Tom

Saint Louis…Senegal. No arch 😌

Casablanca

We've all seen better days

What’s worse is the $150k is going to someone who runs prisons in the Everglades, not to someone who needs it.

Makes sense - I learned something today!

Very nice but is there a difference between “media” and “mediums”? Serious.

US Mental Health Jobs Boom Faces Sudden Stop as Trump Cuts Funds Mental health providers, the fastest-growing industry in the US since the start of the pandemic, risk a sharp reversal of fortune as President Donald Trump seeks to eliminate billions of dollars in fu...

“Mental health providers, the fastest-growing industry in the US since the start of the pandemic, risk a sharp reversal of fortune as President Donald Trump seeks to eliminate billions of dollars in funding that enabled their expansion.”

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Even when we believed we had the worst of the worst in GTMO, the one thing they had access to was a Qur’an.

I play it on the accordion and consider it a polka!

But think of all those Americans just dying to work in a coal mine.

"We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief. Nor will we ever. Church and State are, and must remain, separate."

--President Ronald Reagan, whom I usually never quote

The pain is caused by the urethra contracting around the stone to move it forward long before it is expelled. No fun trust me

An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”

An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."

The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.

Trump Wanted This Escalation Trump's calling for 2,000 National Guard soldiers to spread fear and crack down on dissent. This is a time for non-violent defiance.

Trump’s escalation by calling for the National Guard demands non-violent defiance. This could not be more democratic and American.
www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-want...

My view today

Two refugee families. Two very different experiences under Trump. A South African family was given a fast track to entering the U.S. as refugees. A family from Myanmar is struggling amid cuts to resettlement agencies under Trump.

Two very different refugee experiences. wapo.st/3FjGqwB

Opinion | A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so. We can no longer hide the uncomfortable truths of Israel’s destruction of Gaza.

wapo.st/3ZMBGGv

Finally draining the swamp

The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)

"Well, we are all going to die." --Senator Joni Ernst

That has to be the glibbest way any politician has ever told a constituent that they didn’t give a shit about them.

Opinion | Don’t be fooled. This is the calm before the AI storm. The lull in the artificial intelligence revolution, thanks to cultural lag, is just temporary.

Totally agree. We don't know what we don't know (yet).

Feels a lot like the early 1990s, when the internet was first a thing, and most people still hadn't the foggiest idea of the extent to which "internet" would become an essential part of our daily lives. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Super excited for when they finish building the Sheraton Nouakchott. Last week they added the « A ». Before you know it, it will be the RATON.

Mauritanian man barefoot on a white horse on the beach. Blue Sky and sea in the background on a windy day

White plate with a large grilled fish and fries on a wooden table

Vieux down à long beach with waves receding. Blue Sky

Weatherbeaten wooden boardwalk with a painted fishing boat serving as a planter for succulents. « Les sultanes » painted on the boat

First trip to the beach in Nouakchott, Mauritania

Hipstamatic dawg

Hipstamatic - Work on your Square compositions with the Coolest iPhone Photo Camera If you haven’t used Hipstamatic before, it’s a square format camera application which mimics toy camera’s and vintage snap shot cameras of yore

This looks fun! www.35mmc.com/15/05/2025/h...

Nouakchott Flan.

Heading off in search of new adventures. Guess where to?