The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

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Wait… what??

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social taking the lead in capitulating to tyranny and hastening the end of academic freedom in the USA. Will be recounted in the history of this era..

Big respect from 🇯🇲. Onward and upward you go because "unstoppable" is your very nature.

When ' How can we cause great harm?' Is your daily, top-of-mind question ..
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‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Hank Azaria’s Advice for Overcoming Codependency After his divorce devastated him, Azaria, a well-known voice actor, “dated himself” for a year.

At a certain point in his life, Hank Azaria realized that he was using humor and acting to be anyone but himself, and that it was affecting his relationships. After five devastating heartbreaks, he resolved to look inward and “dated himself” for a year. nyti.ms/4hbKBrk

Do not forget Leonard Peltier.

FDA bans use of Red No. 3 dye in food, drinks The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving to ban the use of Red No. 3 dye in food products.

The FDA says it’s banning the use of Red No. 3 dye in food, drinks and ingested drugs

24, and Trying to Outrun Schizophrenia Early intervention tries to rein in psychotic disorders before they can ruin young lives. For Kevin Lopez, everything is on the line.

Early intervention tries to rein in psychotic disorders before they can ruin young lives.

For Kevin Lopez, everything is on the line.

A cicada: ‘What cicadas leave behind is a kind of crystallised memory’ | Helen Sullivan Part of their body is hollow, this amplifies the sound. The longer you listen to their sound, the more they seem to sync up Of all the languages’ words for cicada, Croatian’s might be the best: cvrčak, pronounced: tvr-chak. The sound it makes is “tvr-chi…

A cicada: ‘What cicadas leave behind is a kind of crystallised memory’ | Helen Sullivan

When Your $3 Million Cello Gets Bumped From Your Flight The cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason had to cancel a concert in Toronto last week after an airline refused to let him board with his instrument, even though he had bought a ticket for it.

The cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason had to cancel a concert in Toronto after an airline refused to let him board with his instrument, even though he had bought a ticket for it.

Stronger Caribbean Together for Regional Food, Land, Sea and Climate Justice: A Manifesto The Caribbean is small, and by nature fragmented, since it consists of scattered islands - some close together, others not - and countries on the South American and Central American mainlands. We speak several different languages - those of our colonial masters, indigenous languages, and different variations of creole and patois - and we have tremendous ethnic diversity. This is one of our strengths, I believe, that we have in common - as well as challenges.

Stronger Caribbean Together, a network based at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, has published a Manifesto focusing on Food, Land, Sea and Climate Justice in the Caribbean. The group held a workshop on Disaster Capitalism in July 2024.

A light.
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But also the reassuring evidence that terrible times eventually end and are survivable

We have the benefit of history.

I understand. Choice is in every moment and we get to own them and be at peace with them or not.

Courage in bad times. Will I have it? Will you?

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Here is a tentative (and wonderful) group of Jamaicans I have tracked down who have found themselves under even bluer skies than our beautiful island offers! Please follow, enjoy and I am sure there are other Jamaicans out there who would like to be added, so give me a shout! 🇯🇲

Good move