Amy W. Ando

Interactive AIDS Quilt The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...

“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”

“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“

“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.”

— Tom Stoppard

Classic.

I’ll believe AI is useful when it solves the digital accessibility problem for educational materials that are not simple text.

Haudenosaunee Address of Thanksgiving to the Natural World (Ganö:nyök) Haudenosaunee tradition calls for giving thanks each and everyday. Through gratitude, this address provides a path for peace and enlightenment.

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This post and comments are TRUTH.

A sleepy cat in a shop window which reads: sleepy cat books.

Books We Love Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.

Happy 2025 Books We Love Day. So excited to share this with you. If you love books or you're looking for something great to read NPR has the handpicked, heartfelt recs for you! Proud to be a contributor again this year. Dig in.
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This is lovely, honestly

Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects Of the Opioid Epidemic Abstract. In this paper, we establish a causal connection between two of the most salient social developments in the United States over the past decades: t

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Handwriten manuscript of the Baroque Cycle, a three-volume speculative epic set in the 17th century, when the scientific revolution was beginning to take shape. Author Neal Stephenson says, "The Baroque Cycle fits under the broader vision of what sclence fiction is about... fiction that's not considered good unless it has interesting Ideas in it." The Baroque Cycle: Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World, by Neal Stephenson, William Morrow Books, New York, 2003-2004 The manuscript consists of two stacks of handwritten foolscap pages; one stack is approximately 60cm deep, the one beside it is 40cm thick.

To be fair, Neal wrote "The Baroque Cycle" longhand after a computer backup disaster ate the first five hundred pages or so.

Then he transcribed it himself in EMACS and formatted it for submission using a homebrew set of Elisp macros he wrote—

Yeah nope, that's just deranged.

These journalists shine light on the behavior of monsters who have gotten rich by irresponsibly encouraging women to put themselves and their babies at risk - even pushing the idea that it could be better to let a struggling newborn baby die than to help it start breathing.

Pay attention to these efforts. Don’t blink.

The difference is clear. Listing decisions are to be made on the basis of scientific evidence of endangerment. Only critical habitat decisions can weigh economic impact.
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In contrast, the text of the ESA says about decisions regarding designation of critical habitat: "The Secretary shall designate critical habitat,... on the basis of the best scientific data available and after taking into consideration the economic impact"

The text of the Endangered Species Act says about decisions to list species on the endangered species list: "1)(A) The Secretary shall make determinations required by subsection (a) (1) of this section solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available to him"

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!

Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.

"The researchers estimated the effects of the reinsurance shock on home prices in the ZIP codes most vulnerable to catastrophes... rising insurance premiums weighed down home values by ~ $20k in the top 25% of homes most exposed to catastrophic hurricanes and wildfires, and by $44k in the top 10%."

Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate

This streak dies tomorrow

Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months

This blind spot will remain forever

Nipplewort,Meadow buttercup,Ragwort & Gorse. #wildflowerhour

I appreciate all the light that is now shining on the dark cesspools of power

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.

Small maple leaves rustle in the breeze, popping with warm shades of red and orange

Enjoy this splash of late fall color.

Food stamps are back, but millions will soon lose benefits permanently Even though the shutdown is over, the GOP’s signature tax and spending law is poised to kick people off the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

A Poster for the webinar, with headshots of Norbert Wilson, Lauren Fiechtner, Parke Wilde, and Emily Engelhard.

What We Lose as USDA Household Food Security Reporting Ends

A conversation with Norbert Wilson, Emily Engelhard, and Lauren Fiechtner. Nov 20.

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Wow

An orange tabby cat is sitting in a white fuzzy blanket. His ears are large. You can feel the purring

Thank you for that.
Here a my very cute purring cat

Paul G-P with the public goods provision

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