Newsletter #13 The one where I remember I have a Substack

finally wrote a new Substack post 👀 www.artbutmakeitsports.com/p/newsletter...

Breaking news: Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is elected as the next mayor of New York City, defeating former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and becoming the first Muslim and first of Indian descent to hold the office. https://wapo.st/47rlrDf

Grief is proof of ove . Anger is proof of care. Fatigue is proof of effort. You are not broken-you are alive. @yourbeautifullife Michell C. Clark

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The first 9 months of the year are one year and then the last 3 months of the year are a different year

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505

Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated

If you're interested in the playbook for how our government is intentionally (and illegally) withholding funds appropriated by Congress, this @nytimes.com article explores to playbook: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/h...

The Progress of Love: The Lover Crowned, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1771-72, 📸 by 🔐

Focus Friend by Hank Green is #1 in the App Store with Bria Sullivan

This is such a wholesome episode of @scott.hanselman.com’s podcast about the development of Hank Green’s Focus Friend app.

Really gets me thinking about how to use my skills and experiences to do something cool and what making my own luck might look like.

pca.st/episode/0736...

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The bow of HMS Alliance, a WW2 Royal Navy submarine

Happy Birthday to our friend across the harbour, HMS Alliance, the sole-surviving British submarine from the Second World War, launched 80 years ago today!

historicdockyard.co.uk/attractions/...

Maybe it’s not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate. - Ozzy Osbourne

Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael

Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show The heavy metal star reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates on stage at Villa Park earlier in July.

Wow. He’s actually gone. Rest in peace, Prince of Darkness. news.sky.com/story/ozzy-o...

a man in a suit and tie is saying " boom easy as that " ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying " boom easy as that "

Paramount+ sub = $60 a year

Shift that $ to your @pbs.org station instead and you’ll do two good things at the same time. Do it.

This is a big and significant win, and speaks to the real power of public advocacy campaigns. Still a VERY long way to go in the fight against the cuts, though. Join us at @tbfighters.org in pushing against attempts to cut U.S. investments in domestic and global health.

Excavation to begin at Irish mother and baby home where 796 infants died Babies were buried, without coffins, one on top of the other in the 9ft-deep chamber of a septic tank in Tuam, Galway

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www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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Ok! Thank you

If you love EDI GATHEGI as Mr Terrific in the new Superman

Check his amazing tv show “startup”, he plays the lead role and a Haitian drug lord/businessman

11,000 more TB patients died after Trump's USAID cuts. That number will rise. | Opinion The potential for thousands of new deaths from TB is not worth the less than 1% in federal savings that came from cutting USAID.

Great op-ed @usatoday.com from longtime TB Fighter Quinn Yates: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

quick! save the image for yourself!!

You know how decades work right? So is 2000 in the 90s?

Live updates: Rescuers search for over 20 girls from Texas camp as flooding death toll rises to 32 | CNN Parts of central Texas saw a month’s worth of rain in just a few hours, prompting multiple flash flood emergencies. Follow for live updates on the rescue effort, including the search for more than 20 ...

Texas! My heart is with you. I am praying for your safety and mourning the lives lost due to the flooding. www.cnn.com/weather/live...

I've been around long enough to recognize this miracle. Let's see if I can long in to my old account

True Christians better differentiate themselves from Christofascism because it’s taking over our religions and country slowly but surely

Stop. Just stop Hank. Please. My fragile mind cannot handle any more 😫

Haiku Friday…ICE-time:

Kidnappings must stop
If it’s legal, show your badge
I don’t support you

Cover your face ICE
You know your actions are wrong
I’d want to hide too

Bring in CBP
Bring in the National Guard
Still wrong either way

I want to support
The Federal employees
Damn, you make it hard

I see you, but I really don’t feel like getting up. Your understanding is appreciated.

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.