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well of course. every country will think the same.

China's exports surge in Jan-Feb despite waning trade with the US China has reported its exports rose nearly 22% in the first two months of the year, while trade with the United States contracted.

China reports its exports jumped nearly 22% year-on-year in January to February, while shipments to the US fell 11%.

thank you.

Vietnam urges people to work from home to save fuel as Iran war disrupts supplies Vietnam's trade ministry has called on local businesses to encourage their employees to work ​from home as part of efforts to save ‌on fuel amid supply disruptions and price surges triggered by the Iran war.

Vietnam urges people to work from home to save fuel as Iran war disrupts supplies reut.rs/4bf05tr

Moms Are Risking Arrest to Protect Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth The government wants to ban care nationwide, and hospitals are shutting down treatment. Parents just want it all to stop.

www.them.us/story/trans-...

congratulations!

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor.

Human Rights Watch says they've verified that Israel has used white phosphorus on civilian populations in Lebanon.

Airport Libraries Take Off | American Libraries Magazine Airport libraries, where travelers can pick up books before they board their flights. are becoming regular fixtures in US airports.

Airport Libraries Take Off:
In these spaces, travelers pick up books before they board

#booksky #libraries #outreach #books #travel #GoodIdea 📚 #Airport

Lost Recipes | Defector In 1991, Spin magazine took the Compton rap collective N.W.A out to eat for a profile at the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan. The white author presents gangsta rap as a cynical enterprise, no different ...

Really good read on digital preservation, archives, culture, race, and music. 📚📜

A campaign poster with large text reading "Mayor Mamdani" and a message urging to fund NYC public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget. Two photos of a man in a suit (Zohran Mamdani are shown, with a website link for more information.

You can let the Mayor know what you think about him breaking his promise. www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

If only the opposition party's lawmakers wouldn't allow unanimous consent in the Senate.

just deeply sad.

Iran has hit an oil refinery in Bahrain and forced them to invoke force majeure. x.com/MarketIntl_/...

Earlier this year leaked video showed the inhumane conditions at the Baltimore ICE Holding Facility.

Today we conducted an unannounced oversight visit.

Here's some of what we learned:

Trump says Iran war will be over soon as US-Israeli attacks continue US-Israeli strike kills 40 in Tehran as Iranian counterattacks target Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

US-Israeli strike kills 40 in Tehran as Iranian counterattacks target Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

listen...

D'Agostino's is selling one pound of ground beef for $18.99 so everything is going great.

I am self-employed. Obamacare is how I get insured. My rates doubled this year. DOUBLED. Does our government believe that only people who work for corporations should be allowed to live?

Two spires of electric blue/purple star-like Hyacinth flowers edged with pale blue stripes.

Hyacinths doing their fabulously fragrant flowery thing... just before they topple over #GardensHour 🌱

A photograph of a flower as part 1368 of this series. Multiple flower heads are scattered along this plant, all in a gorgeous yellow with five heart shaped petals arranged in one ring

Today’s flower 🌱🌻 #1368
Primula

“.. Here's a fun fact: The United States now has fewer manufacturing jobs today (12.573M) than it did in March 2018 (12.576M) when Trump first started his tariff wars:”

- @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.bls.gov/charts/emplo...

Cycle Alliance in Every REgion (CARE) | Brooklyn Public Library The Cycle Alliance Is a Gender-Inclusive Period Advocacy ProgramThe Cycle Alliance is a menstrual equity initiative geared towards teens that aims to destigmatize and de-gender conversations about men...

www.bklynlibrary.org/event-series...

The Sunset Post Hyperlocal, trilingual news site for Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

“Each Cycle Alliance program is tailored to the community it serves,” Kearns-White says. “Some are called Period Pantries, but others are called Care Pantries because they also stock adult diapers, deodorant, lotion, baby diapers, or pull-up pants for toddlers.” www.sunsetpost.org/en/stories/c...

Time-Wasting, Truth-Wasting Exercises | Los Angeles Review of Books Samuel Cohen’s anthology on book banning diagnoses a recent swell in censorship that’s problematic for more reasons than you’d think.

Wrote about @samcohen.bsky.social’s book banning volume for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. The volume invites us to consider why books matter—and it shows the many ways they’re under attack, even here in progressive NYC.

lareviewofbooks.org/article/bann...

Kristi Noem Is Leaving a Trail of Death Behind Her in ICE Jails Two more deaths in ICE custody were reported this week, including a refugee who died after an untreated toothache.

Kristi Noem Is Leaving a Trail of Death Behind Her in ICE Jails

I've covered deaths in immigration prisons for years, but I've never seen so many people die of what appears to be preventable conditions in such a brief period of time.

This will come back to haunt them. It must.

Public Libraries Are Invaluable. Here’s Why With school library closings and book bans, public libraries are more important now than ever.

““It’s almost as if public libraries are home to democracy’s last stand,” said Peters.”

wordinblack.com/2026/03/publ...

An illustration of an iconic NYC public library entrance sits on a light blue background. Text in red is overlaid that reads “March 18th, fund our public libraries, budget meeting, register to testify.” A link is included with more information to be reached at https://bit.ly/4b1ze3H Graphic created by @montimer.bsky.social

NYC City Council is holding a hearing on Wed March 18th to discuss the preliminary budget.

We need YOUR VOICE to tell them to fund our libraries!

You can testify over zoom, in person, or simply submit written testimony.

Here's an easy summary of how :

bit.ly/4beNTsH

A Closer Look at ICE's Enormous People Warehouse Near Hagerstown, Maryland Watch now | I drove out to the site of one of the most controversial new ICE facilities in the country this afternoon, an 825,000 square foot warehouse built with the hopes of being used or sold to a ...

Defund ICE.

"The conversion that ICE is attempting, from warehouse to human storage, is not a renovation so much as a statement about what this administration believes immigrants are."

open.substack.com/pub/austinko...

Trump: Operation Epic Fury will continue

Illinois will absolutely be pulling a self-own if this man wins.