t...
#ClimateScience #PlantScience

Exquisite lace art inspired by classical Middle Eastern and Central Asian patterns, created by Julia Ibbini. Her paper-cutting art brings together history, beauty, and craftsmanship. #PaperArt #LaceArt #JuliaIbbini #Craftsmanship #MiddleEasternArt #VisualArt

Republicans across the country are pushing bills to stop government 'weather modification' “If it doesn't exist,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a co-sponsor of federal legislation targeting geoengineering, “then you don't have anything to worry about.”

Wherever you go, show me a political leader calling themselves a "conservative" & I'll show you a denier of #ClimateScience who now has to resort to increasingly sillier reasons for the world we all see burning around us. And political stunts like letters to Canada /5 www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Obdurate. Pseudologue. Radappertization. You're welcome, Paul.

Low key one of the worst anbuses of power ever? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Fashion rules for women over 40:

If you want to understand what knitting symbols mean (especially the symbols used in Russian and German knitting charts), I made a dictionary of knitting symbols for you.

Download the short version of this dictionary from the Library of Free Knitting Resources
www.10rowsaday.com/library

#knitting

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.

this is why the "oh, everything is gonna be ok after the midterms/next presidential elections" ppl are blowing my mind.
what are you even saying, the destroyed satellites aren't going to un-destroy themselves and NASA doesn't have any spares lying around

futurism.com/white-house-...

Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed Nonprofit Climate Central has hired the scientist behind a key database of costly weather disasters to rebuild it.

Scoop: The U.S. billion-dollar disaster database is set to return this fall over at @climatecentral.org. They've hired the former NOAA scientist who ran the project for 10+ years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Grok’s ‘spicy’ video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes I didn’t even ask it to take her clothes off.

It is no accident that the early use cases for "genAI" consumer products revolve around the sexual harassment, abuse, and exploitation of women in power. It is no accident that the technology is immediately embraced as a tool of patriarchy and gender-based violence.
www.theverge.com/report/71897...